The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-18
SLEPT BESIDE A VOLCANO.
sEQt H. TOaYiNkEE TtRS FIRST
TASTE o. SAM.


Il orcr spent a day and u night right at
the mouth Of a toiliug. bubbling volcano
20 and nc crater WaS real busy a, the time.
at that without knowing anything ston'
IL remarked a New Yorker. Who nut ~ u
ooupl' uf cruises a. y chief Petty "fhcrr
IN the uit~i states Navy
And that probably where YOU picked
up this smoking hab of your. choru-,d
h.. listeners
Pact, n~e,cr,h.lcsS-a whole day and
n night ~ clos. tu the oriiicr OF IN" OF me
-iz2linrr~t volcanoes IN the world tha'
Cuuld ave tossed a biscuit right dow 10
--r-to the place Of hot Finishes, and yet
] diin't Eno~ any NOR about u than a
SNOW bird until II was all over | was
~iAi 81. and ~crr-rjuenily all out"
'Saki ed II a cut" word" put In on"
Of the listeners. What kin il II to shang-
hai.f'-
The voicano.- went on the ex-taT. ignor-
ing the question. was the Burning lake OF
kllsura. which IL the I'D" partner OF tho
big Toy Mauna Ioa. on the main island
81 Hawaii Before ! get int" the swing
- telling YOU p+nple how sr-snt n day and
a night alongside kilauea without lring
In anywise next to the situation. ] want
To- mention an os'rie Sort ~ coincidence IN
the matter Of name- In connection with TIE
Martinique eruption.
The volcano that did the business for
ST. Pierre l. callcd Mont Pelce. 'Pel@r'
is a traight French word The kanaka
goddess Who II surpassed NV the natiN"
Hawaiians tn preside over all the Hawaiian
vulcano,s j. the Goddrs- Pole- pronounced
by the kanakas scientifically ~ the French
pronounce p.lee' Which hits IN. AZ being
an d sort Of thing
The Hawaiian kanakas still believe
implicitly in the power Of the Goddess
P-s over the volcanoes. They believe
that when She angry the volcanoes ara
due To rrnp,. and IN the old days, before
tho Chri-tianizing ~ Hawaii, the kanakas
living on the main ISLAND of Hawai- had a
cheerful little practice 81 chucking a few
dozen uf their relatives into the fiery crater
of Kilau.a every once in a while. a. sacrifices
vhsrewith 20 propitia,e the threatening
Guldes- Pelc. There are even stories that
such sacrifices hav. been made within the
rast tr,ou'v year although I'm not Nuuch-
iug for fn1'
Nov a. % how hiilues happened to 500
mo without my seeing kilauea u Nas m
lsaS. and tho American man-o'war on
board which I was such an Loot
an apprentice boy from a square case Of
Asiatic cholera while living in the harbor
~ Honolulu.
QUICK fumig eating and othcr measures
kept the hoicra from sweeping tn" ship
and none Of the other hands went down
with II, but III. fact hat We'd had a death
from 4, on board settled ~ all 20 far n our
lrIng Permitted 80 GO ashore m Honolulu
was concerned We had To up and anchor
! and cruise all around the ISLANDS. aud II
was nearly thfe. months h"for. cher
| officers or mN1 g.! ia" ship w.r" permitted
20 make landing.
Nv hen this long period ~ quarantine was
nm. We found ourselves In the ruadst"ai 81
UiIr. and that's whrr" "" got our first
| chance to stretch our less after being crsmp-
81 w on board for such a merctl"ss length
Of time
6r-, liberty gang allowed 10 hi ~" i-H,h.
