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

il'lf Npulu ilt II lDN VI Dlu NtSHfIS
S, mo Of them for sale with a broom
Eoisted at the main a. n sign that they
could be had by anyone who was TOOL
enough TO pay good money for them
and take them away
ROTTEN ROWS FASCINATION.
There were some rare curlositic,
II Rotten Row and II was the delight
OF my imaginative, childish hours to
ro. m from one Odd relic to the other;
Exploring their musty and deserted
bins; pceping into their lockers.
even lowering myself into the dark
tLm" depths OF their rat and spider in
tested holds. And what world OF
treasure there was to me in all this.
Il was always a fanciful child and
q great reStlcssness possessed my
sCul. did not seem TO be myself
Hall the tim" I believed was some
one else who had lived long. long ago
no had come back to the world. And
OFTEN have felt that way since. I live
IN the dear. old interesting past ana
wander through the old scenes over
and over again. with ghosts of haunt
- ships for my companions and iu
ages OF dead heroes ana pirates in my
brain.
The old world moves on so last
Tho world seems tn be- slipping away
IRON me. II Is running ahead faster
than Cnu keep mp. | am lonely, FOL
I meet so few who can talk with me O
III" oldcn days. Once In while meet
an old sardiuc on the beach of eom,
| country who has seen the things
rave seen and who has known the
ships | have known, but even then II
generally turns out that his memory
/ fails him and he cannot 90 with m,
beck into the past. So have to wan
UeI adown the passed years by my
sell, with nothing but my vague con
N'ttions of life to bear me company.
LIKE THE SHIPS OF COLUMBUS
There were some SHIPS in Rottc,
how which were OF the style OF tn
craft that Columbus took to America
There wcr" high-poOpcd Venetian gal
lcys: quaint Greek craft which ha,
Toathered many Il battling wind an,
stormy blow IN the Adriatic and tn
Mediterranean: vessels from Genoa
turkish gallcys, and odds and ends o
liI Kinds Of marine humanity. The
trcrc were some pretty close moder
limitations II | may SO term them, q
~" Viking galleys. With all thei
Modern changes, one could still So
III" strong resemblance to the valley
e. the Vikings. They had very brIgf
IS d"S their planks being polished wit
if' sap Of a tree, ! could almost So
ny face in their sides.
y could hear the old ships talk an
Trey told me many a wonderful tall
When the wind whispered throug
TIER rotting rigging listened wit
II my. soul on fire. | was rascinate,
! understood them when they gr1un
together in a disturbing blow. as
they hated to have their rest dlstur
I'D by the winds which dared 10 mole,
them in their final retreat from Il
oceans storms. Some OF their holt
were half full Of water.
My ancestors on my fathers SIC
were vikings.
And that reminds me. will q
lou something | don't ordinarily Ia
about. ] feel like speaking OF II, so
viii let my thoughts express thcr
! r., ives.
: VIKING DISCOVERED AMERICA.
ut Is proven fact, rs lar as Il
: ancient history Of Norway Is conccr
] -, that viking left Norway in h
= EallSy TO 20 To Iceland somewhe
= Al out the year 500. Ia Iceland
! committed some crime against Il
l. laws oi the land and was outlawcd.
: hC set sail for the west and alter maj
d days he arrived on the coast of V
I ginia. hundreds of years before Chr
Il phcr Columbus discovered what W
che day TO be the land OF the free al
d tho home Of tho brave
y Ten or twelve years ago. Harpe,
8 Mo nthly published an article on n
r very subject describing Inc incide
r. nf the discovery of America by ii
e same Viking.
2. Il believe that the rcstlessness th
II las governed my life Is caused by t
d Viking blood which boils In my 10
q. rem the crown OF my head 10 the Il
X Ct my toes.
@ ANCESTORS WERE PIRATES.
% MY ancestors on my fathers 81
'e we're pirates, Vikings. On my mo
II q side my ancestors were purc.hr
J Toyers, cattle thieves.
n. There Is no doubt in my mind Il