The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-08-15
Interesting Letter From DR..
Hyde.
How the Fair Was Reached aud What
Was seen the First nay.

n these days of multifarious route:
of travel it is q bewildering puzzle tx
decide how to get there. Road agent:
roar at you ike the cannon at Bala
klava. Our good fortune, however
opened the way for US. We had hall
made up our minds to take the Cana
dian Pacific r. r. 1t did not require
much persuasion to induce us make
the final choice. We we're booked fol
the c. P. with assurances that every.
thing would be done for our comfort
as soon as We were fairly on the lines
of travel controlled by that company.
We were to go by the Shasta route
OF the Southern Pacific r. r. system
to Portland. 1t was day Of travel
long to be remembered. As soon as
we began ascending the valley of the
Sacramento. the scenery along the
route absorbed the attention every
moment. One cannot live on scenery,
but how one can live, day after day,
in the fatness of a big prairie or the
hot sameness of a crowded city, is an
insoluble mystery to anyone who has
once tasted the pleasure OF such a
constantly-changing view as one sees
from the car windows along the val
lev of the Sacramento. Away of, in
the distance, among the clouds, we
saw Mount Shasta, its robes of snow
glistening in the sun, as it stood out
there like some magician who was
opening up to our entranced vision
the forms and features OF earthly
loneliness, fitted more for dreams OF
delightthan for the rough experiences
of the work-dsy world.
One Of those experience was the
gruntiness of the young man who
brought to our party the tickets that
mad been made up by the Portland
agent for the remainder of our jour
ney. Why man, who undertakes to
serve the public, should treat people
whom he is supposed to help, as if
be wished he could consign them all
TO perdition. is one of the mysteries
of human nature. It was the only
case Of unwillingness to be obliging
and helpful that we found on the
whole route. We knew we should
have the inconvenience of many
changes. but we're willing to put up
with such minor miseries of a trav-
eler's experiences as incidental evils
necessary TO be endured. We did not
s ike, however, to be snubbed by
young snip who was paid for his time
and pains, but did his work reluctant
ly and provokingly.
The ride from Portland to Tacoma
was hot and dreary. We had been
riding in a tourist car, with ample
room in seats and aisles. Now we
we're shut up in a heavy, dark, stuffy
car. whose high upholstered seats
might be curious devices of springs
and worsted, but were certainly not
gotten up with the design of giving
comfort and cheeriness to way-worn
travellers. Arrived at Tacoms, we had
another opportunity for the exercise
Of the grace of patience, that gives
the finishing touch to the other viz
tues which travel calls into exercise. /
s. change Of time went into effect that
day, aud new route was opened. SO
suddenly had it been effected that
there was not time for full prepare
ton for new exigencies. We had to
wait long for our baggage to be
brought, long for it to be duly trans
ferred. checked and registered. But |
the task was at length accomplished, |
and we started off on the steamer for
q sail up Puget Sound to Whatcom.
That boat ride up the Sound will |
be an experience long to be remem- |
bered. We skirted the well-wooded |
shores with their low lying hills, |
marking off in the distance, not a
single snowy summit like Mount
Shasta of the day before. There were |
shree and four and more of these
giants of the arctic chimes. They
OOll6u uD UclOlC uc AAhS WoANSho VI
he approach to some enchanted
grounds. But as We neared the end
Il our route with the opening of the
new day, they took on different
aspect in the quiet Sabbath hours. 1t
seemed as if we were approaching
he pearly gate of heaven. Absolute
purity, not cold and stern, but bright
ind cheerful, seemed to be the ideal
leld up before US.
We were soon wrapped up in more
earthly considerations, however, for
Is we had reached the American ter
ninus of the Canadian Pacific r. r.
We were anxious to know whether
he agents promises were to be full
iIled. or whether we were to number
ourselves among the numerous NC
inns of misplaced confidence. in this
work where childish creduiity so
,ften takes the place of intelligent