The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1871-08-16

itself at q very tender age, though II is hard TO
think Of Robinson as very tender Of age, his
career was so very tough When they attempted
to teach his infant lips to pronounce the letters
of the alphabet they never could get him beyond
the C. A and B went well enough, but when he
got on the c there he stuck, strangely prophetic
indication of what his future life was to be.
When he cried it was G sharp, and when he
got cold his bark was on the c.
As he grew older he yearned constantly to be
on water. to the great disgust of bis father who
was on the whisky. He used to sit for hours at
time on acanal bridge near his fathers door,
and as the boats passed under, imagine he was
blowing the mighty deep. 1t was SO much easier
than blowing out corn. He hadn't any mast to
climb, but in the absence Of a mast be would
" climb younger brother, or any neighbours
boy who wasn't quite his size.
But he sighed for other chimes. He was ire
sistibly inclined to ramble, so much so that he
rambled in his talk, his ideas being all abroad.
When az last he announced his determination to
60 for sailor, his father endeavored 20 dis
suade him from it. why" said the old man,
with tears in his eyes and choking voice, a. why
go for a sailor when there are so many other
people TO 60 for who have more money!"
Then he pointed out the disadvantages Of
life upon the ocean-how he couldn't be in early
nights or take long walks over the hills before
breakfast, or 60 buggy riding with the girls (un-
less be could borrow the captains gig) or go to
the beer gardens Sunday night, or come in when
it rains, or go squirrel hunting, or attend ward
meetings or vote, unless be happened to be at
one or the other Of the Poles" or receiving
line from any Of his friends, with the solitary
exception Of the Equinoctial Line.
he tried to show how much better off he
would be to pursue some steady employment on
land, if it wasn't anything more than steadying
himself by lamp-post. He pointed out the
perils Of the sea-told him of Old Salt" who
had been drowned in it, producing its salty flavor,
and of the difficulty green hand encounters in
wading ashore when storm rises
He tried as a warning the case of another son
who against his fathers entreaties and expostu-
lations, ran away and enlisted in the Mexican
war where he was killed by falling from the mast
head while charging battery.
Young Crusoe was SO deeply affected by his
fathers words that he made up little bundle
that very night, and ran away to sea-hOw it was
himself
He met with numerous adventures and disas-
tiers before he succeeded in getting himself ship
wrecked sufficiently to make out narrative for
general circulation. The first vessel he embarked
on was wrecked in Yarmouth Roads, it being so
dark and stormy they couldn't tell one road from
another After that. his vessel was captured by
pirates, and all hands sold into slavery to the |
MoOrs, the MOors being ignorant of the Four
teenth and Fifteenth Amendments. Refusing
TO accept these amendments as constitutional,
and scorning any New Departure" Crusoe
took his departure in the old manner-he ran
away.
We next find him on board of vessel sailing
for Guinea They have a miscellaneous cargo of
trinkets, toys and TRIES, which they propose to
exchange with the inhabitants of Guinea for
gold dust, elephants teeth, Guinea hens, Guinea
pigs, &C., also any able-bodied Africans, who in
their eagerness for the ballot, are ready to leave
home and work few generations for nothing.
They voyaged prosperousy for many days, but
at length great storm arose. If recOllect
right it caught them when they were within
seven degrees of Masonry, twenty-five minutes
and fourteen seconds to prlze-fght, P. NJ, north
latitude, with the wind blowing northeast by
east by south-sou- west by north-nor'west by east
by newest by-by jimmy, this is too much sailor
lingo for me!
1t was too much for Crusoe as we'll The
tornado increased in violence, and the waves rose
higher than he had ever known them TO be, even
when gold was $50. The vessel was wrecked on
an island, and every soul lost except our hero,
who, in his bewildered state, thought it rather
rough to save Robinson and use the rest of his
Crusoe.
He was washed ashore, after being pretty
washed on the sea, and, as soon as
the waves subsidized, be built raft and brought
away from the wreck few such necessaries as a
keg of beer, a boop-skirt billiard table, a box
Of paper collars, deck Of cards, compass, a
case of Walton's bitters, pair of cOrsets,
bottle Of hair-dye, an umbrella, volume Of the
Congressional Globe, boot,jack, piano stool, a
and a bottle of DR.. Kerr's Reno
yator. With these articles he hoped to get along
very comfortably.
I am thus particular to mention this, because
be didn't act as many do-go and sue the insur-
ance companies before trying to save anything.
The Island proved to be Juan Fernandez 1t
is lonely, uninhabited island in the South Pa
cifc, off the usual track of ships, or of any rail
road track. 1t might be Juan Fernandez, but it
wouldn't be any Juan for me.
But Crusoe, solitary and alone, managed to
get along very well there for several years He
had no neighbors TO quarrel with; didn't have
gas bill coming in every two months; wasn't
threatened with having the water stopped; hadn't
any body to scold him when he came in late
wasn't kept awake by the firing Fourth of July
nights, nor harassed by any Life insurance agent.
BE tanned number of wild animals and taught
them various tricks, sometimes giving entertain
ments at various points on the island for the
amusement of animals that were not yet trained.
But this is not peculiar to Crusoe. All MENACE
ries do that right along, only they make the wild
animals pay as they go in.