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THE EVENING BULLETIN: HONOLULU, H. 1., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
1900.
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BEYOND THE PILE.
By EUDYARD KIPLING.
MILWAUKEE PUNCTURE PROOF
Reduced to $12 Per Pair
TIRES
Owing to the Sterling qualities of this TIRE
and its consequent ready sale, J. S. Bailey has
succeeded in getting a Reduction of $2.00 per
pair from the makers, which he AT ONCE gives
to the public the whole benefit, being assured
that increased sale will follow this reduction.
Bailey's Honolulu Cyclery,
229 and 231 KING STREET.
Telephone 398. sB P. O. Box 441.
mi
Henry H. Williams,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR.
WITH THE CITY FURNITURE STORE.
Good Embalming a Specialty. A full stock
of the latest and best undertaking goods
and paraphernalia, including several Black
and White Hearses
Office. 534 536 Fort St., Love Building.
TELEPHONE 846. NIGHT BELL ON DOOR.
Residence 777 For St., near Vineyard St. Telephone and Night Call, 840.
Ixvn hwda not cnsto nor sleep n broken tied.
I went In scutch of lorcnud tost myself. Mn
doo Proverb.
A mnn should, whatever happens, keep
to his own caste, rnco and breed. Let
Hi u white go to tlio white and tlio black
to the black. Then whatever troublo
falls is in the ordlunry course of things
neither smldcn, nlicn nor unexpected
This is the story Of u innu who will
mlly stepped beyond the fenfo limits of
Ct'ccnt overyday society nnd paid for It
Lcnvily
Ho knew too mnch in tlio first in
stance, nnd he saw too mnch In the
second. Ho took too deep nn Interest In
nntlvo life. But ho will never do so
again.
Deep nwny its tlio heart of the city,
behind Jitlin jilegjl's bnstco, lies Amir
Nnth's gully which ends In n dead
wall pierced by one grated window At
the head of tho gully is n big cowbyre.
nnd tho walls on either side of tho gully
nro without windows. Neither Sachet
Singh nor Ganr Chnnd approves of his
women folk looking Into tho world. If
Dnrgn Charan had been of their opin
Ion, ho would havo been n happier man
tcdny, nnd little, Bisesa would hnve
been iiblo to knead her own brend Her
room looked out through tho grated
window Into the unrrow dark gully
whero tho sun never enrne nnd where
tho buffaloes wallowed in tho blue slime
She was n widow, about 1G years old,
and she prayed the gods day nnd night
to send her u lover, for she did not np
prove of living alone.
Ono day tho innu Trejngo his name
was came into Amir Nnth's gnlly en
an nlmless wandering, nnd after he had
passed thebnffaloesatumbled over n big
benp of cnttlo food.
Then he saw that tho gnlly ended In
a trap and heard n little laugh from
behind tho grated window It was n
pretty little laugh, and Trcjago. know
ing that for all practical purposes tho
old "Arabian Nights" nro gcod guides,
went forwnrd to tho window and whis
pered that verse of "Tho Lovo Song of
Har Dynl," which begins
Can k mnn stand uprlaht In tlio fnro nf tlio
nakod snn or a lover In tho prencnco of Ills b
lov.il!
If my feet foil me, O heart of inj henrt, am
I to blame, twins blinded by the Kllmpvo of
your beauty?
Thcro enmo tho faint tchinks of a
woman's bracelets from behind the
grating, and n little voice went on with
the song at the tilth verso
Alas, alas! Can tho moon tell tho Lottn of tier
lovo when tho cnto of lumen tsihut und tho
cloud. Rather for tho rains?
They havo taken my beloved nnd driven her
with the pack horses to the north.
Thorn nro Iron chains on tho feet that war
lit on my heart.
Call to tho bowmen to mako ready
Tho volco stopped suddenly, and Tre
Jago walked out of Amir Nnth's gnlly
wondering who In tho world could have
capped "Tho Lovo Song of Har Dyul'
so neatly .,
Next morning, as ho was arriving to
times woiioets if It wcro not all u
dream UUcsii or her old handmaiden
who had thrown tho object letter had
detached tho heavy grating from the
brickwork of the wall, so that tho
window slid inside, leaviug only n
iqnnro of raw masonry Into which an
active mnn might climb.
