Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-12
TOLD IN THE BARN


forenoon getting up the hay and in
the afternoon they bestirred them.
selves to get II into the barn before
the shower, which they saw coming,
should overtake them. The last load
was safely under the shingles when
the big drops began to fall, and for an
hour or two there was a drenching
Lood.
The men, q jolly crowd, gathered In
the barn to escape the downpour. Aft.
err they had gossiped and cracked
Jokes a while, slim rete" Jones ad.
dressed himself to Ike" Drummer
and said, Say, Ike, tell us something.
One would think you had lost all your
friends and never expected any more
Tell us story of some sort. NO mat
ter If 'tisn't very smart.
81 don't want to tell stories to peo'
pie that won't believe 'em. II ] tell
a good story, want to have II be.
lieved."
Give us your best. Wen believe
IT, il It will be any accommodation
Wen believe it all r,gh.," echoed
Tom Herrick. Job Simmons and d.
Franklin Morse. as he pompously cali
ed himself Jack Staples lay back on
q pile of hay and awaited results.
well. III tell you a little story but
| don't suppose you Il believe word
of II. You know was down to New
! York couple of years ago.
Il remember it," said b. Franklin
II was down there at the same time.
We'll" continued Ike, Il was around
/ thn Tftv 1nnEfnu tho giphtg md
| finally | drifted down to the wharves
where the shipping lay. noticed one
ship that had just come in, and she
was loaded with needles-commop
sewing needles. They had been dump
ed loose into the hold of the ship, and
there were three men down in the
hold Of the ship with shovels throwing
those needles right out loose upon the
wharf. And there on the wharf, II
| you'll believe II, was an old blind WON
an who threaded those needles as fast
as those three men could throw them
out. There: don't suppose you will
believe a word of that story"
Don't think Wen believe it," said
Pete. Guess you amt acquainted
with your audience! Guess you didn't
know | was down in the hold shovel
ing with all my might. haven't sweat
so any day this year as | diu trying tc
keep that old woman at work; and the
other two working as hard as | did
saw you loafing about there. and won
dered what greene haG come to town.
"Why. don't you Know. said Jack
my wife's cousin lives in New York
and that old woman is her grandmoth
err The old lady is ninety.eight years
old, ana isn't quite so spry as she was
when sne was a few years younger
My wife was down there on visit a
that time, and she says the old lad!
wasn't feeling well that day. II sh,
had been. five men would have beer
required to keep her going. She go
n little ovcrdone the night before
There was a swell ball and the Duk,
of PiClileburg was to be there and the,
insisted that the old lady should b.
there and dance with him. II was lat
when she got home, and naturally
: affected her speed in threading nee
dies"
1T beats ALL" remarked job Sin
mons, how things do turn out. NJ
: daughter Elite was over to Deaco
Thomas's about that time calling O
Cynthy Thomas. Cynthy. you know,
2 all carried away with missionary worl
Ettle came home and told us how Tn
Greenland Society for the Promote
of Home Comforts Among the Esqu
mauX had given an order for seve
- million lace pocket handkerchiefs I
be distributed among the Esquima
women. To fill this order seven thol
sand women were employed night an
day. They couldn't take time I
+ thread their own needles. When tn
: thread was out in one they threw
I away and took one that was threaded
I They kept sending wagons down to tn
i wharf for fresh supplies of threade
9 needles. II kept a dozen horses on tn
4 jump"
81 can testify TO the truth of thu
o story" said Tom Herrick. i've x
G half a dozen of those handkerchief
I brought home by Tim Smith, who wa
l. among the Esquimaux in a whale shi
e He got en- for a plug of tobacco"
81 am well acquainted with the ca
tain OF that ship, said b. Franklin
u He was the skipper OF fishin
G schooner a few years ago, and | toe
v trip down to the fishing grouuC
;, with him He was doing somethir
J. about the deck one day, and taking h
z gold watch from his pocket by son
accident he dropped II overheard. /
: mOurned a good deal over the loss
= that watch; but IL was gone. and the
Il was no help for II. But a day or tv
~ afterward lad my lines out fishin
and | hauled up the great.grandfath
y OF all Goldfish. II was the biggest co
10 fish ! ever saw. Well, we dressed tn
~ FISH, and when we came to open
"a there was the shippers gold watch
e its stomach. And that was not n
There was n pair of gold.rimmed spC
% taCles some lunkhCad had lost ovC
10 board, a lady's gold lockct with p
ls ture Of the Duke of Pickleburg in
y and, to crown ali. there was a wad
~ 200 20.dOllar bills. restored Il
"a watch to the skipper; my best girl
% wearing the spectAClcs; and ha
" found out that the locket had be-
i stolen from the old lady who thread
those needles, and she Is wearing II
Is the bosom Of her dress now. The me
II ey Is subject to the order OF the IN
" who can tell bigger lie than | car
u The shower was now passed, a
Oh upon grass and leaf and flower [
I'D sunshine sparkled as IL the heave
had opened treasury of diamonds a
sprinkled them over the rejoicing laI
n sCape. The bow of promise spann