The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-08-21

nail all the time.
1t was not till nearly lunch time that
l 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 mill at Puunene and
man who, at first glance, shows the
outward signs of clear.headedness and
grasp Of detail necessary for SO 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 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
crowd of strange faces, no matter how
they smile, the moment / shook hands
with him.
The lunch was splendidly managed
affair. Jap waters 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 90 into the umpire box
and call scores for the final game. Oh
innocence, oh guieless youth that L
was! / discovered in minute after I
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
go through with it. Only to the kind
illness of four deceived and wronged
Tennis players can / attribute my abil.
;ty to sit and write at this moment. 1
looked for n rope and a lynching bee
and / received smiles and thanks. Such
! is the way of sportsman.
I The tournament was over much earl
Ter than / expected and | had plenty OF
time to send in the result by wireless
and then look around for a vacant type
writer. 1t was Mr.. Searby who came
to my rescue and | 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 tho
depths and the patter of rain on the
roof above 1t was nearly dark when
, was through and, when / reached
the door by which ! had come in,
found it closed and securely padlocked
LOST IN THE MILL.
Nothing daunted l turned to look 1oI
another exit. | knew there must be 9
, Waterman round somewhere and, if
+, could find him, | would soon be released
5 But looking and finding are two difrer
ent things. i thought | heard move
: ment in the top of the building so
L climbed the stairs passed the office anC
0 out into long, high room where ;
line of grinning monsters stood chained
l to the wall. They seemed like mon
8 sters but turned out to be nothing bu'
A machinery that looked to me like Z
: cross between an ore.crusher and 6
l milk separator. 1t was getting darker
t and darker and l CROPPED my way bach
to the door by which | had entered
g From the top of the iron staircase
a looked down into gruesome pit tlleC
= with huge shapes all encircled witt
: horrid crawling things that bent anC
g twisted and squirmed. L knew thu
e shapes were boilers and engines and thu
l. crawling things only pipes that did no
l. move, but the deepening twilight cal
9 do IA whole lot with little imagination
r and / felt myself veritable Sinbad "a
/ crept down the stairs and into the
t region of ghostly shapes below.
Q Underneath sharply-hissing pipes
@ over castings and pieces of machinery
o through gigantic fywheels thai
Q dropped out of sight into yawninG
:. pit beneath, / walked and crawled, bu
no sight of n light nor sound of 1
4 Waterman could / discover. But sud
, denly, oh joy, l saw the CLEAN of a
lantern and described the form of ;
| man sitting at a small table near al
, open door. / explained my situation
to this genius of the pit and was shown
= out into the open air, where / coulC
see the lights of the clubhouse twink
, ling merrily through the darkness.
DINNER AND DANCING.
Dinner was welcome lnterlude, ans
5 the combination of clean shirt, n din
l ner jacket and the cool air of evening
d was very good after the heat of tn
p day. Then there was dancing in tn
4 ballroom of the club. This room is tn
e entire width of the building and full
half its length. 1t has noble stretc
G of floor, and smooth floor at that
! Doors range themselves close togethe
;, along both sides, and when these ar
IS open the breeze sweeps almost unre
e strained across the floor, making it a
ideal place for dancing
The quintet was in good form tina
night and kept two hundred pairs o
. feet tripping to its music. AT clever
o 'clock somebody said that the trail
= was waiting to go 10 Kahplui for tn
u steamer, and most of the Oahuans ha
;, to leave and hurry across, with but
% short time for farewells. After tina
;. there was more room ON the floor an
those who We're left could swing roun
without the danger of caroming int
10 another couple.
NJ TO POLO BY AUTO.
,eI / will not mention the make of III
"a machine that took us TO the pol
10 grounds the next day and / win qualif
nj the statement that il took us, for W
= did most of the taking. There wen
- four of us besides the chauffeur an
90 the latter worked for nearly two houi
co rnpIaain., ;nnnr f,,ba. nfta, 80 l,l -,