The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-17

his home at Palama since ten
o'clock Sunday morning. Mr..
Smith has been in ill-health for the
past few weeks, and when he told
Mr.. Bolster, with whom he lives,
that he intended taking a walk for
his health, it was supposed he
would be back in a short time.
When he did not return up to 10
o'clock yesterday morning and he
had not reported to Wilder & Co.
where he has been employed for
many years, the police depart
ment was notified.
The supposition was that Mr..
Smith had taken one of his old
time jaunts up the mountain trails
and may have been overcome by
sickness and would probably be
found in one of the valleys.
Mounted patrolmen were sent out,
and the valleys, so for as the trails
went, were searched without find
ing trace of the missing man.
At Z o'clock last night the "par-
son" surprised his friends by walk
ing into Benson, Smith & Co.'s
store and ordering liniment for
scratches and bruises. A few min
utes later he walked to the 800
hack stand and got into George
Patterson's hack and was driven
home. An ADVERTISER reporter
visited him later and found him in
a pretty badly scratched condition.
Regarding his journey and expert
ence in the brush he said:
II wasn't lost for minute;
there were times, of course, when
/ couldn't see much but the brush
but l always knew where / was,
The trouble was to get out of the
Ex | was in.
II left here intending to walk up
the valley and perhaps make Tan
talus. L had no plans laid as to
where l would go and as the day
was fine l kept on walking and
crossed the top of Tantalus and got
into the road that passes Schmidt's
place. l did not feel bit tired
and as everything seemed promis-
ing for a pleasant outing l thought
j would cross the peak and get
down into Manoa.
II left the road and there's where
/ made my mistake. In this coun-
try a man should never leave a
trail when mountain climbing.
Look at this" and the parson
put out his left hand covered with
scratches and blood. "Thats what
| got for leaving the trail. [ had
not gone down the ManOa side very
far before [ found myself in a jun
gle of lantana, so thick | could not
see through. 1t was utterly impos-
sible - walk so l got under the
tops and slid down, using as much |
care as possible, because [ knew
there were breaks that would let |
me down fifty or a hundred feet |
and the jolt would be severe.
NV first fall was about twelve
feet, my second, six. L could then
see, what appeared to be, lake or
reservoir a couple of hundred feet
below me and [ wanted to get to
it and follow the stream, but [ was
fast and could go no further with
out danger of going down a cliff.
1t was then about half past five
Sunday afternoon and / concluded
to make night of it.
II was not well enough to stay
down in the valley, and 1 was
afraid if l went to sleep l would
take cold, so | started to climb the
mountain. |. had rested until it
was quite dark but l could dis
tinguish the outline of the noun
tain and made for it. | couldn't
tell you how many times l fell |
know l reached the top at mid
night. 1t was not a comfortable
bed but | had an umbrella with
me which 1 hoisted and put to the
windward, and with it l managed
to keep off the wind and rain. l
slept off and on until six o'clock
this morning. When l awoke, [
think | felt better than l have for
six months. Better than I do
now? Well, l guess so. Look at
that hand.
swell Honolulu was within
sight all day but 1 couldn't get at
it. 1 thong int saw trail down
in Makiki valley and made for
that but l had the same experience
as I had on the other side. L got
\ = - g. oo tho stream once but