Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-05

! EISHtS Oh SldlIS dIlu Oul INTO TIE HlSnI
| 1t was II O'Clock, and raining hard. He
wandered along a couple of blocks to
ward the waterfront and drifted ,lEto
a cellar where a gang Of young tOughs
were grouped around dim lights. He
had never slept in a room with win.
dow in ii, so IL didn't seem SO bau.
The next morning he went down to
wharf where some boys We're swim
ming and stole a coat and a pair OF
shoes that one of the swimmers had
slowed away in a convenient box. He
already had trousers and shirt, The
gang in the cellar had shared their
breakfast with him-some pastry from
Japanese bakery. Before noon Bill
had "sWiped" a chicken from-a pake
butcher shop and had sold it.. With
the 40 cents that proceeded he took
the gang to the movies, .'. -&rtz
Bill couldn't picture anything in the
future worse than the past, so he was
devoid of fear, and before Ions. he was
the acknowledged leader Of one Of the
toughest gangs in Honolulu. r., -.
One day Bill made a gambling de-
vice out of a soy tub head. The surface
was ! divided into a dozen compart-
ments each containing prize such as
a piece of gum, chocolate or candy. In
the center was an indicator that %as
spun for a nickle. With this country
cousin to roulette wheel Bill was
coming money, when dat HatfQoted
cop pinched him." he explained when
he landed in the Juvenile Court.
Bill Is Paroled.
Good morning William" said the
Judge, kindly, as he reached out and
shook hands. That settled Bill. HIS
blue eyes tWinkled and he smiled a
broad and infectious smile and told
the truth. Then it was that Bill was
paroIed in care of the court investi-
gator for the big Brother Movement.
7 The following Sunday a business
mana banker-left the University
Club where he had dined and went to
find little Bill. He had been appoipt-
ed his Big Brother, and it was going
to be his duty to make his acquaint-
ance and see what he could do for him.
Having reached the neighborhood, he
entered the back door of a poi shop,
and the sight of the carefully groomed
man caused momentary panic among a
dozen loafers within. They were re-
Iieyed when they found that all ne
wanted was little Bill, who was next
door. $751;.
/ bill was expecting big brother, but
he didn't know he was going to be
4one o. dem swell guys However,
he rose to the emergency, invited him
to sit down on the only chair, and,
percning on a soap box, told his story.
The business man decided that a
visit to the father would be advisable.
Bill agreed to go, and together they
climbed the stairs of the tenement
through sitting air heavy with gas
and other deadly odors At the door
they were met by "a half-clad brute
who informed them that Bills mother.
had died three weeks before of tuber-
cGlosis. ...--...
Rejected BY Father.
HE can't come back here to live"
grcwled the brute, pointing to Bill. Il
amt got nothin' to do with him."
You're his father, aren't you?" ven
tured the businessman. 49,;
Nav! amt his father"
Little Bill gasped Then, who isl"
You amt got no father! You never
had monet" ...~.'.
The business man reached for the
grimy little hand of Bill and through
that frightened grip sympathy flowed
straight to his little heart, and the
Big Brothers friendship was sealed.
Come on, Bill" he said, lets CO."
The next afternoon Bill went to the
Office of his new-found friend to start
things off. Things went along we'll
and he went out of the office invited
TO dine at a palatial Waikiki residence
the following Thursday.
Little Bill did his best for the &C.
casion. His hair was plastered down,
he had creased his shoes with a pork
rind and had washed out a handker-
chief which was spread over his torn
and soiled little shirt front. There
the banker remarked on much to Bills
delight.
Gee, amt it great" said he. Il got
it at pake store for five cents"
A few days later Big Brother fitted
Bill out with new suit of clothes,
cot him job where he earned $3.50
a week, and helped him to a better
boarding place.
There was trouble. DE kids"
didn't like Bills new toys, and called
him sissy, whereupon he called out
the gang and cleaned up the malign-
ers. So Bill landed in the Juvenile
Court again, but Big Brother under
stood and Strengthened things out.
Then he took Bill for a ride in his
whereupop Bill solemnly
promised to never again shy a tin
can or a rock at a private convey
ance.
Church and Play.
ELL always spent Sundays with his
big brother. They went to church in
the morning, where the red carpet in
the aisles made a big hit. In the
afternoon thev played baseball. Bill
was given a membership ticket to the
Y. M. g. A, which entitled him to
the use of the gymnasium. All this