The sun., 1891-06-07

lithographs. made In San Francisco one I
knew at first sight for Gen. Garfield: the Sec
ond tempted and tantalized me; It could not
be. I thought-and yet 1t must; 1t was this
dubiety which carried me across tho threshold
and behold it was indeed the Duke OF Thun-
der. his name printed under his efflRies In the
Hawaiianised form OF Nelesona. Il thought Il
q fine instance OF fame that his features aud his
empty sleeve should have:heen drawn on stone
In han Francisco. which was q lone Mexican
mission while he lived. and lettered for q mar
kst In those islands. which were not yet united
under Kamehsmeha when he died. And then
had q cold Ht and wondered after all II
these good folk knew anything of the
mans world-shaking deeds and Runpowder
weaknesses. or II he was to them bare sp-
pellation" and face on stone. and turning to
the sehoolmaster asked Of him the question.
Yes. the Hawailans knew OF Nelesona; there
had been story In the papers whers he HR-
ured. and the portrait had been given for .
supplement 30 he was known as q character
OF Romancel Bravo men since Agamemnon.
like tho bravo before. must patiently expect
the inspired author." And nowhere has hc.
tion deeper roots than In the world Of Poly
nesia. They are all tellers and hearers Of
tales, and the first requisite OF any native
paper is q story from the English or tho
French. These are OF all sorts. and range
from the works Of good Miss Porter to Tho
Lightning Detective" Miss Porter. was told.
was drawing" in Hawaii; and Dumas and
tho "Arsbisn Nights" were named as having
pleased extremely.
Our homeward way WAS down the hill and
by the seq in the black open. We traversed q
waste OF shattered lava: spires. ravlnes: we'll
holes showing the entrance to vas, subter-
raneap vaults. in whose profundities our horse.
hoofs doubtless echoed. The whole was
clothed with stone forlturi. fantsstlcally IA
shioned. like debris from tho workshop OF some
brutal SCULPTOR: dogs heads, devils. stone
trees. and gsrgoyles broken In the making.
From o distance. so intricate was the detail.
the side OF a bummock wore the appearance OF
some coarse and dinGy sort Of coral or o
scorched growth Of heather. ! Amid this
jumbled wreck. naked itself and the evidence
Of old disaster. frequent plants found root:
rose-apples bore their rosy flowers. and bush
between o cypress and q juniper attained at
times height OF twenty fest.
The break-neck path had descended almost
to the sea- and we were already within sound
OF Its reverboratons. when cllf hove up sud.
denly on tho lnndward hand very rugged and
broken. stroaked with white llchen. laddered
with green llanas. and pierced with tho aper-
lures OF half hundred caves. Two OF those
were piously sealed with doors. tho wool scarce
repository OF the bones OF old. and Is still
jealous OF tho safety OF ancestral relics. Nor
without cause. For the white man comes and
goes upon tho hunt for curlosities and one Ut
is rumored) consults sootbsayers and OK plores
the caves OF Kona alter the fabled treasures OF
Kamehumeha.
Our way was northward on tho naked lava.
The sun smote us fair and full: the air
streamed from the hot rock. tho distant land
scape cleaned and trembled through It's vor-
tlces. On tho loft the coast haaved bodily ur-
ward to Ma'u. the zone OF mlsts and forests.
where 1t raius all day. and the clouds creep up
aud down. and the groves loom and vanish In
the margin.
The land was still crust of lava. hero
and there rsmparted with cliffs. which here
and thero break down and shows the mouths
OF branching galleries. mlnes. and tombs OF
natures making. endessly vaullsd and rami.
lod below our passage. Wherever q house Is
cocoa palms sprlng sheer out OF the rock;
littio shabby In this northern latitude. not
visibly the worse for their inclemsnt roofing.
Hookena had shone out green under the black
lip OF the overhanRIng crag. green us May
orchard; the lava might have been some rich
black loan. Everywhere In tho assures OF the
rock green herbs and Towering bushes pros
pered; donkeys and cattle were everywhere:
too. tholr whitened bones. telling
OF drought. No sound but u tho sea pervades
this region: aud It smells strong OF the open
water and OF aromatic plants.
We skirted one cliffy cove. full OF bursting
surees; and II II had not been for the palms.
and the houses. and the canoes that wore put
tina out to fish. and the color Of the cliffs and
the bright dresses lilac, red. and green, OF the
women that sat about tho doors at work. I
might have thought myself In Devonahire. A
ia fnrfh fhnr mad 0ar In
dry stone walls from the surrounding black