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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
THE CALL OF THE QUAIL.
BY FRANK NELSON.

The quavering call of the quail re-
verberated through the darkening for
est and across the clearing around
the rude cabin where the reluctant
corn, coaxed by the smiles of summer,
cast glints of green athwart the sandy
soil.
The little girl looked up from the
treasure of wild flowers that she had
gathered, clapped her hands in glee,
and laughed merrily.
Listen, papa They're singin their
babies to sleep"
The man, tall, gaunt, long-bearded,
paused with his hoe poised in air,
turned a scanned and kindly face to
smile upon the child, and resumed his
task.
"Singin' their babies to sleep!" he
chuckled, shaking his head. What a
notion!"
A horse and rider, sweaty and mud
despatched, emerged from the forest
anu hdlLSu at INC Su6S VI INC ClSdl luB'
The rider was sturdy of form and
grim of visage. From the cartridge
belt about his waist two holsters
swung heavily, their buckled flaps
protecting the hidden weapons from
mud and moisture.
"Evenin' pardner," he called out.
How far to Mound City,"
The tall man struck the handle OF
the hoe deep into the damp soil, and
approached the horseman with long
and leisurely strides.
Bout ten mile, straightaway," he
answered slowly. Nearer fifteen as
yen have to go. Ye're mighty nigh
five mile off the road"
Tried fer short cut and got lost,
explained the other, wiping the mud
from his face. "Follered the call of
the quail fer luck and heered the little
gal laugh, else l wouldn't have found
We in this out-of-the-way place"
Better light off and take pot luck
with us, said the tall man cordially.
"Supper's most ready. The moon1l pc
above the trees in couple of hours,
and I'll show We the way back to the
road It's bad trail in the dark"
The horseman slipped from the sad
die and leaned YEARLY against the
stump of fallen tree.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
The Ca ture of The Jacob Bell

of the Danish bark, Captain Maffit had
informed Captain Frisbie of his hop
ing, at about nightfall, to get us taken
on board as passengers, led us to
make some little preparation towards
our desired departure; and while
Charlie was engaged in arranging and
tying up the package (already de-
scribed as containing the chair, Cap
tain MafFit entered the cabin, and
after looking thoughtfully at the boy
for a few moments, said: "Why,
Charlie, you are beginning early to
prepare for leaving" | then repeated
what we understood he had said to
Captain Frisbie, Temarking, that we
thought it the better way, in order not
to cause any delay, to be partly in
readiness; that the fur rug would, in
my delicate state of health, be an i'm
portant article of comfort in helping
to shield me from the severe cold as
we approached our coast and that
nearly all the articles in the package
were necessary to our wants. He said
nothing more, but sat some minutes
longer, regarding our movements in
countenance narrowly, and in spite of
the mask, at other times so effect
ually worn, read his thoughts so COM
pletely to my satisfaction, that the
moment he went on deck l said to my
young friend, Captain Maffit does not
mean we shall have these things" We
did not, however, allow ourselves to
think that he could be so cruelty con-
temptible as to retain them by
stealth. All the articles, except the
chair, were doubtless appropriated to
his own use; and the latter, if not de-
stroyed, was probably kept as a
trophy, which, in connection with the
loyal people of the North, will be
made a subject of abuse and wanton
ridicule.
The fact that the following Incl
dents, which occurred during the first
two or three days of our capture, did
not really open my eyes to the charac-
ter of the man with whom we had to
DEAL may seem extraordinary; but
fright and anxiety, together with my
unprotected and helpless position, had
(COntinued on page 23O
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
A Man Who Was Wounded
With Abraham Lincoln

