The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-12

Great, thus sepulchered in long years,
by supernatural hands The bones
could be none other, for with them lay
the rare and priceless crown of pulama
lama coral, sacred to roy atty and tabu
to all else beside. A hollow groan is
sued out of the-I woke up. How
glad I was to know it was all dream.
This comes of listening to the legend
of the noble chief-of reading those Iy
ing dream revelations-of allowing my
self to be carried away by the wild
beauty of Kilauea at midnight-of
gorging too much pork and beans for
supper. And so I turned over and fell
asleep again-and dreamed the same
dream precisely as before; followed the
same phantom guide-'blazed'' my
course-arrived at the grim chamber
overturned the massy stone-beheld the
regal crown and the decaying bones of
the great King.
woke up and reflected long upon this
curious and singularly vivid dream and
finally muttered. to myself '"This-this
is becoming serious" 1 fell asleep
again and again. 1 dreamed the same
dream without single variation. I
slept no more but tossed restlessly in
bed and longed for daylight. And when
it came L wandered forth and descend
ed to the wide plain in the crater.
said to myself 81 am not superstitious
but if there is anything in that dying
woman'S prophecy 1 am the instrument
appointed to unraveI the ancient mys-
terry" AS l walked along 1 even half
expected to see my solemn guide step
out from nook in the lofty wall and
beckon me to come on. At last when
reached the place where had first seen
him in my dream 1 recognized every
object and there, winding
down among the blocks and the frag-
ments of lava, L saw the very trail I
had traversed in my vision. l re-
solved to traverse it again, come what
might L wondered if, in my unreal
journey, I had ''blazed" my way, so
that it would stand the test of stern
reality, and thus wondering, a chill
went to my heart when I came to the
first stony projection I had broken off
in my dream and the fresh new frac-
ture and the dismembered fragment ly-
ing on the ground. My curiosity rose
up and banished all fear and I hurried
along as fast as the rugged nature of
the trail would allow me. I looked for
my other "blazes" and found them; |
all its turnings, walked in the light !
that assembled from the glowing fur |
1aces visible far below, sweated in the !
close, hot atmosphere and breathed the !
sulphurous smoke-and at last stood .
hundreds of feet beneath the floor of |
<ilauea, in the ruined chamber and in
he presence of the mysterious boulder.
This is no Dream 1 said, this is a
Ia IT,, - > |
Natural and it becomes not me to longer
eason, conjecture, suspect, but blindly
o obey the impulses given me by the
unseen power that guides me- / NOV
d with slow and reverent step toward
he stone and bore against it. It gave
to the pressure. 1 brought
ny full might and strength to bear and
urged against it. It yielded again but
was so enfeebled by the toiisome
Quincy that 1 could not overthrow it.
rested a little and raised the edge of
he boulder by a strong. steady push
nd placed a small stone under it TO
eep it from sinking back into its place.
rested again and then repeated the
recess. Before long I had added
bird prop and had got the edge of the
oulder considerably elevated. The
abor and the close atmosphere to-
ether were so exhausting, however,
hat I was obliged to lie down then and
my strength by a longer sea
on OF rest. And so, hour after hour l
ibored, growing more and more weary.
Ut still upheld by a fascination which
felt was infused into me by the in
isible powers whose win I was work
lg. AT last concentrated my strength
| final effort and the stone rolled
ON its foundation.
I can never forget the overpowering
ense OF awe that sank down on my
1irit at that moment. After a due
ause to prepare myself with due form
nd uncovered head, l slowly turned
" gaze till it rested on the spot where
lie great King had lain. There weren't
ny bones there. I just said to myself.
Well if this amt the infernalist swim