Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-09-16
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A PLAUSIBLE HISTORY.
Midnight and Mystery.

Midnight on Lanai The nesting nocks,
hushed by the piping of their watchful keep
ers, slumbered among the outrageous wales OF
the enchanted island. The usually rude winds
faltering upon the leaf-manted hills sighed
softly under the caves of the primative cot
that sheltered the Shepherd Saint.
What was the world OF its cares to him ?
Nothing, absolutely nothing Seal born child
of the Deep; the same mystery that enshrouded
his origin still enveloped him. In the solitude
of his island home he slept the sleep of limo
cence, and in that sleep he dreamed. No fra
grant flames fickered upon tripod in his
chamber, freighting the air with subtle and de-
licious odours; no minstrels played softly in
his court to sooth his fancy. The orange
groves, which have been so often celebrated in
his pastoral letters, were all sufficient; or the
occasional cry of the pathetic ankn ringing
from the depths of the aromatic groves re-
minded him even in his dream, that saint
though he was he was still shepherd in his
beloved Lanai
In the mysterious midnight above referred
to, the Shepherd Saint received a revelation.
1t was not the first the second time that
the angels had visited him, but the visitations
were OF similar character and ever tended to
one end: to wit, the elevation of his adopted
race and the Strengthening of the nation
M'ohsh INN, their prophet, priest and king as
it were. With the fanaticism of a convert he
instructed and applauded the people: with the
zeal of a crusader he sought to arouse their en-.
thusiasm; il an effort failed of the desired end
there was another and yet another at haul
and to these he had recourse in turn. Hence
his perennial vigor, his eternal hope, his yer,
| ly1est vision, and the enfo,t of the angelsf
! T1hs revelation was destined to be OF stnpen
deus importance to mankind at large; it die
not matter that Lanai was omitted from tn,
popular Biographies, or that its prophet wa,
without honor even in the remotest parts: ;
breathless world, Notwithstanding, hung upor
the inspiration of his lips. He arose from hi
prophetic pillow and went gloriously forth t,
walk among the stars. His heart beat wildly
for in his vision he had seen a new constellation
in the heavens, the reflection of new diaden
upon the earth He had achieved dazzlin,
victory; coroneted king, his king, had risel
up and called him blessed and nothing in tn
shape OF terrestrial tafiy could touch him fur
ther.
, In the day when kings were voted absolute
when thrones were crumbling into the dust, he
the Shepherd Saint, had evolved out of his in
ner consciousness, in the simiitude of n dream
one OF those imperial playthings-a crown
, and thus established beyond question the falla
/ cy of all human judgement
But how was the brilliant climax to b
, achievedr He, the Shepherd Saint, must be
I come Premier; as Premier he could father tn
r Crown and thus climbing the golden stair, a
: last il were not impossible that the crow
might ultimately by hook or by crook or b
: ballot, rest upon his brow; after which a har
+ alone would be necessary to his highly apprc
J pirate apotheosis! In any case the forgotte
e isles OF the sea would again loom above tn
I horizon OF history, and with them the appar
a ton oil the Premier, in the attitude Of the c,
c lossus of Rhodes, his individual feet beautif,
J upon the respective mountains of Hawaii an
n Nnhau, as he howls the glad tidings to b.
/. nighted world. II was all his private prope
I. ty-this remarkable vision. The sole riel
: and title to it are vested in him. A HEAVIER
\ born vision, conceived in the chaste solitude
= his select island. The bright spirits who ho
5 cred over him in the night watches can be-
+ testimony to the purity Of his motives and Il
d unimpeachable honesty OF his purpose
/. short il was an Immaculate conception.
a Let the scorniul curl his lip, and the scott
T. cry out, the interesting fact remains that Il
IS Premier though missionary has not vast,
Is his days in prohtless vagaries; and when Il
/ gorgeous symbol has passed from the ham
# OF the crown jeweller to the brow of the Lore
a amounted, il there be any among you who a
doubtful as TO the originator of the exception
o and necessarily final fete "that Coronation
=. then the good Premier can blushingly ari
=, and, placing his hand upon his heart say, g
|. was |, Walter the dream builder, the ON
N Gibson, better known as Coroner to II
Majesty Kalakaua l."
no be eon,nued.l