The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

III you go into Morgan's auction
rooms and ask for Steven be sure not
to put your hand near your hip pocket
The other day there was great ex-
element in those historic precincts,
for it appears that certain keeper of
what was a rooming house got into
some financial. difficulty where, while
he was absent, his furniture was seized
and he returned to his establishment
to find that every stick of furniture
had been taken to the auction rooms,
per legal order.
Aiming himself with a revolver he
went instanter to the Morgan temple
of old but valuable bric-a-brac and
proceeded to hold the place.
Morgan was not there, nor was Ste
ven. The belligerent gentleman an
nounced that he had dropped in for
the pastime of boring Steven full of
bullet holes.
Smithies, in charge, took a flying
leap through the portal and searched
the town for Morgan whom he finally
managed to notify of the sad fact that
there was a wild man in the shop
picking his teeth and waiting to as
sassinate Steven.
Get Steven out of the way!" said
Morgan, 1--WE have an auction coming
off on Friday and have an important
meeting to attend and l don't want
Steven shot until he's finished Fridays
sale"
Newsboys were stationed, so my in
| formant tell me, at either end of Kaa-
humanu treet to top Steven if he
| should attempt to force his way into
the auction rooms to get riddled with
bullets.
Finally Steven was seen approaching
from the postoffice alley and he was at
once notified by one of the quarantine
| guards of the fact that his demise
awaited him in the auction room.
Now there is a beautiful suit Of
metal armor, Japanese armor, in Nor
gan's auction rooms, and Steven
thought if he could get hold of that
! and put it on that he could dare the
fiery presence of the aggressor, but
no one would volunteer to go to the
shop to get the coat of mail and mean
while Morgan came out of hiding in
Bishops bank and kidnapped Steven
in his automobile and wisked him out
to Waikiki from which peaceful sub
urb frequent telephone messages came
into town in the way of interrogations
as to the state of siege.
Then some chap went into Morgan's
place and discussed the weather, poll
tics and the price of fish with the wild
man and, in an unguarded moment,
snatched his revolver and ran like
fury as if all the spirits of the damned
were after him.
Down at Morgan's they won't say a
word about it all. Ask them!
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81 am ALEXANDER HUME FORD"
l heard that remark this morning
aboard the S. S. Aorangi and looked
to see what was up.
The aforesaid was holding the Earl
of Dudley with his promotion eye and
welcoming him to "our CITY,"
But His Britannia Majestys Consul
had gotten ahead of Ford on the well
come proposition, so there was no
danger of Ford being mistaken for a
minister plenipotentiary or envoy ex-
traordinary who might have been no.
titled by King Edward by cable to
greet the Earl here.
Later 1 overheard such splotches OF
conversation as these: Governor
Frear and lin my hands and the
Governors-we will bring it about
the Governor and l are doing oul
best!"
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Judge Lyle Dickey the other day
had occasion to marry couple anC
when he had completed the ceremony
he was gently but firmly reminded by
the witnesses that it was up to hin
to kiss the bride.
regret to state that there was M
one on hand with a kodok.
Dickey did it!
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, Talking about kissing, have yol
seen Sonny Cunha, he who so wei