The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-21
My Heather Chinee
By Alexander Young.

By Alexander Young.
OF a Heather Chinee frs a prince a kings
would speak of his deeds and proclaim him to be
An example to all men--his All Sing
And his actions and words heather Chnee.
When lad in a whaer, he served Captain Nye,
Who kindly md thoughtful little All Sing
Thus a labor ove-resolution o try
Serve his with patience in everything
But the years rolled along brought manhood to him.
The desire to advance along with the years
And All Sing struck out in the world with vim
That did overcome troubles and Danish all fears
sad parting hung heavy on master nd
Through long thought of his friend
But ife's path divergent neither
Gross the path of the other, kind greetings to send.
years vent aroiling Sing vent
all honesty seeking to
Till at length Hawaii a foothold e
Where he made large fortune savored with pef
He kindly thoughtful workmen friends
Generosity his keynote of life,
Cor there that doth wealth trends)
And before medded off all strife.
By his to bus ness, upright
He in time possess quite a sugar
Which did prosper and furnish a home which he might
Have been proud Of and selfish but such he did hate
Of the of his crops family
He a gift a pound key
sugar and thus did he evry year
Although around him for sugar did beg.
Often under the stars when the tolls of the day
And scorehing rays had beenl night
In his garden of he sat and
While the curling tobacco smoke rose in its flight
be lived his long past Ger again
md the his
There nothing however, he sought to retain
Half much his Captain-the good and the kind.
he unused in garden mid scented fow'rs
with there to listen God, nigh,
Old All Sing surprised by call at late hours
In his hand a relating
Captain quite out of health had lost all
He was pennies certain, and all his old vim
Had departed-retreaing friends out of his call
In sad silence All Sing with his head on
joy flow with those of deep grief
TIC he to be lie made his demands
the bearer and profered immediate relief
.Here, he said in low voice. go light
And without receipt a of demand
In he ordered the caller to write
wanted, then with his shaking right hand
"Oh do hasten my dearest frend-hasten along
his order fol money o your friend and mine,
nd pray come henceforth Wants fell prong
while my wealth and his poverty twine
While the letter had eenb away
Poor Sing n suspense and impatience did wait
For answer-the mails moved but slow in his day
In waiting gray hairs camemoe stifened his gait:
But as all things do come to the persons wait
Old Sing that his Captain would
So, day, unannounced, in the front of his gate
his hero, awaiting his guest to become.
his queue his back a mark of
And a snug little cap the top of his head,
Old All sng-face beaming out, head erect
And made welco Captain board and to bed.
is mine. dearest Captain is yours just as we'll
Be at home pray do all your wishes declare.
earth spared let constantly dwell
In the of each other-al bounties we IL share
For years Captain Nye the guest of All Sing
in luxury choosing his bent
he rode charger like old king,
And he smoke cigars to his hearts full content
But timec changes all things SO thus it transplred
Sing made his plans to sell out his estate
And proceed to his homean which long hed desired
But could not we'll Captain Nye to his fate.
So he sought with apologies frank and sincere
His new to make o his dearest old friend,
And proposed to Captain options, fear
Lest he hurt in slightest degree or offend
To him to and still be his guest
and the eeond was o