The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-10

qucnce, after an hour or two of rum.
maging through their various precious
chests and wardrobes, with the result
of eXtricating couple of camphory
evening gowns OF ornate aud elaborate
character, and two hours more of fo.
minnie excitement in completing a
magnificent toilette which would be
worthy of the occasion. the ladies'
would at last hutter down the broad
staircase into the reception han where
with coquettish lourishes Of their fans
they would join the gentlemen TO await
the arrival of their imaginary guest.
Sometimes this impossible fellow
was late, and at such times wonderful
indeed were the excuses offered for.
and Sunni es of his rude and apparent
ly objectionable delay His place at
table was always in readiness, and his
name card, bearing some such title "a
/ Lord Cheseborough, or Sir Henry
Suppe-Turreene would lie at the
hostess right
During dinner, mock colloquy was
INDUCED in by all present, and some
times they found him very amusing.
and sometimes he seemed quite a bore
IL was always fatal for His Lordship
when he dared presume to be tardy.
| for then every feature Of his face and
! character, admirable or otherwise fur
nished the general topics for small
talk, which would presently become
animated from mere impersonal dis
cussion to argument, for much as this
family loved one another, they never
could agree on certain things, and di-
verse indeed were their opinians con-
corning this honorable knight
Isobel Strong, (called "Tenila" by
her intimates) invariably invested him
with a low forehead ana aquiline
nose, and usually gave limitations of
some underhand traits of character.
Lloyd Osborne would then promptly
argue in his slow drawl, that with a
low forehead such a nose would not be |
as becoming as a retrousse, and that If !
he claimed any other variety of nose, !
he would have nothing whatever to
do with him!
This mock argument would assume
vast proportions, in time, Tenila as
surfing her brother in all seriousness
tina aquiline type of nose was superior |
for his rank, and that whether he,
Lloyd, approved of it or not mattered
very little for as God had made him
he should have to pass for a man.
At this juncture a storm of wrath
would descend from the host who VOW
ed that nothing under the sun could
induce him to believe he had so won
derfully changed since he last saw
him, declaring that at that time he
possessed a nose, noted throughout
/ the West of England for it's protruding
tip, and queer little glistening teeth
which reminded one Of a mouse.
And finally, Tamaitai, the hostess,
would command all her dignity and
would end the discussion for all time
by asserting she cared neither a pipe
nor pippin what kind of a nose he
carried along with him so long as he
possessed the traits of a gentleman,
and never once forgot that eating
peas off ones knife was not always
conducive to the making Of one!
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After the death of Robert Louis
Stevenson there were pllgrimages to ,
the home Of the late celebrated author, !
and to his sacred resting place high |
on the topmost pinnacle of Vaia noun |
tain where in life he had often ex- |
pressed a desire to lie at last, and |
whittier he was laboriously conveyed |
by number of Samoan chiefs, whose |
aristocratic and unaccustomed hands !
welding picks andaxes, hewed a road |
way up the almost impossible slopes, |
and whose strong, loving shoulders in |
relays bore the casket, always care !
fully supported in a level position, as
they with extreme difficulty crawled |
and climbed towards the goal of the |
master, Tusitala, who in life had |
been their honoreI chief and friend. !
Here, in the midst of a carpet, ankle |
deep, of leaves, and faded bush flow |
ers, in a grove of majestic and protect.
ing trees, through whose thick foliage
never yet has the sun filtered, temper
ed by the cool sweet breezes which
murmur through the heavy branches,
and whose wooing is echoed by the
love lorn dove, is the sanctum of the
immortal Stevenson.
On his stone tomb are inscribed the
lines written by the author for him
self, and so familiar to all lovers Of
his genius, which never fail to bring
the fears and a heart thrOh IN tbo MI |