The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-04-29

Ipitanty OF our entertainers at Haua and Kipa.
hulu. We had expected to arrive at Homo.
manu- that day Saturday, and had invited our
friends to meet US there and spend Sunday. 1t
was too bad.
When the pack mules came up Pokey seem
ed so demoralized that we concluded to go no
farther than Mailua nui, a couple Of gulches
ahead. The load had all been taken from
Pokey and distributed among Hockey, Winky
and Wurk, but he objected to travelling, new
ertheess.
We moved on slowly, keeping the guides
with us, as we might have to stop IN any gulch,
and it would be no fun to climb the same cliff
twice. Sometimes the horses would get sepa
rated from their riders gong down the trails
and there would be trouble IN getting the Ia
dies oyer the streams at the bottom. One
stream, Walohui, was crossed by Henry and
Polly riding double on Tommy, to the great
delight OF the beholders. Before reaching our
camping place we climbed two of the worst
pals on the road. 1t was on one Of these that
Miss b., one of the Armstrong party, last year
had such narrow escape 1t was quite late,
and the party had come clear through from
Kipahulu since morning. All were very tired,
and Miss b. was riding-when she should
have been on ioot The trail was very rocky,
and a beautiful narrow rim of soft grass Dor.
dcred the outer edge. The horse took to the
grass IN spite of her pressure on the reins, and
slipped over the edge! It was "A sheer preci-
picc of hundred feet or more. The horse
fortunately caught by his hind legs on the
ledge. gaining slight support with his fore
feet on the side Of the cliff, and there hung
with Miss Is. on his back. The least move
the cliff to an awful death. The horse stood
as firm as piece of statuary until one of the
party, who was near behind, came around the
jutting rocks and saw them. Mss b dare
not move for fear the horse would try to recov-
er himself The gentleman reached over and
drew her up over the horses rump, and then,
with the help of the rest, rescued the horse,
after cutting the saddle loose and letting it fall
down the cliff
Our party were all specially warned of this
place by Henry, and all needed except Mother
Prue, who continued to ride. Near the same
point her horse took to the grass and bal
anced himself on the edge in a very unsteady
manner. She did not wait tor him to slip over,
but threw herself off on the upper side. Her
foot cleared from the stirrup and she only got
a tumble. She was used to that and didn't
mind it, and Sam Patch, her horse, relieved
from her weight, got back into the path all
right. Mother Prue had made no outcry, and
rather astonlshed Sally Ann, who was resting
few steps up the hill, when she narrated her
escape.
The last gulch we passed that day was the
first we had SEEN 1t was really double one.
Two beautiful glens, with magnificent water
falls, opened out just before reaching the sea,
with sharp precipice between them, and left
@ fiat perhaps two hundred feet wide between
1t and the ocean, into which the two streams
quietly poured. 1t was charming combina-
ton of ocean, beach and glens that well repaid
our many stops on the cliffs, which were made
much oftener and longer than was needed for
actual rest.
When we got over the next ridge, and drop.
ped down into prosy Wailua nul, how we did
regret that we had not camped In this beauti |
full spot To think that we had left such an
elysium for fiat whose only attraction was H
patch of native novels and taro patches was H
Even staid Polly lost her temper when we
had spent nearly half an hour wandering |
about hunting for q soft place to camp on. She
found 1t again, however, when we had pitched
our tent In an old taro patch, where the grass
was two feet high and a glorious stream few
yards off. The thick tarpaulin furnished by
Leopold-who owned the tent-kept of all the
dampness of the mucky bottom of the taro
patch, and the grass made an elegant mattress.
Everybody had good bath. Cowles, the
last man out, came back in terrible fright, |
the hair standing up all over his head. He
had evidently seen something awful. He cbuld
not be induced to divulge, although we tortur-
ed him with red.hot irons and other things.
SO Leopold and Henry went on an exploring
expedition. They found-must l tell lt-a
pair of long red stockings anchored IN the
stream by a rock, and waving wildly IN the
current
AS Mother Prue had taken the trouble to
boil ham at Kipahulu, 1t was concluded to
have cold boiled ham for supper.
On opening the container, however we
thought on the whole VIC wouldn't. 1t was
very animated. How could such a thing have
happened, was the next query 1t had been
boiled only two days before, and was good
ham then, and every one knows that boiled
ham will keep long time The mystery was
solved an hour later by finding near by part OF
raw ham that was perfectly alive. 1t seems
Leopold, wanting to repay our kind bachelor