Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-12-28

belfry had notified the world within
Its hearing that the eleventh hour
since high noon OF Christmas Day
had passed to history. I'll
What day It had been-filled to
the last second with rejoicing and
feasting! All hearts were glad. even
the poorest of the poor, for in this
garden spot of the broad Pacific
there need be no reminder of See
that thou do'st not forget the poor
within thy gates"
The wife had gone on mission
Of "aloha," friends who were to sail
Son the Coast the NEXT day; the
children were in bed and asleep.
Someone must stay at home. SO I
elected to do so. ! don't like to stay
in a big house all alone, but, of
course, would not let wife know
that, and after kissing me and eau.
tioning me not to touch any more OF
the inince pie and turkey, she de-
parted.
EXpectedly of man, | was load
ing up on cold turkey and pie be-
fore the wife was out of earshot, al
though 1t was but few, very few.
hours since ! had declared that
would be ashamed to look turkey
in the face.
My little boy, before going to bed.
had declared that he had heard
someone tapping on the water pipe,
and that OF itself intensified my hor-
ror of being alone, and after he had
been tucked away | let my mind
travel along that line of thought that
is peopled with COLLINS and bloog,
bloogs and the like. In this creepy
frame of mind must have dozed
for some time, such proceeding
having tendency to eliminate the
creepy" feeling that harrassed me.
A slight noise, coming to me
through the numbed sensibilities, to.
gether with the Ginning of the seem
ingly distant bell, brought me to a
state that bordered on what might
be termed half-and-half.
Through decorations on the only
light that was burning-the room
was in semi-darkness as to objects
ten feet away, but such condition
availed me nothing, for | was obliv-
ious to my surroundings-I knew
/, not where | was. Again | partially
dozed, and in that state fear indie
scribable passed over me. SEEM
ed to be in an unknown land and
| could see deep forest with a hid
| eous face here and there, that seem
ed to be attached to the wrong end
of some unknown body. grinning at
me. Horrible shapes, that resem-
| bled the pictures that some of the
doctors make of microbes, changed
their heels together against the
backs of their heads and blinked the
massive eye that was set in the CEN
ter of what was supposed to be a
head. A thing that resembled an
animal that might have been cross
between half bulldog and half cat
and a barn owl, walked sidewise to-
warn lht IL lt" oltDoi ihth otoou oas
its head against a tree and wagged
three tails at me till felt the skin
on my back roll up in folds. Heav-
ems! were there no human beings,
or, at least, beings endowed with
reason. to whom might appeal for
protection from this vast gathering
of creatures, the like of which ! had
| never dreamed were on land or In
the sea? And their ranks were be-
ing continually added to.
A certain noise behind me caused
me to withdraw my eyes from an apo
that had been hanging from with
cred branch above me, and which
had seven tails, and had been anus
ing itself by trying to grab me with
each tail in turn, but falling short
about two inches each sweep.
The Iloise behind me that had
caused me to turn proved that
| fairies, once believed in as diminu
tive beings OF human form, who
were supposed to interfere in human
affairs for either good or evil but In
latter years, in my estimation, had
Joined the Santa Claus class, were
real, for did not here come a whole
troupe OF them-the queen, with her
retinue, hundred strong? Some
were in beautiful carriages, Others
seemed to float through the air with
a stick of many colors, which might
be likened to an aeroplane OF today
In my terrible dilemma | threw out
my hands in duplication to the
queen fairy, when she waved her
STAFF and an elf topped into being
from somewhere unknown to me
and, turning couple of hand
springs, squatted down quietly be
fore me. The queen waved her stan
again and a little fairy chair appear
ed. in which the elf planted him
self, regardless of the fact that many
OF the fairies were standing about.
fAls .l.,l., ri la.