The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-01-29

Cigarette sm0heTs IL ID DdieiJ posslOI
that nicotine poison FASTENED the end o
this strange, mysterious, gifted man.
'He smoked from morning unit
night" said the manager Of the hotel
81 am certain he would consume sixty
cigarettes day. He was very pleasant
| unless irritated, and then he was like
| madman. Those who disturbed hin
while writing or mediating were sure tc
hear from him."
Mr. Timmons, city editor of The Ha
a0aiian Star, said:
81 met Mr.. Stevenson while he wa.
here, and was very strangely impressed
| by him from the first. learned that ht
| was at Sans Souci, and went to call upon
him. Reaching the quiet place, crossed
the lama and entered the house proper
| No one was In sight but a small, ordinary
looking man, who sat at table writing
"'Where is the landlord p l asked
| 90 tie is out, answered the small man
and went on with his writing.
| "'Well, perhaps you can answer my
question; i came to see Mr.. Stevenson.
"The small man dropped his pen, arose
and, extending bis band, said:
"I am Mr.. Stevenson.
"This was my introduction 10 this re
markable man"
Then Mr.. Timmons told me how Mr.
Stevenson came to write bis famous
novel, "Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
"The novel was written on this islan(
and in this town. The DIR. Jekyll anC
Mr.. Hyde live in Honolulu, and you will
perhaps meet him before you go. Tha
novel was the offspring of bitter relig
ious war between Reverend Father Dan.
MON and Rev. DIR. Hyde, d. d., who has
charge of the mission school in this city
for the training OF preachers. The con.
troversy between the priest ana DIR.
| Hyde waxed warm, and Mr.. Stevenson
espoused the cause OF the Catholic priest.
He threw his whole soul into the con,
| tiict, and for while Ii seemed as IL vi
were likely to have religious war DR..
| Hyde, able, sharp, and cutting, answered
him from the pulpit and through the
press until ,he contest became personally
bitter.
"Mr. Stevenson had up to the time o.
this controversy, 1t seems, entertained
high regard for DIR. Hyde, but as the
wordy war grew bitter, he fancied he dis
covered in him dual nature At times
he thought tho doctor the very perfec.
| ton OF gentleman, a scholar, aud Q
! Christian at others he seemed a very
demon. This idea seemed to grow with
his morbid fancy, and he conceived from
| it his wonderful novel"
was anxious 10 meet Dr. Hyde, the
man who so strangely inspired the won
derful novel, and when did meet him
was impressed that he was more Jekyl
than Hyde. He is a tall, nely.formed
highly cultured gentleman, with fine
scholarly appearance. He is secretary oil
the Social Science Club, meeting oil
which l had the pleasure OF attending,
and at which place l met him.
This club, by the way, is composed Of
the most scholarly men on the Island.
President Dole is member, and attends
the meetings regularly. In addition tc
myself there were other American guests
present, the most prominent of whom
were United States Minister Willis, and
the captain of the warship Bennington.
AT this meeting DIR. Rodgers, Secretary OF
the Labor Bureau, read an able paper on
the labor problem, which was thoroughly
discussed aud commented upon. One
cannot but realize the force of American.
ism in the club. Chief Justice Judd. of
the Supreme Court, and Professor Alex
ander, the historian, are members OF the
club and were born on the Islands, vet
they, with the others, argued the question
from an American standpoint.
The meeting was at the residence of DR..
Hyde, and, altho l studied him closely
all evening, discovered none OF the Gin
| carnate fend," which Stevenson repre-
sents Mr.. Hyde to be in his novel.
1t was while living at Sans Souci that
Robert Louis Stevenson conceived and
wrought out his wonderful book, and |
decided to visit the famous resort. To
reach Sans Souci had only to take the
Waikiki street car, go TO the end of the
line, and walk the rest OF the way. The
ride is pleasant one, aud well worth the
time and ten cents II costs 10 make il. 1t
was about two O'Clock 10 the afternoon
when l boarded the car driven by a native
aud went rolling along the street past the
government grounds and buildings, past
pretty houses half hidden by graceful
swayng palms, ferns, aud the rich tropi-
cal foliage, past banana plantations and
groves OF tall cocoanuts, for long stretches
with the sea beach on one side aud de
lightful grove on the other.
The manager OF the famous resort
showed me the room which had been oc-
cupied by Jules Verne and Robert Loui 8
alc tha FOL III
wrote, and narrated some anecdotes about
them. Their rooms fronted on the beach,
After sea bath, l returned to the cool
lama, and was Joined by Mr.. Thomas E.
Evans, a gentleman who Is stopping at
Sans Souci. MIR. Evans who is Royaist
OF the most pronounced type, is a Cana
dian by birth. He was prominent 10 push
Ing the lottery scheme TO which the mis-
sionaries objected so strongly. Mr.. Evans
claims that 1t was no worse to have a lot
terry on the Islands than for thousands OF
dollars to 60 out of the country every year
to lotteries in other countries. At the
time OF the overthrow of the Queen, he
was in Chicago closing up the contract
with company of capitalists for the lot.
terry. lie says that the Chicago people
were TO pay the government five hundred
thousand dollars a year for twenty five
years for the franchise. OF this sum one
hundred thousand year was TO be ex-
pended for cable to San Francisco, one
hundred thousand a year for the Oahu
Railroad, twenty-five thousand for the en-
enlargement OF tourists travel, seventy
I'VE thousand for improvement of roads
and bridges. and one hundred and twenty.
five thousand for the opening OF Pearl
Harbor. MIR. Evans did not state what
was to be done with the other seventy
five thousand dollars, though II was prob