Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-09
One Man Abandoned Worship
of BacchuS Since Being Ia
ken for Burglar

! kCII III Oui SId
'If ! should appear on the platform
as a temperance lecturer" said the
man with the red muStache, Il COu!I
rfeach my most effective sermon on
| text derived from my own eXper
fence You wouldn't think. to look at
me now, that | had ever been a tiDI
pier; but have been. and it was the
semi-tragedy that turned my annette
away from the seductive glass that
should work up as the strong point Of
| my lecture.
Il was quite young fellow then.
| was living in a boarding house in
the city. This house was large one,
and four of the bcarders in it have
special cause for remembering. These
four were a man named Donlev, who
occupied room on the second floor; E
Hiss Chapman and her combination Of
maid, nurse, and poor relation named
Elsie, who had a suite on the third
floor. and young dentist named
Maverick. who had the rooms directly
beneath. Miss Chapman's, Although
she had lived in. theahouse for six
months, the only thing my of us knew
about Miss Chapman was that she
owned fine diamonds. This sole piece
Of information was aseertained from
observation; wherever Miss Chapman
went her rings and her sunbursts anu
her crescents-potent reminders of
their owners financial substantially,
e"As / said went the pace in these
days. One night got in about a. m,
more befuddled than usual. stood
on the steps a while. fumbling with
the door key, which was unable to
fiji into the lock. While thus engaged
man hurried up the steps and spoke
to me
Hello he said. How fortunate | am
to find somebody else comming in at
tiiis time-and somebody with a key.
too. l went out without mine and l
was afraid | should have to wake
everybody up by ringing the bell
"Stuperfied as I was, l understood
vaguely was that the man said but |
diG not notice his appearance Under
standing him to say something about
his key. / unquestionab:y took him for
a boarder and when the door finally
yielded to my patient cndeavOrs
made no protest against bis entering
the house. He pushed In close behiui
NE and went directly up the stairs.
Az for me the effort of unlocking tho
door had been to much for me and
sat down on chair in tho hall to re-
gan my equilibrium.
in the few minutes 7 re9tcd there
| must have dozcd. for the next thing
of which I was conscious was a sue
ccsson of blood-curdlng feminine
screams from somewhere In the upper
,f-giOns CT the house. Then : realized
that something terrible was taking
place, but lacking both wit and
strength to mount the stairs and offer
assistance, left the chair in the hall
anG stepped into the parlor and stool
there, wondering stupidity what would
happen next had been standing
there ONLY a few sccOndr when a man
stole coftly down the stairs and out
at tic front door. I understood in
Gull way that I ought to try to stop
the man but my l;rcEs and tongue
we're paralyzed and I renamed al in
trt. lifeless lump. thinking nothing AMI
hearing nothing but the wild shricks
CT the woman upstairs
In the meantime other inmates Ct
the house were about, Donlcy. on the
fourth floor. hapDen%i to have il hi.l
trunk a weapon he had brought down
from the country Cnlv a few weeks
BEFORE II was an OLD army revolver
Of .48 calihor and a foot and a half
long DonlCv was a light sleeper
With the first scream he was out OF
led and ransackinG his trunk for the
,eNOlver. He finally found it and
started down stairs. The screams is-i
sued from Miss Chapman APARTMENT.
ard he MADE for the door of her sit !
ting room The entrance was closed !
bit the bedroom door stood open and !
he rushed in.
Miss Chairman was stretched out /
On the floor in a faint: her maid. hud- !
died in the corner was shriCkinC like |
a H1ad woman The carpet was strewn !
with diamonds. which DonIey trod
Upon il his frantic search fer the
m2raIder.
Being unable to gain from either
Miss Chapman or Elsie an explanation
Of what had occurred he hurried
downstairs. On the second landing he
met Maverick. The dentist was as
pale as a ghost. and he clutched Don
Iey's shooting arm and held it tight.
he said nothing but. with Kind Of