The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-16

on them. and | felt very proud OF the
Oahu men for playing so fifty after a
sea voyage, the most upsetting thing
IN the world.
The games have already been de-
scribed and ] need TO hold no sad
post mortem. II was a killing, but a
hard one for the killers, and the vic
tins went I defeat fighting tooth and
nail all the time.
II was not till nearly lunch time that
met Mr.. Searby, and / am only sorry
that it did not happen several hours
before. Mr.. Searby is the chief engin-
eer of the sugar nall at Puunene and
man who, at first glance, shows the
outward signs of clear headedness and
grasp of detail necessary for 50 import
ant position.
ALOHA, SEARBY.
1t is TO him that much of the credit
for the success of the tournament must
be given AT any rate, he was the mo-
tive power of the hospitality machine
that worked ceaselessly during our
stay. He overlooked no detail nor for
got anybody. He has a way of making
one feel thoroughly at home and well
come that is as rare as it is good, and
/ dropped that feeling of loneliness
that comes to a man surrounded by a
crowd OF strange faces, no matter how
they smile, the moment / shook hands
with him.
The lunch was a splendidly managed
affair. Jap walters carried the food
round in courses beginning with plates
and potato salad and ending with ice
cream and cake. After lunch somebody
asked me to go into the umpire's box
and call scores for the final game. Oh
innocence, oh guileless youth that /
was | discovered in a minute after /
had taken my place that my duty was
not only to call the score but to umpire.
In vain | looked around and begged
fannel-clad strangers to take my place,
they only smiled and shook their heads.
So I set my teeth and determined to
illness of four deceived and wronged
Tennis players can I attribute my abil.
;ty to sit and write at this moment. l
looked for a rope and a lynching bee
and I received smiles and thanks Such
is the way of a sportsman.
The tournament was over much earl
Ter than / expected and I had plenty of
time to send in the result by wireless
and then look around for q vacant type
writer 1t was Mr. Searby who Came
TO my rescue and l was conducted to
his office in the heart of the huge thing
that grabs the cane and batters, stews
and grinds it until it has given up It's
load of sweetness.
The mill was not running and every
thing was quiet save for an eerie sound
of kissing steam from somewhere in the
depths and the patter of rain on the
roof above. It was nearly dark when
I was through. and, when / reached
the door by which l had come in, L
found it closed and securely padIocked.
LOST IN THE MILL.
Nothing daunted I turned to look Tor
another exit. | knew there must be a
Waterman round somewhere and, if L
could find him, would soon be released,
But looking and finding are two differ.
ent things. | thought | heard move
ment in the top of the building so
climbed the stairs, passed the office and
out into a long, high room where a
line of grinning monsters stood chained
to the wall. They seemed like mon-
sters but turned out to be nothing but
that looked to me like a
cross between an ore-crusher and a
and darker and I groped my way back
to the door by which | had entered.
From the top of the iron staircase l.
looked down into gruesome pit filed
with huge shapes all encircled with
horrid crawling things that bent and
twisted and sGuirmed. knew the
shapes were boilers and engines and the
things only pipes that did not
move, but the deepening twilight can
do a whole lot with a little imagination
and I felt myself a veritable Sinbad as
[ crept down the stairs and into the |
region of ghostly shapes below.
Underneath sharply kissing pipes,
over castings and pieces of machinery, |
through gigantic flywheels that
dropped out of sight into yawning
pit beneath. I walked and crawled, but |
no sight of a light nor sound of a |
Waterman could l discover. But sud |
denly, oh JOY, / saw the CLEAN of a
lantern and described the form of a
man sitting at small table near an
open door. I explained my situation
to this genius of the pit and was shown
ont into the open air, where could
see the lights of the clubhouse twink
ling merrily through the darkness.
DINNER AND DANCING.
Dinner was welcome interlude, and
the combination of clean shirt, din
ner jacket and the cool air of evening
was very good after the heat of the
lay. Then there was dancing in the
of the club. This room is the
entire width of the building and full
1alf its length. It has noble stretch
If floor, and smooth floor at that.
Doors range themselves close together
dong both sides, and when these are
pen the breeze sweeps almost unre-
strained across the floor, making it an
deal place for dancing.
The quintet was in good form that
1ight and kept two hundred pairs of
'eet tripping to its music. At eleven
|, clock somebody said that the train
vas waiting to go to Kahului for the
steamer, and most of the Oahuans had
o leave and hurry across, with but a
hort time for farewells. After that
here was more room on the floor and
hose who were left could swing round
without the danger of caroming into
another couple.