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

gets SO. You hat suicide committed,
und to Jail you go und your frient
ALSO
"For how long?''
IA week, maybe a month, undtil
your case he get himself tried. -
"A week. And hunting party of
the best fellows in Germany waiting
for us!
"Now, see here!" began Dick, while
[ cried fercely, cit s the most ridicu-
lous proceeding!" Then, seeing the
bland, smiling face before us, we stop,
ped in despair. Dick got his second
wind first.
"My dear herr" in slow, patient
tones, ~ had no desire whatever to
kill myself. I have always felt great
disapproval of the practice of suicide;
also [ am an uncommonly happy per-
son. I was late for my train. I tried
to head it off-reach it, you under
stand-at the crossing. It was going
at terrible rate this was thrown in
to fatter local pride], but I was obliged
to catch it. My friend here caught me
and was about to help me in through
the window when the guard pulled me
from outside. Of course my friend
meant no disrespect to the guard; he
feared both of US might fall off the
train if he ceased his efforts to get me
in.
The pastor smiled as on the aimless
babble of child. "None but a mad
mansi' he repeated. sadly, firmly.
"Have you any plan, nowf" asked
Dick despairingly.
boo1 fEJf ithaca hand
cuffs indicate the progress of prison
reform in Germany, we shall be lodged
in a medieval dungeon overrun with
rats and fed once day through hole
in the ceiling"
"Nonsense!'' Dick was excusable for
bad temper. "But we just must get to
that hunting party tonight Stir. your
self if you we go any wit left
I stirred myself. I repeated Dick IS
story, with notes and marginal com.
ments. Again the rector smiled kindly
"Und it was de exbress;' he put
little plying scorn in his voice, to show
that even his patience had limits. We
glared at him, at the judge, at each
other A heavy silence fell on all. The
judge turned to the policemen.
emo, no. murmured the rector;
"only a madmans! De English dey are
queer, bud not mad, not mad
"Englishi'' shouted Dick, stung with
the splendor of sudden thought; eve
are Americansl Americansi
eyes, Americans; and in America no
one ever gets in a train by the door
unless he's slow old chap; we all get
in after the train starts and by the win
dow. Why, I've seen twenty fellows
get in that way in one train So
we had, in the old days at Princeton
when each graduate used to be pushed
into the train over the shoulders of
the rest of the class, come to see him
off.
The pastor had not needed. The word
"Americans was all-suficient.
t'I know. I hat not one seen yet
alreaty, but I hat nephew dere, und
I know. Dey are-dey are" Lam
guage failed him; he waved his hands
helplessly.
"Dey do, dey say, anydings, any
where's, Americans Ho! Ho!'
Five minutes and we were free, hur-
rying for the next train. The little
pastor puffed by our side, chuckling to
himself. "Dos Americans, Ho! Ho!''
"Well, SIR said Dick, as we mount
ed into the train as sedately and inn
pressively as.into a royal chariot, "it s
a great thing to be an American citi-
zen; I we always known it. but now
I appreciate it with every fiber of my
being. Henceforth I shall travel al
ways wrapped in the flag of my coun.
try