The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-21

streak of fire and g shout from the
driver There she is, look at her
coming down the hill" It was appal-
ling and as we drew nearer grew in
size, and the wonder of 1t all grew
with it.
Night was turned into day and lamps
were not needed on the carriage. When
we reached the flow there We're two
carriages ahead of us and a number
of persons who had made the trip on
horseback Fifty or more had footed it
for rniies and among them We're Ha-
waifans and Japanese and one lone Chi
nese. There was a perfect babel OF
tongues when anything new and start
ling took place and suggestions as to
source. cause and effect were as nu-
merous as there were individuals max
ing them.
At the end of the road where the
forty feet high. A black mass with
millions of twinkling lights which made
one think of well-lighted cities. AT
times and in places these twinklers
would enlarge suddenly and become a
tumble of living Goals. Far down the
slope toward the sea this black mass
extended snake-like, moving, wrig-
Cling and deafening in its noise.
GAsPAR's RECKLESS DARING.
In the crowd that had preceded our
carriage was John Gaspar, small
farmer and owner of livery rigs In
Napoopoo. John is as familiar with
lava, alive and dead, as anyone, so he
did not restrain himself when the
spirit moved him to ascend the flow
which at the moment seemed to have
subsidized He declared his intention K
go and have look and see where tht
roar came from. Mounting the mass
to the top he waved his hat and call
ed for someone with camera to tak'
/ his picture. None forthcoming, he re
marked upon the heat and came GOVT
to earth. Less than ten minutes late
/ the black lava frightened, grea
/ boulders were forced from the side ant
| the place where Gaspar had stood fel
in. The flow was widening and w
broke for cover fifty yards further bacl
on the road. If anyone could nav
! seen Gaspar's face out of the glare
the burning lava he would probaoi.
have observed picture of ghost.
SIGHTSEEING MULTITUDE.
/ Returning from the flow on Frida.
! we met all sorts and conditions Of mel
and women trekking to the outbreak
! We saw many who were making thel
/ scene and they seemed as enthusiast
as we were on our first visit. Which
was just ending. Employers OF iapo
| gave their men time because it wa
i impossible to get them to work. Prac
| tically all of the japanese on the kon
/ plantation took time and left for Tn
/ flow, many of them on foot. There wa
i no elet-up to the excitement and tn
people were taking advantage of tn
s opportunity which nature had brough
i to their doors. :.
1 TX Nahale has no pronounced fat
in kahunaism, but he stated on Frlda
4 that he had secured white rooste
and was going up to the flow as 500
as he could get away. Just what eHes
the rooster will have upon Madam Eel
remains to be seem Natives peleVe i
Will be instrumental in stopping u
| fow. and fearing that this may De &c
!. case parties interested in the liver
, business are buying up all of the Wnl'
: fowls within thirty miles of the no
/ and killing them. They seem to lnin
! they know a good thing when they s.
Il If hanging. around, so that it is "tWel
RI ty.fhree'' for the bird with Whi
, feathers.
THE RETURN TRIP.
{ Arriving at Kailua Friday afternoo
r I had a coed rest and caught the Noes
3 in the morning for home, making Y
5 Trim from Honolulu to the flow, getlli
9 overland one hundred and twenty-o'
! miles. in five days, reaching the q
g yesterday morning.
An excursion party of twenty-oi
: from Kohala were on the Noeau I
: turning from the trip. They had e
t loved themselves every moment OF y
0 fine. and when they left the steam
thew gave three cheers for the Vi
: GERS. On shore Captain peterson "
: informed that anothr party would wa
Z the steamer at that place next u
A number of Hamakua residents wan
ed to go with the Kohala peol9ie' y
: The steamer had not the accolnmod
n tons.
!, The source of the flow has lot pc
:. definitely settled George McDous'
= was to make an attempt to reach
: s,ot with Kanaanana, a native CO
hoy. from Papa or IN that VICINITY !
q has been driving cattle and was at a
, ertv on Friday. It was expected IN
. would leave Saturday on the sesaIen
: J. T. STACKER