The sun., 1902-01-12

ever occurred In the Hs wa iian Islands,
there never were such doings as then and
there ensued in Lycurgus lane, Hilo. AT
FIRST Il was all fist work. but when the lime
juioers, borne back In spite Of their over
whelnlfng numbers began TO hurl rocks,
the Americans took 10 that game, too. and
they went the Britishers one better by
tearing the weather boards of Lycurgus' 8
shse for use 4, as weapons p,9i ,.uo, a..,n.s.
was 80 terrific that il was plainly heard
by the watches remaining on the American
and the British warshlps. which were an.
chored not far from the shore. The hall
of the chips company remaining on board
In progress from the noise, but they had no
apprehension OF the outcome until some
thing happened. The something that hap
pened was the Jap dog. The dog had es-
on the sharks with which the haibor is in
tested, had leaped into the water and swum
out TO the ship. arc ound which he ctrcied
like pilot fish, bar king fur;ously.
There's something doing-our bunch
are in tight place and the dog e co me
10 each other. and down the after anchor
chains they went like rats and swum Tor
the beach. II was plain case OF jumping
ship and severely punishable as such,
II the honest truth were known, II IA to be
doubted whether the offlcers wanted 10
stop them Inside Of FIVE minutes after the
Jap dog had first swum out to the ship
and set up his barking there weren't enough
men left on the gunboat 70 spread mess
gear. The dog swan To the beach with the
last man that splashed into the water from
the anchor chains.
The dog. however, had only imagined
that the Americans on the beach were get
ting the worst of the mix-up. They were
easily holding their own, and better, against
more then double their number, and when
the port watch from the United States ship
broke upon the scene OF conflict there wasn't
really much for them 70 do, except to form
a sort OF reserve party behind their mates:
Now, the remaining watch, 26O men. OF
the British ship had seen the American
watch sliding down the after anchor chains
and they weren't to be outdone. They didn't
reflect that there were still more British
tars on the beach than American, but they
took TO the anchor chains themselves. Most
of them jumped the ship 70 get into the
shore fracas.
Thus the Americans were again more
than doubly outnumbered. However. they
didn't know that until later, and they
wouldn't have been bothered any II they
had known it. The fight ragged all night.
The Kanaka Chief OF Police of Hilo sworee
in 100 Kanaka deputies TO establish order.
The sailors either tucked these deputies
under theif arms and carried them down
TO the beach, where they chucked them ialo
the sea, or they hurled them to the top Of
huts and sheds. where the deputies were
glad to perch for safety.
When the morning broke. thu Americans
had driven thu lime juicers TO the point
where the long uphill road to the Burning
Lake Of Kilauea begins, and an hour after
daylight the British tars scattered in panic
and took, in disorder, TO the mountains
The Americans took after them and pursued
them all that day, driving many OF them
TO the chilly levels several thousand ieet
above the sea They'd have chased them
all the way TO the top Of the volcano OF
Mauna Loa. which is nearly $4,000 feet above
sea-level. If they could have done II without
breaking their three-day liberty
The American tars drifted back TO hio
twontv-fCur hours after tho fraCas started,
formed together, signslled to the ship Tor
the earl cutter, and returned TO the gun
boat in good order The Jap dog was in he
first launch-load that returned to the ship,
and he wore, tied neatly around his head
the cap Of British petty officer, while the
rating badge of British chief DO sun S mat 9
was mucilaged on his back There WASH I
a single man missing when the launch made
it's last trir from the beach. Most Of the men
were ready 20 turn into their haminocbs,
and all of them had some Kind of n brlise,
cash, gouge or spraln 10 show Tor the scrap
but they were all there
The British sailors were stragglnE back
20 their fip for eight days, and there were
several that didn't get back at all before
the cruisers departure from Hio harb"r.
Every once in while. for several years
after that great scrap. story would reach
Hilo that wild white man lad been seen
scooting through the Jungle brush few
miles above the town
Hes probably one ~ those English
men % wars men that didn't get back,
the Hilo folks would say when the story
was sprung
One night. about eight wears ago. three
American men wars men dropped INTO
a saloon in Hakodate. Japan, kept 10y a
former United States hlucJackct Already
In the saloon were about dozen stfappng
German men-O'-NaT's men from "A ship that
had been safeguarding German interests
Ia Samoa These German sailors Lad "A
few months before formed part Ci hDert v
party from their ship that had received "A
hard trouncng IN Apia AT the hands - "A
liberty party from the AmerlC an War-itp
in the karbor, and 20. naturally enough.
they had no ure for the Amrucan drt-I-
water uniform Tie biggest man among
the German sailor- tad one ELglrl word
~ hi vocabulary. 1lat word va -ra--.s.
and be- k"pt repeating u sE""unE'N to ~"
thre" American tar, Who we're ialNnR q"
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