The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-04-15
The "UnCOmpetent" Oath.
By MARTHA MoULLoCH WILLIAMS.
copyright, 1895, by the Author.l
CHAPTER |.

WAT ndS an unucIHute VI OOuouy' Us
pecially civil war, where the heat of
conflict melts human souls--makes them
as fluid, as glowing, as a lava stream
1t is merciful ordering-how mer-
ciful they alone know who can look
back 30 years to the tense time that was
measured by heartbeats, punctuated
into epochs by tho cannon's roar.
Particularly to such as dwelt in
conquered province, where, outside the
army posts-often, too, inside them
the only news came over the grapevine
telegraph, " which ran from Nowhere
into Space-and, it is safe to say. record .
ed more marvels than ever went over a /
wire.
The genesis of its name was charac-
teristic. The institution had an inter
lnittent existence even before military |
happenings made free communication
impossible and authentic intelligence |
somewhat more rare than it was pre-
cious News of the early battles, of |
course, came first over the wires. By
the time q seed of fact had run through
a dozen mouths, there was such a har-
vest of fiction that the listeners said one
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