The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-08-21

O'Clock The distant plash Of the
Pacific sounded IN Uozruful mo1o-
tones from over. the rice and banana
fields, and across TIE eernlezn vault
the full oTbed Queen Of Night rode
down the Heavens As / approached
the cottage OF Nr. ana Mrs Roe,
heard voices from the rear l did not
hear what was sid OF sung. and M
zcquaintzncs with Mr. and ArS- Roe
vas slight. but. being 4 policeman. It
was M duty to recognize the voices.
and therefore ! did recognize them
Il vas the cottage o. Mr. and MS
Roe, and though my hearing vas de-
fective my power OF ratiOcination was
vigorous. and therefore / swear that
| the voices were those az Mr.. and Mrs
Roe. Whether their blended harmony
| sounded the solemn strains OF There
q Land That is Fairer Than Day, OF
the martial music of There's Hot
| Time in the Old Town Tonight, | DO
not know. but enraptured with the
sound | stopped the horse and sat in
| the buggy gazing at and drinking in
| the scene
Suddenly in the open front window
| appeared the substantial form OF
James Love. He was clad in the sim
pie but sufficient costume of a cotton
| undershirt. He opened his mouth and
| for three quarters of an hour he en-
| tertained me with means and groans,
while he fortified the lawn with the
nutriment for which Mr.. Magoon had
| been paying S. a week For three
quarters OF an hour did James Love
thus waste his estate IN shameless
violation OF Section 1916 Of the Code.
DO you mean TO tell me, says the
High Sheriff, that you sat in your
buggy for three-fourths of an hour IN
the moonlight. watching James Love
puke out of the Window?
Ives. Chief, replies the police
man. 1 think it was my duty
And | think, remarked the Chief.
that you have had a pipe dream
go and soak your head
And what does all this evidence
amount to even if true7 One swallow
does not make a summer. and an oc-
| casional transgression does not make
a man a drunkard
When High Sheriff Brown saw
| Love he may have been developing an
emetic. or he may have been regret
/ ting a dinner of mince pies, limburger
| cheese, cucumbers and fee cream, or
/ he may have inadvertently assimilated
a fly in his soup, or he may have
been Hberating the contents of his
stomach for pure fun. Even IL he was
| drunk on that sole occasion in six
years. Even if he had been overcome
once a year or once a month even
that would not make him drunkard
and with 100000 worth of property
behind him it certainly would not
make him a drunkard likely TO waste
his estate so as to come to want.
This old man is entitled in al
| good conscience to be set free. ne
acquired his property by % years Of
labor and thrift. He ought to be al
lowed to enjoy it in his old age and tt
live where and with whom he pleases
and nobody ought to have any lega
right as nobody has any moral righ
to say him nay. He has robbed NJ
man. wronged no man. and harmed
no living creature. Will not You
Honor decree that he shall come ono,
more into his own?"
Attorney Frank Thompson's argu
ment following Colonel Fitch's grea
speech. was a long one and most elo
quent in parts. The youthful yet abb
and learned attorney argued in strik
ing and interesting manner agains
allowing the petition for dissolution
of the guardianship. Thompson re
ferred generously to the law.
After thoroughly dealing with ar
cient history in the case Mr. ThomI
son said among other things:
Two members of the police depart
| ment have testified TO having see
Mr. Love drunk, not long time agt
but recently. One of them saw him
a state of intoxication in the pre-:
/ s ence of Mrs. Roe. herself. To be sur
Miss Roe and. Mrs Roe testified tina
: Love was only in the habit of takin
an occasional glass of wine or bee
Miss Roe said that he took two {
three glasses of wine or beer; Mr.
Roe testified that he was in the hab
of taking four or FIVE glasses of wiz
or beer a day. Now there Is diffe
ence in the testimony Of these tv
witnesses. Why is il that Mrs. Re
: | should remember his taking mol
l | drink than Miss Roe remembers?
is clear enough. Mrs. Roe was at a
times more solicitous OF the comic
o and pleasure of Love, for the reasC
\ | that there was no intermediate b
! tween herself and the property
y Love. With Miss Roe II was diffe
ent. Her mother came first betwet
herself and Love as far as any benei
i from Loves property was concerne
g therefore. she was not as solicitor
of he old man.
Thompson went on TO show III
Love was indeed drunkard and HI
always been one. He intimated tn
possibly Mrs. Roe had seen him druI
81 so often, in fact all the time, that s.
did not know when he was sober
Then followed a discussion betwe'
> the Court and the attorney as 10 q
law in the matter of drHnkards al
sr spendthrifts. Thompson seemed
think that a man had TO be kept ind
a spendthrift trust until be became
total abstainer. whether he wasted
substance or not
AS il was IN the beginning beg;
Thompson
DO yoa mean TO say that becau
man vas az one time In the hal
OF taking a drink that he must Il
ever be held under spendthrtft tru