Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-07-20

hath glass at its upper end. What,
no, there, noble sir within" / ex-
claimed in forceful voice. approach
ing the weed-covered fence with
great caution. as it was the night
season and no light was visible.
Jaw, get along" exclaimed voice
from within. what do you want to
wake man from a sound sleep for?"
Making bold, | approached still
closer to the paling. Fair sir, |
would know the nature of this pecu-
liar-shaped building"
Say. you must be chump. This
is a lighthouse. Don't you know
what a lighthouse is? 1t is to guide
ships by
Noble sir" / replied, 81 would
fain plead to ignorance. IT'S passing
dark this night, but no light can /
see -
Jaw, we don't keep any light here
row. Better go on about your bust
ness
But one more question, noble sir,
before | pass on to the town. Why
no light on such a night of dark
ness?"
Because we don't have any more
ships come here. See? Now, get
OUT" And down went the window.
TITS passing strange" thought /.
| &
the night are over the land. | will
enter the city in the broad light of
day in the morn. Entering the city,
clasped my trusty blade to my side
and foated down the wide thorough
fare Gadzooks! but many castles
showed emntiness as | passed along.
Forsooth it was not like this in the
early days And hearing a mighty
rumble in the rear | quickly drew
forth my blade, and, wheeling about,
made ready for the combat me thinks
was near. But no. 1t was but a
tram-car drawn by two small asses,
Surely, the city had not advanced
with the pace expected of it to thus
entertain such mode of transit in this
day of lightning power as used by
progressive cities.
And | wandered on.
What no! LISA massive pile that
meets my gaze. A noble castle, for
sooth. 'Tis a mighty senator or some
such that resideth herein. And his
name? 'Tis bazed on the outer bat
Elements Young IT'S he only that
is worthy of crossing swords with me,
for surely he must be a warrior of
the old school to live in such a noble
castle. | will search the premises
and challenge him to a passage at
arms. With that I searched the
brown-stone pile for ingress and
found but two portals, both of which
were closely guarded by chains of
iron, and a notice, foreign to me eyes,
was posted thereon reading TO let.
At that moment came wayfarer
hard by. 'Canst tell me, sir, the
meaning of yon sign pasted to the
door of the grand castle here erect
cd?" | inquired of the wayfarer.
why, it's to let. Cant you read?''
"Of surety, noble sir, ! can read,
but sign of that nature so seldom
Iappears in a progressive city that
am unfamiliar with it. Explain its
import to me, beseech.'
"Well, look here, pard, you must
be daffy. You see it's this way. A
lIich man built that house and made
q hotel of it. Nobody in the town
wanted to stop there, for they all had
homes of their own, so he depended
on tourists that came here by the
steamers that we used to have run
ming here for his trade, But we
don have any steamers running here
now, SO he had to shut it up for want
of patronage. If there is another
man in the town chump enough tc
try to make it pay when there are
no steamers running here to bring
tourists, why, that ITO let" sign will
be taken down. There are some
more such places in this town that
will go fuzzy from the same reason
Do you twigg?"
, "And whilst informing me, noble
sir, forsooth, | would have thee &c
deeper into the matter On my way
, hither passed | by large brick cas-
tie, open at the one end, in which
rested many cars, such as are used il
Progressive cities for the conveyance
! Iof passengers from ono part of thu
city to another in hurry, and which
are moved by controlled lightning
, lpower Are they some new institu
| ton that is to be inaugurated il
lplace of these snail-wagons nov
! crawling about the city's streets
Surely, it will be grand move to
ward progress"
Jaw, say, come off the perch, Gully
/ They amt nothing new here. The.
: used to run all over the city, but bus
S mess feel off to such an extent tina
S the company lost money hand owe
t fist, and so they banked the electri
a cars and put the old mule tram-car
e back on the lines"
d" 'Tis passing strange. Methink
+ proper to ask of you, fair sir, wh
\ the business fell Off to such IN exten
t that a relapse to the olden-day meth
IOds must be made?"