Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-11-20
SHAD1W UF A NAAfA.
BARRY PAlNE'S TRIBUTE TO Thu
MEMORY OF CHARLES cHaDahND

w., a., 1900
wi'n .ho natne OF Chadband, thank
W biokens, tho reading world is famil
iar' IL is associated with oiliness, by
pociisy ana SCH seeking. AT tho yer,
Sounu OF inc name the reminiscent grin
star's on All races. he is nationa
joke But we pay for all our laughter
anu we nave PAID for the Chadbant
!ese. 40 not mean to say that the IN
huppy accloent ny which Dickens Sc
iec1ou the name OF Chadbaud for hi.
lmposter was tho cause OF the death Of
Nnpries Ohaupahd. 10 was not. He died
vi an ordinary disease-oonsumption,
III l"ct' but that unhappy accident did
o'erSnaaow the whole OF Charles Chad
oanus Iilo' IL dld prevent him from
'akinS the place ana fame to which be
Was justly entitled. 1t has prevented
'ne general pubic from reading one sin.
gle line Oh ms very excellent works.
as MS literary executor l have had
no cholce but to destroy every line Of
ms manuscript, in accordance with his
ORDERS NOT single copy has been
taken, and not enc word of his works
'hat ms friends remember may be com.
nltted to writing. l do not easily be
Ieve III the existence Of genius, but J
peheVe that Charles Chadband had
gen'ns. Some, far more competent tc
Judge Than am, thought the same, \
watched the last sparks die out in III
pig pie OF burned paper 1t seemed I,
pity that SO much work and such won
derIul Gnis should be all wasted f.
sucii Stupid ighobIs, maddeniug rca
soh-Decause the author had inGorite
the name OF Character i'll Dickens.
lie was very sensitive, but, uniiN
most very sensitive men, he was D.
aneotea or VAN. When | was first Ii
troduced 10 him, he said, laughing
In"t nc was no relation TO the origin,
Ohadband. lie raveied in Dickens al,
"oulc q1ote The original Cbadbdm
Freely 1 had KNOWN him long tin
before Knew that the coincidence
tho names gave Elm any trouble at al.
1t was long beto-o / could make @,
why nc wcHld not publish anything
he used TO give the rlCst absurd rcasoDs
Tor his rctlcenco, and when driven into
"a corner he would say that no was going
10 pGoilhb, bat pot yet. One night,
When hau just finished long story 81
MIS- 1 lnlplored him to 'et me take II
away with me to London and gee what
conld lie done. NO, he said. mo
oony would publish 1t. y told him that
IL misht DC refused by five men out Of
SIX pne 'hat Inc sixth would afterward
DO proud that he had accepted it.
Then, quite unexpectedly, the secrn.
came OUT. NO serious work." he said,
could possibly do anything associated
win the name OF Chadband. He said
IL 10 I2ht hearteoly that thought he
was once more putting me OFF with
"foiiS reason but soon found that he
was sincere. he imagined reviewers
iiukihg jesus abont his name and owned
~ he "ouid not DO able TO stand 1t.
MS surpfiSeu me, Tor he frequently |
cSeu ABOUT ms name himsolf, and so
''u MS liienos lie defended himself.
.lnat's diherent,' he said. THAT
III conversation, among men that l |
.how' Dut couiu not nave somo WI.
gar Dru'e VINO did not know me at all
'oihR the same 'hihS III cold print IL
Nouio present my stun IRON the wrong
I'm, y. VI view NO. tne associations OF
ne name are 100 strong II you are
aztec ohauDahu, yon are called Chad
'an"' S'o there's an ena OF It. You
nay 40 what you likc in private, but
~" o"h oohio oeiore the pupllc only as
III ihten'pefate, nypocfltlcal, delicious
'ss, anu IN no other character what
''1I
ne wouid NOT near OF pseudonyn
u Vi anonymity. IL MS work succeeded
he sccrct would 90 fCuhd oat, and he
voala De ashamed II 1t did not scc'
eeu--anu ne oin no. mink it world
|, was noV worth ms while To add :"
nc ahnH"i oatpns oil BAD books. VIII
MAKE All 'h's russ abont nothingE
aia, angry win MS oostinacy. III yet
nlhk u matters one straw--though l.