Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-03-24
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A. deal like q n herd Of wild j h horses
when the men get ashore after lbein g
pentaup: board ship for any. 'unusua
= length dof time" said "a naval officer.
'ssThat is, unless something remarkable
turns up to put the curb on them. I
saw this fact exemplideu a few years
ago in d singular and rather humorous
way.
Il was attachedsto a vessel sta tioned
at Honolulu when the cholera broke out
there in 1895. We were doubly quaran-
tined because a boy died on our ship.
As soon as the boys body was disposed
of we up anchor and pulled into the
outer harbor, where we tossed around
ill the swell for a few days in a jolting
style that finally determined the skip
per to pull away from Honolulu and the
island of Oahu altogether and to make
a cruise Of the islands. We made a
cruise that lasted nearly three months
and finally got into Hilo harbor. Next
to Honolulu Hilo is the most important
town in the group. It is on the main
island of Hawaii, and, towering nearly
$4,000 feet above the sea, so miles or so
from the town, is the great volcano of
Mauna Loa. The burning lake of Kila-
tlea is midway between the town of Hilo
and the crater Loa.
During the cruise none of the men for
ward was permitted to go ashore. When
we reached Hilo the skipper decided to
give all hands shore liberty. The boat
SWANS mate passed the word on deck;
.starboard watch was to go ashore the
next day, port watch three days later,
upon the return of the starboard watch
to the ship, for the length of the liberty
was to be three days. The yelp of Joy
that went up from the forward part of
the ship when this announcement was
made must have been heard ashore.
The men WaltZed around like dancing
dervishes and acted as if they were al
ready drunk. Aft in the wardroom we
commiserated in advance the towns
people of Hilo, for we knew there would
be the devil to pay directly those sea
Indians of ours struck the beach.
1.-THE men of the starboard watch,
about $50 all told, got together and de-
rcided to make the trip up to the burn
ing lake of Kilauea, and to start as soon
as they got ashore. All hands were paid
off and received their three months
money, and the men of the starboard
watch turned into their hammocls
early to be ready for the big jaunt the
next day. AS soon as they got ashore
the men distributed themselves among
the gin mills to- take preliminary
drink or'tWo, and then all turned up at
the big livery stable in Hilo, where con
veyances and horses were to be hired
FOR the trip to the burning lake, which
is ~ hours from H lilo. Most of the men
felt pretty good from the preliminary
drink, and most of them, too, had a
good-sized Jug to keep out the cold of
the higher altitude on the Journey.
They hit up these jugs with conssidera-
BILE frequency while the master at arms,
who was the spokesman of the crowd.
made arrangements with the liyeryman.
He engaged a lot of stages for such of
the party as wanted to travel that way,
and horses for the men who preferred
that e]Sa means of; reaching the burning.
lake. s5
"A Everything was ready for the start
and the men were becoming comfort
ably jagged, when a dozen young won c / +
zen, most of them pretty, and. all Amer
Jean girls by their loo ks, til ipped up to
the stable and got into stage that was
awaiting them. The bluejackets gazed
iwith,a good deal Of :respect Ill interest
AT these nice looking girls, who laughed.
and chatted together; & once they were
settled in the stage, and chatted in the
American language too, which is pleas
ant music unto the ear Of the sailorman
In foreign ports. The bluej all
perked up their ears and mud ged one an
other: 3. q. u. s,.as.. IS. . 4.
" Hey, there, mate, called out the
master at arms to the livery man, if it's