The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-25
oh. art thou fool or madmans
Thy port is but dream,
And never on the horizon s rim
Will its fair turrets CLEAN.
Sealed Orders.


Will its fair turrets CLEAN.
Sealed Orders.
He maintained that pure religion was
to be found only in San Francisco
ssThe export article they have here IN
Honolulu he said, "may be all right
for the kanakas and pakes. But it
don t bite in on a white man like the
genuine domestic Peniel Mission, Kear.
ney street brand. / admit I've been
pupule (crazy) from gin for three
months. It's because the religion down
here hasn't got any real hold. You
Just get me an order on the transports
to San Francisco and give me the ten
dollars need to pay my meals, and
I can get saved right. Look at that
time in go; wasn't I on the beach,
theni And I went to Frisco and the
Peniel people took me and converted
me and | quit liquor and was decent
for year-till l came to Papeete and
these parts where religion is thin"
The man he addressed shook his head.
Nothing for you, Jim, he said.
THE Coast article may be bit strong
er than we have down here; but you re
too far gone this time. You have TAX
en- your pitcher too often to the well.
You aren't worth saying any more.
Clear outl'
So James Hughes, formerly respect
able but now vagrant, staggered out of
the cool office into the hot street, his
dirty linen trousers Tapping about his
bare ankles. He attempted jauntiness
of demeaner, but some tourists, ex
steamship China, drew aside at his pass
ing with expressions of disgust. Farther
on a Chinese hack driver, lolling in his
vehicle, seoffed loudly at the drunken
haole The outcast tried to assume dig
nifty enough to resent such familiarity,
but his failure was evident to himself
and he rolled round the next corner
holding shaking hand over his face.
He passed along King street in such
manner as he could, swaying amid the
scornful crowd, till turn in the road
brought him into the Japanese quarter.
Here no one paid him any attention.
But he refused the silent invitation of
the saloons and kept on till he reached
Iwi1ei, hot, desolate, and foul but free
within his asylum of wretchedness he
threw ont his chest and strobe boldly
mp an alley.
He stopped in front of little howell.
"A child cried shrilly within, its plant
rising, a thin note above the hum of
the quarter. The vagrant listened, nod
ding his unkempt head. That's Yo-
Nara 8 kid, he said to himself. "And
forgot the candy
He felt in all his pockets for the
coin he had spent in Kakaako bar.
g Poor little kiddie, he muttered,
when his searching fingers failedto find
anything Then, as an after thought,
ne added. Poor Jim Hughesio
At this instant tall, angularly built
man in decent clothes, wearing broad
brimmed hat, came OUT of the hut, al
most humping into Hughes. They sud
denly eyed each other, blinking in the
fgrrfd sunshine. 81 beg your pardon, =
said the stranger.
No ofTense, Hughes answered, rub
bling his nnshaven face. my fault
entirely. Didn' t expect to see white
man here. -
I'M Rapp," the other responded to
this suggestion. II have school in
Palansa and the little boy here was go
ing to It. But he's not well, and my
wife sent him home today
ssYou re the new missionarys"
Hughes demanded.
Embarrassment was plain on Mr..
Rapp's face. He swept off his big felt
Aat with an easy gesture and seemed
10 interrogate the glaring heavens. 81
Don II know that ] I'M much of a mis-
sionary,' he said, slowly. I'M only
= teacher Social Settlement, you
know. y
asAnything like Pencil Missions'
Hughes removed his own tattered hat
WITH a faint insinuation of mutual cour.
sesy
Not exactly" Mr.. Rapp answered.
zsI don t believe l know just who the
HenieI missionaries are.
s.They re the real article, Hughes
asserted, standing more erect. "They
work in San Francisco. / was convert
ed bv them several times. Their re-
ngfon is the only thing for man that s
rot many bad habits, like me. Now
was thinking that if you are Peniel
man, It might save me trip to San
Francisco.
The Settlement worker looked some
what mystifed. The man before him
showed every sign of degradation. They
were in a quarter of Honolulu Stunned
even by the police. He had just come
ant of howell where disease rioted
into a street where vice reigned. And
white man, shaking from excuses
was looking at him with appealing eyes
and affirming that sect he had never
aeard of were the bearers of the only
true gospel. Lacking words, he nodded
His companion nodded back, as if he
mute understood. and went on: 81
was just trying to make arrangement
to get back to the Coast little while
need a turn in Pencil. Somehow the
religion down here ism t strong enough
for nv case It's all right for the ma
sives and people that don't have mucl
10 Fight against. But a man like mi
needs good strong doctrine to hold hin
up.' He glanced at Rapp, humbly
aiI' I'm sort of weak sister, You see
Now in San Francisco I'm all right
The Peniel people get me and | sa,
10 myself, Jim, this times the tim
the Lord has got you by the ear, sure
You can t get lost again. Then | com
back to Papeete or Honolulu. | m al
10 the good for a month, maybe.
i've among the good people and wor
ID eo,yo my ,aauau Then fh