The morning call., 1893-04-09

attempt that feat and find that You are held
solldly TO the saddle, as IN wise. You sit
still.
l purchased a slicker of bright ocher
hue, with the makers name and trademark
panted proudly in black, on the front flap.
ou Invest Ia a pair OF heavy leather leg
gins, and are equipped The Port Physi-
clan sends over for your use 1.-THE best
saddle-hor in the district" his own stout
trusty animal; your ''haied rival' in the
newspaper correspondence line volunteers
to ride Uith you, and at $50 o'clock on
bright and beautiful March morning you
say Gcod-by to the delightful group of
charming people who have come TO see you
of. canter lightly out of the lovely grounds
of the Hila Hotel aud ride away through
the beautiful town with your life in YOUR
hands," as one anxious watcher expresses
Il. 1ou think, yourself, that your life is
safer in your own hands than in any ones
else, but you refrain from comment.
The rest Of the party have already gone
on in carriage drawn by pair Of strong
mountain horses, and you do not hurry,
knowing you have ample time TO Overtake
them. You want time to become acquainted
with the horse, and to shake down in the
saddle" Harry will get you there all
right the Port Physician had said in part
ing. as lie patted your mounts glossy black
neck, and you feel confident that he will, as
you glance down at the broad black
shoulders thrustinE sturdily forward as he
travels along; note the breadth between his
small, sharp ears, catch a glimpse of his
wide nostrils and delicate muZzle, and feel
the steady swing OF the powerful limbs
beneath you. You meet q glance from the
clear. prominent eye. ever and anon rolled
back at you askance, and you know the ami
NAL is sizing you up. \ GU like him at once,
SO you lean forward and pat his broad,
black cheek, calling him by name and tell
ing him he is a good boy. He gives a
contented toss of the head and a mutual
good understanding is established between
you.
Turning. you find to your disappointment
that your companion is mounted upon that
most detestable Of brute creations-the horse
that can 20, and went. Taking in his
points" yOu at once recognize him the
brute Mark Twain rode TO the crater on the
occasion of his memorable visit there. The
fact that Marks ride was taken some
twenty years ago cuts no figure in the life of
beast of this sort. Like Tennys0n's
. brook he goes on forever at such a snai's
pace that he never catches I'D with Time so
never grows old. at any rate If this is lot
the yeritable steed that Mark rode he is
new one cur down and made over out Of the
bones OF that historic animal. However,
the whole day is before US, and in the midst
Of the most exquisite surroundings the mind
can Imagine "the trifiDg circumstance of
poor mount does not weigh very heavily
upon the mind and You canter on with a
lSht heart" The way lies along level
stretch for a few miles and through the
shining green cane fields Of Waiakea planta-
tion. The cane is tile ration crop, grown
from the roots of the first crop, and
Is about ready for cutting. The broad
green blades wave and rustic softly in the
gentle breeze, and sweet, sugary scent
burdens the air. You see in the distance
tho big dunie. high in air, that runs around
the plantation, and into which the cane is
tossed, when cut, and carried down TO the
mn by the swift stream Of water that
conTses along the fume. Against the sky,
mere ana tLere, the round, ragged head of a
I"ti coe0anui-palm looms up; afar 10 the
IeIt IS a lillle fishing village, with its nets
all stretched to dry in the tropical sun
shine, and beyond that the broad bay dim
PIES and CLEANS. II is beautiful picture
through which you ride for two miles
Ihrther, before the road begins to climb, q
little, and the cane fields are left behind.
Great ferns and rank Hawaiian grass begin
10 appear along the TOadside-the road is
paved with solid rock, at least you think so
until struck by its peculiar formation.
You examine and suddenly realiZa that
you are riding along an ancient lava flow.
Now you have crossed a raVine and are
riding through dense Jungle of strange
tropical growihs. Here the pandanus grows
in an evergreen tangle, and the Ohia lehua
the delicious native apple. shows its lovely
scarlet blossoms everywhere. Tree-ferns
begin 10 appear = great mossy-irunked
giants, hundred feet high aud spreading
out into broad green branches overhead
All sorts OF DEMONSTRATING vines creep and
climb and run riot among the trees and
brushes Of the tropical forest. giant
datura looms up directly in your path
way, and as. you ride beneath its
branches you reach up and pluck
a spray Of its great fragrant white
blossoms bell-sbaped, pendent and large
as coffee-clps. Past a grove OF lauhala
trees you eanteT aud gaze in wonder at the
odd freaks. with their roots in the air.
Upon one you note a huge blrd's-nest fern.
that queer tree fungus that looks ike big
banana plant lodged in the fork of a branch,
away up in the air. By and by cocoanut
grove is reached. aud then a prosperous
coffee plantation, whose owner comes
striding down the road TO greet you. Birds
sing everywhere, and dart in and out among
the strange timber growths. but there are
no animals in these forests. nOreDtiles, and,
with q grateful sigh you realize il, no
mosquitoes.
You have overtaken and passed the car