The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-08-29
BfEITcnIN6lT SWEET
HE IHIIDH LEI.
Claimed to Be the Ed
tor of a Sunday
Paper.
HOSPITALITY RECEIVED WHILE here.
HER MISSION 20 LoVAaY HA-
Wall NEI as TOLD By
HERSELF
something About the Attentions
Shown tie Woman OF the Grace
fuI Quili-1ne Startling
Oe-Oufnrnt-

sz-e, AnnAtel L-c. dear AnnAn-I Le~.
Cle--r - q .s-'IE'-p. bFssaE as the sea;
No more shan In the moonfsht-- ~iid siee.
Roam by The duck ponds near WAIKIKI
Sweet Annabei Ler. dear Annabel Lee.
Ny heart ,humps In gladne-s thinking Of thee
Several weeks ago there alighted
from one of the ocean greyhounds that
steam into this port one of those rare
and exotic female nosegays that have
faculty Of encircling the globe. even
If the tide be at ebb.
The new arrival came unheralded.
She was attractively gowned. Her
manner was somewhat magnetic. Her
eyes mirrored the eerulean coioring of
cloudless tropical sky and sparkled
and radiated with enthusiastic melody.
In figure she was Of medium height,
rather compactly built and plump as
quail in October on the shooting pre-
serves of a gun club. Her mouth was
large; her lips rosy and when they
parted in conversation or the passage
OF the efferveScent wine which Omar
Khayyam invokes the Muses. to adore,
there was suggestion, aye, realiza-
ton OF Strawberries, luscious in the
glow Of perfect ripeness, and cream.
Her hair, wavy and luxuriant, was
tinted with fiery flame and glinted and
sparhled in the sunlight like an aurora
borealis in an Arctic sky where Andre
lost his balloon. Her age betrayed the
passing of childhood by many years,
yet so confounding was 1t to decipher
that even the superintendent Of the
census, Alatau T. Atkinson, judged it
by the sliding scale.
With penmanship manly in stroke
she wrote her name on the Hawaiian
Hotel register: "Annabel Lee, editor
of the Sunday Call" and ordered that
z pitcher Of ice water be sent to her
room. Servants were attentive; guests
realized that they were in the presence
OF talent when Annabel lowered about.
If she entered the dining room there
was cessation in the clatter of knives
and forks. The women declared that
she was lust lovely and SO talented,
TOOL! And as for the men. Well, they
all became victims to her charms. 1t
was the old, old story, but always
new.
And what did Annabel Lee say9 She.
came to Hawaii to food the columns
of the Sunday Call with descriptions
and pictures of Hawaii Mel. The Isl
ands were so lovely, the people SO
charming that it was a shame that the
country hadn't been discovered and
written up before.
Annabel Lee entered society. There
were luaus given in her honor. She
was wined and dined. She went to the
ieper settlement with the board of
health She called upon President
Dole and was most cordially received
by fellow man of letters, e. P. Dole. 4
Everywhere she went she Haunted the
Sunday Call. 1t would be unnecessary
to mention the many enjoyable times
she had at Waikiki, OF trips to the
Pail and outings along the line Of the
railroad. She imposed on an innocent
young man on contemporary and got
her name in the paper with frequen-
cy that was appalling. Men lavished
money upon her and Annabel Lee had
a glorious time.
But there is an end to all things An
mabel finally sailed away in great
glory, covered with leis lavished on her
by admiring friends.
And now the denouement. On the
Gaelic word was received from the
manager of the Call that Annabel Lee
never was connected with the Sunday
Call or the Monday Call or any other
Call Thus has another idol been
shattered and Honolulu people who
were assured that their names would
appear in the Sunday Call in three-line
plea are doomed to disappointment.