Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-08-24
GAYS EXPERIENCE
WAS NOT GAY
Wandering Forty Hours
Without Food Or
Drink

between Huhuuia sheep rahch anu
the Volcano House. from Monday
morning of last week till Wednesday
n fternoon. without food. without
shelter. and with only such water
no could he squeezed from the moss
and form. was the fate of Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Cav of Kauai.
Mr.. and Mrs. GAY left the Parker
ranch nm Monday morning of last
week Sam Parker having given them
n boy os Guide. II was their inten-
,iop tn cut across country I'm AS
cam uouse. where they proposed TO
remain for at least \ week.
II was not long. however. before
tho puide lost the trail and the par-
tv of three was wandering between
Mama Kea and Mauna Loa endeav-
orinp to get hack ON the right track,
In doing this they had to go over
ilops and lava. prettv rough travel al
any time. hut more especially so
whom the demands or both hunger
and thirst became apparent
uoninp against bone ,hev cy-
nected IN get through tha first night
lint darkness cominp nm thev wore
oom,.,led IN comn nut EortunotaIv
tbe night MS also the succeeding one.
w,s warm On ,bere wos M susrerinp
from cold Each of the marty was ON
borseboct and thev also had , n,ck
horse Hunger was HARDLY roticed
lbut tho hangs of thirst soon became
boo, aud tho opIv why IN ouopch
than was nv looking into the trunks
of fallen trees for decoyed wood.
from which drons or w,ter ware
soueezed and strained through a
handkerchief In tho same,wov the
mooe wos souoezed aud opougb Iiou,J
obtained tn moisten their tonpues
land Inns and partiplIv assuape their
Thirst
Tuesday morning come with M re-
llief In sight but tbe puide went off
I'm different directions looking for
the trail that was never found. In
I
horse that was in the hest condition.
, that ridden bv Nrs Cav who had
! remained still IN different places
while her husband and the guide ra-
. dated TO look for some sign of re-
lief. The hoy was told to try and
make the Shipman place. II nothing
. better could be done. and Mr., and
Mrs. Gay were left alone with two
horses, both pretty well worn out.
and the pack horse. But the pack
, horse was not to remain long with
them. While climbing over logs and
| dead wood II was stuck through the
abdomen and had TO he killed Every.
} thing that had been hacked ON the
animal, then dead. was abandoned OK
cent what was absolutely necessary
for use. And then Tuesday night
] came on.
} This was passed MS was the prc.
vious night, only the sufferings from
} thirst became more intense, Mr.. GAY
=, especially suffering acutely. Wednes
+, day morning broke with no sign OF
lrelief from the guide. no trail in
y sight. and with the two wanderer.
In the same plight as they had beer
D nearly forty hours earlier, EXCEPT rcI
that awful thirst which was grow
u ing with every hour. Wandering on
!, Mr.. and Mrs. Gay at last struck ,
wire fence. This they followed
D knowing that It would finally brint
them to road. It was a sign o
i rescue and relief
: Meantime the guide had been worl
/. ing his way through the forest an,
on Wednesday morning he reache,
b" Ollie Shipmans ranch and told tn,
Z story of the piliiia in which he ha,