The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-12
THE STOWAWAY.

. ut'k nulNllH LnNlU1lNf DIV tDe collar.
The prisoner was n pale faced and slender
lad, apparently about 90 years of age. His
clothes were thrcadburc and worn. The
collar of his coat was pinned about his
| neck, perhaps to conceal the absence of
shirt. His wrists projected several inches
/ beyond his sleeves and were red with cold.
! The bottoms Of his trousers were above
the tops of his broken shoes. He shivcred
in the biting January blast His teeth
chartered, and his blue lips and watery
eyes acccntuatcd the tale of suffering re-
vcalcd in his shabby garments and wretch
Cd micn.
"A stowawny, ch?" said Captain Cam
cron, who had been standing on the
bridge. ITS lucky we found you so soon,
my lad You'll 90 back with the pilot
( ooh, captain" cried the YOUTH 81 beg
Of you not to send me back ] am an Eng
lishman, captain. l have been trying to
make my way in the new world. l have
been unsuccessful through no lack of
| effort, and now l feel that | cannot live
long. | have not seen my mother for three
long years, captain. l long to see her once
before l die. Let me work my passage
across. ! do not ask even for food. l can
'lst cr~tNcr week without it. But, oh,
captain, let me go home to die!'
you'll go back with the pilot" repeat
ed Captain Cameron unmoved
Captain, one word morcl" cried tho
boy in desperation. while several of the la.
dies in the group of passengers murmurod
"Shamcp
what kind of work can you do?' asked
the captain, suddenly turning back. "Can
you go down in the stokehole and shovel
coalt"
Captain, III take my chance" replied
the lad eagerly. at will probably kill me,
because had u sunstroke once and cannot
stand heat, but let me try it, captain.
Anything rather than so back"
"Wcll, I'll let you do some painting on
the lower deck" said the captain benevo"
lcntly.
Captain, I'll do that" said the stow
away, Though l will not deceive you
captain. am suffering now from paint
er's collie, and the doctor has told me
why, captain, it was painters collie that
caused me to give up my art am an art
list, captain. | was just completing my
, hors d'Uuvre, captain--a classical subject
Venus and brinus-when the doctor
told me that to continue painting would
probably bring about my death"
The unfortunate lad burst into tears 1t
was more than the ladies in the group of
passengers could stand. They clustered
about the Tcutonic's commander and
pleaded with him to rolent.
Captain Cameron did not express him
self auGibly on the situation He ordered
the s,owaway locked up in the brig, and
he informed him that he would receive
three months imprisonment under the
English law on arriving ut Liverpool.
, On the following Wednesday afternoon
the Tcutonic lay in dense fog off the
I English coast waiting for the weather TO
clear sufficiently to allow her to make her
way into the MGrsey. The Sabbath calm
, had been unbroken for two hours, save by
the Gathering OF the chips in the smoking
n room, when fresh and pleasant voice
n that of II woman-broke in upon the 81
lencc.
81 beg your pardink, gentleman" said
the voice cheerfully. "I'm come on an
errand of mercy, gcntlemen-that un
!, fortunit lad in the steerago, gentlemen, i'm
as the capting is goink to prosecute for q
stowaway when we comes in Liverpool
f venture TO ask if you will not out of youl
v bounty give a trife to pay the lads pas
sage Only 60 los, gentlemen. A few shil
q lings apiece from you would make i'm
q n appy lad. Beink in the second cabin
@ I've lad the chance to see i'm locked uI
A below, and my art goes out to inn
The poker players stared at the King.
r,.,,r,h+c,, . ,lo,sort Good con,oI,, w,
q an of 30 or 40 years, in silence for some
moments, and then II gentleman who was
, ON the point of drawing two cards to fill ;
o i g go. h ,,a IL -, G -,
o p ~ H. IT,, ,,i''- 9'i''e "-oN '"'0o
u 81 ,l,,o.o >, bo .o,a u+bo+ +ho ,,,o,
who wins this pot give it to the lady t.
q help the boy out"
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n l,," tena 20 hon5 a. GOV 80 tho s,,f,or,n,
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