The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01
BY William Heyliger.

a distant cuspidOr with a stream of
tobacco juice, and twice 1 marveled
al the exactness of his aim. Then that
citizen of the world, that ex-soldier
and man of affairs, spoke.
81 overheard two gentlemen talking
today" he said slowly. "They were
discussing Wall street and the promi-
nent men that sink of iniquity con-
tains. They seemed to think that
Rockefeller, Morgan, Gates and the
rest of them were little giants of
finance. l pitied those gabblers, sir,
from the bottom of my heart pitied
them"
l held my peace and waited. Major
Ike chewed savagely on his flowing
mustache.
you should have known Mccormick
Ryan," he continued. "In an age of
satellites he was a planet, but the dark
cloud of adversely settled around him
and obscured his brightness. Those
who knew him personally respected
HIM those who knew him only
through his work remembered him.
1T was impossible to forget McCor-
mick Ryan. For while he cleaned
through the West like a guiding star;
then, from the black depths of faith
lessness in ones fellow man, science
reached out an investigating, incredu-
lous hand, and Mccormick passed"
Major Ike's breast heaved. l lit
cigar.
Il met him." he went on, Gin San
Francisco. He was breezy, sir, remark
ably breezy. He bumped into me on
the steps of our hotel, he apologized
and the next moment he ivited me to
Join him in tour Of the town.
Perhaps he recognized in me a
kindred spirit, perhaps he reasoned
that two can live, or drink as cheaply
as one. We started out with high hats,
we returned with only the rims, and
late in the morning we awoke in each
others arms
quite lovingly" l commented.
"Ah," sighed Major Ike, ''he was a
loving man, cursed with the love of
his neighbor. He had travelled over
most of the world, and everywhere he
had seen goodly quota of the sick
and the ailing.
Ellis heart was touched. He was a
believer in lithia water-lithia water
for the sick and for the well, for the
young and for the old, for diseases thai
W ere known and for diseases that were
unknown. And why not? he argued
Lithia water in itself was good for the
kidneys. Add a little turpentine, anC
it could also be used as a liniment
add a little wild cherry, and it would
partake of the nature of a cougl
syrup. The different combination
were as limitless as ether.
1.-THE world was sick, and the worl
desired to be cured. With tears G
sympathy in his eyes, and in a vote
that trembled with emotion, McCol
mick Ryan resolved that he woul
cure"
In some distant tower a clock struc
ten. Major Ike pulled his mustach
and stared off into space.
"He was a philanthropist," he sal
: at last, land philanthropist of tn
highest order of benevolence. He Of
fered me a half partnership, and a
cepted. l was to look after the man
featuring, and he was to see that Glea
4 Sons Elixia of Life was brought b.
fore the public notice.
= "If he were alive today, sir, he woul
= be kept busy declining offers to b
Q come dean of this and that CORES
rondence school of Applied Publicit
AS an advertiser he was a gem of tn
= very first water.
"In barrooms he endorsed Gleason
- Elixia of Life as an antidote for tn
morning after; on the docks OF II
- racine oLedlubulp CoAAP'Ny
prospective travellers Of the numero'
cases of seasiclness from which
, had saved him. In week all "a
j., Francisco was talking of the ne
remedy; in month they were buyir
g it by the barrel.
= Mccormick took suite of rooms
. the best hotel, and still continued
y preach its virtues. Was he connnect'
y with the company that put it on Il
q market? Lord, no, and calling be
hoy, Mccormick would order a bolt
n for himself. That was his style, sill
g. "a hundred times | implored him
g allow his name to stand with mine
,r the makers of the medicine, and
,e hundred times he firmly refused.
despised egotism, he said; and /