incident in which that hideous brute
had figured.

"Sharks are easy meat for them," replied Jim. "You ought to pity the
sharks instead of wasting it on these fellows. Give them a knife, and the
shark hasn't a Chinaman's chance."

"Not even a knife," chimed in Joe. "A stick sharpened at both ends is
enough."

"A stick?" exclaimed Mabel, wonderingly.

"Sure thing," replied Joe. "They simply wait until the shark turns over to
grab them and then thrust it right into the open jaws. You've no idea how
effective that can be."

"It's a case of misplaced confidence," laughed Jim. "The poor trustful
shark lets his jaws come together with a snap, or rather he thinks he
does, and instead of a nice juicy human, those guileless jaws of his close
on the two ends of the pointed stick and stay there. He can't close his
mouth and he drowns."

"Poor thing," murmured Clara involuntarily, while the boys put up a shout.
"I don't care," she added, flushing. "I'm always sorry for the
underdog----"

"That's why she's taken such a fancy to you, Jim, old man," laughed Joe.

"Well, as long as pity is akin to----" began Joe, when Mabel, tired with
laughing, interrupted him:

"But suppose the stick should break," she said.

"Then there would be just one less native," answered Jim, solemnly. "By
the way, Joe," he added, "speaking of sharks--what's the difference
between a dog and a shark?"

"Give it up," replied Joe promptly.

"Because," chuckled Jim, "a dog's bark is worse than his bite, but a
shark's bite is--is--worse than his--er----"

"Go ahead," said Joe bitterly, while the girls giggled. "Perpetrate it.
What shark has a bark?"

"A dog-faced shark," crowed Jim triumphantly.

"Of all the idiots," lisped Reggie, joining them at the rail. "'Pon honor,
you know, I never heard such bally nonsense."

The gibe that followed this remark was cut short by the approach of the
lighter on which the passengers were to be carried to the shore.

They were to spend two days in Hawaii while the steamer discharged its
cargo, but they would have gladly made it two weeks or two months.

Only one game was played, and that was between the Giant and the
All-American teams. There was no native talent which was quite strong
enough to stand a chance against the seasoned veterans, although Hawaii
boasts of many ball teams.

There was a big crowd present, made up chiefly of government officials and
representatives of foreign commercial houses from