The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-07-31
90 REsPoNDENoE
Wants Lights and Signs.

country Dut nave been on the Other
islands for some years. was call
ed upon aud asked to attend con.
6nement case My horss was leii
up and I was unable to get hack
in the moment. Therefore entered
one of Pains rapid mule cars and
asked the driver to put me off at the
street nearest to the cross street
wbers my destination was.
He said yes, in very courteous
manner and tying the reins OF his
mules to ths remnants Of whip ! Q
sat down to Hrt with a pretty
young elderly female passenger.
According to the Advertisers
weather record it was or should
have been bright moonlight which
accounted for the total lack of
street lights. was fealing little
uneasy and lost to the surroundings
of suburb when the driver tore him
self az ay from his female passenger,
stoppsd the rapid mules and said to
me: Here you is senior, go up
this way and you can't miss your
street." | believed him and started
in the direction he had pointed out
with my medicine case in my hand.
walked along and on everv aide
I saw new houses and new streets
but not the one was looking for.
There were sign boards on corners
but no lights and I had forgotten to
bring lantern along. Well l walk
ed and l walked and l kept on walk
ing until the road was getting
rough and the houses far between.
I felt bewildered especially when |
suddenly noticed Dssky's Pacific
Height lights way below ma. Then
I knew that I must have p,sse
Kalamaz 10 street for which was
bound, and | retracted my weary
steps through cross roads and
other roads without finding any in
dication of where | was.
reached & ,e house, the grounds
of which were terraced and | sat
down oc tie marble stairs TO rsst
aud take nerve tonic. l was lst
closing my medicine bcx when a
voice from above said: "Hello, you
hobo, what are doing there"
Without turning around, l
suggested that any man, who
wasn't fool, could zee that
[ was sitting down. The voice than
asked where | was going, and told
uim to light the street lamps aud
put up some sign boards and
would probably tel! him. la the
meautims had recognz 4d the
gentleman as legal person age aud
| naturally didn't wish to disclose
my identity and bs iaed for con-
tempt "Now you hooo," bs used
the We I'd id, Il will sead for th Q
police"
| thanked him and asked him to
ring up the patrol wagon, 40 in case
we didn't caps'zs the dIiv,r cnnll
show me wnere my road WAS, That
seemed to surprise my involuntary
host aud be sald: "M ,n alive, where
do you want to go7'
| told him weardy what my des
tination was, and he tod mo to walk
fourteen blocks right ahsad aud
then turn t. he let and then to
the ri Sht aud then a little makai
,ut then mauks aud [ would hnlt
my road. thanked him and took
soma more nerve tonic and went
straight to the waterfront and hired
two men to sit up and CURSE the
Off "ials who have charge Of street
lights aud street signs
When | eventually found ths
place, the baby was born, bsp' -c
and graduated from College, aoc
[ hav. been unable TO collect my
hill for sarvic.s | should have
rendered. Thanking you for space,
Yours weary,
MEpIous
(Say old chap, what was the
, brand OF that nerve tonic? Ed