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by which he monopolized the fish market of Honolulu。                     He did     not talk 

for   publication�察  �nor   figure   in   politics�察  �nor   play   at revolutions�察  �but   he 

forecast   events   more   clearly   and   farther   ahead       than   did   the   men   who 

engineered       them。     In   his   mind's    eye   he   saw     Honolulu      a   modern�察�

electric´lighted      city  at  a  time   when     it  straggled�察   �unkempt      and   sand´ 

tormented�察�over a barren reef of           uplifted coral rock。       So he bought land。 

He     bought     land    from      merchants       who     needed     ready    cash�察   �from 

impecunious        natives�察   �from     riotous    traders'   sons�察   �from    widows     and 

orphans and the lepers          deported to Molokai�察�and�察�somehow�察�as the years 

went   by�察  �the   pieces    of   land   he   had   bought   proved   to    be   needed   for 

warehouses�察�or coffee          buildings�察�or hotels。       He leased�察�and rented�察�sold 

and bought�察�and        resold again。 

     But there   were other things   as   well。        He   put his   confidence   and   his 

money   into   Parkinson�察  �the   renegade   captain   whom   nobody   would   trust。 

And   Parkinson       sailed   away   on    mysterious     voyages     in  the   little  Vega。 

Parkinson was taken care of until he died�察�and years afterward                    Honolulu 

was   astonished   when   the   news   leaked   out   that   the   Drake   and        Acorn 

guano   islands   had   been   sold   to   the   British   Phosphate   Trust   for     three´ 

quarters     of  a  million。    Then     there   were    the   fat�察 �lush  days    of   King 

Kalakaua�察  �when Ah   Chun   paid   three   hundred   thousand   dollars   for            the 

opium licence。        If he paid a third of a million for the drug               monopoly�察�

the   investment   was   nevertheless   a   good   one�察  �for   the     dividends   bought 

him the Kalalau Plantation�察�which�察�in turn�察�paid                 him thirty per cent for 

seventeen years and was ultimately sold by               him for a million and a half。 

     It   was   under   the   Kamehamehas�察  �long   before�察  �that   he   had   served   his 

own     country     as   Chinese     Consula     position    that   was   not   altogether 

unlucrative�察     �and   it  was   under    Kamehameha         IV    that  he   changed     his 

citizenship�察    �becoming       an   Hawaiian     subject    in   order   to  marry     Stella 

Allendale�察�herself a subject of the brown´skinned king�察�though more                        of 

Anglo´Saxon   blood   ran   in   her   veins   than   of   Polynesian。       In   fact�察  �the 

random breeds in her were so attenuated that they were valued at                     eighths 

and   sixteenths。     In   the   latter   proportions   was   the   blood   of   her   great´ 

grandmother�察  �Paahaothe   Princess   Paahao�察  �for   she   came   of           the   royal 

line。    Stella Allendale's great´grandfather had been a               Captain Blunt�察�an 



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English     adventurer    who    took   service   under    Kamehameha         I  and   was 

made a tabu   chief himself。        Her grandfather   had       been a New  Bedford 

whaling   captain�察  �while   through   her   own   father   had     been   introduced   a 

remote blend of Italian and Portuguese which had                been grafted upon his 

own   English stock。       Legally  a   Hawaiian�察�Ah        Chun's   spouse   was   more 

of any one of three other nationalities。 

     And   into    this  conglomerate   of    the   races�察  �Ah  Chun    introduced     the 

Mongolian       mixture。    Thus�察    �his  children   by   Mrs。   Ah    Chun    were   one 

thirty´second Polynesian�察�one´sixteenth Italian�察�one sixteenth               Portuguese�察�

one´half Chinese�察�and eleven thirty´seconds English and                  American。       It 

might well be that Ah Chun would have refrained from                  matrimony could 

he have foreseen the wonderful family that was to              spring from this union。 

It was wonderful in many ways。             First�察  �there was its size。      There were 

fifteen sons and daughters�察�mostly           daughters。     The sons had come first�察�

three of them�察�and then had          followed�察�in unswerving sequence�察�a round 

dozen of girls。     The blend       of the race was excellent。       Not alone fruitful 

did it prove�察�for the      progeny�察�without exception�察�was healthy and without 

blemish。     But     the most amazing thing about the family was its beauty。 

All   the   girls   were   beautifuldelicately�察  �ethereally   beautiful。     Mamma 

