Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-07-15
Murder Will Out.
O Semper Timidum Scelus.

into my study after his, and during my, working
hours, and regales me with broad Lancashire
dialect and stories of his youtll-some half-cen-
fury agone. have to smoke in sef-defense and
patiently listen until his bedtime, and postpone
my own. Here is one of these stories with the
broad-gauge dialect eliminated:
did ever tell you, Judge, how | discovered
murderer at my lattice in New York;"
NO." forlornly reply, Go ahead, Jimmy"
We'll it was during the war, and, being young
and risky and knowing all OF my trade as l
thought, then, that | could learn in old England
| took flyer to New York and went into the
big foundry and machine shop of Blank & Co.,
it is now, you know, Blank, Sons G. Grandsons,
and had lathe there, and fine time had of it,
working all day and dancing all night for was
handsome boy, could dress first-class and dance
a hornpipe, clog dance or highland fling with
the best, and always had my own money and nev-
er took drink unless | gave one back, and it
was such fun, too, the girls thought | was but
raw English boy, and so | stole many kiss they
wouldn't give me now"
well, but where does the murderer come in,
Jimmy
"Why he was in Our shop. tell you, but |
didn't know it then-Im coming to him, but it
was through the girls got him, for you see
was jealous of his sparkling girl | wanted to go
IL,
ton.
"Well, this fellow. | won't tell his name, call
him Sniggles. He worked at the same lathe
with me on different shift. but I saw him often
and too much of him and I didn't like him at
first sight so used to play rough jokes on him.
I'll tell you one"
"Oh for heavens sake, get on to the murder"
"Well, this fellow had queer eye. and queer
mouth and peculiar twist of his right and
his left leg and afterward found out that he had
two sets of teeth. to change like his clothes for
weekdays and Sundays, and that he was running
with the girl wanted to run with. Oh, yes, and
he had dark hair and black beard at the foundry
and kind of golden hair and military blonde
moustache for Sundays and dances Oh but he
could dance bit. YOU bet. almost. but not quite
rs well as myself but I made him dance to an
other tune before had done with him. and he
didn't get the pirl-nor did l. for the matter of
that Young Shocks pot her at last and gave
her I'm after MARRYING her."
"Rnt the murderer"
"Oh yes Well. never liked the fellow He
looked cruel and treacherous like. and 7 couldn't
make him out Well. one day went to the foun-
dry an hour ahead of my time to speak to chun
and devils fit seized me to play some deviltrv
on Snigeles-I suppose YOU would say Provi-
dence puided re-perhaps it did. Anyhow.
sneaked I'D to the door. and oh. God! not sec
ord too soon. There was Sniooes standing over
small bov-a miscellaneous little paguev brat he
was, too-iust about to strike him dead with the
sharpened point of lone and heavy file was
in time, though ! caught him biff behind the
ear before he saw or heard me. and down he went
like an OK before the butchers axe. his foundry
dav wig and beard fell off. and there was red
pate for you of short, stubby red bristes so short