In tho daytime Trejago drove
through his routine of ofllco work or
pnt on his calling clothes nnd called on
tho ladies of tho station, wotderinghow
long they would know him If they
knew of poor llttlo Bisesa. At night,
when all the city was still, cumo tho
walk under the evil smelling boorkn,
the patrol through JltlmMegjI's bnstce,
tho quick turn into Amir Nnth's gnlly
between the sleeping cattle nnd the
fleml walls, and then, last of all, 131-
esn and the deep, even breaming or
tho old woman who slept ontsldc tlio
get tiifcsa poor little Dlccta back
again He has lost her In the city
where each man's hottFO Is as gnnrded
and ns unKiiuwtiblo as the grave, and
the grating that opens into Amir Nnth's
gully has been walled up
Hut Trejago pays his calls regnlarly
ami Is reckoned u very decent sort of
man
Thcro Is nothing peculiar about him,
except a Might stillness, cntited oy
riding strain, in tho right lea.
Gamblers Will Use
Wireless Telegraphy
Chicago, Jan. 19. Science Is coming
to tlio aid of the homeless gambler,
driven from Chicago by polite edicts
door of tho bare llttlo room that Dnrgn '"-gainst pooiselllng nnd threatened with
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I office, nn old woman throw n packet
into his dogcart In the packet was the
half of u broken glass bangle, ono flower
of tbo blood red dhak. n pinch of bhnsa
or cattle food and 1 1 cardamoms. That
packet was a letter not a clumsy, com
promising letter, but nn innocent nnin
telligiblo lover's cpistlo
Trejngo Ituew fur too much about
theso things, ns I havo snld No Eng
lishman fchonld bo able to translate ob
ject letters. Hut Trejngo Kpu-nd all the
trifles on the lid of his otllcc box mid
began to puzzle them out
A broken glaes bangle wtiindi for a
Hindoo widow all India over, because.
when her husband dies, a woman's i
bracelets are broken on her wilsts. Tre
jago saw tho meaning of the little hit
of tbo glass. The flower of the dhjik
means diversely "desire," "come."
"wrlto" or "danger," according to the
other things with It Ono cardamom
means "jealousy," bnt when any arti
cle is duplicated in nn object letter it
loses its symbolic meaning and stands
merely for ono of a number indicating
time, or, if incenso, curds or Baffron bo
sent also, place. Tho roessago ran then
"A widow dhak flower and bhnsa
ot 11 o'clock." The pinch of bhusn en
lightend Trcjago. He saw this kind of
lotter leaves much toinstinctivo knowl- i
edge that the bhusa referred to tho '
big heap of cnttlo food over which no
had fallen in Amir Nnth's gnlly, and
Who or whnt Dnrga Charan was Tre
jago never Inquired. And why in the
world ho was not discovered and knifed
never occurred to him till his madness
was over, and Dlsesn But this comes
later.
Blscsn was an endless delight to Tre
jngo. She was as ignorant ns a bird,
and her distorted versions of tho rumors
from tho outside world flint had reached
her In her room nmuscd Trejngo aluioit
as mnch as her lisping attempts to pro
nounce his name Christopher. The
first syllable was always more than ebo
could mnnngo, and bIio mado funny llt
tlo gestures with her roso leaf hands, as
ono throwing tho name away, nnd then,
kneeling before. Trcjago, asked him, ex
actly as an English woman would do.
If ho wcro snro ho loved her Trejago
woro that ho loved her more than any
one clso In tbo wcrld. which was true.
After a month of this folly tho exi
gencies of his other lifo compelled Tre
jago to bo especially attcntlvo to n lady
of his acquaintance. Tho news flow in
tho usual mysterious fashion from
month to mouth till Blsesa's duenna
heard of It and told Dlsesn. Tho child
was bo troubled that sho did tho house
hold work evilly nnd wns beaten by
Dnrgn Charan's wlfo in consequence
A week Inter Dlsesn taxed Trejago
with tho flirtation. Sho nndcrstood no
gradations and spoke, openly Trnjago
laughed, and Dlsesn stamped her llttlo
feet llttlo feet, light as marigold flow
ers, that could Ho in tho palm of n
man's one hand
Mnch that Is written about "oriental
passion nnd Impulsiveness" is exagger
ated and compiled at secondhand, but
a llttlo of it is true, nnd when nn Eng
lishman llndi that llttlo it Is qnito ns
startliug as any passion In his own
tironor lifo Bisesa raged and Btormed
aud finally threatened to kill herself if
Trejago did not nt onco drop the alien
memsahib who had como between them.