/ and about forty Of NJ mai" up a parry 10
Ak. ~. stage rli" ~ ~" hrihk "i hlihu'a'
where the Merry ci"r - NJ. t"iu me
, ~ about myself A. hilHUra vh"r ] met
Tim IN Honolulu later ~ k'.ps ia" Nnlcato
u.u-r. vIth the h"lu ot his rr'iv daugh'"t-
I met ~. pretty daughters al-o. later on.
amt he things they Old ~" about me al
k.au'a dldu' ~erN" 70 NAV" W" r'u'A up
| afNH .
we had a thrcc-day shore liberty and
the forty uf III chartered NN' stag" Coad lies
'u 20 M to kIlau"a W" ~"r, u" -'ar' on
'hn 'rp nm ~Non after hitting the beach on
| the following morning
4 -ron, ihr night teforr going ashore
nu that ,c,a-u,u m meditation and ~ max
ing swell rp-Hlut iun- III tsT'u on ih" l."
wagon Tor nearly a ve1I ami "ah,"i u"
-iav with II, ana 90 -lie-t'r IN" 'rg' d"ubl"
lplU-. aud al "a" rst ~ e..
4 knew that forty drrpsHter men hat
hadn't t-.n GA the beach for 4 matter OF
nearly TIRES. mouths were ~urr golns u"
do a whole lot ~ Indian work frnm the
minute thew hpptsd ~ he steam cutter.
and mad. uu my mind that Ia ht them
"A, ali Of A.. uruTtry .iuf. vhtl" III de- ito
heavy i,cuih.d hu-.nss- and Il" on hand 20
-tung hem over theti lag heads when they
cainc to,
,he nighi l-.fnre and I went tn sl,cp chuck
Ing over the WaN wd~ going =" ~'H' h'lttI"a
nu the morrow. vh,Ic ia" rsi ~ en- vputin Z
lp able 10 So" awning
When the party made the leach ia" newt
morning al hands -~,a0uIrrod ~ W" rum
.ri!m Of a Gt'-'k nsw'i Ivcurg1~ 10
nurrhas. n couple ~ quarts oi wipe each
!, last thrn IN "a" ride up SWISS = a
combination. 'hcy toll me, - wool alcohol
-v., ch"wirg tobacco and lava IuloT',
aud u sIre has c',ou. im' ~" ~ iI"s that
,bos. fellows -rfy.yl ont g. ins' thru ON 'h'lr
ride wasn't ~ ~ With tn" sun iha' ! hk" a
iay. went M aRatrs'
Wa regarding nv -%hiptuJ'"- and 'h"ir
purchases witt a sui- riur Gr'u "u"n IN''f-
gis harkccp. an American. asked M ~
va,rF iu uu ne ~v'is ih'N ] ''ld hiW
that thrf, would - nothing dong u ''di
I'm. fur nine 'hir D. Nu- 80" I"f ~" h'gi'T
and rohLr u''il tho vini-up - my "1ii-"
Go.-l TO-. -a.d ~" taI h'rU. without
Inc uulycr OF , mI-rl" But N"u nd
-Dr,thiiE -ut' o. Wet to cool vuur-"f ~
nn ~. ride up The fr-t spr.ug tN"IN"
mile. M and n &C. pr'f'r -'l'rN nnd SUI
injury a. vuu e. along toward il" burning
Lake gu-ssr III IT, YOU Tor aipu' a '"uPi"
% quartz e saAi, h"N'
SAX III heard - whole lot about saki
he jap ricc vine. a. they "all y a'.d ld
uevct issu mp agai'-t o.
Too Iol'y. t-n'i u. f"r a man riding
tho wafer carr
NiN. ~. -aId The isit tr"p, and didn
know uniiI a'''rward mat 'h" h'a"kgunrt
was vinkiug NJ the ret ~ tho hur'h when
wasn't lupkiug Why ~aki- doi" Tor
Young n.y. Jap Kid drink ~ instead 81
milk Ia-ie~ liz. ia" CurTsnt vii" Nouf
aunt I-.d 10 make. unlS IL even NOR"
harmless han that u Drown 10" hurst
aud vuu1l hsv" uu" - 'h"." l"i"r" YOU g"'