The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-26
THE CHRONICLES OF GROVER.


reign of Grover, whose surname is
Cleveland, there arose a great clamor
! and outcry about certain islands of
| the sea; for in times past the ruler of
those islands was a queen who was
not all that she should be,
and the people thereof waxed
| wroth because of her wickedness, in
somuch that they rose up against her
and took the government from her.
And when they had given the gov
| eminent to one of their own number
the chief men of the islands went
down into a ship and sailed for
America, where Benjamin, a wise
man then ruled, and they told Ben
jamin of all that had been done; and
Benjamin gave ear unto them, and
when they asked that he would take
the islands and make them a part of
his own country. he said: verify,
these islands are a goodly heritage;
they are pleasant and fruitful, and L
will take them in."
So straightway he wrote a message
unto the Senate and sent a treaty,
that the Senate might agree to it.
But it came to pass that IN the
eleventh month of that same year the
people elected Grover to be ruler, be-
cause they thought anybody would
do.
And after Grover was crowned he
also sent a message unto the Senate,
and said: "Return to me the treaty
which Benjamin hath sent you, for
like it not, and will not let you ratify
it, because 1t is not good.
So the Senate sent the treaty to
Grover, and he called in unto him
Walter hiS pripna ATiniSfar whom
the tribe of Benjamin had cast aside.
And Grover said unto him: "What
shall L do so that Benjamin shall not
profit by the getting OF these islands?
For am not the ruler of this land;
and am L not set on high to show the |
people the right way? When 1 laugh |
do not the Democrats also, and when |
[ grieve do not the Mugwumps so, and
when frown do not all the people |
tremble?
"But this Benjamin I despise, for he
hath gotten to himself great glory by
this thing, and if I follow him, then
will all the people say, 'Lo! he follow
eth Benjamin. Tell me, Walter, what
g meet to do, or by the great horned
spoon, Off comes your head"
Then Walter trembled, and drew
near, and said: "Let not my lord
Grover be troubled. If thou hatest
do not / hate him more?
Hath he not snubbed me and cast me
Town? Wherefore now let us conspire
against Benjamin.; let us send unto
hese islands Blount, the Georgian, to
py out the land and see if peradven-
ure he may be able to show us way
,ut of the hole"
Now, Grover was well pleased, and he
ent for b ount, nd when he was come,
lie drew near and kissed Grover on
his second chin, and Grover was more
ickled than ever, and gave him ten
lollars and ticket to the land of
Honey Lulu, and a letter of introduce
ion to wocky-lany.
And when Blount was gone Grover
allied for wine and was exceedingly
lad, and he danced and sang "Wait
ill the Clouds Roll By" in such q
oud voice that the hired girl thought
he palace was afire.
And it was SO that it happened as
irover wished, and his spy reported
III those things which he had been
ent to do.
Then did Grover send an Ambassa-
or, whose name was Willis, to those
stands, and he sent letter to the
hief ruler thereof, and another to
L
he chief ruler did Willis have in his I
ight hand, and the letter to Lilly did
e have in his inside pocket. And in
ne letter to the chief ruler he pro-
,ssed friendship, and in the letter to {
lilly he said: "Behold, now L am
ngry because you have been abused 1
v Benjamin and Stevens. Get thee g
D now and make ready, for shall 6
y my own servants restore thee; for {
10 1 not Grover, and who shall dare
stand before me ?"
Nv.
Now, when these things were known,
the chief Republicans were ex-
eding angry, and the Senators said:
Who is this Grover. that he taketh
upon himself to make war, and to
t up thrones, and to tear down re-
lblics? Let US say unto him: Come,
wv Grover show us thire hand |