Trejago tried to explain and to show
her that ehe did not understand theso
things from n western htandpoint Bl
icsa drew herself np and said simply
"I do not 1 know only this it Is
not good that 1 should liavo mado yon
dearer than my own heart to me. sahib
You aro an Englishman. I mil only n
black girl" she. was fairer than bar
gold In tho mint "and tho widow of
black man. "
Then sho sobbed nnd snidi "Bnt, on
my soul and my mother's soul, I lovo
you. Thcro shall no harm como to yon
whatever unppens to mo.
order Issued by Sheriff Magcrstndt
Investigations nro now under with n
view to adapting wireless telegraphy
to the tiso of the poolscllcr.
If tho plan 1b found to be feasible
the troubles ot tho gnmestcrs nrc nt
iw end, for tho Rchcmo under con
sideration contemplates tho establish
ment of n floating poolroom on the lake
outside the jurisdiction of municipal
and county authorities, nnd If the occa
sion requires, beyond the power of
Stnto olllclnls.
Just how far the experiments havo
been conducted Is not known, but ever
since communication was established
between n downtown building nnd a
tug far out on tho lake, wireless teleg
raphy has been n topic of more tlinn
passing Interest to tho gamblers.
Now that they feel they are being
crowded out, their hopes nro turning
In tho direction of lako excursions on
big passenger steamers equipped with
nil of the parnphcrnnlla of tho pool
room nnd In touch with returns from
tho race track by menus of tho now
telegraphic system.
It Is only ti couple of years slnco the
plan wns brought to public attention
In tho I.'uHt for u floating Monte Carlo
designed for tho ocean. Tho scheme
fell through for some reason, but
gamblers say It would havo been nn
easy winner If they Iintl such advan
tages as tho boys will enjoy with wire
less telegraphy.
Not only do gamblers believe that
they will bo Immune from tho law, but
they look forward with pleasurable, an
ticipation to tho discomfort of wire
tappers and others of Hint Ilk, who will
be Irreparably hnndlcappcd, they nay.
OCKANIC'S BANNER YliAiI.
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Trejago argued with tho child and
tried to sootho her, bnt sho Ecemcd
qnito unreasonably disturbed. Nothing
would satisfy her eavo that all relations
totween them should end Ho was to
go away at once. And ho went As he
dropped out at tho window sho kissed
his forehead twice, aud ho walked homo
wondering
A week, nnd then three weeks, passed
without n sigu from Blseea. Trejago,
thinking thnt tho rupture hncLJastcd
nnite long enough, went down to Amir
Nath'a gnlly for tho fifth time in the
threo weeks, hoping that his rap at tha
sill of tho shifting gritting would bo an
swered. He was not disappointed.
Thero wm it young moon, and one
stream of light fell down into Amir
Nath'a gully and struck tho grating,
which was drawn nway as ho knocked.
From tbo black dark Bisesa held ont
her arms into tho moonlight Both
hands had been cut off at tho wrists,
and the stumps wero nearly healed.
Then, as B I beau bowed her head be
tween her arms and eobbed, somo ono in
tbo room grnnted like n wild beast, nnd
something sharp knlfo, sword or spear
San Francisco, .Inn. 23. It Is thought
thnt tho first of tho now largo steam
ers of the Oceanic line, piying from
Sau Francisco to Honolulu, Auckland
and Sydney, will bo launched nt tho
Cramps' yards In n few dayB. Accord
ing to tho report mado by President
John D. Sprcckcla to tho annual meet
ing ot tho stockholders ot the Oceanic
Steamship Company yesterday, she
should nrrlvo hero nnd commenco rtm-
I nlng on Juno 13th, followed two
I months Inter by tho last of tho nddl-
, tlons to tho fleet. After thoy havo been
placed In sorvlco tho steamers Alameda
I and Mariposa wilt bo withdrawn In
turn for tho Installation of their new
boilers aud machinery. Ilcfcrrlng to
mall subsidies tho president said It had
. been proposed to tho New Zealand
Government to pay the Oceanic Steam
ship Compnny 30,000 a year In con
sideration of tho company giving
seventeen trlpa per annum with tho
now steamers ns against thirteen with
tho three vessels In present use.
If ncccpted, ns expected, the Oceanic
btcnmslilps will sail for Australia
every threo weeks Instead of every
four weeks, as nt present, nnd will ne
cobsarlly mako better time between
this city, Auckland nnd Sydney.