One of the saddest happenings in
many day was the death, in an in
sane ASYLUM, last week of Henry Reed
Rathbone. Rathbone was born in AL
bany. N. Y, on July 1, 1887. He was
appointed major of United States
Volunteers on November 20, 1852, and
served with distinction throughout the
Civil War. For all that, he might have
died in as obscure corner as any
other veteran of that war, writes the
New York Evening Post, but for one
unhappy mischance. Major Rathbone
was wounded by John Wilkes Booth,
on the lamentable evening OF April
IA, 1865, while attempting to save
President Lincoln from assassination.
We readi
At the time of the shooting OF Lin
coin, the major was in the party IN
the Presidential box He was the
fourth member of a group of which
the President, Mrs. Lincoln, and Miss
Harris, daughter of Senator Ira Har-
ris, were the other three, He and the
Young girl were asked to fill the place
which General and Mrs. Grand were
to have taken. Rathbone and MISS
Harris we're betrothed, and after the
tragic event of that night, in which the
major acquitted himself manfully and
well. they were married, Later he
was appointed consul to Hanover, and
there he killed his wife. But it was
shown that he had gone insane before
the killing and was committed to the
asylum in which he recently died.
Rathbones description of what he
did Immediately after Lincoln's assas-
sination is, we are informed, as fol
lows:
"On reaching the outer door of the
passage way l found it barred by
heavy piece of plank, one end OF which
was secured in the wall, and the other
resting against the door 1t had been
so securely fastened that it required
considerable force to remove it. Per-
sons outside were beating against the
door for the purpose of entering
removed the bar and the door was
opened. Several persons who repre-
scented themselves as surgeons were
allowed to enter. l saw there Colonel
Crawford and requested him to pre-
vent other persons from entering the
box"
And this is all Only few terse
words and no mention whatever of the
heroic part played by Rathbone him
self Nicolay and Hay. in their Life
of Lincoln, have, however, this much
to say:
The murderer seemed to himself to
be taking part in a play. Partizan
hate and the fumes of brandy had for
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
A College Professor
Suggests a Cure For Lying

On Christmas morning when little
Willie with his new drum and rubber
boots clasped tightly in his arms
crawls up on your knee and says:
PA, where'd these come FROM" you
can say with perfect freedom of con-
science, why, Willie, Santa Claus
brought them" 1t will not be lying.
1t will be poetic fiction"
But when the rent collector comes
around and raps threateningly at the
door, and you find that you're several
dollars short on the monthly contribu-
ton to the landlord, it is very unwise
to send Willie to the door with the
announcement that there's no one at
home" for you are liable to start Will
lie in the disgraceful habit of lying
1t is very risky thing to do.
Rev. Father Robert Schwickerath,
S. j., professor of pedagogy and his
tory at Holy Cross College, Worces-
ter, Mass, and a well-known authority
on the training of children, says that
parents must be very careful in the
way they handle truth when they are
dealing with children. He says that
parents are often responsible for the
habit of lying in children.
In the little reception room at Holy
Cross College Father Schwickerath
told a newspaper representative Of
the risk parents run in influencing
their children to become liars. He
dwelt at some length upon the various
causes of lying and upon the methods
of checking the tendency in the early
training of children.
Father Schwickerath is a noted edI-
Gator and author. He has been pro-
fessor of pedagogy and history at Holy
Cross University for four years. A
German by birth, he received his edu-
cation in the gymnasiums and uniyer-
stiles of Germany. He has written sew
eral historical works, and his views
upon tue GuuNdllOA VI NhAluA NA ulN ~
cepted by many of the educators of the
East. At a recent meeting of the
Catholic teachers of the Archdiocese
of Boston Father Schwickerath deliy-
cred a series of ten lectures upon the
Preservation and Cure of So-Called
School Evils, Especially Lying, Cheat
ing, etc"
Father Schwickerath is a short,
stocky man, amply filling his cassock.
He has a large, cheerful face, which is
constantly breaking into a smile.
Above a very high forehead there is a
head of curly black hair, which is be-
ginning to thin a little, AS he talked
to a newspaper representative he
paced nervously up and down the floor
of the little reception room, stopping
now and then to gaze out the window
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23

