Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03


over of course. when | maced him for the job the
up-cruise, and then blared out with the
demand to know if l thought he was
running blooming yacht. He needed
hand or two, he howled at me; but he
wasn't shipping hands for little top
cruises of two three weeks like the
run from Honolulu to San Francisco.
He going to load again at Seattle
with lumber for New York, and if | "
wanted to ship A. B. for that space of II
tine-always perwidn l A. *
B., w'ich he bleeding doubted,-why, =
that might be thought
Il wasn't keen for that beat around
the Horn, having done that same more
times than enough when lubber of
wrong headed boy; but l sure did re-
quire to detach myself from Hawaii
lust as soon it could be done, and so
| told him I'd sign for the run from
Seattle to New York too. He clapped
the papers in hornpipe time, me
figuring on them with the surname of
an old spinster aunt that used to make M
remarkable cookies, and front name w
to suit for COnCealment purposes. L
turned below with the fo'c'sle hands
right away learned that was shipped
on board a devils hooker; and didn't
care so long as l was tagging Hawaii
and had chance to jump an English
ship at San Francisco. And the next
morning l turned to with the hands at
sugar loading.
There on deck operating a winch,
was promptly discovered by one OF the
debt marooners of Honolulu who hap
pened to be passing by,-theyve got
a way of looking ships companies
to nail the debtor elopers,-and by
eleven O clock in the morning my papers
were Cancelled and l was again. as trudged
to nv living place for decent clothes and decent
breakfast left to reflect upon how much easier it
nearly always is to get there than 1t is to get away
from there
THEN l framed up real cut-uppish, Dick Turpin-
ish kind of get away. The steamer Mariposa,
lust in from Australia and on her way up to San
Francisco. was to sail that afternoon and
among her passengers for the States were lot OF
pleasant Honoluuans of my acquaintance. My
wstful little wheeZe OF idea was to go down and
see these acquaintance off Seeing the steamers off
is as big social function in Honolulu as monkey
dinner is in Newport and figured it that maybe
oh, maybe-mayb be able to sort of lose myself
in the merry and fearful throng of ship speeders and
keep under until the Mariposa we'll past
Diamond Head. There was no cable to the islands
in those days, and the Honolulu debt -get awaylst
who contrved to hatch or house himself over, in
bilge cabin anywhere, until the harbormasters
patrol boats had no chance of catching up,
of making his landing when his getaway ship reached
its P %s then for the white duck st and the NTH
helmet and the te' OF flowers around my neck, as
they're worn down on the islands on outing occa-
sons, and the brisk walk down to where the chatter
ing crowd of all bediked Honoluuans
bling to see the voyagers the States.
Il stood behind some bales on the pier and peered
down the aisle of merchandise toward the gangway
if l could recognize any of the debt grabbers
in the throng. None seemed to be there, or at any
within my focus, and SO down the pier sroed,
swinging the jaunty stick, humn1ing the Aloha
refrain with which everybody in Hawaii is greeted
and Godsped and striving to toss out the impress
sion that l had thought of attempting to
desert Honolulu to its fate than | had of trying
play the French horn in the Royal Hawaiian band
that was poompahing its goodby melodies at the end
of the pier
With nod here and lift of the lid there and
other like little amenities. passed right up the
gangplank, SO l did and when l walked right into
young couple of my acquaintance who were sail
ing the steamer took the wreath of flowers from
my neck and gave it to the lady according to GUS
tom, and then l started to make bee line for
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