Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-09-23

Shepherd Saint who was, ofcoure, the author
Of II ALL
The laborer is worthy Of his sire. The
wage which the Shepherd would be willing to
accept in return for the invention and perfect
ing Of the magnificent scheme need not, nee
essarily be limited. Without his poetical
maginations, his fertile invention and his in
exhaustible ingenuity the King would have
stopped at home; the reefs would remain sep
arate kingdoms, prncipaities and powers, and
the sea-well, the sea would, very likely, con.
tinue to ebb and flow as usual, but the re-
ward Of the prognosiicator ought to be a royal
one. A. we have before remarked the la
borer is worthy Of his sire e
His Majesty made the tour Of the world. It
was made in avery practical but comparatively
inexpensive manner Ills Majesiy's flagship,
escorted by fleet Of tenders, did not bear the
Royal person from port to port. The Queen
Of Great Britain and the Empress Of India does
not do much better when She summers ON the
Italian lakes or betnkes her nugustself TO a
German bath. The times have changed the
Queen OF Shcba were she az yoHtf to-day
would, probably, content herself with Pull
man Palace Car, and a tirst.class ticket by one
Of the ocean steamers Of any respectable line
His Majesty's reception at the several courts
was distinguished by almost a, much display
aS II he had been the ex-rresident Of a tepub.
lie The King seems to have excited the same
curiosity in the public mind that Cetewayo
does, but this is easily accounted for. 1t is
lamentable fact that in the schools Of the old
country the Hawaiian Islands are unknown,
and even the Sandwich Islands are too
often mistaken for fy.specks on the map.
Cannibalism and the death Of Capt. Cook to-
gether with the conviction that the semi.civil-
lied inhabitants are tattooed from the crown
Of the head to the. sole Of the foot, are the
chief facts associated with the vague history Of
this little kingdom
| From the barblric spendors of the Orient
the King descended by easy stages through
the diminishing display OF the modern courts
and tapered OFF with the transformations com
mon place of the American capitals. 1t was
like passing from the fragrant and steaming
chambers of Turkish bath, through halls Of
various temperatures, until the cold shower is
reached. The cold shower is the most invig-
Grating. though bynomcans mos, enjoyable, and
it often happens that the bather with blood still
tingling from the shock of the shower longs
for the sensuous and seductive joys that are to be
found only in the tepid vapors of the alabaster
chamber, an atmosphere stepped in ,ose.atta,
and stained with the soft glimmer of painted
glass.
In this mood the King returned TO his own.
The Shepherd Saint, still merely a Shepherd
Saint, was waiting to welcome the Royal Cir
cumnavigator lie had begun to look upon
the King as his majestical PyOiegt. Had h,
not successfully put that Pyottgt through a bril-
ian,'course of sprouts II the p,ofegt were no
ungrateful it was nigh time for the SHEPHERD
to be gathering his wool
Was it golden fleece that rewarded hi
quiet, stealthy, but unfagging industry W.
shall see
10 he continued)