at the janitors preparing the campus
for the opening of college, or to look
up at the pictures of former professors
of the college which stare down from
the whatewashed walls.
Unfortunately" he said, parents
are to be blamed sometimes for the
habit of lying children. Some Of them
are untruthfuI They should remember
that there is not only a child study on
the part of the adult but also a parent
study on the part of a child. And chill.
dren are keen observers, often re-
markably so. l should say to the par
ents who are given to lying before
their children, Beware, the children
will fird you out
'As trifiing as these conventional
lies may appear, they have a most dis
astrous effect upon the children. For
example, mother tells her child not
to tell his father of something that
happened during the day, or the father
teachers him to deceive his mother.
All these things have their effects up
on the child. There are more common
instances"
Here the round face of the priest
broke into smile.
Take the case of the rent collec-
tor" he said, (which happens very
often. The collector calls, and the
mother sends her child to the door to
say that she is not at home. That
falsehood will have its effect upon the
child"
Father Schwickorath said that the
little fiction of being mot at home"
when some visitor calls was practically
no longer a lie.
People realize now" he said, that
it is merely a phrase used by people to
indicate that they do not care to re-
ceive visitors"
"Dou you think?" he was asked,
that telling the children the stories
like that of Santa Claus does them any
harm?"
mo" Father Sehwickerath replied,
There is no danger in that. In fact
that is not exactly a lie. 1t is fic-
ton. Children invariably discriminate
between poetic fiction and real lie. l
know some educators would have us
cease telling the children all fairy
tales and myths, arguing that it
teaches them to lie, but / am inclined
to disagree with them, Children soon
realize that these fables are nothing
more than poetic fiction, and to de-
prive them of these pleasures would
not be quite right"
Returning to the influence parents
Continued on page 22,)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
The Stars QuiCk-Fire Short Story

Don't care if l do he said. i've
come bout fifty mile through the mud
sence mornin, and the boss needs rest
and a bite of fodder. I've got the
money to pay"
Keep yer money, stranger. Glad to
have yet. Mighty seldom we see any
body out here
"'Tain't very public" observed the
traveller, smiling. ben here long,"
Seven year this spring"
own the placer"
only owe a hundred now" replied
the settler proudly, seating himself
upon the fallen tree. "But it's took a
power of hard work and scrlmpin'."
The little girl shyly approached the
stranger and gazed up into his face
with the curiosity of childhood The
grim visage softened.
"Only one we got?" he asked.
"Only one nowhere was a little
Teller"
The child turned her face upward
toward the twilight stars.
Hes up yonder now" she murmur.
ed, the little mouth quivering.
The eyes of the two men met The
stranger put his arm about the child
and drew her closer.
1--WE got one up there, too" he said
softly. "The only one we had-a lit
tie gal"
There was a moments silence; then
the tall man asked Have to make
Mound City tonight?"
Yes. Want to git back to Montana
soon as | kim"
Montana! Ye didn't come from
that direction!"
mo, had a little bizness in Pierre
fust-with the Gunner"
The tall man slipped forward on
the tree and drew his long limbs under
him, like a panther about to spring.
Montana, Ell? What county?"
Teton"
"Teton!" muttered the other, drop.
ping his head. Then he looked up and
remarked: "Ye go purity we'll heeled,
even fer a man from Montana"
Eyes. Have to in my bizness."
There was a long silence; then the
tall man said quickly:
"Lottie, run in and tell mamma we Il
(Continued on page nineteen)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
Continued from last Saturday,

