The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-13
Found His First Literary Story
Here in Hawaii.
BURNING OF SHIP HORNET
Survivors Sailed 1000 Aiies 10 ao
noiuiu-Hs1 Q Fearful Exr<riense.
Local History.

samuel l. Clct.scns mark Twainl
tells in twelve EaFcs of the Ccniury |
Magazine for November ho~ he made |
his debut as a literary person and the
story might as Wcll have b~cn dated
Honolulu
The FIRST hiEh-Ci.Ss work done by
Mark Twain. 80 he says. had iis pub
lication in New York My article was
about the burning 90 the clippers ship
Hornet on the tine. May :. iSss. There
wcrC thirty-onc men on board at the
time. and I VAS a. Honolulu uhcn the
tiftccn lean and Sanstly Survivors ar
rived there after 4 voyage OF forty
three days in an open boat. thruuxh
the blazing iropics. IN ten days Tatipns
of food. \ very rcmaFkabl- trip: bat
il was conducted bl a captain who Was
Tcmarkabl. man: otherwise there
would have bccn no survivors. tic Vas
NcW-EuEiandrT of ;hc best scs-EoinE
stock of the old cap. sic times captain
Josiah Mitchell.
Il had been in th. Islands several
months when the EIrvivors arrived. q
was laid up in my room at the time.
and unable to walk. Here uas a great
pCC1siun tp ssTvc M journal. and not
able tn take sdVsutws~s &C 81 Neocs-
saEily ! was tn deep trouble. Bul hy
good luck his Exccllgncy Anson B1rIin-
came was there al tie time. on his way
su take up his Posg IN China. where hs
did such good N3rk for the United
States 10. came aud put me on =
str-ichcr and hal me carried to the
hospital where the shtpur-ck.d men
acre. and never nc~sied to- ask a
Question. %. sttcndsdt All of that
himself. and had nothing to do bat
make the notes. :; vas Like him to
take that trouble. gr Was a great man
and a great American. and ID uas in
his fine nature to come down from his
high Office aud do friendly turn uhsn-
ever he could.
We got through vlSh this uosk az
six in the evening. ! took NO dinner.
for there vas no slime to spare IL
would beat the other correspondents
] spent four hours arranging the notes
in their proper order. then uros~ all
night and beyond a.. uith this result
that ] had a very Lag and detailed ar-
count of the Horast episode ready al
nine IN the morning. While the CORE
spondenis of the San FFsnctsoo jour
mails had nothing bot brief outline &C.
PoEt-tor they dtdnt sit up. The nou-
and-thcn schooner NEaa 60 sail fog san
Francisco about sius: uhcn I reached
the dock she Was tssn forward and was
just casting on her &tcru-linc. Ny fzs
cuVclupe Vas thguun by ssrunE hand.
and fell on board sil right. and my VIC
tory was y SAT. thsnE. All ia due simr
the ship reached san Frznctseo. bot q
wss my complete report whsrh made
the stir. and uas tsisxrsph.d Co the
Ne~ York papers. b. Nr. CASA be vzs
IN charge of the Fasthc bureau os ths
: NcN York Herald st the time.
when ! returned to California by
and BY. I uent up 60 Szcsarncnso and
presented bill for Esncrai co.rcspoad.
.ncc at SO seek. II uas paid. Thea
] pr-scnted n bsll fog special srrvScs
on the Hornet matter os three columns
uf solid npuparcil az tin1 a coiunn. Ths
cashier didn't faint. but b. cam. rashes
near ID. lie sent for the rropssr-n-s
? and they came and never uttered = pro.
, test They only !lu<hed ia their tolly
fashion. and szid il uas robbery. bat
no matter: u vas = zrant 'srpog- uhs
DILL or my Hornet rczsogt. nsdnt fnou
s@eNeANs 49, AAa Aa1 NAE4aa
The Hornet Survivors reached ths
Sandwich Islands the issh us Junc
They v.re mere sk5nny sEclosuas.
their clothes hung limp about thea
and fitted them no better than a aas
fits the naEstar ta a calm. hut shev
W"r- sell uursrd IN the hospital a.
, prupl" us Huunlu1u bsps them susp.5sf
p wjth all th~ dsit.t5Es they russ1d nrrss
they gathered s;rcnEth fast. and wEs,
/, pTvssutly nearly aE good as uru
Within a fuFin'zat the most 90 thea
took ship for san t'saneiscps that Ss. &
. wY dates have uns Eun@ astrsv sn rnl
- memory ! sent ia the sane shin.
p sailing vessel. Car'ain Mitchell uf ~
fingurt was along also The only rzs
q senscrs the Hornet lad carried. Thrs.
2 wcsr tun young ErnslFsnEn from STAN
= ford Cpun"rtirst-1svpth Ezmue
y Ferguson. aged - 3 graduate % Tsfn
ity College. Harttus5. and tterrF Fsr
Eusun. aEcd -. q EsrdruE % the Kam
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