The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-07

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pouring downupon the deck almostlin
i torrents. To snatch my collar, necktie,
and cuffs which lay on the deck at my
side, and rush down the companionWay
in almost total darkness. was. butY the
work Of Q moment. In the general hurry
and cont fusion + could not find my hat,
a sailor brought it to me, half 4 hour
4 later, thoroughly soaked.
All sleep for the remainder Of the night
i was at an end. s53
/ "Come here and SIT down. said Sen.
ator Watherhouse, who had also been
driven below by the rain Don't rub
your eyes until they are red. Yon will
1 have to get used to this"
\ found myself in company Of Jolly
fellows who had already abandoned all
thought of sleep. .s5 .
II have been fishing many times
said Judge Wilcox, s'when we had to sit
up all night in the ram" 3
The very mention of q fishing expedi-
ton will rouse the Hawaiian, native or
naturalized. Senator Waterhouse, who
knows something about big fish, at once
started out with story: =
Speaking about natives and fishing, I
will tell you what I witnessed with my
own eyes" III 49,. Z !. j,t.@ %z.5
go On, senator" was the general de-
mand, for when the senator gets started
the boys know they can expect some
thing good. ~ . /.
while going along the coast OF Oahu
one day, / saw some natives on the rocks
and some in the water. I asked what
they were doing and was told they were
going to lasso a shark. and that if I
wished l might help pull it out of the
water. I climbed down the preeipitous
cliff a. short distance, and discovered
there was hole in the rock in which vhe
shark and gone and was asleep. One Of
| the natives plunged into the water and
tied a rope around the sharks tail with
out waking him, and we pulled hun out.
tell you he was monster" w
There was some incredulous remarks
at this story, which caused the senator
to declare: -. - -. <.
If any man doubts this story let him
pay the expense of the trip and I will
take the whole party to the cliff and
show them the hole from which the shark
was pulled. If I don't wall bear al, ex-
penses.'
Judge Wilcox smiled, and stroking his
mustache with "that's nothing" ex-
preston answered: - I'll,
II don't deny the truth of that story.
There is a fish pond down the coast
where the sharks come IN at high tide.
When the tide goes out it leaves the
water SO shallow that Mr.. Shark can't
turn over. The native boys used to go
to this pond, plunge in, mount the shark
and ride them all around. The shark is
not dangerous unless. he can get on his
back and the water is too shallow for
that, SO the boys can ride them ia safety.
Now, if any one doubts that story just.
charter the ship, and I will take him to,
the fshpond. II don't, I'll pay all
expenses. VI
Shark stories were in order until the
steward announced that coffee was ready
for the party, this to keep them awake
until breakfast. When invited to have a
cup Of coffee I announced that T did not
drink coffee. 4
"Maybe you prefer beer" said one of
the Newspaper men. =
Il never drank glass of beer in my
life," [ answered. x
| "Ehat is more incredible than any
shark story told this morning" the
senator declared. Then I offered, if he
would pay the expenses of the party to
the United States, to show them the,
country in which I had lived without
drinking coffee or beer, and if did not
I would pay the expenses Of the voyage
myself. ~ -.-.~.. 4
When day dawned we were at anchor:
OFT Kalanpapa. The lepers we're aware
OF our intended visit, and, soon after day
light, the shore was lined with these UNI
fortunate people straining their eyes to:
catch the first glimpse of their visitors.
The band, composed OF leper boys, played
several airs of welcome. Bishop Ropert,
Father Pamphile, and the other mission.
aries, went ashore in the first boat and
were greeted with cheers: To get ashore
we had to climb down a swinging ladder
over the ships side into boat, both bob,
bling about in opposite directions,
which added the spice Of danger to the
expedition. 81. r>.s
On landing We found on the shore two
or three hundred !epers. Some, iot;f them
were but slightly affected by the disease.
and some SO disfgured as to hardly re-.
semble human beings. The disease
seems to attack the extremities first
Usually it first appears in the lobes of.
the ears, and they begin ia hano IA H.