![]() Then I'll meet with him on his goddamn front porch. Sam-a senior in prelaw at the University of Hawaii-had shown Hully the local ropes, when the mainlander had first arrived. Hully had gained his awareness, limited though it might be, through his friendship with Sam Fujimoto, the son of their maid at the Niumalu. "I think you're doing the right thing," Burroughs said. Second, he needed a tour guide-because, despite whatever scant familiarity he had with local Asian customs, Hully felt that would not be enough for where he needed to go.Īnd Colonel Fielder headed toward the tavern and its parking lot. First, he needed wheels-his father had taken the Pierce Arrow to the Shriner game. This afternoon, Hully needed his friend's help, for two reasons. I'll tell General Short you want an appointment, Monday morning." "A lot of my generation do."įielder crushed his cigarette out in a little metal ashtray. My feeling is, she distanced herself from anything. Sam had never dated Pearl, but he knew her a littie, had spoken to her a few times. But she used to live with her uncle, in Chinatown, when she first moved to Oahu-that could open up a whole new world of friends and acquaintances. The Oriental neighborhood had been staked out many decades before by Chinese workers fleeing the sugar and pineapple plantations, marking off this triangle of downtown Honolulu-Nuuanu Street on the southeast, North Beretania Street on the northeast, South King Street as the hypotenuse-for small retail businesses and restaurants. Pearl sure seemed like an all-American girl.Ĭhinatown. ![]()
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