The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-22
By the Man
- at the -
Tailor Shop
The OnIooker


NanIImHIH1n IHTRE
All this FL uaez reminds me of Cap Friend once in
command of the FL Paso City Guards who invaded Mexico in full uni
form lie went by his lonesome You perhaps recall
ting who flung uarez Waes) Jail no particular crime
but booze and whose release demanded Great
Washington Mexico demurred and talk My friend Cap
all fire. He kept the Guards they were on the
sick list He watched Mexican the hangman does the convicted
murderer At times he go Rio Grande and brandh
his sword Mexican BY and by news came that the
Cutting affair had been settled and that there would be Every
we'll said Cap Friend firmly IF the United States won't invade
Mexico I'll do it myself"
Cap dressed togs and sent letter across
the bridge the ee poco uarez that precisely at
four that afternoon the invasion would begin FL Paso turned
out at one end OF the bridge to see uaez turned out at the other
to gasp AT the appointed hour the Captain carrying his
forty rounds of BOOZE began his Whsng tune
he goes there he all dressed his Sunday cohes he
marched the foe FL aso chered him all uarez after getting
upor ceeed carrambod and hooted grngo
the invader got within thirty feet of the Mexican hrong swung
his ara caught Gap the waist
speed the The American feeaer followed the other
the rope hitting only the high places and losing his sword Such
caaboose drinking and eating Mexican beans then she
brushed ND his Uniform gave back his sword took him to the bridge and
him He the his interrupted
tune and marched back American soil Drous excitement both
sides With that the over but when Cap got he found
order from the Governor the telegraph office dssng him from
the National Guard Then he California him there
afterward but that another story
Ragged bearded bruised thirsty
Cap painfully tramped into American Tia uana Hit by thunder
he himself the front door of Sorgas saloon
Five days ago pointed for this door and have been walking
since didn't miss the door by inch The tale Cap told me
this: ,Q5
you see when the gold rush to the Alamo and Real del Castillo
began, along wasn't much feeling around the for
nuggets but thought could get of them by keeping
bought of mesca tent four bottles and tin cup
marked the bottles from four The stuff in the first bottle
told them ALL would kill in minute the
did hot business for several days, wen late afternoon
old Pablo general of the Indians and wanted drink asked him a
faby he preferred the minute bottle and he gted ST. Senior
handed him cup reached for his
money He drank the whole waop wiped his mouth stepped outside
the enand fell dead In seconds the and Mexcans
the wapath AS they into the front of the went
through the back and kept feet ahead of pursuit until
the edge of canyon and unbd it. Then second
hundred feet further off, bounded through fell sons
CROSSWORD bushes and caromed pile of where left
teeth"
Anheuser Busch Then he resumed
81 stayed night the canyon my
bearings and estimated that 1856 miles Sorgazs front
door and l36 miles and nineteen feet his side door My choice
quickly made and you took the bee line Didn't get off the track
hairs breadth Hit the doorway the middle fruit all the
and kept mouth moist but clothing scarcely
presena The barber shops closed respect Pablo and
the trolley line had been held up Thank you My best regards It's
small for its age All right if you say Tell the boys I'll be back
to the city as Sorgaz closes for the season.
Somehow or other telling about Captain tramp
like appearance Tia uana reminded of another tramp whose
presence Scoy Nelson's old place around
Nuuanu He was fearfuy ragged tall hungry specimen dirty
beary but place with dignity and took his
central table The brisk Chinese waiter brought bread
knife and fork and napkin and then bent the baccober for the
order When he he hurried to where the exuberan
Mrs Scoty kept watch ward the cash drawer few words
passed and the Chnaman back and asked for in
advance.
The tramp slowly reached pocket out
match table. From the upper pocket
took hachewed of tobacco and that beside the match
transfer ticket followed Then rubber band lie searched
good while his clothes for anything else but there nothing
Then Mrs ScOt gnad and the waiter told the man get out
Hold on said IF that hungry will pay for his meal
Mrs Scotty and said to me,
What do you think he ordered?
couldn't say
see that there scheme put the noble Hawaiian back
- +loro,