The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-19

done an abbreviated stunt Tor the Los Angeles
High school. and they had ripped matter,
through in order to be on hand at an afternoon
reception At Hacienda Arnold In fiSuerroa
stree. The girls looked peachy in their plume
laden hats and pretty dresses and Van Dyke
was the only man on the trip who had thought
10 bring his summer toys, He looked very
swell and he was happy on his little inside be-
cause he was SO well got up. He met the pref
test girl In Los Angeles and fell in love with
her. and. a. the clubs we're due to leave
for another town that night, he slammed
sickness in order TO stay behind and
get another chance TO see the fair
Dolores. He didn't know Just hat the trouble
was, but he guessed il was appendicitis. The
other fellows ioshed him as they knew II WAS
a fake. See here. Perk - said Mason Ia his
friend, III he keeps mp that gag tomorrow |
have a scheme that IA a lipe Van Dyke did
keep up the gag and SO they went to a big
athletic doctor and told him that their Young
friend had lost some OF his buttons and was
buyhouse. and had got To acting loco at tho
C ncert The might before. They wanted him
carefully watched while they were away and
had no doubt that he would be nifty again by
the time they playel the return concert. The
doctor came and doscd Van Dyke and put
p~lasters on him and stcrnly watched him with
a cold, gray eye. There appeared to be
no means of escape and Van Dyke ac-
knowledged that the drinks seemed to
be on him. But Dolores came TO the rescue,
She had Just come home from church. with
srrging thoughts in her bosom and an ex-
preston OF sweet. religious calm lowering over
her straight black browS. That, rs the authors
say. was the Spanish Of her. But the moment
The front door closed behind her she sprinted
for the telephone. And that. according to the
same authorities. was the American OF her She
carried of the doctor and his patient and in
stalled them in luxury atthc p~aternal Hacienda.
where mamma made beef tea for the imaginary
invalid and papa supplied the doctor with his
best CHARS. Cupid folded his little wings and
smiled approvIngly. and az for Perkins and his
friend Mason, when they returned they struck
a dead frost, There are other stories all en-
tcrtaining and all In the same breezy manner
and, as the an hors say in their preface. those
readers who boggle about slang could hardly be
much Interested in the UNDERGRADUATE any way.
Mr.. Edmund I. Dole has admirably treated a
fascinating theme In "Iiiwa. A Tale OF Ancient
Hawaii" (Harpers), This story Of n legendary
goddess queen Of Hawaii in those prehistoric
days when the missionary was not. and when
the islander was as yet unacQuainted with rum
and the several forms Of loathsome disease
that, with other blessings Of civilization. have
since come 10 him. has all the charm Of fresh
ness and simplicity The Hawaiian was a bar
barian in many ways. w%orShipping IDOLS and
practising customs that were revolving, and vet
his life had much of happiness. Hiwa, Mr..
Dole's heroine, one of the ancient race Of island
demi-gods, has violated the sacred law of T1bu
and tries TO save her life and that Of her W.
born child. which are forfeit TO the terrible god
ku.
She escapes through n secret passage In the
reef 10 the hidden crater OF a small. extinct VOL
cano. which is n wilderness OF luxuriant vegeta-
ton. Here her son Il born. A his birth the
rainbow covered him and ku, the terrible war
god, Numbered in the mountains SO fiwa
knew that her son should sit upon the throne ~
his fathers and she named him AelanI, the
Pledge from Heaven. and vowed TO forfeit her
own life to the a~venging god when the boy
should be grown 20 manhood and should have
come TO his own again. The story Of his growth
and training In all the arts and accomplishments
necessary TO one who Is to be a warrior and the
leader of his people Is pleasing in its simplicity.
and Mr.. DOle's understanding and presentment
Of the various aspects Of the old Island lie has in
II something of the magic OF that South Sea
classic Herman Melville. The mother fashions
for the boy a complete set OF the arms essen
tial TO a warrior the sling woven from her own
hair, the long spears and the short, the ne,ra or
war club, the darts and the circular discs OF
stone and the feather helmet that Is the badge
of royalty. He learns 10 bring down the flying
bird with his sling and TO hurl spear after spear
into the centre Of the target while running at
full speed TO catch and parry spears thrown Mt
him. or TO avoid them, twisting his body like a
fash of lightning. and he could swim and dive
more skilfully and stay under water longer
than Hiwa herself. though she had been able TO
vie with the strongest and bravest OF her war
riors. Here ia the story Of the boys first
battle:
lie was sitting. as he had been taught, to do. on a
rock at the bottom u the pool speating hSh. when hi'
mother Owed down and hastily b,ckoned him TO the
surface.
1T 4, a shark, = she said as soon as their head,
were above water, ~ am going 70 Kill him"
a man eating monSt'r eighteen fee, long Vas
swimming leisurcly about. carrying terror 10 smaller
n>hcS tina, had ,hu1f far found the pool a safe reiug.
from sharks, and had. accordin ely. cor gregatd In
large numbers, 1t waShe FRS, Ash larger than an
ulud that Aeanl AnTver seen.
let me- kill him he eagerly cried. catching hold
OF the stick s%harpensd at both ends winch HIva held
IN her hands
For a moment, as II seemed 20 Hiwa. her hear,
stopped beating, The boy was a m.r. child. and. II
he should become frightened and lose his wits at the
critical instant, he would surely be bitten In twain.
But there was no sign Of fear In his face. His eyes
shone. and his pulse ,hrobbrd with the 10y Of com.
Ing battle. why should he no, do ~ lie wa, nSh
himself almost. with human Intelligence, He knew
the trick perfectly. for In the training. In which
nothing a warrior should know was forgotten, he
had been exercised In It many times. HI, mother
personatlng the shark. Even base born men faced
sharks without fear. and Aelani, though bu, a child.
was Asldni. the Pledge from Heaven.
HI Is born TO great deeds" reflected Hlws, and
mus, learn To do them. And there is no danger. for
only the god ~ sharks ran swim before a child Of
Wakra"
Nevertheless. she armed herself with a spear and
kept near him.
The boy swan quietly out to within few fa,homs of
the shark and then lay upon the water almost mo.
,ionleSs. The great FISH thinking he had An EASY
prey, approached slowly and turned 10 bite. As he
did so a small hand. quick as lightning, thrus, the
stick between his Jaws. and they closed over Il bury.
Ing one sharp end In the roof Of the mouth and the
other through the great tonguc into the lower law
The next instant. with the supple s%witnes, OF an
ulua. thu child dlved and glldcd away. His work VA,
finished. lie had only - keep beyond reach OF m.
mighty tail thrcshing the water In death agony.
The story ends with a victory of the young
warrior and his restitution to the ancient