The financial statement presented by
tho president, supplemented by the re
port of tho secretary, wns tho best In
tho history ot tho Oceanic Steamship
Company. Tho total net earnings or
tho last year wcro $371.7 17.73, being
nn Increase of 149,190.05 over thoso of
1898. Deducting tho rasnlnga of the
Kcalandln as a Government transport,
amounting to ?95,G69.35, from tho net
earnings, thoso from regular trodo wcro
$279,178.40. nn incrcaso of $101,401.64,
or about C3 per cent over the regular
trade earnings of 189S.
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that the messngo mnst como from the thrust at Trejngo in his boorka. The
person behind tho grating, sho being a .froke missed his body, but cnt into one
of tbo muscles of tho groin, and bo
limped slightly from tho wound for th
rest of his days.
The grating went Into its placo.
Thero was no sign whatever from in
side tbo house, nothing but tho moon
I light strip on tho high wall nnd the
blackness of Amir Mints gully Denimt.
Tho next thing, Trejago remembers,
tier raging and shouting like a mad
man between thoso pitiless walls, is
that ho found himself near tho river as
the dawn was breaking, throw nwny
bis boorku and wont homo bareheaded.
A'JITttT Roue fa the padrone Island.
Maws from as UluiUaliea la ' Vt to Macula."
widow. So tho nicssago ran then "A
widow, in tho gully in which is the head
of bhnsa, desires yon to como at 11
o'clock."
So ho went that very night at 11 into
Amir Nnth's gully, clad in u boorka.
which cloaks n man ns well as u worn
nn Directly tho gongs in tho city iiiudv
tho hour tho little volco- behind the
grating took np"Tho Lovo Song of Hur
Dyal" at the verso whero tho I'aythnn
girl cnlls upon Hur Dy dl to return Tho
song is really pretty in tho vernacular
In the English yon miss tho wail of it
It runs something llko this
Alono upon the house tops, to the north
1 turn nnd watch tho lightning tn tho sky
Tbo glamour of thy footsteps In tho north.
Como back to inu, beloved, or 1 dlel
Dolow my feet tho still bazaar la laid;
Far, far below tho woary cornels Ho
The camels and the captives of thy raid.
Como back to mo, beloved, or I dlol
My father's wlfo Is old and harih with years,
And drudgo of all my father's house am L
My bread la Borrow, and my drink Is tear.
- Come back to me, beloved, or l umi
As tho song s
np under the grating and whispered.
"law hero."
Bisesa was good to look upon.
That night was the beginning ot
many strange things and of n double
life so wild thnt Trojajjo today some-
AN OBVIOUS NU18ANCE.
What tho tragedy was whether Bi
sesa had in u fit of cnnseless despair told
evervthlmr or tho Intrigno hud been
discovered nnd sho tortured to tell,
whether Durgn Charan know his name
and what beenmo of Bisesa Trojago
does not know to this day Something
horrible had happened, and tho thought
of what it must havo been comes upon
Treiago in tho night now und again
' w,ov-or """ . ' ad keens him company till tho morn-
topped 'irejngo neppea , 0u() ,, ftmtnro of tho c(80 ,
that he does not know whero lies tho
front of Durga Charan's house It may
open on to a courtyard common to two
or more bouses or It may lio behind
any one of the gntes of Jitha Megjl'a
lmstee. Trejago cannot tell He cannot
A heap of broken cases, plastered nnd
htencllled with legends testifying thnt
their onco contents had been "apprais
ed" and "fumigated," has for several
days now encumbered tho sidewalk In
front nt a Clilnoso storo noxt to Dr.
Augur's ofllco In Ilorotanln street. It
Is supposed that tho Irregularly stored
mcrchnndlso found In original pack
ages at thut store has been carted nwny
to n regular fumigated goods ware
house, nnd tho Board of Health ware
houseman having charge ot that work
told n reporter on Tuesday that the
stuff found removed from tho rases
would likely bo burned.
Amongst tho stock seen in the store
are quantities of provisions such ns
hnms nnd dried Ash, nnd If thcro wns
danger from tho misplaced merchan
dise an Important question comes up ns
to tho hnnnlcssness of thoso food ar
ticles. Anyway, whatever 1b dono with
the goods, pneked or unpacked, the
dilapidated cases nro neither a uioful
nor an Inoffenslvo ndornment of the
public sldowalk.
Somo people who pass that wav tiro
exacting enough In mind to suppose
thnt everything Insldo nnd r'loul tho
storo, and oven If necessary tho wholo
building to boot, might havo been ro-
moved Insldo ot the tnrco uays sinco
the authorities began to net upon tho
matter.
Boarder's and livery rlga delivered
and called for at nil hours. King F-
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