The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-05
RESCUE OF
WALLER GAL
IRON Wednesdays daIlyj


chant streets yesterday afternoon!
"Take me TO dat lady, / say. None u
80 whisper talk nDwl Takc-me-to-
dat-lady"
The man who was 80 eager 10 get q
glimpse OF feminine charms was just
off the city OF Picking and was followed
by crowd OF plantation darkles. fresh.
like himself, from "Ole Tennessee"
The other man who was supposed 20
know something Of the Whereabouts "
the lady" was slight OF build. in color
n light cocoa and milk, and in manner
very nervous He turned out to be tbs
preacher. The lady-hunter and his
dark following had surrounded him on
the Waterhouse corner.
"Shi sh" whispered the hunted theo-
logian. IT'S all right. Don make no
fuss. I'll fix 1t in a little while. Shoe,
now, dere's too many around"
IT don care ef deres a million folkses
around" was the determined answer.
"Youse know where dat lady Is an you
got to perdoose her. Where-am-dat--.
lady, I say2"
The darkies then started along Mer-
chant street and halted a moment on
the Bishop bank corner, talking loudly
and the lady-hunier showing indca-
tiors OF razor. BY this time twenty
or thirty white men and natives had
collected and the minstrel refrain, II
wan nah baby" arose from the melod-
ious lips OF Col. VIII Fisher. Hearing
this, the darkics caromed across the
street and paused on Magoon's steps
where the spectators were increased by
loiterers from in front OF the postonice.
I tell you, preachah," shouted TIE
knight-crrant Of ladyhood, "derell be
trouble ef you don get me to dat lady
quick. ] saw you TAX her away an /
wan TO know what she am now. You
tell me! Shut up Notwithstanding to a
young negro who had laid a hand on
his arm--"I know you. YDuse his brud-
der an can't ride I'm his cart"
by this time the cocoa-tinted preach
cr was go ratified that he could not
tell whether he was on foot or In the
cavalry He struck across the street
to the Schaefer corner, where the row
was resumed officer McCrcady then
doomed on the near horizon, and the
cloudy group struggled towards the
police station. not knowing the place
till they got there and then by beating
n quick flank retreat by way OF Nuu-
anu street to King. Dat lady's hawt;
yaas, sir" was one OF the remarks
heard as the mob moved along There
was not much pause, and the darkies
kept going. talking loudly all the way,
and keeping n wary eye on the police
men until the corner OF Merchant ana
Fort was reached again, when the
preachers brother whispered some
thing In the ear Of the violent coffee
colored person. Upon this the knight
errant dropped the preacher and start
ed for Alakea street where the lady
In the case had been concealed. He
found her and received black looks.
But she came along and Is now break
ing hearts on Maui, or will. as soon
as she gets over her seaslckness.
How did the trouble begin? Well,
when the steamer Santa Ana was
ready to sail yesterday afternoon for
Spreckesvile and the plantation
agents went aboard the city of Pc
king, lying ut the Railway wharf, for
the purpose OF rounding up the nifty
eight negroes some trouble was found
To exist. There were grumblings and
murmurings among the dusky people,
and II was not known at first whether
they were on strike, or whether they
did not want to leave the steamship
where they had been treated so well
for the past week.
All of the kinky haired ladies and
gentlemen were highly excited, all OF
them except the loving coupe who
were united In the bonds Of matrimony
by the captain of the Picking the day
before the vessels arrival here. These
were off in n corner by themselves,
making banjo eyes AND telling each
other that they We're swteeter than all
the sugar cane In the Hawaiian ISL
ands. Finally IL was learned from one
of the negroes that preacher had
done ruined away wiz mighty pur-
~ lple ynller gal what was de mas
cot Of de gang"
majority Of the immigrants came
ashore and started on hunt for the
missing "yaller gal" The Coffee-cOl-
ored negro had his razor all ready lie
searched the town ana finally located
the lady az is said above, I'm a house
on Alakea street where she had been
hidden by the reverend brother who
had spirited her away You jes' wait
tell ! ketch dat Niger" the coffee
cuored man had said, "lr | don CyarYe
him 10 de heart, I'm a gone COON heah
me a-talkin', nigpersY'
ney who came down with the lmmi-
grants with the intention ~ reporting
on the conditions here had become in
fatuated with the gal" and had per-
suRded her 90 come ashore with him
and desert the rest ~ the party, she
had listened 10 his huneyfd words and
had decided 90 follow the reverend
gentleman 10 the ends of tho "yfarth -
Rut the plni failed the lady was re-
pautured and the gang marched
through the strrets with "a wondering
ana curious crowd ~ thHlr heels. while
plantation agents, steamship officers,
and policemen ana 1thurH followed On
no wake Tho crowd ~ negroes Was
pul aboard Tho SANTA Ana Nnd thar
5rsFri, nile later IN iha afternoon,
gal AWAY ~ FprrekfIHYlllH
Whom ihH Reverend hpkiuprY WhH
atru nN "a upHIiur hr phplaiuei ihat
ihp }aunB laly whom Pr hai iHhrn
nm ihH llpHrHuF mHlHlN ~ ine
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