Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-10-08

If fancful shapes.
The thought crossed my mind that pos
IDLY my phantom guide might lead mo
Town among the bowels of tho EARTH and
hen disappear and leave me to gropo my
way through it's mazcs and work out my de-
veranco ms best might. And so, with
,n eye to snch contingency, picked mp
, stone aud "blazed" my course by break
ing off projecting corner occasionally
from lava-wals aud festoons of sulphur.
Finally we turned into cleft in the crater
wall, and pursued orr way through its in-
,r!cate winding for many fathom down
toward the home of the subterranean fires,
our course lighted all the way by a ruddy
glow which filtered up through innumera-
BILE cracks and crevices, and which afforded
me an occasional glimpse Of the flood ofmol.
ten lava boiling aud kissing in the profound
depths below us. The heat was intense,
and the sulpburous atmosphere sufiocating;
but ! toiled on in the footsteps of my
stately guide and uttered no complaint. At
last we came to rugged chamber whose
sombre and blstered walls spake with mute
,eoqnencc of some fiery tempest that had
spent its fiery hue ages ago.
The spectre pointed to a bowlder at the
farther extremity-sood and pointed silent
land motionlcss for a few fleeing moments,
land thon disappeared.
l"THE GRAVE OF THE GREAT KAMEHaMEHA."
The words swept mournfully by from an
unknown source, and died away in the dis
stant corridors of my prison.house, and was
,house of desoation, in the presence of
ldeath my frightened impulse was to fly,
Sbut stronger impulse arrested me, and
simpelled me to approach the massive bould-
Sers the spectre had pointed out With hest.
sta.ng step, | went forward and stood be-
Ssidc it. Nothing there. | grew holder,
land walked around and about it, peering
{shrcwdly into the shadow haf-light that
Ssurrounded it. Still nothing. paused to
scuusder. While stood irresolute CHANGED
Ito brush the ponderous stone with my el-
Sbow-and 10! it vibrated to my touch
Ewould rs soon have thought of starting n
Skin of bricks with my feeble hand: My
Ecnriosity was excited; bore against the
Sbolder and it still yielded. gave a sud-
y den push with my whole strength, aud it
3toppled from its foundation with crash
;jthat sent the echoes laundering down the
xavenue passage of the dismal cavern, and
sfthere, in n shallow excavation over which
& it had rested, lay the crumbling skeleton of
\ King Kamehameha the Great, thus sepul-
Z chered in long years, by supernatural hands.
sS1 he bones could be none other, for with
y Them lay the rare and priceless crown of
p puiamoidma coral, sacred to royalty, and
q tabu to all else besides. A hollow groan
ssissued out of the - l woke up; how
n glad / was to know it was all dream.
3T'his comes of listening to the legend of
a the noble lord of reading those lying
(, dream revelations; of allowing myself to
s} be carried away by the wild beauty of XII
Elauea at midnight; Of gorging too much
sspork and beans for supper; and SO turned
Cover and fell asleep again, and dreamed the
Y same dream precisely as before; followed
Z the same phantom guide blazed my course,
ssarrived Mt the grim chamber, heard the sad
s spirit voice, overturned the massive stone,
beheld the royal crown and the decaying
Abones of the great king! l woke up and
Srehected long upon this curious and singu-
Slarly vivid dream, and finely muttered to
ymyself: This-this is becoming serious !!
fell asleep again, and again dreamed the
slept no more, but tossed restlessly in bed
Sand longed for daylight, and when it came
y wandered forth, and descended to tho wide
I plain in the crater. said to myself, 81 am
snot superstitous, but if there is anything
Z in that dying woman's prophecy, am the
T instrument appointed to unravel this ancient
Gmystery." AS | walked along, even half
Respected to see my noble guide step out
from some nook in the lofty WALL and
u beckon me to come on. AT last, whom |
q reached the place where had first seen him
q in my dream, recognized every surround.
;siug object and there winding down among
y the blocks and fragments of lava, saw the
Every trail had traversed in my vision.
Eresolved to traverse it again, come what
ssmight l wondered if in my unreal jour-
Ssney, had "blazed" my way, so that it
Awould stand the test of stern reality; and
Gthus wondering, n chill went to my heart
s:when came to the first stony projection |
n had broken off in my dream, and the fresh
ssnew fracture, and the dismembered frag-
,M;meut lying on the ground! My curiosity
rose up and bauished all fear, and hurried
Isalong rs fast rs tho rugged nature of the
S,road would allow me. looked formy other
IA" blazes and found them; fonnd the cleft
Yin the wall; recognized all it's turnings,
Mwalked in the light that assembled from tho
Eglowiug furnace visible far below, sweated
Gin the close atmosphere, broathed the sui.
Z phurous smoke, aud ut last stood hundreds
Aof feet beneath the peaks of Kiauea, in
III The ruined chamber, and in the presence of
Athe mysterious boulder
"This is no dream said: "This is a
xrovelation from the realm of the superuat-
Wural; and it becomes not mo to longer rea-
9 sou, conjecture, suspect, but bliudly to obey
tho impulses given mo by tho unseen power
Athat guides me. | moved with slow and
&reverent step toward the stone aud boro
Eagainst it. 1t yielded perceptibly to the
brought my full weight and
estrength to bear and surged against it; it
kyieded again but was 20 enfeebled by tho
Atoilsome journey that | could not over
Sthrow it. | rested a little and raised al
gedge of tho boulder by strong steady
Iypush, and placed small stone under it to
keep it from sinking back into it's place. |
Crested again and then repeated tho process.
& Before long had added third prop, and
Rhad got the edge of the boulder consdera-
abIy elevated. The labor and the close at
Enosphere together were so exhausing, how
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