The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-02-03
ROMANCE Or A
HONOLULU KITCHEN

Almost like a chapter from a novel
is the love story of a couple of Japan
csc house servants which had a woeful
denouement on Monday in the suburbs.
There was demure little kimona clad
maiden from Japan, her lover, who is
Gear of the kitchen, an uncle and an
other sutton, who seems to have some
influence over the girls relative. Such
incidents are occasionally read of
among Anglo-Saxon types, but among
the Japanese and other Oriental races
it is possibly common occurrence.
Ichi may be the name of the man
servant at the residence of a suburban
householder who presided with more
or less skill in the kitchen. The maid
ems name may be Sunni. Time was
when Ichi was the only servant. Then
there was need of a Japanese girl SER
want and Ichi found one at Moiliili.
Ichi straightaway fell in love, although
for months and months he had been
sending money to Japan, where a maid
en- was waiting to be called to Honolu-
lu to become his bride. Then the man
failed to send any more money to ia
pan.
So matters went on for a couple of
months. On Monday two Japanese
made their appearance at the house.
The sound of Japanese voices brought
the housewife out to ascertain the
cause of the vocal tumult. The girl
was weeping, the elder man was as
certained to be the girls uncle, the
other stranger was at first introduced
"a q hnr hit of ri he
sutton for the girls hand, whom the
uncle had selected as the husband for
his niece. The cook was silent, but his
face wore a look of grim determina-
ton. The uncle and the would be-hus-
band said they wanted Sunni to go away
with them.
do you want to go, Sunni" asked
the housewife.
The girl looked furtively at her I'M
Gle, who frowned.
YES" she replied in faltering
tone.
With that, the uncle and would be-
husband packed up her little bundle
OF clothing, and started to lead her
away, while the housewife re-entered
the house. Then came sharp words
and the girl ran into the house sob
bling and sought her mistress,
me no want go way" she cried.
"But you said you did," answered
the housewife.
mo, no, me stay-no like man."
Not knowing Japanese customs or
the rights of the women, the house
wife deemed it best not to interfere.
Then the men came again and one on
.l. s,t. -
led away. She reluctantly mounted
the seat of a wagon in waiting, her
bundle of clothing being tumbled in
behind her, and the party drove away.
Five minutes later the woman was
back at the house breathless with run
ming, but the men came after her, and
she then said naively she had come
for some medicine she had forgotten.
Three times the woman returned to
obtain some forgotten keepsake.
Then with resigned air she said:
me make" illustrating a method
by which she implied she would meet
her death by hanging.
The cook all the afternoon was
moody. At dinner-time he became
noisy. Pans ratified and dishes clat-
tered. He announced that 1t was his
intention to find Sunni and bring her
back and intimated also that the
"other man" would be spitted with a
sword IL he interfered
However, the cook turned up yester-
day morning to prepare the family
breakfast, and bore no signs of con-
flict upon his physiognomy. But the
girl was not in the house. Ichi had
failed to locate her.