The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-03-04

II am with you. ! Will leave YOU for
an hour or so after lunch and at three
o'clock / will be back mere and let you
know in what part of the world Bo-
nanza Park is located"
Sunburned and attired in a khaki
suit, Jones entered the busy-looking
Offices a few days later. Blue prints,
maps, bids from cement, sewer and
| street-grading contractors, and other
business like documents we're scatter
ed conspicuously on a table in the 9TH
err room Logs of redwood leaned
against the walls of both rooms. A
surveyors transit, without lenses, but
business-like, stood on a sprawling
tripod in the most prominent place.
The word Park" had been freshly
painted below the word Bonanza" on
the other door Miss Layne had an
assistant and the heliotrope portions
of Mr.. Hudson's raiment had been ex-
changed for similar garments of deli
cate, pearlgray tints. Jones walked
painfully into the inner Office and
closed the door behind him.
Great Scott, what a place! But |
| finally got up there" he said as he
shook Hudson's hand with his right
and took three cigars with his left.
Bonanza Park will be all right when
the airships become more popular. We
had to rest our horses twelve times
on the way up and the last mile we
climbed on all tours. There is not a
level spot there, just gulches and ra-
! vines"
well, think of the view," reminded
Hudson. did you get any photo
graphs?"
mot there. The photo man refused
to risk his life and his camera. But
we took some fine pictures a couple of
miles this side of our property. They
will make the new prospectus look like
house afire. There are $50 acres,
level measure, but l should judge 1t
amounts to twenty times that much,
surface measure. The best lot could
see is almost vertical and would re-
quire a house with about ten stories
on one side and one story on the other
The only way any one can camp there
is to use hooks. 1t is rustic all right,
all right. My lunch-basket fell from
| Court House Square across Washing
ton and Roosevelt avenues and didn't
stop until it struck the proposed site
of the Bonanza Water Works"
you know fiat city is very monot-
onous," smiled Hudson. How is the
old farmer?
HE is a cold blooded citizen for
your whiskers. He is as tickled to
get seven dollars per acre as we are
to sell it," replied Jones. why, he
was going to let the land go for non
payment of taxes since forest fire
cleaned out every stick of timber"
"Well, business has been roaring
while you were out exploring" said
Hudson, cheerfully "Say, just gaze
upon this. About seventy members of
my wife's church suggested names,
and would you believe me, they all
won lots. They are going like hot
7 cakes and we expect the whole Sun
day-school batch in tomorrow with
suggestions. l find we won't have
streets enough on that map to go
, around, so l have added clause in
the suggestion agreement whereby we
/ reserve the right to use accepted
: names in some of our future enter
prises."
: Certainly" nodded Jones. "of
J course we are only beginning. And,
after ALL" he added, 81 don't know but
what it is well worth six or eight dol
/ lars to have a spot you can feel is
your own and throw out your chest
and call yourself property owner"
At this point the telephone rang.
, Hudson answered and pushed the re-
ceiver over to Jones
Mrs. Jones is coming up here, "
Jones said with a queer gulp. she
wants to know why didn't go straight
to the house after three days absence
instead of coming up to the office. She
SAYS l don't love her any more and
that Bonanza Park is now my affinity.
She is down stairs in the drugstore"
Hudson rose quickly, and put on his
: coat, busted off his patent feathers and
turned a brewery art calendar TO the
wall.
A few minutes later, Mrs. Jones en-
tered and fell upon her husband, who
received her dainty burden of one nun.
, dred and eighty pounds as matter OF
fact while lodging two long hat pms
After an ELUSIVE and fearful greeting
Mrs. Jones attempted to bestow an ex'
pansive smile upon Mr.. hudson
through a veil misty with tears. That
gentleman, however, suddenly recalled
an engagement with man some
where and, with a wink at Jones, lel'
the office. Mrs. Jones now rapidly re-
gained her composure, removed her
hat and stared at her husband, who sal
opposite her, with an expression oil
ealm resignation.
ooh, Cliffy, Cliffy, Cliffy," began the
lady. "How could you do 1t? Here
: sit in a stuffy furnished fiat and worry
and worry while you go picnicking In
that beautiful park"
very be-ootiful park" echoed Jones
,, with a smile which his wife did not
appear to note. but, dearie, 1t was
no picnic. 1t was work. Look at my
clothes, shoes and hands. should
have come straight home, but prefer
red to wait until after dark. l VIII
have to go through the alley even
: now"
rs it lovely up there. CIny?"
"Heavenly." replied Jones with an