The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-15

ber umDfelld, SdtChtis IuhIhpd7A0'j
bird cage and huge nosegay, and slow
", with Observation-Disclosures air,
clambered out. We followed in leap.
No one else got out. The guard march
ed up and down calling the name of
the city from which the train had
started, the places it had passed
through, those it would pass through,
and the destination it had IN mind.
This he did not once, but many times.
Then he rang a bell, sort of dinner
gong affair, on the platform, in the
waiting room and even in hidden cor
ners behind the freight.
''All aboardl'' he shouted. No one
responded to his appeal.
"All aboard" came again, this
time in a tone of finality. Slowly,
imposingly, the train started, with re-
Iuctant ereaks and groans.
/ gazed at the train creeping slowly
down the track; at the station, peo-
pied by ourselves and the station mas
ter; at the Noah s Ark village in the
distance, whose one inhabitant appear
ed to be the old lady with the bundles;
and laughed again.
sI'd like to try that village; it
looks jolly quaint and behind the
age said Dick.
tEYou can IT," said sternly. Dick
finds it about impossible to stick to
any given line of march. "You and I
are due today at house party for
weeks shooting in the mountains.
Don't you forget that. Now, how'll
we get something to eatf''
"Nothing here,' said Dick after An
investigation. Chow much time have
we?''
Twenty-Five minutes"
"'You could buy an entire village in
America, with couple of outlying
farms thrown in. I think we can com
pass two sandwiches and some apples
here if we set about it valiantly and
at once.
Dick, whose English is stronger-or
at least less feeble-than mine, set off
toward the village leaving me to-
wrestle with the potentate who ruled
the ticket office. The twenty-five min
utes went. The train came. Dick did
not appear. | was a harassed third
with the guard and the engineer in the
customary seareh-party after lettering
or undecided passengers who were in
danger OF being left behind.
Suddenly, far in the distance, I be-
held man running, and as one who
would fam win, too. / was about to
point him out to the engineer, that the
engine might take nap while we wait
ed, when, just as l fully recognized him
as my feckless fellow traveller, he turn
ed sharp corner almost in the opposite
direction. What was he up to2 A
glance down the track showed me that
it bent nearly back on itself. Evidently
Dick was headed to board the train at
some point nearer to him than the sta
ton. | boarded the train with calm
mind. Dick could be trusted to put
anything through.
Hi, stopi My friend s eoming!o l
said to the guard as the old fellow
started to lock the door of my carriage;
then, realizing that he could not I'M
derstand English, l cried in loud and
strenuous German, or, at least, such
it was in intention: stDon t lock the
doori Man coming sooni'
He fixed me with a Goldfish stare. I
struggled with the handle, shouting
commands in party-colored language
German, American and blue iblazes. A
CLEAN of almost human intelligence ir
radiated his ceuntenance. "Mad, very
mad, his expression said. He locked
the door and passed on.
BY this time we were going at pas
sionate rate-for Germany-enough to
make it keen jump, even for Dick.
ThAro ha Oh ho rvrinnsnn onA
waving what appeared to be a paper
-four sack. l leaned well out to grab
him. 4 leap and he was safe on the
running board outside the carriage door.
Here, take thisi' showing the flour
cost blood and treasure, all the Ger.
man and patience l had stored up for
life. Open the door, why don t youa"
'&Can t, it g locked
'Thunder! III have to take the win.
dow them
The glass of the door went no lower
than Dicks waist, and though he's a
slim chap, the opening was tight fit.
| laid hold on his arms with will, and
he began a series of plunges calculated
to force him through. There was
jangle of bells, hiss of steam, and
the train seemed to slow down. Dick
filed all the window so l conld not see
ont, but / heard kind of roar and
Dick was jerked back at least foot.
''Great Scotland Fred. the guard s
got me round the legs! Pull for all s
in you or he have me out. -
Then I knew that for some reason
unfathomable to simple American minds
our guard was displeased that Dick
should thus make entrance into the train
and was manifesting his displeasure by
active measures. [ hauled for my life
and the honor of my country. Dick was
helpless as to his body, but amazingly
active as TO his arms and legs. The
former thrashed the air like fails.
Twas certainly ''pull Dick, pull
devil" If this tug o war lasted much
longer I feared the rope would be rent
asunder Already his face was chang
ing from lobster red to royal purple, his
eyes stared out of his head. The guard
was big, but / was bigger. I gave one
mighty heave and in lunged Dick. land
ing head first on the flour sack. ]
caught a glimpse of a furious red face
haloed by a name of bristling yellow
hair. Then / closed my eyes and laugh
ed till my already exhausted power:
could do no more