The sun., 1898-01-23
$50 NOBLE YANKEE TARS.
NOTABLE TRIP WITH A PARTY
oF DETROIT SCHOoBMl'lMs.

T,En
: and tho YouuE women ber Thorn FILLED
.uh AdnIrntion or Their kninhtiinees--
Then came the DeiuEs ana General wreck.
w,suxeroN, Jan. 22.--"A man-o'.wars crew
n, Good deal like herd OF wild horses when
~. men get ashore attor being pent up aboard
sbip for any unusual length Of time" said q
,ayol officer here. THAT is, unless something
,,morkabo Turns up to put the curb on them.
Isaw this fact oxemplifled q few years aeo in
angular and rather humorous way.
.I was attached to vessel stationed at
T5onolulu when the cholera broke out there in
1908. We were doubly quarantinod because
NV died on our ship. As soon as the boys body
vas disposed OF wo up anchor and pulled into
,hc outer haroor, where We tossed around in tho
svell FOR few days IN jolting style that finally
determined the skipper to pull away from Hon.
oln,u and the island of Oahu altogether and to
make cruise OF tho islands. We made n cruise
that lasted nearly three months and finally rot
into Hllo harbor Next TO Honolulu Hilo Is tho
most important town in the group. 1t is on tho
rain island OF Hawaii. and, towering ncarly
IA, 600 feet above tho sea, sixty miles or so from
Ave town. Is tho great volcano Of Mauna Loa.
The burning lake Of Kilauea 10 midway be-
tween the town of Hilo and the crater Loa.
"During the cruise mono of the men forward
was permitted to 20 ashore. When we reached
hio the skipper decided to give all hands shore
liberty The boatswain's 3 mate passed the word
on deck; starboard watch was to 20 ashore tho
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
mart of the ship when this announcement was
made must have been heard ashore. Tho men
valtzed around like dancing dervishes and act
cd as if they were already drunk. Aft In tho
."ruioom ,. "" q, ,J,ia sor so rna,, tharo ,vouiS
townspGopls vi iino ~. "o .no" . 'noi9 .. wVuu
., os onp. cnT ue,m strmot tho p beach ''''' '' "
THE men OF the starooara waton. anout 100
'Uu to spi the burning lake Of Kilauea and to
,. sp ~ ,onr 90 ,hov cot .shoro Al, hanss
start as soon os tney Ros ssnole. Al nanas
money, and the men of the starboard watch
tined into their hammocks carly 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 a preliminary drink
sabs table in H iIlo I where @ oonveyanoes and horses
e psy MH
pep Is oTt The b eod Of The HIGHER Situdes on The
Hny They hit these Jugs with So
was the spoke kesman OF the crowd made arrange
nients with the liveryman. He engaged a lot OF
stages for such of the party as wanted to travel
that taat means % of reaoSinS the burning lake.
Everything was ready for the start and the
men were becoming comfortably Jagged, when
ali American girls by their looks. tripped up to
the stable and got Into a stage that was await.
S Of az ihsse
girls, who laughed and ohatted together once
they were settled In the stage, and chatted In
The American ianruaee. too. which ie pleasant
music m unto the ear q the sailorman IN foreign
".Hey. there. mate.' called ont tho master-at-
arms 10 the liyeryman 'H it'a a fair ouestion
where's r that psoketfuI @ Of young women bound
":Yes' repIied the NORMAN. they're Iust
starting for tho burning lake OF KiIauea, and
Soes
"The master alarms, q rough man Of some
in which the Young women sat They watched
ss nsahed care With the ddnce OF
"!Soune ladies'. said he. .you.ro from the
United States, aint yef
spoke Sp one e' OF the young women, smilingiy,
sbut we teach the young Idea Of The Unitod
States how to shoot Ws'ro all school teachers
That bein' the case,' said the master-at-
arms, tits only right and proper that you
should have United States guard. when there's
one at hand while YOU re In foreign parts I've
got gang OF 100 men here all able. bodied, and
thirty OF 'em mounted. bound for the samo
plI CO you re maxim for They all wear the uni-
form of Uncle Sam. Youne women, / place
that guard at your disposition durin' the cruise
10 this here heil.fire lake we'ro bound for
"The girls were one and ali delighted With the
idea and tho girl who had first spoken told the
mast er- -at-arms so In enthusiastic terms.
"'Itll be such perfectly sumptuous thing to
tell when we get back home that we had a
guard OF $50 United States sailors to escort us
IL tho burning lake of Kilauea,' the girls said
TO one another.
1.-THE master-at-arms saluted Rrayely and
walked back to where the blueiackets were
standing, ready to start. He called the whole
gang to attention. picked ont four Trustworthy
men, and said TO III en-:
bottle OF rum found
masterat-arms was in charge of the expedition,
and their wonder didn't count. The four men
passed along the lines and got A ouart bottle
from the mastering jacket of about every man.
They heaped the bottles together. When the
work was ilplshed the master.at-erms addressed
the bueJackets.
"'Well Just leave this rum here until we get
back, said no. There's a coachfuI Of younR
women from back home inst startinc out for
where we re bound for They're ali rirht youn1