On further search it was discovered,
that the besides the small trunk, the
loutlaws had kept a small package,
well tied up with a rope, which con-
tanned a folding-chair, designed for
sea-travel; a large fur rug from the
Amoor River, which had been pur-
chased at Fuh-chau, for comfort and
protection from the cold as we neared
the coast; an East India pillow cover
ed with fine mating, and a most desir-
able article in the tropics; and a silk
Isun-umbrella, having an outer cover
ing of white calico, after the fashion
of the East, together with several
other articles of value from associa-
ton. On leaving the pirate we had
little thought of losing the trunk, but
did have some fears that the roped
package might be retained. When OBJ
tanning permission for the folding
chair to be brought on board the Flor
ida with the rest of our luggage, l
was careful not to tell Captain Maffit
that it was made of a piece of oak
taken from the old English man-of-
war Minden, on board of which Mr..
Key, during his Imprisonment, wrote
the "Star-Spangled Banner; but
Charlie, on returning from the Jacob
Bell to the steamer on the day of the
plundering said that Captain Frisbie
had very unwisely informed Captain
Mafft of its origin, and that when II
was about to be taken into the boat
in order to be transferred, Captain
Mafft forbade it, remarking, that it
could not be taken off the Jacob Bell.
l had, however, been very intent upon
saving an article so sacred by reason
of its associations, and had asked
subordinate officer of the Florida
who went to board the Jacob Bell at
about the time his captain left her
if he would be so kind to see the
chair sent on board, Not knowing the
order of his superior in regard to the
matter, he did so; and being on deck
when it was handed over the side of
the steamer, gladly pressed forward
to receive it; to which no one object
ing Il think Captain Maffit was pres
ent), it was deposited with other arti.
Giles in our cabin, The fact that, dur
ing the afternoon we were in pursuit
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weeks kept his brain in a morbid
state. He felt as if he were playing
Brutus off the boards; he posed, ex-
pecting applause. Holding pistol in
one hand and knife in the other, he
opened the box door, put the pistol to
the Presidents head, and fired; drop
ping the weapon, he took the knife in
his right hand, and when Major Rath-
bone sprang to seize him, he struck
savagely at him. Major Rathbone re-
ceived the blow on his left arm suf-
fering a wide, deep wound.
Booth, rushing forward, then placed
his left hand on the railing of the box
and vaulted lightly over to the stage.
1t was high leap, but nothing to such
a trained athlete. He was in the
habit of introducing what actors call
sensational leaps in his plays. In
Macbeth" where he met the weird
sisters, he leapt from rock twelve
feet high. He would have got safely
away but for his spur catching in the
folds of the Union flag with which the
front of the box was draped.
He fell on the stage, the torn flag
trailing on his spur, but instantly rose
as if he had received no hurt, though,
in fact the fall had broken his leg; he
turned to the audience, brandishing
his dripping knife, and shouting the
State motto of Virginia, "Sic Semper
Tyrannis," fled rapidly across the
stage and out of sight. Major Rath-
bone had shouted, Stop him!" The
cry went out, "He has shot the Presi-
dent"
From the audience, at first stupid
with surprise, and afterward wild with
excitement and horror, two or three
men jumped upon the stage in pursuit
of the flying assassin; but he ran
through the familiar passages, leapt
upon his horse, which was in waiting
in the alley behind, rewarded with a
kick and curse the callboy who had
held him, and rode rapidly away in the
light of the just risen moon.
The President scarcely moved; his
head dropped forward slightly, HIS eyes
closed. Major Rathbone, at first not
regarding his own grievous hurt, rush
ed to the door of the box to summon
aid. He found it barred, and on the
outside some one was beating and
clamoring for entrance He opened
the door; a young officer named
Crawford entered; one or two army
surgeons soon followed, who hastily
examined the wound. 1t was at once
seen to be mortal 1t was afterward
ascertained that a large derringer bull
let had entered the back of the head
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23

when they began to correspond after
learning each others names in
journal.
Miss Sherman does not DENY she
took little more than ordinary pains
to see that Wilson's beefsteaks and
pie were a little above the ordinary
run. Once she purposely delayed a
meal to see whether he would become
nervous or uneasy, but he only smiled
and said supper would taste all the
better when it came. So things went
along smoothly for three days in the
Elsah household Now the honeymoon
is on"
L. c. Legner, Cook county marriage
license clerk, peered through the bars
Of his window in surprise when he
was asked for his views on the trial
courtship. Several couples who were
lined up waiting for the pink docu-
ments that mark the first step in the
venture they were about to make,
overheard with interest the comment
of the man behind the window.
"a three days trial courtship be-
fore marriage?" said the clerk with
a smile. mo, that's not enough time.
It would be useless. The man would
learn less than he might by merely
calling on his girl six or seven nights
a week. She would be on her compa-
ny manners all the time and the test
would not be a fair one. If it could
be worked out so that he could be at
the home Of the girl for six months,
or so, there might be something in the
Continued on page 24.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
TRIAL COURTSHIP PLAN
IS AN ILLINOIS IDEA

