Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-25

as unsbnknble ms the rock Of Gibrni.
tar As a fitting. almost necessary.
complement Of such a nature he was
endowed with sense OF humof that
added not little to the attraction he
exercised for ihwe who knew him
sufficiently well to be able 10 appre.
cia,e his qualities of heart and mind.
He took calm. nil embracing survey
Of the office M he entered. looked over
20 Brooks desk aud saluted him with
a cordial motion Of the hand aud In.
structed n boy TO notify Captain WI.
liams Of his arrival. He WINS ushcrrd
immediately Into the chiefs presence.
That worthy. who. like his suI~rin.
tcndeDt. .wns clean shnven. was seated
at his desk IN his shirt sleeves. and
the whole room. despite the wide open
windows was thick from the smoke
from an old blackpned corncob pipe at
which he was putting vigorously. lie
was bury man. and the short. thick
neck. the broad shoulders. the power.
full. big jOintcd fingers and the mus.
clcs that stood out In lunches on the
hairy arms disclosed by his rolled up
shirt sleeves denoted that he possessed
unusunI nbvsicai strength An uy,y
man Ia 10, jn,o nm ,ryum.nt with ,vos
Williams. one who II needed no mind
render to h,dve wo,,ld be couohI. az
followinp the word with n blow thai
would crush an ordinary opponent
For years. Ms Brooks had minated.
he hud led the toughest life n man
can lend. bnmmerinu nv sheer brute
strength n wnv IN wealth. nv w,vs In
which scrup,e Ind conn,e., for p,,b,ny
nj nil and expcdiency far n good d.nI
and his cptrance unon n higher n,,p,
OF ciyilizntIop Ind no, Unmarried mucb
noiish IN M. nn,,cor,nce h,Ii,s arr
spccch. which were those OF the old
time sailing sbin mn riner nuho,,,,h NJ
late yenrs he Ind striyep TO conform
more closely to the examples Of re.
finement he witnessed In the only 10.
lite society he cared for, which WINS
that Of the family Of his dead friend.
STANLEY Harris. who was general man.
agcr OF the Latin A merican line when
nc obtained control of II. He had n
woy Of ylnripy nj persou from nm.
der his bushy eyebrows with a scru.
tiny that seemed to rend through and
up ana down him and made him most
nj nj ease under Il.
lie made his decisions PROMPTLY, nu.
thoritatIvely. after the manner Of n
man accustomed to command and to
he oleyed without question. md he
never changed them. at least In his
business and administrative dealings.
Add 10 all this II voice like a foghorn.
the effect Of which. when he raised
II. wns. as he knew full well, to mike
his s,il,,riinates quake md TO intimi.
dute others who had 10 do with him.
and II will liz rpnllzetl TINT he lived up
fully to Ills reputat Of being a hard
muu.
Eor b,s ou,.t unmovob,e md thor.
an ,h,v cn,mlle dock suner,n,c nden. he
entertained certain rcspe,,t. He
knew from expprience Tim, the man
was no, tho leost bit nfrnId ar even
DISTURBED liz his buIlyinp manner and
his b,.l,owInr nud ,i,nt bIs glare. nj.
wnys ,u,,nr.ly moi, Ind M more effect
upnn him than n would hive unop tho
hropze s,o,ue NJ washington which
s,ap ,ls sentine, nm IN. s,cns NJ The sinh.
treasury IN Wal, stree,
smith uwered himself slowly md
easily into n bic armchair beside the
nre.id.nt,s dest 0'
..rwo de,egn,as from Tho I.opyshore.
men. unIon were here inst now."an.
nouncea ,ha cnn,sin "rhey any the
frcIcb, 'hu ndlpr. are going TO strike"
"Ya.asy' xnid smith interrogatiyely.
eyes What do You know nbout II -
.Notbina. cxcept that they came 10
me with 4 demand for higher nav for
the men. 4 referred them 10 you.''
I.W'ell., I didn't leave .eu, nuy loon.
MILE for doubt as 10 my pohItlon in the
ruYi,er." VI. "A,
Eyoh turned them DOWN."
-ruilneu '.m down. or course
wbnf Ia ven th,bk,' Si,cptvae I hand.
I'd .r,6 n.,uisc an A si,ysf nb,,icr nnd
bow,.l ',.in cu, ~ the docr.,
II DOM suppose anything alput II.
I'm nsLIne for Information"
.'rhen iwn hldiherski,es came swag.