The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-14
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CaOtain Dens mOre's Girl.
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By Anthony Raymond.


Dinner was over, and we of tn
stronger sex betook ourselves to tn
smoking-room while our wives went int
the parlor and INDUCED in harmless
gossip. Outside it was raining furious
Nv, but seated in comfortable char:
with our feet perched higher than ou1
heads. we did not give that fact much
thought. It was ideal weather for a
good story and 1 was about to ask our
host to favor us with some tale OF his
adventures, when genial William At
kins broke in rudely upon our medlta-
tions by saying to Captain Densmore:
"Captain, L hear that you were once
stationed at Honolulu. Is that so?'
eyes" he replied.
"EWell, yesterday in the Afternoon,
having nothing else better to do, was
hanging around the hotel trying to get
a chance to interview a man, when IN
comes a tall. dark-skinned fellow,
dressed for the world like prosperous
sugar planter. The clerk was absent
for the moment and as he was a stran-
ger, resolved to put him at his ease,
and welcome him to San Francisco.
went forward and put out my hand,
saying, well, old sport, where do you
hail froma'
"sFrom Honolulu, he replied as cool
as you please.
s Intend to stay here long2'
&c Not if all the men are as inquisl-
tive as you seem to be-
81 laughed and just then the clerk
came and my friend from Honolulu
turned his back to me and spoke to the
clerk. Say, Densmore, are all the Ha-
waiians as fresh as that?''
ssNot at all, not at all" Densmore
interrupted hastily. "But describe
your man.
ooh, he was tall, looks like dark
skinned Apollo. Has the habit of
twisting his hat around the fore-inger
of his right hand. A few other charac
teristics, but not worth mentioning"
"You have told me enough to let me
know that the man who has just arrived
from Honolulu, is my friend John Will
liams. At least he was my friend"
the Captain added with a smile.
s'Captain," broke in Billy, "you said
you were entirely at fault in losing his
Comet that sounds as if
there was story back of that. I've
eft my note book at home and besides
never work over time, so I IL promise
hat unless you give me permission I'llf :,
not put one word of this in my paper
"Oh, / am not ashamed of the
tory returned the Captain, 'and it
vas not my fault that Williams hates
ne. I'll stake dollars to chestnuts that
le is here to settle the old score.''
EGO ahead with the story" cried
everal of the boys. So Densmore be-
AN:
"Way down in the Hawaiian Islands,
s you doubtless know, there is a town =,
allied Honolulu 1t is beautiful lit
lie place, full OF parks ana Deautl1ul Z,
rees, which line some of the streets
here is one park especially which >.
olds itself dear to my memory, and :.
hat park is called Thomas Square,
he county band gives free concerts
here once week, and nearly all of
he Inhabitants of Honolulu, at least
early all the people who live around
MS beautiful square, come to this con-
ert. The music played by the band is :.
quail to that of any of the mainland
ands
81 am passionately fond of music
nd I was to be found at nearly every
oncert given by the band, either at o
nat Or any other square.
Gone bright, moonlight evening b
ent, as was my custom, to Thomas Fl
quare. I had been detained at the
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