Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-10-08
MARK Twain's" Strange Dream.

In the first book of the Volcano HorseX
sRegister, is tho following account of
4" strange dream" which for years was sup
posed to have been written by Mark TWAIN.
MR. Len,z of the Volcano house, some
stimo since wrote to>the noted humorist, to =
yascertain if he We're the real author, and
Sreceived an answer stating that he was not.
EThe letter concludes as follows: "There.H
gsforc observe you this, and keep it in mind
Snono genuine without this signature on the \
abottle. Yours truly,
"a MARK TwArN."1
q All day long have sat apart and pom
Hdcred over the mysterious occuranccs off
sslast night. There is no link lacking in the !
3chain of incidents; my memory presentss
q each in it's proper order with perfect dis !
u tnctncss; but still, however, never mind
4 these reflections. l will drop them and!
Hproceod to make simple statement of the,
u facts.
IA Towards eleven o'clock it was suggested
n THAT the character of the night was pccnl-
Early suited to viewing tho mightiest activej
EtNOIcnUO on UnC eHTtu SuTluCc III lIo uOsbl
Mimprcssve sublimity. There was no light;
ssof moon or star in the inky heavens to mar
9thc effects of the craters gorgeous pyro-!
= technics.
ss In due time stood with my companion'
X on the wall of the cauldron which the ma
Etives, ages ago, named Halemaumau, u
u the abyss wherein they were wont to throw
M the remains of their chiefs to the end that
Mno vulgar feet might ever tread above them.
% We stood there at dead of night mile
hlabove the level of tho sea, and looked down
IA thousand feet upon boiling, surging, roar
cling ocean of fire; shaded our eyes from the
Hbinding glare, and gazed far away over the
.fscrimson waves with vague notion that n
lslsupernatnral fleet, manned by demons and
xfrght,d with the damned, might presently
'k9sail up ont of the remote distance; started
Mwhen tremendous thunder bursts shook the
Hearth, and followed with fascinated eyes the
Egrand Jets of molten lava that sprang high
:Gup towards the zenith and exploded in a
t Hworld of frey spray that lit up tho sombre
~ heavens with an internal spsendor.
I'd "What is your little bonfire of Vesu-
esvius to this!"
"a "My CALCULATIONS reused my companion
e6 from his reverie and we fell into CONVEX
hsation appropriate to the occasion and the
t lsurroundings.
nA We came at last to speak of the ancient
Ecustom of casting the bodies of dead chief.
Mtains into this fearful cauldron. And my
Fcompanion, who is of the blood royal
! s mentioned that the founder of his race ole
# e King Kamehameha the first, that invnciblt
7 old pagan Alexander, had found other sep
G 4 ulture than the burning depth Of the Hale
y e maumau. | grew interested at once.
: G knew that the mystery a. '-hat buo"tne Of
+ 4 the corpse of the warrior king had never
i 3 been fathomcd. / wys aware that there
49, ,.scuu connected with this matter
y 6 and felt as if there could be no more fit.
,fs ting time to listen to it than the present
Oh The descendant of the Kamehamehas said
:, q {" The dead King was brought in royal stat,
ra down tho long, winding road that descend.
II s.; from the rim of the crater to the scorchec
dlisand chasm-riven plain that lies between tn,
q sHaemaumau and these towering walls
essyonder in the distance. The guards wer,
Eset, and troops of mouruers began the
i-Bweird wall for the departed. In the mid
eeEde of the night came the sound of innu
n Hmerable voices in tho air, and tho rush OF
sEinvisible wings; the funeral torches wavered
y Es burned blue, and went out!
IN "The mourners and watchers fell to the
Hground paralyzed with fear, and many
eEnnutes elapsed, before anyone dared t.
n move or speak, for they believed that the
d&phantom messengers of the dead GOODIES,
pASof fire had been in their midst.
Va "When at last torch had been lighted
rSStho bier was vacant-thc dead monarch had
Nbeen spirited away? CONSERVATION seizeo
q Hupon all, and they fled out of the crater
HWhen the day dawned, the multitude re,
: Eturned and began the search for tho corpse
nEBut not foot print, not sign was ever
heasound. Day after day the search was con.
rnEatinued, and every cave in the great walls
tSsand every chasm in the plain, for miles
kaaround, was examined, but all to no pur.
oppose, and from that day to this, the resting.
iESplace Of the lion kings bones is an unsolve cd
rEmystery. But years afterwards, when the
dGgrim prophecies Waibonakanaka lay on
lher death bed, the goddess Pele appeared
Eato her in vision and told her that event.
Equally the secret would BIO revealed, and in n
Sremarkable manner, but not until the grea
Hkaphuhu, the shark god, should descend
i Hthe sacred cavern ana Publ, in the Island
3 BOT Mo'okai, aud the waters of tho soa
aaBshou!d no ore enter it, and its floors should
OUkpSep'"o
4 "Ever since that time, the simple, coufd.
ling natives have watched for the sign, and
snow, after many and many a summer has
Scome and gone and they who were in the
6hower OF youth have waxed old and died,
d he day is at hand the great shark god
[had deserted tho ana Publ month ago, for
the first time within the records of the an
? Xcient legends; the sea has ceased to flow
into the cavern, and its stony pavement has
kabecome dry AS you may easily believe.
Hthe news Of this great event spread like
Ewild-fire through the Islands, aud now the
Ianalives are looking every hour for the mir.
Eacle which is 10 unravel tho mystery, and
Breveal the secret grave of the dead hero. "
n After had gone to bed, got to think.
hing of the volcanic magnifcence we had
@witnessed, and could not get to sleep.
Ehunted up book, and concluded would
Epass the time in reading tho first chapter
came upon related several instances of
remarkable revelations made to men
,Ethrough tho agency Of dreams--of roads
Zapd houses, trees, fences an1 all manner Of
shown in visions and recog-