CHICAGO, Sept 1O-Trial court
ship-a variety of wooing which al
lows for the bridegroom-to-be a three
days period of boarding at the home
of his sweetheart, during which time
he samples her cooking and tests her
disposition to make sure that his mar
ried life will be a SUGGESTS not a
novelty that Chicago wants. The
scheme, the latest pet notion of the
little village of Elsah ILL.,, near East
st. Louis, is reported in news dispatch.
es to have been proven a great sue
cess when two sweethearts there
clinched their decisions to become
man and wife after the preliminary
courtship at the home of the brides
mother But it found no champions
here today.
Here is the way things went down
in the village of Elsah, according to
one dispatch:
Last Saturday the bridegroom-to-be
took up his abode with his fiancee and
watched her methods of keeping
house, sampled her cooking, studied
her ways and tried to find if her per
sonality was such as would make him
good wife. At the same time she
tried his disposition tested his pa
thence, observed his manners and en-
deavored to find If the affection she
expected him to express would be
true and lasting.
"The man was Wilson D. Sherman
of Williamsport, Pa, and the woman
Miss Maud Sherman of Elsah. He is
S5 years old and she is 80. Their
acquaintance began two years ago,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23

A most surprising and romantic dis
covery is now exciting Shakespearean
scholars and enthusiasts in England.
A collector recently picked up an old
terra Gotta mask of Shakespeare in
an English country town for seventy
cents. The price alone was an indica-
ton that it was not an intentional
fraud, since no one would have taken
so much trouble practically for moth
ing. ia, 8
The relic was submitted to Mr.. P. G.
Konody, who is a well-known author
ity on Shakespearean relics. He was
at once struck by its similarity in pro-
portions to the well known bust in
the church of Standardization. This
bust is believed on good evidence TO
have been made from a death mask
of Shakespeare.
In spite of certain woodenness
about the face due to an inferior sculp
tor, this bust in the church is the
most reliable guide we have hitherto
had to the shape of the poets head
and face.
Mr.. Konody at first formed the idea
that the terra Gotta mask might have
been modelled from the bust, but q
comparison of the two caused him to
abandon this idea.
A very peculiar thing lie discovered
about the terra Gotta mask was a no
ticeable projection of the iris of the
eye. This is feature to be observed
in nearly every human body, but it
was not to be found in the bust at
Stratford-op-Avon and probably few
English sculptors of that time were
aware of this physiological fact.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
DEATH
MASK OF SHAKESPEARE

Moreover, the mysterious mask
showed a strange death-like droop Of
the right corner of the mouth. On
the other hand the modelling of the
nose and cheeks was strikingly clum-
sy and seemed incompatible with the
idea that the terra Gotta mask could
have been taken from the mold made
from the face of the dead poet.
Is it possible that the newly dis
covered mask is the remodelled inn
preston or squeeze" of Shakespeare's
death mask from which the sculptor
of the old bust worked? This began
to appear to Mr.. Konody the most prob
able theory.
When the investigation had reached
this point a new discovery was made
which greatly increased the probable
ity of the theory. There were some
bad stains on the head and the owner
rather carelessly gave it to a ser.
want with orders to wash them out
with hot water. The heat caused o
crack to open in the material Just
above the ear, where the hair begins
In this crack, greatly to the amaze
ment of Mr.. Konody, was found a tuft
of red hair. Medical experts declared
that it was human hair. The most
reasonable explanation of its presence
was that the mask had been made
from an original death mask. Some
of the hair had been pulled away from
the head by the death mask and then
transferred to this impression OF
suueez. If the squeez was really TAX
en- from a death mask it must have
been Shakespeare's death mask, for he
is certainly the man portrayed.
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