Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-07-26

water mark; by flashing my torch,
soon read in small black letters, Yacht
Halcyon, San Francisco" Vow re
membered. for the first time, that only
two boats had returned to the yacht.
after the last trip of the smugglers. AZ
the time we had doubtless observcdI
the fact, but, owing to our excitement,
had made no mental note of the miss
ing boat.
Here was luck, which would permit
exploration of the bay as well as the
entrance from the sea. In jffy the
boat was righted: we found the oars
and rudder beneath, together with two
lanterns. three miners picks and as
many shovels.
Luck, indeed! Anan was capering
With delight: was Obliged to shake
him before Re would help ME launch
the boat.
oh! Roddy. we're all right! These
picks and shovels are a dead give
away!-we'll soon open that cache
now!-if we don't I'll give you sugar
plantation for wedding present.
and there he was, dancing and grin.
ming at me from the edge of the lava.
Nov. let up that, Anan! and climb
in here" | said impatiently, "d'yCu
think I'm to pull this boat through
that suck Of water, yonder by myself?
Come. we've no time to spare, so gel
an oar and bend your back"
Before pulling for the entrance we
carefully examined the entire edge OF
the crescent and the side walls OF the
; great chamber; but we found no avail
able lurking places for struggled goods
In The smooth, sinuous lava.
Then we lay straight for the en-.
trance, at a place where the band OF
silvery daylight narrowed to a steel
blue point; this was where judged the
smugglers had entered. was not mis-
taken: as we came toward 1t, end on,
could feel the insweep of the water
oppose our strokes. as though We
pulled against a cable; then. calling
sharply to Anan, glanced over my
] shoulder for our bearing, and, bracipS
] our feet, we bent four oars until the
: water snapped from the blades, like
E breaking glass.
s The strain was fearfully hard but Il
4 lasted only thirty seconds, when we
e dashed through a cloud of prismaiic
. spray and lay in the dark-green swell
of the in.sea, within the broad shadow
r OF the lava shelf, which fell ten metres
e beyond us. Even here we occasional
d ly resorted to our oars to prevent thu
n boat being carried back. As we looked
e upwards the setting sun cast a shat
| OF chromatic light across the mis-
@ cloud floating above this unnamed rio
e In the sea.
v why, that's as easy as ducks
n cried Anan, as he wiped mis- wet fore
Il head and warm face.
n II wish to heaven we had somethinl
@ to drink-Im dry, after all this"
!. said.
s What will you have. Roddy. whisky
or water? Come, let's drink the smug
, glers health" he cried in his lIppan
, way.
Don't be giddy. Anan." said I; 'bu
, really, I'd have both, If we only ha'
= them"
, With this he dived into his blue
, cloth blouse and pulled out two good
sized Chinese TASKS, one of which n
held up with the comment, water
: then the other saying, whisky"
while you were stripping yoursel
. in the tunnel for work. he said, witt
a a twinkle in his eye, II was busy fiil
:. ing my pockets with these soothers f.
accidental thirsts, even encountered
sometimes, by men who claim to h.
better than their fellows. Do you haV'
. such thirsty reformers in California
Roddy?--Ive turned them up by tn
dozen. during my ten years in Tia
: vail"
DO we?-O, here, Anan! I'm not NJ
IN questions of casuistry; leave sucl
, discussions to illogical men and emu
,!cnaI women-come, pass me bot!
" ausR3, will you?-There, pun the boo
CIT If that suck, SO I can drink"
u After the heat and toll OF the pa5
' hour, we were greatly refreshed by on
double draught. We now let the ooa
A slip through the bedlam-tongued wa
~ trrs into the black lava mouth, wh!cl
swallowed us and the uproar with
~ gulp; and We soon found ourselve
~ standing again on the shore Of the Lwt
" light bay.
We pulled the boat well upon III
70 lava, and at once began a systema,'
l search. Wherever darkness lurked u
~ the chamber we thoroughly explored
N but found the smooth circuit wall
v complete. The great lateral pressure
y caused by the conhux of molten la"
at the shor6.llne, had plainly oblitera'
N ed all infiowing streams, except tina
II forming the tunnel by which we ha
n entered: this had ploughed Its her
q pathway intact, relieving the trench
u dous pressure when it broke throuS
e, the food and plunged into the sea-
n When We reached the entrance
C. the crescent.shaped tunnel, leading L
IS the upper chamber, ! sent Anan for
c pick with which to sound walls arr
8 floor. as we went. The tunnel in IN
:, crescent was formed of peculiar s'iS
Is like lava, which had been probabC
v caused by the pressure eXerted up"'
In