The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-09-12

don was famous good company, played
good game of chess, draughts or
cards, and we whied away many au
hour that would have been tedious
:5ut for him. think Winnie liked
Gordon from the start. I did not
wonder at it. He had been the cham
pion at college games, and had won
friends all through his life. l knew
that no one conld help liking Winnie
80 it seemed Dl. natural that ARENA
ship should spring up between the
, two.
The fourth day out the passengers
began to show that nervous activity
| which is always to be seen on O ship
about to make port. There was the
hustle and anxiety of the nervous wo-
man who fears that something will
happen to interfere with the proper
discharge of her luggage. Then there
was the man in hurry, who walked
the deck impatiently, as if he thought
he could have driven the steamer at
greater speed II he had been asked tC
help. and the man whose luggage
must be put off first was with US. But
the most important of all the universal
types was the man who had been there
before. He was here, there, every.
where. He formed one OF every group.
He waylaid the lonely passenger and
informed him that the appearance OF
the water indicated our approach to
tae islands.
"There!" exclaimed man who had
been there before, pointing ahead.
"There is the gem of the EARTH"
A hazy cloud could be seen in the
distance, telling of the presence there
Of high mountains.
Mercy" calculated the nervous
woman. care those mountains all
yolcauoes?"
"No, madam" bla ndly replied the
man who had been there before, glad
of an opportunity to once more instruct
his audience. "The large volcanoes,
Of which you have doubtless read, are
not on the island OF Oahu, toward
which we are speeding. Two are Oh
the island of Hawaii, the largest OF
the kingdom. The largest crater OF
all, though now extinct, is Haleakala,
on Maui. The mountains which you
see now were volcanoes long ago, but
are now covered vita verdure, and
hold. ready for the hunters rifle,
plenty OF beasts"
Goodness gracious" again e1.
claimed the nervous woman. Don't
they swoop down on Honolulu and eat
up the inhabitants"
"No," replied the man who had been
there before, apologetically. "They
never swoop, and they eat mostly
grass. They are wild cattle which
have probably escaped years ago from
the plantations.
"We arc learning something" said
Gordon. with laugh.
I've shaft E5ow oil about Homo
lulu," she said. cit is better than
going into place an utter stranger"
"There is Cocoa Head" said the
man who had been there before. "See
that promontory to the south? That
is it. Now, in two hours, at this
speed, We ought to see Diamond
Point, then Honolulu itself. Ah,
what a place that is! The gem Of the
footstool"
With strong glasses We could dis
Germ trees and rocks and hills. Here
and there We could see white, shining
houses on the plantations. The man
who knew oil about it said he coIld
| see moving Cinnamon, Portuguese and
others working IN the fields. No one
else could, bat, then, We had not been
there before. But We were getting
nearer very rapidly.
"There's Diamond Point" shouted
he of the experience. ''In three hours
| more we will be in Honolulu Bay"
"I would like to avail myself OF
your knowledge OF Honolulu" said
Gordon, to the man who had been
| there before. Il nm total stranger
there. and would ask what hotel would
serve me best-a hotel cAcap but
good"
"No, no." I said hastily. Gordon,
you must come with ns to the p!an:G-
ton and make it your home until -ou
have some settled plan to follow. :"
"Now, Warringford," replied Cor
don, "don't tempt me. 1t would not
do. thanS you thousand times Tor
your kindness, but cannot allow my
self to accept. have come to Homo
lulu expecting to piow my own way,
and must do it.
The man who knew it all gave mo q
witherins glance, as though my inter
ference was direct usugpation OF his
rights. And he hastoaed to reply to
| Gordon, lest some other interlopcr