The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-12

years OF Itlldi SelEItutiS, With ID ~
,ainlY more profitable than hiring them
cut 10 a corporation. If man vlo-
l4.es the laws, it makes no difference
whether he commits mlsdemeanOr or
i-lDnv, ne must serve the spunky
iaile republic by digging on the road.
At four O'Clock the Volcano House,
Mr.. Peer Lee proprietor, was reached.
One has all the evidences Of the near
proximity Of volcano on approach
ing the house Steam was issuing from
the seams in the lava-crlsted earth
along the roadside, and when We gained
the higher ground We could see for
miles about Us. There were a thOus-
and assures in the earth from which
hot steam and smoke were issuing,
while far off 10 the west the smoke
from the eternal fires of kllauea gave
i. lie appearance Of Dore's paintings
Of Dantc's Inferno. Below the Volcano
House, not three hundred PAGES away,
are vas: sulphur banks from which IS
sues vapor in continuous stream. Mr..
Lee, the proprietor, has built a bath
house, and conveys the sulphur vapor
to it, the healing properties OF which
he declares are unequaled.
The Volcano House is large, COM
modious country inn, with accom-
II odations equal to such places in the
United States 1t is great pleasure
resort, and pa,ronized extensively by
lnyalids. Altho' it W .uId seem that
one could almost stand on its porch
and throw stone INTO the crater, it is
three miles away.
My guide, whose name was Albert,
| was strange mixture Of nationalltles.
He was born in Japan, his mother was
a native of the Gilbert Islands, and his
| father Frenchman. He had been
| reared in California and was only
/ temporarily in Hawaii. Tho a very
intelligent fellow, he was unable to
solve the problem of his nationality. |
tried to but soon gave It up.
Mounting my horse in The court in
front of the house We began the de
| scent. BY zjgzlg course w wound
our way down the cliff into the first
crater, which is over three miles across,
our path sometimes leading along the
side Of the cliff, and the projecting
| rocks almost grazing our knees as we
passed. We gained the second plain
or great crater at last. This plain is
covered with dark lava plains which
in the distance looks like CONCEALED
quagmlre.
Once upon this plain we entered a
path made across the lava. In places
ferns were growing out from the seams
in the crust. AS we passed on over the
Chasm-riven surface we came upon a
wider, deeper crack SPAWNED by a
bridge. There is story connected
| with this Chasm, the guide said. One
day a party of tourists left the Volcano
| House and went to see the crater,
! which was then active. While they
| were there the island was COnvulsed
with an earthquake. MIR. Lee, fearing
some harm had befallen his guests, ran
to the lava flow to fad this awful
| Chasm from thirty to fifty feet deep.
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