Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-05
SOME DREAM
Editor Honolulu star-BulIetin,

Sr:-l am a fug1uve from justice
That Is, / am a fugitive from the Off
GERS. The chances are that If the
truth was all told the justice would be
on my side. Still, what can a stow
away do against lot of officers that
are going to shove" him regardless
and he has no witnesses on his side
That much Of my identity am going
10 let out and no more, and I would
not say this much now, only that the
experience that / have passed through
or did pass through during the first
day OF last week makes me open my
mouth on account OF its wonderful
ness and also its helpfuiness looked
at from scientific standpoint But
] will not waste words. Here is the
story. / do not expect II to be be-
iieyed, but the time will come when
the truth of my assertion will be re-
membered.
Last Monday night, when it was
we'll dark SO that might venture out
with partial safety, for, as said be-
fore. there is asprice on my head as 1T
were. was skulking along the water
front in the shadow Of the high fence
that surrounds the marine barracks
at which ! believe is known as Camp
Very, when suddenly became aware
that somebody was following me and
started to make tracks up Richards
street, and by the clatter of feet be-
hind me and the demand that | halt
knew thatI was not mistaken in my
man, and that some "peeler' was hot
footing 1t after me. doubled back
around the old fishmarket building
and CROSSED the street. Noticing some
construction work going on just be-
low the electric light works I lodged
inside the sort Of open way and took
survey Of the situation. 1t was clear
that had not succeeded in shaking
Off my follower, and If was going to
make a move | must make it in a
hurry. Close to the building there
appeared to be what seemed to me q
construction elevator, and as there
was lot Of work going on there I
made the right kind of guess and up
the elevator / went. climbing on the
inside of the frame, as the cross
braces made footholds perfectly safe.
striving at the top, found that there
was a big hole in the roof of the build
Ing, and that there was an exceeding
" cold wave coming from some place.
From the voices TecouId hear below
n the street was made aware that
there were two men looking for me
now ard q was my move ff I expect.
ed 70 keep out Of limbo.
There was just light enough for
me to see that there was some kind.
OF landing about eight feet below
me on the inside of the building, and
as taking chances, at the present at
least Is q part of my stock in trade,
! took a chance and made drop.
landing on something that appeared
to be solid and at he same time was
as cold as ice, and believe me. / dis
covered that it was Ice after / had
feit around for few seconds. Well.
! couldn't stand there and get colder
by the second, and besides there was
2 possibfli-y OF somebody coming M
the construction staging on the out
side of the building as ] had done. so
4 carefully felt my way toward the
darkest part Of the room or icehouse
or whatever 1t was that was in. Sud-
denly felt that / was slipping OF the
level that | had been crawling over.
a made frantic grab as i went over
the edge: but a person might as well
grab at sunbeam as at piece of Ice
and expect to get retaining hold
u seemed to strike the next blocks Of
ice below and In turn slid of these
and fetched up with slight bump on
the next ledge that appeared not to
De like the rest but sloped away
smoothly for many feet as If its
shape had been caused by continual
melting for long time, and to the
feeling of the hand IL was perfectly
smooth and glass-like Down this I
went or slid, notwithstanding my eff
forts to grab the polished surface, and
fetched up with a bang against the
side OF the building. have a faint
recollection OF dropping through
space, and then must have been
stunned slightly, for when / came to
my senses was lying on my back
on a very wet floor, wood not ice this
time, and was conscious of the fact
that, as is generally the case where
person has received a blow on the
head, that was seeing all kinds of
weird shapes and peculiar things that
had never dreamed OF in this world.
And even with the strenuousness of
the situation that was in at that mo-
ment could not help but think of
those funny pictures that appeared
in the daily papers under the caption
Lulu and Leander," and of how Lee.
ander would exciaim, after he had |
been subject TO tumble down al
fight Of stairs and was coming out |
Of the daze that naturally followed,
What makes the little birds sing
so?" Well, that condition of affairs |
seemed to be getting a grip on me.
/ could hear a sort of buzzing in my
head along with the other sensations
that / had never experienced before |
But on top of all this there was a |
something that ] cannot describe but |
wish that ] could. First of all there |
was terrible light, startling in its
intensifcation. that hit me fur in ne |
face. The sublime and oyerpowering |
brilliancy can only be grasped or |
understood by those who have sud- |