Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-08-04

well. One of my pieces (verse) |
dedicated to the Emperor Of Russia
ION his recent Providential Escape"
was afterwards printed in gold let
tiers on silver leaf, and sent to the
Emperor. The reprintlng was done
at Mr.. Massie's suggestion, as 1t
would never have occurred to me to
get anything of the sort up. even
for king. My Ideas were quite as
democratic as my ancestry.
In a month or 30 | received a very
large. black bordered letter contain
ing the Emperor's Imperial thanks. "
At this time such letter seemed to
be worth getting.
Richmond was a pretty little town
on the st. Francis river, and just
across was Melbourne, noted for its
pretty girls. We attended many so
cials' there, and reciprocated by
having some at the college Here
the large college building was thrown
open, and every room was invaded
by the most delightful lot of lawn,
lace and ribbon imaginable.
The Echo reported some of the de-
bates which took place each week
in the hall. The president of our
debating society was Right Hon.
Lord Aylmer. He lived in Melbourne,
had several daughters all honorables
even to the little tot, but was pos.
sessed of small means. His large
title, which entailed precedence, ="
was a great trouble to the poor man.
and used to wonder why he didn't
drop 1t for plain mister.
This was done by a man who went
into the confectionery business In
Montreal years ago. and some years
since. while ! was in Virginia. near
the little town of Norfolk, / met an
'ex-earl who had become a farmer.
He and his sons were doing well,
and he had completely dropped all
his titles, which were honorable as
well as ancient. When shook
this man by the hand | felt that !
was meeting a real man.
Leaving college on account of Iii
health, went to Texas, where |
acted as correspondent for two or
! three newspapers, rode broncho of
my own, and saw good deal OF
frontier life. In 1881 there were
yet real cowboys who raided towns,
and nests OF gamblers in such towns
as Dallas and Sherman. From here
went to New Orleans, taking the
memorable trip down the Red and
Mississippi rivers; passed on by boat
to Tampa. then beyond the railroad
farther stlll, in a yacht along the
Ten Thousand Islands In the region
of Key West.
My letters were largely descrip,
tive OF life and scenes in the Far
South. In one to the New York
Witness, defended the people oi
the South from snapshot judgments
of Northern visitors, and received
the Official thanks OF the Florida
government for my letters about tina
country.
| Later I wrote my negro dialecti,
pieces, in North and South Carolini
and Virginia, where ! saw more o
the oldtime darby. ! do not know
that there was anything striking
about these rhymes, but one or TIVE
of them made a "hit" and went tn,
rounds, appearing at last under bool
covers. give below few verse
OF one poem written in Danville
Va, in 1881:
l DE GOOD OLE DAYS.
Use ole an gray
An de ondly way
spen de hou's dat go,
Am to tink oh de days when | wer
| young,
OBJ de kin ole peepil libbed among
OBJ de days dat come no mo-.
Fer dis hair am white
An de glory light
Dat shine on dc earf an you,
Am da'ker to me dan my niggal
skin;
An nebbah a CLEAN oh 1t do shin
In,
Not a spec oh de light shine froo.
II would Tub to see
Jess one bush or tree
Oh de big plantation groun',
Dat wo'k upon in dose happy day
When de da'yers sing all de sweetel
lays,
An play wild de -go-round.
"An' bress de Lo'd
: An His holy wo'd u
Dat I'll see de light once mo-,
Dat He'll glib me soon dat fab Ian
see,
4 Whar all my deah niggah friends
Dat Ian on de oddah sho, "
ITCH RELIEVED AT ONCE.
That terrible itch disappears viii