Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-12-31

laughter and merry jest the good was begun IL was scene
,h. would hayo ported the lips ofVtg 'ong boaa Of
echoes w go ringing down tho groves Of change
Who will deny that there is Oriental fragrance in this Of
nBF Once tho Gbonn garments oxudo tho spice
islands Ono cn see with half ego tho laughing nnoceuta skip
may weary Of this pastoral sport when with joy they
gathered beneath tho outrageous groves Of those yon fields per-
pipes and footed rouecy ccac Goc For is he not one
VINO mPrsNseH the listener as knowing always along peaceful
perennial beauty of tho Wales of his paradise from tho
Loving eyes had watched for aud found fat Lanai horses
the mountain valley Of polawo 1t lovely when
our hearts Round ton miles round level gou aud smiling Tho
tecod and srundorncd hills set back like heavenly
majesty mud canopy of clouds sooncd tho glory which tho God Of
ny shed dnwnng ondo tho scene lowered md
on econoy Thon followed carly breakfast delicious juicy
chops cut from fat wohc hung tho mountain mir for three
however, seems not to have captured the Of the Shepherd for he
was enabled to mako this tempting catalogue of the natural
OF his island home Wo noticed by the way that grass
very fine plenty Of 'cnbgro' huA,D,a,a hEeLo also
md alfalfa New akh'rn clover grass orchard grass dandc
lion lambs quarter pursy sorre wild urnipa aud lettuce
morning gIories o" wild Strawberries daisies, vcrbonns poppss
sm%ef and hundreds moro of grasses and plants either sparkling
lovely Wales long an absence the Shepherd had
kindly greeting from tho people of the isle his only society the
voice saying luce aIa i" "'' oh don Y. feel gd
to and why have left Us? Why has the father
chdrenF Wo listened to voice the long days that past
and when told us of naedncss nsunes needed
ana we have plenty to-day Oh back Lanai the poor
Aud there listen" Shepherd to the
dying Of oldest friend, old hhna who said he
would die content he could the Shepherd more
saw HIM and tho dying old cmored and the Shepherds
of the second day from his old happy heard voice
which he attributed the ca Nut and which
was as persistent as the daughter of the horse eec crying give
gve Can be that he found the beauty of Lanai supportne
Can be that tho gushing torrents of that island of the islands
the bes longer oothed his
at the base It's coudcrowned cliffs him ofdangers
him elsewhere in this everyday world of his island
of
known that thousands of tho favored waited without
claiming adnnuco like Pos Ahe gate of Eden bowlnr
Why did WOOL he has Recorded the fact
thus ave love WOOL that only pair and quarter
shears make marketabo like sugar Wool
peace and and Wool white innocence
but sugar stained with blood The raises lambs
cepabe sacrifice, but his murdeous brother Cain"
In that seagrden the lost Aion again of
ropnres the Eden of and plenty Towering
sod showed with potess eece and where the gentle Shepherd
passes with his lutte npon NJ" and his heart his sleeve
little lambs are taught to syllable his There song before
parting he grave put tho question to his wooy flock Let
tell what followed:
They gave with their soft heeps ewes and
seemed to say Shepherd the town is making thee yet
thou Lowest it, We give thee our lambs and eeces thy
thy other pasture who will not heed thy voice did, and
| IS our grass-bq-a-a! ~
uncture the Shepherd for masqueang hung his
harp upon the willows that shadow Lanai he
the aromatic wales of that devoted isle He dashed his upon
the velvet sod and the black flag of defiance
have acquired of delightful qualities of the Malay pirates
who indeed carry on predatory warfare for DOMINIC the SLOUGH
hat the halfmask the dark cloak and the steo
following pronuncamento:
LA GUERRA CUcHILLo!
shepherd of and although he does banter
% people ana try to make them ridiculous according
opposition newspaper warfare he repecter of private
charac and of private life and will unprovoked disturb
peace 1t he is assaed in that touches his and those
VINO are dear to h then he having had
from his youth up and will shrink from any gage of battle that
imposed on him. But let the beware and be of his
ground OF attack for Shepherd snch will ask
give quarter but will the knife and from the point the
mt. La Guerra al Cuchilo -Nuho". April 18th, 1873.
the storm cloud he descended from the batments of Lanai
ms nostr breathing fire and smoke tho earth uakng beneath
us indignant tread His deaiend with tho loud laughter
OF the kngdom for oodcnrdng meodama Imaginable and
e portraits of the Latter Day Saints depicted by
himself were too much for the risbtes of the Gente Gibson
e Shepherd the midst his ocks and herds feeding among
mos OF Lanai the ballet Of before the
sheep ranch like little tin wheels Gibson the PASTORAL
@nec Goson sporting with the faithful shephedess and Gibson
with lance in rest shaking his locks and noddng his warke
plume Gibson the anoned the child the Ocean and Of Cod
descending from cloud upon Lanai, like Moses bearing
mana the tablets the and in the other benedcon
hSe gamy bantam Tapping his tiny wings and growing La
uuefra Cuchlo 1t is these companion pictures wrehed
rosemary and balesmoke and blood blades
hans forever in the halls of Hawaiian national history.
| APPROACHING
The burden and the heart of the oppressed
about to abandon the Mormon scheme embraced "pca
ec which still mystery the serpent Of dscord had entered
f Paradse his Mormon flock buttng like many berng
rams; yet his case not without parallel and this
consolation his hour of marydom he could look
call OF the angels contemplating the fall of Iucifer
morning and the eternal doom visited the unflhn children
light III. Phsines him, his apostles stood forth
battle array with ngude peched upon their Banners
hottest Of them him. hip and thigh lie explain
he rose from covert the other side of the fences
he