Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-12
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heard for a month or more sings n
few strains, with that sweet. falling |
cadence of which he alone has the Sc.
cret, From a bushy tract, where fire
has blackened everything, a chewink
speaks his name, and then falls to re.
peating peculiarly jaunty variation
Of the family name. Dignity Is hardly
the chewink's strong point. Now al
field sparrow gives out measure.
There Is an artist! Few can excel
him. many make more show. Like the
vesper sparrow. he has gift of sweet
and holy simplicity. And what can
be better than that? Overhead. hurry
ing with might and main towards thel
woods. flies crow, with four king
birds after him. Perhaps he suffers
for his own misdeeds: perhaps for
those OF his own race. All crows look
alike to kingblrds, suspect.
This. and much beside. while rest
in the shade of pine. taking the beau
~ of the clouds and listening to the
wind in tho tree tops. The best part
of every ramble is the part that es-
capes the notebook. Once a year, at
least. must visit the great swamp in
Cambridge, one of the institutions of
the city, as distinctive, not to say as
famous. as the university itself.
AT the present minute | am think
ing especially of that enthusiastic.
wise.hearted, finely gifted. greatly Ia
mented nature-lover, Frank Bolles,
whom | met here for the first time one
evening when IL was too dark to see
his face. We had come on the same
Grand to watch the strange aerial ev-
olu;ions of the April snipe. Who
could have supposed then that he
would be dead so soon, and the world
so much the poorer?
swamp ornithology is mainly a
matter of 'car-sight'. This venerable
chestnut tree, with It's deeply furrow
ed. shadow.haunted, lichen-covered
bark of soft, lovely grays and grayish
greens. is as stately and handsome as
ever. How often have stopped to ad-
mire 1t, summer and winter. especially
light gives II beauty beyond the
reach of words. Many time | have
gone out of my way to see 1t, as ]
would have gone to see some remem-
bered landscape by great painter.
There is no feeling proud In such
company. Anything that can stand
still and grow, filling its allotted place
and contented to I'LL II, IL enough to
put our futile human restlessness to
the blush. The wind has long ago
blown away some of its branches, but
II does not mind. II Is busy with its
years work. ! see the young burrs.
no bigger than the end of my little
| finger. When the nuts are ripe the
tree will let them fall and think no
more about them. How different from
a man! When he does good thing. II
lby chance he ever does, he must put
his hands behind his ears In hopes to
hear somebody praising him. Noun
tains and trees make me humble.
feel like poor relation"
How true is this of the real nature
lover!
"And although | go on mentioning
particulars, flower. a bird birds
note, II is none of these that am real
ly enjoying. It Is the day-the bright
ness and the quiet, and the comfort of
q perfect temperature"
Yes; and more than this. the sense
OF oXisting-"enjoying" his soul as
Whitman has II.
Hawaiian residents are convinced OF
this:
Great Is weather, No man is to
blame for talking about II, unless his
talk Is twaddle. Out.of.door people
know that few things are more impor-
tant."
i Speaking Of choke-berries:
MY country.bred taste is pretty
catholic In matters of this kind, but 1t
extends not to choke-berries. They
should be eaten by campaign orators
as a check upon fiuency.
Not far down the road are three
roughly dressed men,-of the genus
tramp, II read the signs arisht.- =
coming towards me; and notice with
pleasure that when they reach the
narrow wooden bridge over the brook
they turn aside as by a common i'm
pulse. to lean over the rail- and look
down into the water. When ! get
there shall do the same tbing. So
will every man that comes along, un.
less he happens TO be on business.
Running water is one of the uni