The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-09

1t isn't the fact that you're licked thai
counts,
It's how did you f,ht, what then?
If you battled the best you could,
II you played your part in the world OF
Why The critic will call it good.
Death comes with a crawl or comes
with a pounce
And whether he's slow or spry
1t isn't the fact that you're dead that
counts,
But only, how did you die?
EDMUND VANCE COOK.
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"The Squaw Man" the play by Julie
| Opp Faversham, which has proved
such success on the stage in the
East has been made into a novel by
| Edward Milton Royle and is now is
sued with many striking illustrations
| from characters in the play. The plot
is old, but it has novel features. and
the self-sacrifice Of the hero, Jim Ker-
hill, lifts him above the level Of the
ordinary man. 1t is a frequent device
of the novelist to have his hero take
upon himself the responsibility of an
others crime, because that other man
is loved by the woman he adores: but
in real life such conduct would be
called quiXotic. Such sacrifice lifts in
to the ranks of a hero the chief char
acter i'm this book, who, after seeing
Diana Majoribanks married to his
cousin, the young Earl of KerhilI.
comes to this country and buries him
self on a Western cattle ranch. All ex-
cept a few intimate friends believe he
embezzled the funds of a military COM
pany, which the Earl himself had APP
propriated. The bitterness of eXpatria-
ton and the fact that young Indian
girl saves his life leads MIN to marry
her. Then comes fate again. and
brings with it the death of his cousin
and his own succession to the title
and part of the estates. But the In
dian wife stands between him and his
happiness, and he is too much of a man
to discard the savage woman. Com
plications that she thinks mean death
induce the Indian wife to take her life,
and the story closes with a prospect of
sunny days for the man who has given
the best years of his life to eXpiate
another's fault.
The story moves with much dramatic
force, and though theatrical in all it's
suggestions the great scenes are sim
pie natural and convmcing. The hero
is not overdrawn, the cowboys are as
good as the cattlenen in 1.-THE Vir-
ginian" and the Indian woman is a
real transcript from life, as is her old
father, the Chief Tabywana, who re-
tains the naughty manner of his old
days, but whom fire water makes as
putty in the hands of the unscrupu-
lous cattlemen. The story may be COM
mended as very readable and as a true
picture of certain phases of life among
cattlemen of the Western plains.
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The rain was coming down, but it
failed to dampen the curiosity of two
women who were stand
ing before a store window debating the
Uses of certain piece of silverware,
with an abandon that implied lifelong
intimacy, though it was also evident
that they had never met before.
To be quite exact, II was an uncer-
ain piece OF silVerware. 1t looked as
f its designer had started out to make
IN oyster tureen, then got convivial
md changed it into a punch bowl, then
.ook a prohibition turn and put on
id. The lid was net of gilt wire with
neshes the size of an orthodox cara
mel.
What do you suppose it's intended
,or?" asked the wOmna i'm the trim rain
wrap.
The woman in the bob-tail jacket
shook her head.
Il was just wondering-wait, here
comes a friend of mine who knows ev-
erything."
1t was just as well to advertise the
bird womans projections, for she
lidn't look the part.
Come here, Ann, and tell us what
his thing is for" called the bob-tail
woman,
Ann came, and with glance at the
liver answered with the prOmrtness
If one who knows everything.
why, that's an English trumpet
basket. The net is to keep the nap
,ins from touching the crump-
Are you sure?" interrupted the jack l
t woman, with a dubiousNess that fail
d to dovetail with the reputation she
lad just conferred.
Sure. Still, I'll go inside and ask. !
you like"
When the woman who knew every e
hing came out Of the store the one n
Who had apotheosized her asked anx- j
,usly:
WAS 1t an English trumpet basket :
Certainly not. It is centerpiece L
or a dinner table. You put long-stem- a
ned roses thrnmgh the nnnsonns and aanh