The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-07-22
MOhlC AN SAILS
ON WEDNESDAY

n woe HuHdsy crowds ~ rnp'e
were. as tlo sailors saY "ruhborins 100
over fhs Hnhlr1n." The irain.ne Hhir
vac .e.avinF visitors Al ere hroaf-
wo-s h1d an cstta polish. The mos
s..e rs were ruidine ladies nb.ui the
chip
Two young women were br.nr SHOWN
t,rrurh teo quarters On the berth deck
rfev storprl Sd r1fa some ohscrta-
a1ns. one saying. ION. Isn't this love-
iy. Ethel9 Don't you wish that you
we're n buy 90 thai you could join The
Navy ! tell YOU its Immense" just
then they wero startled by deep. nv
sicai. bass voice which said: 20. IRE
on the hinowinr sea. my friends. rs
the iollies. game in the world don't
think. guess nit" who's thatP'
asked both girls In one breath. "oh.
that's prisoner In the brig" replied
the landsman at their side; we've got
| two In there and that's all there's room
/ for or there would be more in there.
/ You see we've always got fellows un-
/ der sentence who are waiting their turn
to 70 in there and serve them. Those
two fellows In the brig now are reck-
oned the meanest on the Mohican. Mo-
body's got any use for them and they
have raised particular thunder here.
Coming over from Yokohama our of'i-
GERS read the riot act to them and they
were court mar,ialed with the result
> that they are to be given bad conduct
/ discharges when we get to the main
land. They are kept In there now 30
that they won't run away while we're
in Honolulu"
The girls ideas about the sea had
undergone quick change and in a
moment one OF them was asking II
many of the boys were successful in
getting away from the ship. Well
replied the laxative messenger. "a 10,
OF them run away the last time We
were In Honolulu and five Of them
have deserted this time. They are IN
hiding somewhere in the town now. a
reward OF $40 Is paid for the arrest OF
each OF them"
The young fellow In one Of the COM
partments of the brig was now muir
muring something about a home and a
sweet home, 80 the girls moved up "a
the gun deck and We're Initiated with
others into the mysteries Of "ditty
box" Each man aboard IL provided
With one Of these small boxes and their
contents are usually strange and won
drrful To- behold. There are writing
paper. pencils, rens. ink. needles
thread AID many E,tle ulck-naclS-
pirEca mp In Oriental countries and Pa
chr Islands. In the boxes one secs
photographs of cute looking little Jan
girls which the owners treasure care
gully although there s. only about ono
chance in ten thousand of them ever
seeing each other again. There ar,
Jap gods and idols and in fact enough
small things to start curio stor,
with.
you have great chances for rettini
curios. Does the department at Wash
= iaGton send the boat to ports wher,
you can get plenty of them"
Il guess not" responded the sea
man; they don't tit these boats gu
just to let us collect curios."
e launch with a boat filled with mem
p bers of the Y. NJ. and Y. w. G. AS. cam.
/; alongside and the young men AM
young women clambered aboard I
hold religious service. There wer
big bundles of magazines for dlstri
button among the many young fellow
aboard.
: 1t is expected that the Mohican vii
sail for Puget Sound on Wednesday
, She is still lying in the stream an,
VIII remain there until sailing time.