The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-08


knew that next morning the steamer
Like Like would cross the channel on her
way from Hilo to Honolulu II she could
keep aHoat, could see the steamer. could
make those on board see her. then she
might hope for rescue. Keeping her eyes
nXed on the distant moGntain she swan
on ana on, sometimes towing her father
By his arm thrown across her shoulders
sometimes pushing him forward with her
breast and using both arms, sometimes
holding him with one hand and swimming
with the other
hour after hour passed. She became
exhausted, and, turning upon her back
Heated for awhile to rest her strained
arms and shoulders then again she swan
on on toward that dim speck against the
darkenlng sky which she knew was
mighty Mauna Loa. That must be her
landmark until she came near enough to
the shore to see the lower land No mat
ter what point she reached only the solid
land no matter whether near or far from
her starting point
Night fell, but, watching the stars, she
kept her face turned toward the place
where, miles away, lay the longed-f for
land.
kalamanu, while day lasted, was able
to hold his head above the waves. but
soon after nightfall he became too weak
failing, he told his brave daughter to
leave him and strive to save her own life
She refused; both or neither should
reach the land. Together they would
meet their fate-gOod or evil. When he be-
came too weak 10 even keep his face above
water she tore a strip from her single
garment and tied it 50 as to keep his head
off her shoulder. On and on she toiled.
Night passesd, morning came and
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still swimming slower now, toward the
distant shore Up came the sun, and the
tortures of heat were added 10 her suf-
fcrings, her arms, face and should
ers were olistered by the scorching
rays until the touch of the salt water
was agony, still she pressed on. Noon
came, nearly twenty-four hours since she
began that long fight against death.
An hour passed and still no sue
cor. No sign of a steamer or other YES
sci, and the distant mountain seemed as
far of as ever. For the first time the
heroic girl began to despair. She felt
that she was growing weaker
Nothing had passed her lips
since the morning before, when
they had left port. She was growing
faint. aud wondered If she had not best
give up the battle; but not yet, and again
she pressed on. Her father had not
moved for some time; she did not know
if he still lived, but dead or alive if she
reached the shore she would bring him
with her.
The steamer Like-Like left port that
morning TWO or three hours later than
usual, owing to the delay caused by the
gale the day previous. Straight but into
the channel she steamed About o'clock
in the afternoon the man on watch called
to the officer of the deck that he saw
some strange object little ahead of the
steamer Asked what it looked like. he
said he thought it was some strange ami
NAL, but that 1t was surely alive, as he
saw it move from time to time
All hands watched for glimpse of the
object which had been reported and in
half an hour they were near enough to
see from the deck and to recognize it as a
living being. \ boat was quickly low
cred and rowed rapidly to the side of the
object. They found native girl with an
apparently dead man tied fast TO her
body swimming feebly away from them
With a stroke of the oars they overlook
her and grasped her to raise her into the
boat. She did not seem to know that
anyone was near her, and still strove
weakly to swim away from them, but
strong hands lifted her up and laid her
down in the bottom OF the boat. At first
they thought the man was dead, but when
they reached the steamers deck he was
still family breathing, and in the hands
of a skilled physician was brought to his
senses.
But more interest was felt in the poor
girl than in him. When she had left
Laupahoehoe the morning before, she
was beautiful girl When lifted to the
steamers deck she was burned and bis
tered, face neck and arms, until the raw
flesh looked like nothing human.
Her hair was filled with salt crystals,
and matted and llno tied so that before
they could do much for her, they were
obliged no cut it OF But she was alive,
and more than that, she had saved her
fathers life also. When the steamer
reached Honolulu, both were in Il fair
way to recovery kallil was the heroine
of the day.
From the place where the schooner
sunk to where the steamer picked the
castaways up, was Twenty-Five miles in
a direct line. OF course, the girl had
not kept d direct line, and had covered
much more distance than that.
When Kali recovered her strength her
father was able to be up and in a few
weeks both were as strong as if they had
never passed through that terrible battle
with The waves.
Kalili still lives, but she has never been
on the sea since that disastrous voyage.
She has lost her nerve, and now breads
the water worse than q person who never
learned TO swim But she is still pointed
out to strangers as the girl who swan
TWENTY-FIVE miles and carried the insensi-
bic body of her father the greater part Of
the distance.