The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-10-11


iempsfsmenis training % acquired
80 lal msnnef
~. hosi snd hostess had brought 10.
rvihsf = cohgcnial party N friends
thtfe vas the man Win white hair
and ffosh complexion Who wore glasses
and whom nobody ever dfeamt Of
chasing With NE old people because
~ The youth thai dwell Within him.
cropping out In his spflnglne siep. bis
huhhing pirits. bis hearty. whole
souled manner and his 'un,nsotsd In.
terest In people and evenis. 80.
Tbep. there vas the hahhsoms elrl
VI Hawaiian ,hirth. wlO dld moi pre-
iehd 70 see tho advantages " annex
alton. but Who had none the less
keen appreciation for theI American
army officer, aud not ogs ~, the Jess
for bis gallant brothers of the navy
Apd theFe vas ths conventional Am-
erican soaay glfl. young. pretty aud
MOI oyer prsnl' Of being A. hamasina
because she had been that long enough
and sighed Tor larser Morlds to con-
quer. She had a low. sweet voice and
o way OF gapcing up rhrough her eye
iashes that iwns effective. also, she
could place flower In her hair with
0 delightful result possible only To one
brought up amongst them.
The only other woman. tbesldes the
hostess. was the ydiing matron whose
political convictions ven, though not
popular. so ably expressed that the
matter was often obscured by the man
-ner. Her, lInsband being absent on one
OF the other Islands, She had been bid
den to the feast %. supply an element
that might onset the Qualities, ali the
more marked because a triie crude
OF the girls, \ young man, a college
graduate, but with his student days
Tar, enough, behind him to have Travelled
--and ,liyed-7a, good tAlker, with fund
Of hpmqr andIa reputation for being
funny which. he. was, when lazy, apt
TO deplOre, was thereTso- his hostess
had Informed RimT-.to live IN 70. his
reputation" A couple Of army officers
completed the. party. for the hostess
living at Waikiki in their midst was of
course. bound to stand in with the
army One Wac. "a man OF rank. and
had II name apart from his career as
a. soldier and he; was courted by the
women. The combination of brass bNt-
tons and cslebJtg. enough of an at
traction In themselves was added 70
and completed by q manner towards
their Eek which had Difference thai
conveyed a subtle compliment The
other was a. man! nrade. der dinners
having AN appreciation flor the good
things of life ana besides, a slaughl that
was ready, Jolly ana 'aaahNehti'e eair
culated TO sur up ones pest coh'ersa-
tfonai enorts'
Six me n AMI liouf fNaen- BUT the
hostess always via tnsnpsushg anu she
believed discrepancy OF numbers
| on the, rlnt -sldeTTEanq az least her Wo-
| men gues s neyer f3ifed 10 approve her
methods. Cocktaiis were passed
| Around by a'sctt footed attendant ana
few moments afterwards 'he party
was seated az me tapie.
The hostess had paced eie amy
man OF RANK on one sl9e " nei on. Tn"
the college eraduate aI her ie,t; ny
maid; pt HAWAII was Detween .ne army
man OF rank ana the soldier WIN pne
jolly laugh, me young hiatron was
between the COLLEGE, slauua' az, anu o t.v
volunteer next 10 MN was as t ne, 49, ~
american girl anu men 'ne nos. ,S IN
M o'IY p9e Vi ne ny ,tis
grey hairer seh'iehlah VIM ,,is
Drought me- NY .oeo. ~ IL.
grey HAIRED senN"n'ah was 'n "a ~
one Wlthout ans,i AZ al' h gu" u,as
didn't care particuiarly as ne was
twistlis sentence III n'' nm" nv q
subtiety so rare that us true sisnih-
canoe cohd Shiy apear 70 ,tuose WI" '''