Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-12-02

me up to tn handle; a gran book, tn
grandest liver seen. Ye know I'm not
mucn throubled be lithrachoor, havin'
many worries iv me own, but I'm not
prejudiced again books. I am not.
Whin rale good book comes along I'm
as quick as amy man to say 1t isn't so
bad. An this here book is fine. tell
we tits fine"
What is 1T" Mr.. Hennessey asked,
languidly.
"Tis TIL Biography Nv Hero Be
Wan who Knows. IT'S TIL DARN Ex-
PLOTS iv Brave man Be an Actual
Witness 'Tis TIL Account iv tn
Destruction iv Spanish Power in tn
Ant Hills as it fell firm tn lips Nv Ted
dy Rosenfelt an was took down be his
own hands. Ye see, twas this way,
Hinnissy, as / r-read tn book: Whin
Tiddy was blowed up in the harbor Nv
Havana he instantly concluded they
must be war. He debated tn question
long an earnestly an fin'lly passed a
lint resolution declarin' war. So far
SO good. But there was no wan to
carry 1t on. What shud he do? / will
lave the janial author tell tn story in
his own wurruds.
9TH Sicrety iv War had offered me-
he says. tn command Of rigmint,' he
says. but cud not consint to rmain in
Tampa while perhaps less audacious
heroes was at tn 'front.' he says. Be
Sides he says, Il felt l was incompe-
tent f'r to command rigmint raised be
another he says, L determined to raise
wan iv me own he says. L selected
firm me acquaintance in tn West he
says, men that had thraveled with me
acrost tn desert an tn storm-wreathed
mountain ne says, 'sharin' me bur-
dens an at times confrontin' perils al
most as gr-rat as amy that beset me
own path he says. Together we had
faced tn turrors Nv tn large but vilent
w est he says, AN these brave men
had see me with me trusty rife shootin'
down tn buffalo, tn elk, tn moose, tn
grizzly bear, tn mountain goat he
says, tn silver man an other ferocious
beasts Nv thin parts he says. An
they niver fiinched,' he says. In few
days had thin perfectly tanned he
says, an r-ready to go anywhere /
led,' he says. On tn transport goin'
to Cubia, he says, I wud stand beside
wan iv these rough men threatin him
as an akal, which he was in ivrything
but birth, education. rank an courage,
an together we wud look up at tn ad-
mirable stars Nv that tolerable southern
sky an quote tn Bible firm Walt Whit
man. he says. Honest, loyal. thrue-
hearted la-ads, how kind l was to
thim,' he says. }r 1871
1--WE had no sooner landed in Gu
bia than it become necessity f'r me To
take command Nv tn ARMY, which
did at wanst. A number Nv days was
spent be me in accommodating, attinded
only be me brave and fluent escort
Richard Harding Davis. discovered
that tn inimy was heavily inthrenchet
on tn top of San Juan hill immejiatel!
in front Nv me. At this time 1t became
apparent that I was heavily handicap
} ped be tn prisince Nv tn ARMY h
says. Wan day as l was about L
charge blockhouse, sturdily definde
be an ARMY corps under Gin'ral Ia
male, tn brave CASTLE that | after
wards killed with small ink erase
that always carry, ran into tn entir
military force iv tn United States lyir
on its stomach. IF we wont fight,
says /, "lave me go through" | say
"Who are yer" says they. "Col. Roser
felt" says ]. "Oh, excuse me-" say
the Gin'ral in command Qf me mimr
serves fe thrue It was Miles,, r-risin'
his knees an salutin'. This shove
me 'twud be impossible FIR to carry Il
war to q successful conclusion unles
| was free, so / stint tn ARMY hon
an attacked San Juan hill. Ar-rme
on'y with smallth irty-two, which
used in tn West to shoot the fleet pra
rie dog, climbed that PERCEPTIONS a
cent In tn face iv tn most CALLING fiji
liver knew or heard Nv. But had
few rounds of gall mesilf, an VIII;
= cared l? l dashed madly on, cheeril
as l whit TIL Spanish TROOPS wa
dhrawn up in long linein tn formi
ton known among military men as
long line. l fired at the man neare
. me, an / knew be tn expression iv h
face that tn thrusty bullet wint HON
1t passed through his frame, he fell, a
wan little home in far-off Catalon
WIS made happy be tn, Thought th