The record-union., 1896-02-11

] consented to sleep on the deck witt
nothing but the starry heavens ant
some of the ships rigging above US
Though it was in the last part of No
vember, the night was quite warm.
Not feeling a desire to turn in at once,
I went forward of the Captains cabin
and, taking a seat on the deck, gazed on
the brilliantly lighted heavens, while
my thoughts wandered to home and the
loved ones far away. Wearied of sit
/ ting, gazing and thinking, I ait last
went aft, where the deck was covered
with cots, and men lay snoring every
where.
Are all the beds taken?'' I asked the
steward, citizen of the Orient
Me gettee bed and blanket" he an
swered.
He darted below and in a few mo-
ments returned with mattress, a blan-
| ket and a pillow. There was a spare
| place aft the mainmast and just for
ward of the hatchway. It was very
spare, for while my head was jammed
up against the mast, my feet extended
over the hatchway. Notwithstanding
my cramped position, however, fell
| asleep, and, had all gone well, would
have slept until dawn Of day. But about
half past three in the morning I be-
came conscious of wafer falling on my
face, and while trying to determine
what it was the officer of the watch
| cried out:
You'd better go below out of the
rain
! I sprang to my feet and found the
rain pouring down upon the deck al
most in torrents To snatch my collar.
necktie and cuffs, which lay on the deck
at my side, and rush down the compan-
! ionway in almost total darkness, was
but the work of a moment In the gen
eral hurry and confusion I could not
find my hat A sailor brought it to me
/ half an hour later, thoroughly soaked.
All sleep for the remainder of the
night was at an end
Come here and sit down." said
Senator Waterhouse, who had also been
driven below by the rain Don't rub
your eyes until they are red You will
have to get used to this
| | found myself in a company of jolly
fellows who had already abandoned all
thought of sleep.
i have been fishing many times -
said Judge Wilcox, when we had to sit
/ up dll nlSnI IN the ram.
| The very mention of a fishing ex-
petition will rouse the Hawaiian, native
or naturalized Senator Waterhouse,
who knows something about big fish,
at once started out with a story:
| Speaking of natives and fishing I
will tell you what I witnessed with my
/ own eyes,
go on, Senator" was the general de-
mand, for when the Senator gets start
ed 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 I might help to pull it out of the
water climbed down the precipitous
| cliff short distance and discovered
| there was a hole in the rock in which
the shark had gone and was asleep.
One of the natives plunged into the
water and tied a rope around the
sharks tail without waking him. and
we pulled him out. I tell you he was a
monster"
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 l will
take the whole party to the cliff and
show them the hole from which the
shark was pulled. If 1 don't L viii bear
all expenses"
Judge Wilcox smiled, and, stroking
his mustache with a that's nothing
expression, answered.:
Il don't deny the truth of that story
There is 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
sharks 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 in safety. Now, if anyone doubts
that story just charter the ship, and I
will take him to the fish-pond. If l
don't I'll pay all expenses"
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
L did not drink coffee.
Maybe you prefer beer,' said one of
the newspaper men.
st never drank a glass of beer in my
| life," I answered.
THAT is more incredible than any
shark story told this morning." the
Senator declared. Then offered. if he
would pay the expenses of the party to
the United States to show them the
country in which 1 had lived without
drinking coffee or beer and If I did not
1 would pay the expenses of the voyage
myself
When day dawned we were at anchor
off Kalanpapa. The lepers were aware
of our intended visit, and, soon after
daylight, the shore was lined with these
unfortunate people straining their eyes
to catch the first glimpse of their visit
ors. The band, composed of leper boys,
played several airs Of welcome. Bishop
Ropert, Father Pamphile and the other
missionaries 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 bobbing about and in
opposite directions, which added the
spice of danger to the expedition.
On landing we found on the shore two
or three hundred lepers- Some Of 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 appears in the 1obes of the
ears, and they begin to hang as if there
was a heavy weight in each. Then it
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