The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23
ROMANCE Of
SOUTH SEAS
How Horace Hold
enFared Among
Savages.
CONTINUED from Last Week.

The character of the inhabitants
much resembles that of the island it
self. Cowardly and servile, yet most
barbarous and cruel they combine, In
their habits, tempers and dispositions,
the most disgusting and loaInsome fea-
lures that disgrace humanity. And
what may be regarded as remarkable
1he female portion of the inhabitants
outstrip the men in cruelty and saw
age depraVity; so much so, that we
were frequently indebted to the tender
mercies Of the men for escapes from
death at the hands of the women The
Incidence of the natives, which not
even fear Of starvation can rouse 10
eNertion. prevents their undertaking
the least toll, although a little labor,
well applied, might be made to render
them infinitely more comfortable.
Strange as it may appear, it is new
ertheless true, that, Notwithstanding
they are in this miserable condition,
with no prospect of it ever being i'm
proved, they are of the opinion that
they are highly favored. This can be
accounted for ia no other way than
by the fact, that they are entirely ig-
norant of all that lies beyond the mar
row limits of their observation. They
know nothing of any other portion of
the globe, than the mere speck of bar
rem land upon which by some accident
they were thrown, and where they re-
main, to drag out a Wretched existence.
Their traditions do not extend further
back than about hundred years; and,
10 their simple minds, it seems like
splendid effort of mind to be able to
relate, with tolerable accuracy, the
time-hallowed stories told them by
their parents. Whether they could in
any way be improved by instruction, is
question which it would be difficult
TO answer. They seem to be doomed
CT ETlr in
the chain that connects our race with
the mere animal part of the creation
CHAPTER VIII.
We were captured and taken to the
island December 6. 1892; and on the
third day of February, 1888, two
months, wanting three days, Captain
Barnard and Bartlett Rollins effected
their escape. Compared with the re-
snainder of our captivity, our priva-
tons and sufferings up to that tim
were less severe. But at no time d.
we have sufficient food to satisfy In
cravings of hunger. The very crumbs
that fall from an ordinary table would
have been to us a luxury; the SWINE OF
America are better fed than we were,
on the most fortunate day of our resi-
dence upon that island.
1t was on the day above mentioned
that ship was discovered a short dis
tance from the island, and the natives
Immediately collected and prepared to
go to it. in order to obtain iron, or
some other articles or value. Hope
once more visited us. To escape was,
Of course, our strong desire and inten-
tion. Accordingly, when the canoes
put off we attempted to go. Our saw
age masters interposed their authority,
and by menaces and blows prevented
us. Many of us We're severely beaten,
and an but two We're detained by the
brutal force of the savages. At length
CAPTAIN Barnard and Rollins, after
being severely beaten, were allowed to
accompany the natives to the ship, and
succeeded in effecting their escape.
Trusting to the humanity Of the cap
tain and crew we for some time con-
fidently expected that they would con-
trive some way Of enabling us to join
rheur. They were in sight three hours;
Mt one time they were so near that we