Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-01
ID me over in a plying manner.

ed me over in a plying manner.
suppose the japanese came into
the harbor?" | repeated.
The admiral assumed a look of as.
tonishing ferocity.
why" said he, 81 wish they would
They'd catch their death, that's what.
I'd make them resemble cafe on a
Sunday morning. Any one who want
ed to look them over afterward would
have to wear a diving suit, that's all.
just wish they'd try it."
"When?" asked.
"Oh," said the admiral, "any time
next month or whenever war is start
cd, If there is going to be war;"
"But suppose they came in tonight
| remarked.
"Dont make me laugh" protested
the admiral earnestly; my lips are all
chapped by this cold weather."
can right" said. I'm a decent
sort of fellow. l won't make you
laugh in that case. There's torpedo
boat out there, by the way, wandering
about. There 1t goes; you just missed
It. Probably the one that gave your
three orderlies the lift. thought you
tied them all up at night?"
"Oh," deprecated the admiral, Gin
times of peace, little laxity-"
| At this moment
Bang!
, A large, full grown explosion. a blast
, OF really beautiful illumination. and
an assorted wagonload of scraplron
| splnters, salt water and rivets came
over the free board of the Tsarevitch
and, making absolutely no distinction
between the Viceroy Of the Far East
and your correspondent, blew us, arm
In arm, into the air. In the course OF
some ten seconds or so, we hesitated
wavered, descended and alighted. II
has since been source of self-gratula'
ton for me that the Viceroy OF the Far
East alighted underneath.
My first thought was that | was al
home again and that | had been fool
ishly showing money in a strange bar
room. Visions OF my past life and OF
the future shot before my eyes; OF the
horror of my newspaper on learning
1 of its loss; of the Russian duchess
wringing her hands; of the impending
war and how II could never be intel
ligently described without me. We
struck the deck. We regained our
feet. Ankle deep In scrap iron, we
felt the Tsarevitch gradually list until
we slid into the scuppers.
/
by Joye!" cried the admiral, hold.
ing tight to the deck to keep from
rolling off into the water. "If this was
not time of peace | should say we
, had been torpedoed."
A noise off to port in the darkness
! like thousand persons tearing a thou.
sand pieces of cloth, attracted my
earnest attention. A fine streak of
fire, punctuated by pieces OF naval ar
chitecture. rose in the air.
Sir" said to the Viceroy of the
Far East, some one is doing some
thing to the Retvisan."
! Another display suddenly occurred
: to starboard. ! observed II over the
admiral's bald head, glowing majesti'
cally in the light OF these gratuitous
Z fireworks.
'The Pallada was fine ship ] re-
marked sadly.
The admiral clambered to his feet
He was very angry. He had all the
: marks of man to whom great in
Justice had been done; OF man who
had been hit on the nose while still
taking off his coat.
Sir" said, the war has begun"
"No!" cried the admiral bitterly.
Have you that impression also? BY a
coincidence the same thought occurred
,, to me. Also, my feet are wet"
I'VE are sinking" | remarked, cool.
ly lighting a cigarette, A shell hum.
med overhead and burst in the wheel
| house.
From the forts on the HILL" said the
4 admiral, regaining his natural aplomh.
"The aim is little bad, but 1t shows
at any rate, that we are ready for any.