Ah     Chun's rotund lines seemed to modify papa Ah Chun's lean angles�察�

so    that the daughters were willowy without being lathy�察�round´muscled 

without     being   chubby。     In   every   feature   of  every   face   were   haunting 

reminiscences       of   Asia�察  �all  manipulated      over   and    disguised    by   Old 

England�察    �New     England�察   �and   South    of  Europe。    No     observer�察  �without 

information�察�would have guessed�察�the heavy Chinese strain in their                  veins�察�

nor   could   any   observer�察  �after   being   informed�察  �fail   to   note immediately 

the Chinese traces。 

     As   beauties�察  �the Ah   Chun   girls   were   something   new。      Nothing   like 

them   had   been   seen   before。    They   resembled   nothing   so   much   as   they 

resembled one another�察�and yet each girl was sharply individual。                   There 

was no mistaking one for another。            On the other hand�察�Maud�察          �who was 

blue´eyed   and   yellow´haired�察  �would   remind   one   instantly   of      Henrietta�察�

an   olive   brunette   with   large�察  �languishing   dark   eyes   and   hair   that   was 

blue´black。       The    hint   of   resemblance      that  ran   through      them     all�察�



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reconciling every differentiation�察�was Ah Chun's               contribution。      He had 

furnished     the   groundwork      upon    which    had   been    traced    the  blended 

patterns of the races。       He had furnished the         slim´boned Chinese frame�察�

upon   which   had   been   builded   the   delicacies      and   subtleties   of   Saxon�察�

Latin�察�and Polynesian flesh。 

     Mrs。 Ah Chun had ideas of her own to which Ah Chun gave credence�察�

though never permitting them expression when they conflicted with                      his 

own     philosophic     calm。   She    had   been    used   all  her  life  to  living   in 

European fashion。        Very well。     Ah Chun gave her a European             mansion。 

Later�察�as his sons and daughters grew able to advise�察�he              built a bungalow�察�

a   spacious�察   �rambling     affair�察 �as  unpretentious     as   it  was    magnificent。 

Also�察  �as   time   went   by�察  �there   arose   a   mountain  house   on   Tantalus�察  �to 

which the family could flee when the ;sick               wind; blew from the south。 

And at Waikiki he built a beach            residence on an extensive site so well 

chosen that later on�察�when          the United States government condemned it 

for     fortification      purposes�察     �an    immense       sum    accompanied        the 

condemnation。        In all his    houses were billiard and smoking rooms and 

guest   rooms     galore�察  �for   Ah    Chun's    wonderful   progeny   was      given    to 

lavish     entertainment。       The      furnishing      was    extravagantly      simple。 

Kings' ransoms were expended              without displaythanks to the educated 

tastes of the progeny。 

     Ah Chun had   been liberal   in the matter of   education。            ;Never   mind 

expense�察─�he had argued in the old days with Parkinson when that                     slack 

mariner could see no reason   for making the Vega seaworthy�察                    �you   sail 

the schooner�察�I pay the bills。;        And so with his sons and          daughters。      It 

had   been   for   them   to   get   the   education   and   never   mind  the   expense。 

Harold�察  �the   eldest´born�察  �had   gone   to   Harvard   and     Oxford�察  �Albert   and 

Charles had gone through Yale in the same               classes。    And the daughters�察�

from the eldest down�察�had undergone             their preparation at Mills Seminary 

in   California     and   passed    on   to   Vassar�察   �Wellesley�察    �or  Bryn    Mawr。 

Several�察    �having   so   desired�察  �had   had    the  finishing    touches    put  on   in 

Europe。     And from all the world         Ah Chun's sons and daughters returned 

to    him   to   suggest    and    advise    in    the   garnishment      of  the   chaste 

magnificence       of   his   residences。     Ah      Chun      himself    preferred    the 



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voluptuous glitter of Oriental display�察          �but he was a philosopher�察�and he 

clearly saw that his children's          tastes were correct according to Western 

standards。 

     Of course�察�his children were not known as the Ah Chun children。                     As 

he had evolved from a coolie labourer to a multi´millionaire�察�so had                    his 

name evolved。        Mamma Ah Chun had spelled it A'Chun�察�but her                    wiser 

offspring had elided the apostrophe and spelled it Achun。                 Ah     Chun did 

not    object。   The     spelling   of   his  name     interfered   no   whit    with    his 

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