The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-10
n CALIFORNIAN
ABROAD.
By Thomas Fitch
Copyright
OIllD lRFIAND
Thomas F.
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next door a glittering saloon with
white-aproned and banged-hair attend
ants. While waiting for the porter tc
return from the other hotels with his
scattered baggage, he has his choice OF
faro, monte, or roulette, or if he needs
exercise. there is a well-appointed
hurdy house in full blast across the
street. If he desires supper before
retiring, his every want Will be sup
piled and the waiter will bring him
three napkins, with a warning to wrap
one around the handle of each-his
knife, fork and spoon, before using.
as the weather is a little warm at
Phoenix. Fresh eggs he cannot OBJ
tain unless the hens lay them while he
waits, but young chickens are plenti-
ful, for each's days crop of hen fruit
is placed on the nante1 of his room, or
in a bureau drawer, or any other old
place, and in due time the chickens APP
pear, without the help of hen or incu-
bator. For genuine hospitality ARR
zcna is away ahead of Ireland.
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At the Queens Hotel we finally fore
ed an entrance. The lady clerk allotted
room number 20 to our party, and she
went sweetly to sleep in her chair, and
left us to find our apartment and ex-
press cur baggage thereto as best we
might.
I summoned lusty Hibernian, who
fingered about the door Take that
trunk said I imperiously, ito number
49, He shouldered it. And would
your honor show me the roon1?" said
he.
Il never was here before said I,
but I reckon that it is upstairs
'.All right" said he, '.I'll show it to
your honor" Up he started, when from
the surrounding gloom a half clad
Presence emerged. And how wild We
show it to the gentleman. We omad-
haun ?'' it cried. .Divil the fut was We
ever in the house before
''Oh, begorra,' answered my Atlas.
lit makes no matter. was often up
stairs in the other house."
We found the room, Pat and L. with
out help or hindrance from the land
lord or any of his satellites.
The Irish Hotel is a queer compound
of antiquity, hospitality, stupidity,
service and still more pain
in vain until your hand is chafed with
the bell cord and your soul filed with
wrath at the absence of response, and
when you do not call for them, the
and Hebes come tapping
and perking along every FIVE minutes
with towels, and brushes, and candles,
and hot water, and boot jacks, until
you can't rest.
The morning dawned serene and sun
shiny. An ancient beggar woman ac-
costed me as 1 stepped into the street,
and mingled a welcome to Ould Ire
andp with a request for a little finan-
,ial assistance. She followed me a
block. She blessed me in sections and
IS a whole. 1 assured her that / had
10 English money.
And isn't me old eyes iongin'," said
he, "for a sight of the beautiful |
American money!"
She received few dimes that I had |
eft of the coin of this glorious re- |
ublic, and gave me in return at least |
tx dollars worth of blessings.
Our bill for nights lodging and a |
breakfast was eleven shillings |
ach. or about two dollars and twenty |
We cents of the beautiful American
money. Two shillings of this charge |
vas for attendance" but nobody at
ended to me in any way, until came
D depart, and then the whole town was
here, from the drivers of the con
aynienees," or jaunting cars, down
through long line of walters to. the
cry solutions of the hosiery.
1t is warming, and touching, and pro-
ocative of the tenderer and purer feel
lgs of our nature, to observe how
nxious these people are to be remem-
cred by strangers, until you come to
Understand that the word remember
as different Specification with them {
rom it's common one
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And that reminds me of how much
epends on accurate definition. In a
ertain western city, blessed with three
District Courts, each Judicial District
5 made to corner into the other in
he centre of the Court House building.
lis Honor of the First District was
isturbed by the sound of hammering
4 the next room. Mr.. Bailiff,'' said
e. "go and stop that noise
The bailiff departed and returned
owncast, while the noise continued.
why didn't you stop the noise?"
aid his Honor testify.
II told the man. replied the Court
ffcer, '.that your Honor ordered him
, stop hammering, and he said that if
e stopped hammering his boss would
Top his wages, and he told me to tell
our Honor to go to HE'LL
Mr.. Bailiff,'' said the Judge. arrest ,
lat man and bring him before me-" ;
In a few minutes the bailiff returned
it'll his prisoner.
What have you to say, SIR said
lie Court, why you should not be
finished for contempt for disobeying
y orders and for using insulting Ian
iage?"
IT would like to speak to a lawyer
efore answer" said the prisoner.
Very well, SIR said the Court r
peak to any of these gentlemen V
"a hurried consultation was held