The Redwood gazette., 1896-03-19

with nothing but the starry
heavens and some of the ships
rigging above us. Tho it was
in the last part of November,
the night was quite warm.
Not feeling a desire to turn in
at once, 1 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 sitting, gaz-
ing, and thinking, | at last
went aft, where the deck was
covered with cots, and men lay
snoring everywhere. "Are all
the beds taken?" | asked the
steward, citizen of the Orient.
"Me getee bed and blanket y
he answered.
He darted below, and in few
moments returned with a mat
tress, a blanket, and a pillow.
There was a spare place aft the
mainmast and just forward of
the hatchway. 1t was very
spare, for while my head was
jammed up against the mast,
my feet extended over the
hatchway. Notwithstanding
my cramped position, however,
1 fell asleep, and had all gone
we'll, would have slept until
dawn of day. But, about half
past three in the morning l be-
came conscious of water falling
on my face, and while half sleep
ingand half waking was trying
to determine what it was, the
officer of the watch cried out:
You'd better go below out
of the rain"
Isprang to my feet and found
the rain pouring down upon
the deck almost in 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 but the
work of a moment. In the gen
eral hurry and confusion [ 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
1 found myself in a company
of jolly fellows who had already
abandoned all thought of sleep.
81 have been fishing many
times" said Judge Wilcox
"when we had to sit up all night
in the rain"
The very mention of a fishing
expedition will arouse the Ha.
waiian, native or naturalized
Senator Waterhouse, who
knows something about big
fish, at once started out with a
story:
"Speaking ofnatives and fish
ing, [ will tell you what l wit,
messed with my own eyes"
"Go on, senator" was the gen
eral demand, for when the sen,
ator gets started the boys know
they can expect something
good.
"While going along the coast
of Oahu one day, [ saw some
natives on the rocks and some
in the water. l asked what they
were doing and was told that
they were going to 1asso a
| shark, and that if l wished
might help pull it out of the
water. Iclimbed down the pre-.
cipitous cliff a 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 shark S tail without wakine 9
him, and we pulled him out,
tell you he was a monster"
There were some incredulOus
remarks at this story, which
caused the senator to declare:
off any man doubts this story
let him pay the expense of the
trip and [ will take the whole
party to the cliff and show them
r the hole from which the shark
was pulled. If | don't l will
bear all expenses"
Judge Wilcox smiled, and
stroking his mustache with a
"that's nothing" expression