Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20

I'LL out OF the sun" said Cap.
tain James. We scaled a
Ii III rickety fence, stumbled
over lot OF loose coral,
climbed over some scattered lumber
and ducked under an old sail support.
Cd by pole resting between the
stumps OF two algeroba trees which
bad been left charred and forlorn by
the FIRE which swept Honolulu's China
town in February, 1900.
The captain drew up couple Of
empty oil drums. placed piece Of
canvas over each. and We sat facing
each other, sheltered from the glare
OF the sunlight and enjoying the
pleasant breeze that found Sc way in
at one end OF the tent and oat az the
othe..
There's the lumber for the fishing
schooner I'm going to build said the
captain. Jerking his pipe In tbs direc.
ton Of Pile OF nor'west which ran
along one side OF the tent.
81 haven't moved in here yet" no
continued I'm waiting til ] build
my shanty. You see I've started the
foundation out there. already Here's
Where I'm going to, build my boat and
this will be my headquarters when ev
cIythings fixed"
PITCHING HIS TENT.
Captain James is building cabin
IN small lot on Queen street at the
Eva end of the harbor, and when his
Headquarters is completed be viii DO
able to hook from his front window
out upon the railway wharVes.
where there is always something DO.
ing.
Il see you had piece in tDe paper
the other day about the old american
clipper ship Dreadnaught, sand tho
captain. Speaking OF the Dread
n"ught. reminds me oil the oId origi
NIL Dreadnaught VI Trafalgar fame
en-, OF Nelson's old wooden-sides.
Wei, sir. I've been aboard Nelson's
cid vessel and many another famous
craft besides.
The old Dreadnaught used 70 lie al
the Deptford docks. on the Thames
in London. She was a schOol.shiI
where they sent bad boys, and how
come TO know her was this way. Yor
see, my uncle, by marriage. Jim Wal
her. who was one OF Nelson's old TrG
laifar sailors, with one leg gone, wal
hoatswain OF the Dreadnaught and re
NAMED 30 until his death My moth
" died when was baby and m!
rrther worked Tor the British Govern
m,ut at the Deptford docks, Thi'
was away back in Acknowledgements
thmG. II remember correctly.
FORGOT TO ASK HIS AGE.
Il think was born in 1889, but
forgot 20 ask the old man my az,
when LETT home. ! think ] was oil,
enough TO have sense, anyway
well. as was saying, my fathe
married Sally Walker after my moth
or died, 70 have someone 10 raise nj
~ small Kids who were left mother
less. Sally Walker was a sister O
lin Waller and was the widow of an
other old Trafalgar sailor who tough
with Nelson at the battle OF Trafa
IaI. One OF her sisters married Hal
~ Clifton, the first printer Of ballad
in London and great actor at tina
time. Perhaps you've heard G
Blanche and Harry Clifton of modcr
times, them Of the trape2e talent.
saw them in San Francisco years ng'
bats where | first formed an aifc'
1 ton foY the newspaper business, /
be original Harry Clifton's littl
limiting shop, up in a garrett in i4oI
don. That first impression may e!
i main why later went into the new,
/ aper business.
WASN'T AN ANGEL CHILD.
Wei, when | was youngster
wasn't any angel, and my father use
20 threaten to put me aboard the oil
!, scholarship Dreadnaught, which hs
been in the battle of Trafalgar. Whe
= | was particular bad this threat used
make me behave, for | knew thu
sLoard the Dreadnaught they put II
oCys over the breech of gun and use
the cat-O-nine-tails on them, applyir
where It did the most good.
The Queen of England since sto
. ped this painful habit aboard schoC
, ships. II wasn't stopped while | WI
a ii London, however, and as kid
"a ,ad always a wholesome fear Of NJ
sons old Dreadnaught.
My father was master and carpc
81 and everybody knrw him arOul
u he peptfOrd docks, so had the n
/ the place and saw many and MAJ
1 famous old vessel and went aboa
'Eips from all corners Of the cart
Iy father went as carpenter a
wmetimes captain in the old Ab
reen barks Heroine and Borbice.
9 1T didn't take me long to get I