The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-24
ACCUSTOMED SPREE.

down on the main island of Hawaii OF /
the Hawaiian group. reminds me of an
expedition made about four years aga
by a bunch of bluejackets from my ship
TO Kiiauea. the burning lake about /
three-qaarteTs Of the way up to the vol /
canOs crest" said naval officer now !
on Washington duty
The burning lakeof Kilauea is always /
active and doing business, and 1t was de- F.,
cided TO give all hands shore liberty in
order that they might have a /
chance TO take the really fine trip up to
the lake OF fire-whiclb ny the way, is
lust about as close a resemblance TO our
ideas of the hot-hnishing place as any
thing ever want TO see.
Word WAS passed around the ship
forard that liberty would be given al
IIilo. and you can picture the hilarity OF
4 crew that had been sewed up on board
without liberty for matter of nearly
hree months.
Every man had three months pay
saved up on the books. and. although the
'dea wasn't expressed in so many
words, this expedition to the hurnins
lake OF kilauea was devised and intend
I'd 10 be about the most colossal drunk
tho history of that ships company.
The men went about smacking their
lips in anticipation, and it was dead
easy to see that they intended to apply
aot and rebellious rum to their blood
rom the beginning of their liberty to
the end thereof
THE whole starboard watch, about
l50 men. went ashore about seven
o'clock In the morning, and just about
our minutes after the gang hit the
beach each man had two big bottles
slowed in the slack of his mastering
shirt, to be consumed on the ride UP 20
the burning lake.
THE master-at-arms assembled the
whole gang at the livery stable az
ailo whence the start was to be immadi
lately made. When the bluejackets
reached the stable no man had mora
than three Or four drinks under his belt.
IN account Of the necessarily hurried
preparations for the start.
| eat Tie. livery stable they found IA
nice-look;ng American young women
waiting for buses to take them UP 70
The burning lake.
Now, these bluejackets hadn't seen
American women for long time, ami
1 The sight Of them was good for sore eyes.
/ T'1ey all saw at O1ce that as the young
women-they were all school-teachers
| from Detroit, Cleveland and Cincin-
I nett who had dubbed together for a
! Faeation In Hawaii--were bound up To
he burning lake, the projected drunk
would sure have to be called off for the
present
''The master-at-arms who was going
along, passed the WORT around to this eft
feet. and then remarkable thing hap
9ened. Every jack in the bunch
IL bluejackets deposited his two bot
les IN a corner of the livery stable, sub
Iect to claim when he should return to
ailo from the trip up to the burning
AXE The men had intended to blast
holeB IA the sugar plantations on the ride
up, and sueh-like, but, ont Of deferenca
b the young women from their own
land. they simply passed the drink up.
"Tha seven hour trip to the Volcano
House. which sits close To the edge Of tbs
burning lake was made by'those school
teachers under circumstances which
they are not likely to forget, fer they had
I'll the way a defere 1tial gang Of Isl
;trapping American bluejackats. VIII,
Kept their distance and yet performed
Ill sorts of kindnesses for the American
, girls
Not drop did man of them drinl
| hat day or the following day. on th'
: afternoon of which they escorted III
B young women back to Hilo, after al
/ hands had seen the appalling lake o
i ire.
when the young women left tn
: buses at Hilo the spokeswoman Of III
+ party made a neat little talk, thankin
e hem for their knightly conduct, tellin
y hem that their noble behavior towar
a women in strange land had complete
0 Y upset all their preconceiyed notion
s rs TO sea-wanderers ashore, and a
It hat sort of thing
THE iackies grinned during th
1t ipeech of the little lady, and some {
le hem winked solerlnly at each othe
a 4 boats crew was made up to row I'll
d ,arty of girls off to the steamer thu
N vas waiting to take them back to Hol
)lulu.
re THE young won IN were no SOON
luit Of Hilo beach than that postpon'
trunk began TO happen. For three sol
lays Hilo became sort Of Cripp
n Creek, Devils Gulch and Deadwot
ss oiled into one. T gang simply tor
OF he town apart an fired volley ov
or t. They put the cops on the run. al
NJ , hundred special officers, Kanaks
or we're sworn in to preserve order.
y. Twenty minute after they'd he
w sworn in the blueja kets heard OF It. Al
az hen the whole lay nut OF Kanaka ms
,hals took to the 7 ountains and stay
-. here till 1t was all over. Chain guar
ler If marines were s@nt ashore from /
IS ,hips to gather In the riotous gang, l
W. the sea soldiers no sooner hit the bea
Ell han they Joined I gay, glad thro
nS VI blueiackats, and the devil was to =
IA ,gre enough
MT aA+ ~ a,,J ~ th-aa aa,s .ho oh
lto port watch was sent ashore to gather
he whooping starboard watch. and