The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-05-18
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But when the land hiss quite faded from
view,
And the hi lows. like mountains, each other
When your liver gets frightened and tries
to escape;
And v"ur food for six days you're unable
to take:
You are not on good terms with Yourself,
When the end Of your voyage draws near
the last day,
And the girl that you've rourted each hour
OF the way,
signs soft in your ear a. you sight the dim
shore,
"Ah, had we met, dear, long ages heforer'
You're on very good terms with yourself
But when your charmrr is landed at st.
And you find her in clasp Of a strange fel-
low fast:
And the sly little darling, without much
ado
Introduces that stranger. her husband. to-
yOu,-
Then YOU'RE not on good terms with
yourself"
After the first stanza had been
read, myself and thirty-seven other
suffering souls rushed out on deck
to see a man; we all saw the same
fellow he old man of the sea. The
perpetrator Of the verses gave them
TO me, during her stay at A Modern
Eden; and they are here given with
the sweet hope that they may serve
as an admonitiob to some kindred
heart, who, having written the like,
! to cast II upon the seething waters
81 oblivion, with all the other bur
densome bile on life's stomach. !
undcrst and that there was a meeting
On board To consider the advisahility
Of heayiug the author and the lines
. overheard; but il was concluded
That those who have a common
/ fate in the end, had better be
friends"
All things. good or bad, come Ia
au end-tbat is a way they have;
aud il the end be well. all il we'll
Thus after seven days Of tossing.
( tumbling, rearing aud pitching. on
the morning Of January ~. 1884. we
sighted "A Modern Eden" II was
a nasty. wet. misty morning; aud
! the hills behind the city. from Waia.
lac to Waianae, sbone up in the dim
light, wet, brown aud ragged, like n
world.weary mop rag on a diiapi-
dated worm fence.
We had Ia wal, some time for the
pilot boat aud, the sun having sud.
denly jumped over the Punchbowl.
We were given glimpse 81 natures
fairest Eden. With the coming Of
the sun, the fog and rain lifted. like
the curtain 81 a mighty stage, aud
before Us lay This other Eden.
demi. paradise" The sun holding
is way ever upward, sent its rays
softly over the horizon and the
bosom of the tranquil ocean: aud,
swelling into rounded form. mildly
assumed rrfulgent brightu sss. as |,
spread its genial warmth around
From seven days excess Of motion
we had nov lapsed iuto perfect rest
Riding away out on the open deep
the picture was one that 60
When the stream
Which overlooked the soul wn- passed
away,
! \ CONSCIOUSNESS rcmniucd that /, had left
Deposited ~ on the silent .h"rr
! ~ mcmnry. Images and precious Thoughts
That han net die, Ruh cannot hr 1c..
tror,d.'
From the shore of the murmuring
sea To the tips Of the dist ant noun
tAins, one saw waving carpet oi
green; through this only tn" highest
buildings could be seen, aud twas
difficult to imagine that, hidden
away beneath this wealth Of foliage
the Eden 81 our dreams lay before
MS. Embowercd this Eden truly il
aud among its towering palms and
stated tropical trees is lost rs com,
pletsly, is n far from the madden,
ing crowd, rs though IL had been
placed there by ia" fates, out Of the
reach OF the worlds noise aud strife
aud one conceivcs this spot, bound
eel by th" surgng waves OF God.
greatest ocean, a. safe from tn,
grinding greed uf civilizations mills
the din 81 which sound faint and
lar.
But wait a hit. Underneath tn,
twining branches 81 this waving
carpet Of the thrkest texture aud
freshest verdurc, On. finds. nestled
way, the most tiny aud the mos,
substantial homes Of the descendant.
III Adam. Wandering down the mar
row streets aud winding lanes, one
finds assembled the choicest beauties
OF blooming nature. Here, the hya
cinth hangs her silken bells, while
there the lilies rear their silver
pyramids. Roses spread their beau
t"ous garments in every yard, and
on all sides a profuSion OF budding
forms, or expanded buds. meets the
eye; while the ever-fragraut pink
enamels and borders all.
However, let us land. Such q
tangle OF tribes rs awaited our land
ing, can onl y be assembled AT Homo
lulu, Leaning over the rail Of the
Mariposa, thought | saw all the
inhabitants Of the city before me
and all in mot her hubbards- found
out afterwards that the dress was a
ho"ku. They all seemed to b. either
quarreling with their dogs or fiirt
ing with each other-not the hoioku,
while over all was one bewilder
ing maze Of yellow. blue, orange
white, red and pink flowers. Com
ing down the gang plank my menta
attitude was Que OF thankfulness fol
my safe landing, with a tinge o
regret for the good money | haG
paid tn" Oceanic :. :. Co. for the
food ] had left behind. But her,
we are.