Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-04

niver been to sea or tn mountains.
II abounds with coral reefs much
used be tn people Nv thin parts AS
loolry) an is full Nv goold fish an
other dangerous denyzons iv tn So.
Bob Evans wud prob'bly, tell ye
body iv water. like tn Atlantic on'y
larger and that tn mongoosc is a
kind ~ wind that blows. II is not as
vl'lent as tn wind around tn Flatiron
building in New York where he was
wanst almost killed be havin a cab
blown against him, but II is tidy
breeze that makes tn dhrafts betther
aboord ship an sometimes tips over
Il cattymaran or canoe that stud
ont ~ tn Tokyo University is takin'
his girl out into tn Passyfck in. An
so II goes.
"Supponi' our frinds tn Japs shud
set cross or foolish at us afther read.
in III opinyons " tn naval critics
about thin. what does Bob Evans
know about thin? Faith, he'll have
10 more chanst with thin thin an In
alan with bow an arrcr wud have
again r machine gun. You an |
know. Hinnissy, FIRM .rcadin' what tn
naval experts tell us-oh, tn fine
thoughtful fellows!-that these JapS
are an appallin' race " people. Who
can tell what they are thinkin' about?
1
may be thinkin' about anything.
'-hey are horribly warlikC people who
thought exclusively with two-handcd
swords ontil about twinty minyit.
past eight last Thursdad afternoon.
In almost day they have risen to he
Il wurruld power. They first crushed
tn savage Chinese whose splendid
navy composed of eight iloatin' page
das heavily armored with bamboo had
up to this time ruled tn waves. In
vain tn gallant Chinymen burned In
censc, hurled stink.pots, beat kettles
an hit tn pipe. To no avail. TIL
doughty laps shot tn chimneys, tn
| front stoops, tn rocking chairs, tn
! stained glass windows, tn pipe stands,
| tn beautifully embroidered prayers
! fr victhry an all tn other armymint
| iv tn Chinese Armada to slivcrs, an
! tn fine navy that had tn day befurc
| slipped so gracefully off tn mud with
| tn tide was no moro-an' not much
| less.
so 1t was whin tn bold Rooshyans
| challenged tn power Nv this mighty
small people Wan day, on tlat
! dhreadiul day whin tn wUrr.i1 WAS
| startled be tn news liza. war had
been declared between Japan IN roo
shya or about a week befure, III
great Rooshyan feet lay at anchor In
| tn harbor Nv Port Arthur. lyry pre-.
! caution had been taken he tn officers
an sailors iv tn Gear. They had gone
ashore. Yc know what tn gallant
| Iap'nesc done. An whin ROoshya
| gawcd her rCsarve fleet loose firm IT,
docks where il was stuck an stint II
out to lay low tn flag iv Yippon, ye
know what happened TIL Rushyans
were no match f'r their resoorccrul
inimies. In spite iy tn fact that they
were well provisiOned an very mutt.
nous tn Rooshyans cud not stand up
| befure tn ruthless fire iv their foes.
| TIL Japs concentrated their shots on
| tn afther turrets which were full iv
canned caviar an Jungle ham which
| exploded with awful effect. An Roo.
| shya's naval power, also, was no more
thin it had been.
AN dye know, ! suppose Bob Ev'
ans don't think Nv tn Jap'nese as be-
in such diyvle Nv race. | bet yc,
! II ye cud peck into his bedroom at this
minyit yc wudden't obsarve more thin
| III usual number Nv life prosarvers
He'd prb'bly say about our frinds, tn
laps, that he liked thin; that they
! were an amusin people; that he hated
to lose cook he had that was fine
at turnin' out turkey hash; that tn
Jap'nese admiral was u great frind
Of his an wanst give him II high old
! time in Tokyo; an that u laps were
all right gin'rally an cud sail an fight,
too; an they'd picked up quite a good
deal about navy matthers firm MS an
he wudden't be surprised If they give
u good account Nv tnimsilvcs some
day. An he'd say he wud hope thcrd
he 10 nghtin' ony hop.n' thered be
no fghtin was no part " his business.
He's goin' to be in a dhreadful posi-
, tion-beset be tn turr0rs iv tn naval
expert an ignorant iv thin all, An
bet We tn poor thoughtless man is set
tin this minyit on tn deck iy his ship
with his white pants on his cap on tn
hack " hts head, cigar foot or
two long in his mouth, maybe glass
iv sOmethin with lemon In 1t in his
hand, wOndhrin' what kind Nv n
Christmas it's goin' to be at home. An
| wsht | was with him f'r I'm goin to
have me own throubles rr tn next
month or two, an I'd rather, MS HO.
gan says, flee tn turrors that are not