Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-10-26
SHARK HAS FUN
BEYOND THE HEADS
WITH A ],P4N.&

Down at the Channel wharf along
the waterfront where the japanese
fishing boats are kept there is vacant
sampan The owner has not been in
room near the japanese theater is the
lone fisherman. Keto. He Is constant. |
ly in deep meditation. His one thought
is whether he shall give up fishing !
from his sampan. His mind, in spite
of his love for the water, the fascina'
ton of sailing his own boat wherever
he wishes to go, the excitement of
catching the various kinds Of fish and
his brains almost constant speculation
as to how large and fat 1t might be,
reverts to the vegetable garden, or EN-.
ployment at hard labor, in fact any.
thing for livelihood on the good, hard,
dry land.
Keto has fished for years-ever since
he was a youngster in Japan. He has
caught fish-including sharks-larger
than himself. He Is fond of catching
immense members of the finny tribe
but when he captures them he wants to
be batting for that particular kind. A
shark, unsolicited. is the cause of the
unemployed sampan, Ketos constant
meditation and several hairs in his
head to have turned gray within the
past four or five days.
1t seems that Keto had been fishing
for opelu out beyond the heads one
evening last week. He was happy and
contented. There was nothing on his
mind-neither on his person-to both.
er. him. He was just beginning his
nights fishing. The sun had gone down
in the west and II was commencing to
get dark. But what did Keto care.
He had nothing to do until morning
but catch fish, nap and smoke.
! But a shark, one of the man-eating
kind, judging from the story told by
the Japanese to his friends, spoiled all
of his plans. made him forget about
the future and look to the present and
change his mind about being fisher.
man forever. Fish were biting pretty
lively and Keto was feeling unusually
good, when suddenly he felt a pull
on his line that made him jump. For
a seCond-only one second-he thought
II might possibly be an unusually large
mullet or monster ulua. Before he
could smile at the prospect he was
aware that there was something doing.
He was pulling on his little fishing
string when something white appeared
on the surface of the water. KetO
saw the shark and the man.eater saw
KetO. KGtO realized the danger but he
did not want to lose his line. And
besides 1t was tied to the boat. For a
time he chung to the line. Sternways
and sideways the shark pulled the sam
pan, but Keto was determined and sc
was the shark. The shark probably
knew that he was worth several dollars
to the japanese but he was awar,
, also that his hide and meat were worth
, great deal more to himself. FINAL.
the line parted and the shark was gone
But Keto was not disappointed-h,
was glad to get away with his life
So was the shark.
When daylight came the next morn
ing 1t found Keto at the harbor en-
trance waiting to land. He had moi
slept a wink that night. All his dreams
OF happiness. strings of fish and con
-, tentedness had vanished He was {
much.worried man. He landed, solo
the few fish he had, took the sampar
to the Channel wharf, told his story
to few friends and disappeared. HI
is still trying to make his mind wheth
er he will be a fisherman or work IL
the garden in the future.