Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-07-27
MAKAPALA by THE SEA.
XXIu.-HEAT AND LIFE.
BY ANNE NJ. PREscoTT.

OF many DOdTu-lueeIluBosthO "hoiO
town was, so to speak, safely lock-
ed up in a kind of safe of many
complications that no one quite
knew how to unite. You could |
not pass up here, you could not
90 down there, you must just bide.
It was pretty tough times for the
well, and tougher for those who
proved good subjects to King
Cholera!
We dressed one morning, early,
for the long storm that was on;
and we we're minded to see the
town in its very gloomiest gown;
and no one knew or cared what
we were "up to-" We padded on
and on from point to point as the
passing fancy bcckoned; 90 down
that street. turn that corner, look
in at that doorway, read that sign,
see that express coming, hear the
r. G. bell tolling for the latest
dead: and so on, and up, and
across, and through; and home.
"Were you not afraid, at all ?
Well, we are human; but we did
not believe that our time was
near; and then, we always had
about us certain, as we found IN
the end. dead.sure preventives.
"What?' All. my woman! Il dinna
care to tell" See you, later.
You could not, in those uncom-
Portable days to so many, take a
little outing to Kauai. Tabu.
You could not 60 to Maui and up
to charming Olinda, or pick ferns
on the great dead crater's sides.
No. Tabu. You could not pass
old Punchbowl, or mount 10 the
pail, or go to Waikiki for swim.
You could not even touch the
"big island;" for if you got near
to "landing" you would see the
entire populace there, who had
been watching for your kind of
crafty craft all night, and every
mothers son of them had that
which would egg you of. Their
back was up l can tell you, and
they would yell and screech
louder than any Comanche for
you to back up and bt OK, to your
darued old cholera town; and if
you didn't put your hand to the
ti.ler in Il jiify, you would never
have a chance to eat another
muffin, likely! Good bye, dear
Hawaii, for another few days
few days!"---And Honolulu
was reached. In those days we
became little intrusive in self
defense. We watched with both
eyes what the peasantry did all
about "our place'-what they ate
and what they drank, what they
did with the rest! We were
match for them, and it was, more
than once, mind over matter, we
found. We are an early riser,
fortunately, and do not always
retire at our neighbo:s' hour!
These little points in cholera
times in a hot climate had their
supreme advantages we dis
covered. We did not feel in the
mood for dying just then and we
were determined lin fact ugly)
that our friends near by should
not commit suicide. They came to
understand that when we took the
sudden notion for a little walk
"round and round the village"
quietly as it was done, and with
the friendly and courteous "How
are you ?" it meant something
more than they saw on the sur
face. Peasants are no fools and
often have six senses, to take the
place of letters" When we were
quite satisfied that they had an
inkling in their apartments Of
our oddities, we "doused the
glim" and went peacefully to our
long nap. One can always rest
quietly knowing that it is the next
officers watch. "Two bells ~
We had comfortable, sweet,
fresh apartments. We had the
rainbow at 4 pm, the air from
the hills, plenty of lee-way, our
own table, our own veranda. We
had friend ever by US and with
in call night or day.
Who Jared richer in those dark
days? We had peace of mind,
quiet and solid comfort. We
prayed most earnestly for the ma
tives, and we mourned for their
dead.
In thinking OF a friend do we