The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-01

arrived Ia the beautiful bay Of Hilo, and
the natives gathered on the white sands and
sang and danced with Joy, for they knew
their governess, and that TO stop q lava flow
would be small effort for her. When the
party landed and everybody had rubbed
into delirium of joy and forgetfulness by
a tune from the band. Ruth demanded to
see the lava flow. 10 had worked lbs slow,
slow, sluggish way from the crater, seventy
Ave miles up the mountain Qt was not the
crater Of Kilewes, active now. but thirty
miles further up) burning path through
the forests. leveling canyons and flowing on
filling lakes, and flowing on: black, mile
wide serpent, with red, destroying mouth.
It's head, Ruth was told, was half mile
back of the city. about a mile away. and a
lanai for her reception had been built on
its edge, near its head.
"Well, where Is your conveyance for
carving her highness up to the lanaiT'
asked the chamberlain when the party was
ready to proceed.
All Hiio fell upon it's face and wept and
tore Its hair. There was no sort Of convey
ance In the city. But Chamberlain Macs
farlane L. man of quick wit and resources
He owns sugar plantation near Hilo whore
little two-wheel carts are used for trans-
porting cane from the fields 20 the sugar
mills, and he sent for one Of those. 10 came,
drawn by donkey Of meek aspect and SUR
prisfng littleness. A packing box was placed
back Of the cart, and from that the cham
berlain gallantly handed the governess into
the cart.
Then something happened which TO this
day is recalled 10 Hilo as a calamity Of
greater magnitude than even the flow that
threatened the town. AS Ruth. smiling but
majestic, sank into the cart, the cart. the
leverage being all in her favor, tipped
backward to the ground. As the rear OF
the cart lowered, the donkey rose, held in
the shaft by the harness, and, kicking the
empty air. waved his long ears in detected
remonstrance at the indignity.
Again the chamberlain came TO Ruth's
assistance. With the aid Of a dozen dis
tracted natives be pulled the donkey back
to earth, and holding him there, led him
slowly but in triumph, with Ruth In the
cart, to the lanai by the flow.
There luau. an appropriate feast, was
eaten 60 celebrate the safe arrival OF the
governess, and then that excellent woman,
| forgetting IN those troublous times her
| Christian professions, prayed to PHI. the
| Goddess of the Volcano, 10 heed her request
| and in token of her acceptance Of such off
| feripes as should be made 20 her, stop the
| hateful progress of the lava. Ruth then
vent 70 the head OF the flow, where the
| dark crimson liquid fire. was boiling and
Kissing, and threw into the molten lava .
live pie and a bottle of gin. What followed
IL history. That night, within q quarter
OF q mile Of the city, the flow forever
stopped. Sooffers there be, OF course as 70
the cause, but the fact Is the all-sutiicieni
answer made by the natives OF Hilo, and all
others who rightly estimate the merit and
mower Of Governess Ruth.
Yeats of 60 notable character breed envy
ord Observation-Disclosures IN even the warm, Low
inc hearss OF the gentle Hawaiians. lt wal
no less a gracious person than Queen Emma
who. in discussing this historical event WIFE
the writer, said:
30. YES, Ruth stopped the fire; admit
that But think the gin bottle was empty
J before Ruth threw IL into she lava"