The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-20


faced fellow with no coat on. oh faith
l am sorry for you"
Never mind, Kate, it will be all
right. What kind of a fellow is the
captain?"
ooh sure, he is nice enough but don't
say l said so, but he is that stingy.
They say there is never anything to
eat in the ould Ballahoo"
This was not pleasant news but
was in for it, and so was determined to
make the best of it, and L would take
care of myself anyhow.
Kate and l got on famously. She
told me that her father had made up
his mind that she should marry no
body but a captain, so when 1 pro-
posed to her, which / did after a few
hours conversation, she refused me
fatty.
Kate, darling" said I, i'm a tone that
would melt a marling spike give me
a lock of your hair if you can't give
me your heart, so as / can have some
thing to worship"
Sure I won't" said she you must
only worship the saints"
I was sorry when her mother called
her down stairs. AS the brig was in
the bay some twelve miles from town,
the walk was too long to undertake, al
though l wished to see her very much
after dinner. 1 was informed that the
owner and captain had arrived. Kate
and I took a long walk and on return
ing I introduced myself to them. I
think they were rather surprised that
I had not travelled third class by train
and that put up at the best hotel in
the town, but they said very little.
Next day I signed on, and was told
at four o'clock a jaunting car would
take me to the place where I could
find a boat to take me to the vessel.
An amusing incident occurred during
the morning. The hotel I NAV say,
was a two story stone building. The
first floor was vast store, containing
everything you could think of, the up
per part was the hotel,
I happened to be in the store that
morning when the proprietors wife
came in. She was a very stout, red
faced, middle-aged body, with an un-
certain gait and a loud voice. One of
the maids was calling out Justify:
kitty, kitty" when her ladyship with
wrathful tone of voice, said:
AN bad luck to you, why don't you
call her Mish Kate?"
"Sure I won't" was the answer
Angered by the reply she was about
to inflict personal chastisement on the
rebellious maid when she stumbled
and fell into a very large tub of mo.
lasses which happened to be there fol
ha nf H1Tnr n
. am sorry to say laughed immoder,
ately at her immersion. When they
fished her out she was the sweetest
thing you ever saw. The rebellious
maid: ooh darlint, sure it was my
fault, bad scran to me. Faith, IL
never call her anything but Mish Katt
, again. Wilma wirra! look at you
hair?"
> Before left I took the precautioi
= to put up a case of edible Injuries, ant
s after a heartrending farewell seem
}, with Miss Kate on the quiet, jumped
2 on the car with my baggage and drov
4 away.
= 1t was a lovely afternoon, the road
d fairly good, and the jarvey, like mos
good-hearted Irishmen, was commun
o "Ah sure, know all about her"
= you don't say So" replied. "Wha
t is she like? I was told she was per
o feet beauty"
= 'Begob, the man that told you tina
IS hadn't been to COME ssion for a lon
I time, an its a hard time he'll hav
" with the priest WHEN he does go. TIL
l. ould trap has been here for week
= trying TO get away, but as soon as tn
d sailors see her they made boult of /
IS But sure, I heard she is all right no.
|. and they hope to get away shQrtl!
Ie because the polls win catch ever
mothers son that shoves his name o
y paper he has to sign if lie desert
s, Ye never seen her, did ye?"
s. "No, 1 have not"
IS "Of course you didn't, or bejabber
e I wouldn't be driving your honor tn
blessed minute"
al well tell us what does she look Xix
ID anyhow
70 We'll, tell you. Dli you ever st
a hricl: kiln"
ID Yes, I have"
1t well, your honor, just shove
D couple of masts on it and there she /
g. They say she was i'm San Francisco an
rs the people there had her for a hote
IN and every mothers son that can
y aboard to live, that had a bag of go
dust, was murdered They say that f,
Of twenty-five years she was haunted wit
te spirits-till she went to the Crimea +,
rs the government as store ship,
ID hould horse-collars and praties."
re We drove up to the cottage 1t wi
a perfect picture hid in flowers, and
colleen came out to greet us. 81
certainly was a picture of lovelines
re regretted that 1 had only a few mil
Id utes to stop.
Towards late in the evening "
reached the boatman's house and ha'