The sun., 1916-12-03

ROOu JOkc On lit II1eUu. WE nANp IN
take into account his untamed nature,
He probably didn't stop to reflect on
his act, but 1t was at once his intcrpre.
tation Of life-a rebellion against
standards and established order.
Along the Oakland waterfront tho
old salts will now be r%ecounting Ritz
ping tales of the "young darcdeyn
London" who could drink any man
down at the bar and knock any two Of
them down at once who had tho
temerity to refuse his invitation I,
line up" Yet 1t Is difficult to think o,
such colossal strength as ascribed Ia
him.
For MI. London was barely Of aver.
age height. True. his shoulders were
a bit more than medium broad, but hi,
chest was far from a full one. And
then there was a looseness about hi,
frame that kept down the suggestion
Of strength or physical prowess.
He was probably undcrfed as a lad.
and his early dissipation, which he tots
Of without hesitation in his John B,..
%leycorn." which In largely autobio.
graphical-he bought beer instead q,
peanuts-accounts for his failure TO mi
out ldttEs iieI, wv, Ib man or hoy
who ships before the mast on a wind.
TANNER or its equivalent in the guisc
Of n deckhand Is going to have h4lt
enough sleep. much less enough hard.
tack. II they did. they'd get lazy. the
r~ascals. an old salt would tell you. ana
unfit for work.
Now. Mr.. London may have lived
hut his face and his figure told in thcl,
lines Of deprivation and struggle that
the after years Of plenty could no,
erase what the effort of making each
phase Of life give its secret had cos
him.
No doubt the reason Hawaii an.
pcaled to him SO intensely was hccausa
here life was virtually without IF II.
ack on the ranch were the tr,ncl-
! dous breeding problems his aniIr.p.
logical mind had set as his task down
on his vast holdings In the Imperial
! valley was being tried out plant rro,,
ing and cross breeding. but here In
Hawaii. which he was beginning to
call his real home. he warmed to the
suggestion Of ease that each acl,,,r
whispered.
To him the lull Of the swishins sea
"ds a. idub udSN uAh wv W ll'l' ~
the islands spoke of a life he had
failed to grasp. the joye really to lc
found in a dolce far niente existence.
"All that beauty, all that wealth c,r
gave" was here within reach. md
there was more still.
There was the Hawaiian aloha. IT,.
waiian love. Not only is this bcautill
spirit of love found in the native. lu'
each man, woman and child, h'u|.
malihini or kamaaina. even though 10
has il not upon arrival. finds h. ou
sinking into his soul
And Jack London early brcatllcl /,
out.
And they'll miss him In Hawaii. Md
they'll pay his memory respect with A
memorial service in h native church,
and wavc high huge black feather
kahilis on a staff back and forth to
the recurrent beat of the ancient son.
of the native walters. And then there
will follow stories of London. stores
of his kindness and attention to scores
OF their number. for his face and am
bling gait had become as familiar 10
them as one OF their kind.
Fishers by the sea, with spear poised.
stopped their spear in midair 10 SIM
out 'alohas" to his call from q no.-I-
boring crag;ofttimcs in tho same spirit
was nc welcomed by the waders on the
beach at night who flashed Il torch TO
attract the finny tribe. Like them too
he wore sandals with wooden heels mad
toe pieces to spare the bare feet from
the coral pebbles in the shallow water,
From the native too he had learned To-
manage a surfboat as skilfully rs any
kanaka. a thing possible Ia uu.y o.
strangely privileged few who have ",'
grown up In the strange South : ,-
1t was difficult to tell just when NJ
London did the quantity % wr.'.n-
that came from his pen. lie W.. So
much IN evidence in Honolulu l.i
elsewhere in the islands that i ~.'tn".
hardly possible to associate him wa
the prolific writer he was known 'u 20
4 novel Of his. Gerry "a doc s'..
announced TO begin as 4 scrIIt u
OF the magazines next month. " .
ished in Honolulu early IN l9l' ~
another dog novel 10 b, .. .
Michael teach of about So.u"o So.
was about completed when h" nr.. i
London sailed for San Franc,a u IN
July of that year.
They returned to tho is,,rf.
January following. and iu %
powered Jap sampan made q f.
the outlying islands and a. fdv q. 81"
way. Only reCently-in early
in fdct-,hc press reportc. i.' ST.
and Mrs. London had again ro'
from their new love, Hawaii. Ga. 70
London might he present AZ - a."
hcmian Clubs annual outing. .,s -
links.
For years Mr.. London has i,, =
guiding spirit, and althougl ,'...
belong to this unique ur-tu.
and come from all over tho No. '
attend its annual outing. th,r, -
none whose laugh was listened
was London's. From the uighi g. 'h
Low links, when the ccrrmony ..
ORIGINATING care" takes place, Hg
week later. when the Grove 'I.'
ushers in the High links. this man
who had the spirit Of boy "i.ru p n
him played FRANKS ana practical .n,k,s
on the unsuspecting. The same ri's'
report said the I.ondons would u-IH.
return To Honolulu after the nI-f o.
the new year.
How little onc knows Of what fN'
] holds IN Stnrn L. GhnuI,, in ,,,t, .t|. Dab.