The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-02-26
WENT SOMEWHERE.


men in his lrorcss sion. by sheer force, of
character lac had won his way from the
most obscure poverty, against immense
odds. unto II competence that was rapidly
becoming great wealth and unto a rcpu
tatnn that would certainly soon be fame.
He WAS NOSE fortunately married to tho
love Of his youth, and their union had
been sancti1cd bya little boy, beautiful rs
VI dream, odd ana old fashioned as tie
oHlg Chiid is wont to lie, and holding In
his chulhy hands the reins that gently
ruled the parental hearts. 1t was the
koorcsG joy of Mr. Daue to lie with his
child, to listen to his weird and artloss
talk and to Hold the little RIA close In
his arms. Whether riding upon the cars
or walking upon the street, whether toss
ing dpon his he'd, to which he bate retired
or rushing down town in the early morn
before his boy had awakened, his straying
thoughts were of this child. He was Sill
proncIy practical, and the solitary day
dream into whose prismatic shades be SUI
ferod himself to wander was this castle in
Spain in which his boy was prince and
hero
As lie smoked his cigar at the club,
wbio waiting for some dilatory friend to
keep an appointment, he would look out
ut the great huilding across tho street and
think how Sunshine would enjoy going
through it with him, how he would show
him the engine room and the sOOty iir}-
/ men, and then take him up the elevator Sc
swiftly that it would mako him catch his
/ breath, and then let him see the wood
/ cGrvGrS and cngraverS hero and tie limo
/ type machines there, and all the other
/ wonderful things in the many offices, and
/ then hold him up SO that he could look
over tho railing in the top story and gaze
! down into the court at the tiny men and
women crawling around over so far be.
meath on the ground floor, and finally &c
to the roof and point out to him all the
great city spread like map before him.
How big the little fellows eyes would
grow, and how tightly he would clasp his
fathers hand?
When tins police patrol wagon rolled
through the street there would flash into
his mind how he would take Sunshine t.
tho police station, where are all the big
officers in their uniforms--for policemen
arc demigods to all children.
When the fire bells rang, he would hes.
tily, in his fancy, make IL pilgrimage with
the boy to the fire department station, for
there every day at noon tho men go through
the drill and the wonderful horses come
out and run into their harness.
When the great steamers whistlod and
their hoarse noise penetrated the courtroom
where he was sitting daring the trial Of a
case, he would go on far excursions upon
the water with his child, and they would
have plenty of time to talk and play to-
gether Yet the bystandcrs only saw man
apparently listening intGntly TO the nrgu-
ment of opposing counsel.
And space would fail me to tell of how
many times in those bright visions he had
gone to other grand places with Sunshine
The parks, the circus, the museums, tho
slcight of hand shows the paradcs, thI
steam railway trains, the ball games and
n hundred other great and strange things
had Sunshine seen struliing through the
vagarics of his father.
But his career pushed. In reality it wa
only few minutes during the day that III
J could see the boy and many, many day
he was 50 busy that he could not see hin
at all. Sunshine never complained Pap
WIS working so hard His mother SCENE,
proud of it, and so was he. But sOnie dal
papa would take him somGW here. Once II
n raro while, when the father had an even
ing at home, he would sit and talk will
his child until at last the long curls wor,
spread over the big breast of tho man.
coat and the blue Dyes dimmod away int
Sleep And during those talks thcy wuul,
} arrange all about the expeditions the,
were going to make.
One day MIR Bune came home in higl
9lee. His physician had positively ordered
him OF for u vacation. He had secured TIL
J tickets, and tomorrow he and mamma an,
Sunshine would go-go away up into tin
woods ard fish and sail boat and shoe
guns and walk all around among tho BIZ
, hc ha hn, ,pI ha
; n dozen times all the delicious points tina
he would make when lie told the boy abou
!, it. How the little hands would clap an,
the little feet would dance ana the chill
would, perhaps throw his arms about hin
and say: "Iou old, sweet, sweet papai
knew you'd take mo snmewheren'
But his vito met him at the door wit
nshen face.
t whats the matter, darlng?n he cried
> And II cold fear came over his heart as h
gasped Has anything happened to Sun
. shine?'
t ooh, Mark, Markp' she said hoarsely
nesting in his arms.
I "Tell me QUICK! Please don't wait!"
Q ooh, Mark Our little boy has had
? bad fall. He fell down tho back stairway
He slipped, He hurt himself SO badly
l The doctor is up there now"
with a bound he sprang past her an
D leaped with great strides up the stair;
. Into the ohild's room he burst. The doc
8 tor was standing by the bed holding til
l little ones pulse. Marcus Banc tried I
D speak, but could not for Il sudden strictur
] in his throat Tho physician said:
Il am sorry, Mr.. Bane, but can Civ
D you no hope lie may live an hour. Ma
God help youn'
: With an incoherent cry, as that of
5 stricken beast, the father came to the bed
: side Tho blue eyes opened and smil
t came upon the pale features. The it'll
t boy reached up his arms. The father bon
J. down and the child embraced him, Til
S tender baby lips kissed tho hard whit
o ones. The child whispered into his f;
theirs ear:
n 81 love papa. l loye-you-'cause-
Q you 're-so-guod. You 're-going-to-
i take-me-some where--aren' t - you-p;
r pa9''
: There was long pause, and the hear