Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-28
III.-THE LOOsENING UP
!: or HOGAN 4:
From ..The Ten Thousand Dollar Arm
and Other Tsies of. the Big League"
copyrifht. 1912. D. small. Maynard q Company

| real lace curtains anu made miserable
| BY the heavy elegance q. their s.,,.
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Hogan appeared. made his apologies
for being hate. and n head waiter or
some other great fnnctionaFy copdnct-
ed them grandiy down n long hall to
The banquet chamber Bush HawIey.
who was In The van and had the first
glimpse OF The magnificence IN store,
started hack and trod heayiis upon tile
head walters patent Ieathered toes.
Glass" calculated Bush: .cIass!
The national commission never had as
swell n layout as this" ssts ,ssl5
Which was rs far as Bush could go.
Let ms pass lightly over the next two
hours. II is enough TO say that
grndges were wiped out with the soup.
tongues were loosened by the wine.
which came ON with the canvasback
duck. and through 1t all Hogan sat
smiling at the bead OF the table. Civ
Ing mi excellent imitaiioa OF man
who really enjoyed spending money.
Some OF the Ponies, locked at him
rovertlE every time cork popped. and
others attempted To estimate the cost
!: by an addition OF lives. but lost count
early IN the evening.
At last Monk Lawson ripped on the
table and stood mp. winegiass in his.
nand a..
! Boys. he said. well drink toast
f,l Johnnie Hogan. grand Imll play
er and a good fsllow, Oars up
The Ponies stood up md drank
5ohnnIe Hogan ii anything they found
handy BIZ craig drank him IN cof-
Zee. Il was Handsome Harry's bari
tone which started the usual refrain: /
For he's a folly good fellow. !. -
Hogan sat still Mt the head OF the
table. turning the stem OF his wine
glass between his fingers. When he
rose he was greeted WARMLY. even az
fertionately, certainly sociferously.
81 can't make a speech. fellows be
began. shut I'm glad ron are al here
tonight. you aln't got a thing on
u.s." ei1l not be with you next sea-
SON Forget it. KID. Forget it!
Sure you will.'' And this is a sort
OF farewell dinner with me- ''uh,
yoafIl be back IN the spring" II
want 10 let myseIf right with yoaifel-
lows you have. old horse, You
have. II asked yon here tonight to
tell you the reason haven't been as
popular as wanted to be - 'SS-s-s-shi
Shut up there. Dutch!..s 4 was In a
peculiar sort Of Il fix. 1t was put up
to me to go out and show that could
earn a living by hard work. had to-
earn certain amount of money. and
produce it to show that I'd sayed it,
and that was why" Never mind
that oidspal. Forget it!.'' Il III l.
Hogan paused and looked down the
table. When he hogan to speak again
the sentences tumbled out one after
the other, and there were no, INTERRUPT
tons. Il. <. d. s.z,z....s. r -.
Il know the way you felt about me-
l don't blame You. either, but-it had
to be that way. fellows / had to go
to work for the first time. in my. life.
Lfhopght l could get more money play
ing ball than by going into an Office
or digging bitches SOL asked Monk
here for a job and made him a busi-
ness proposition" AZ =. =
Monk nodded his head as gravely as
Judge "Per'Ay true" he said
Il won out. all right" said Hogan.
sand In a lot of ways this has been
the best year of mg life. I've learned
things learned TO save money, and
that was the toughest lesson Of all.
for I used TO be pretty strong the 9th
er way. I'm glad Ind a chance to
get In with such a good bunch. even IL
got IN bad. and,1'nl going to ask each
one of you TO accept a little present
from me. something from the tightest
fellow you eTer saw. and remember
once IN awhile that. no matter how
things look on the outside. there's al
ways a reason fellow could give If
he would III guess that's all Thank
you. boys" he concluded lalnely as he
took his seat. feeling that be had
made fool Of himself by talking too;
much, 1t is ascotnmon sensation with:
after dinner speakers.
Once more Handsome Harry lifted
his voice In song. and the team Joined
lnelodiouSly. after which Busl Haw-
iey Inquired Ia loud. staecate saeeeuts.
who was all right And every one
scanned to know the correct answer.
dozen WATERS entered the room and
placed in front Of each man q little
green leather box bearing his name in
gilt letters across the top
"Do we look at these things n0wf"
asked Dutch orendorh
lust as ron like" said The host.
ayes. Dutch. 1 think you'd better loolS.