The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-04-17

audience was, Pete ansWercu,
could lick all three OF them!"
From politics to Pali-a marvellous
transition. This high cliff. garlanded
with the softest and most luxurian'
verdure. overlooks a fertile valley
where is spread. like carpet, every
varying shade Of green that nnaliy
meits in the distance to the exquisite
turquoise and beryl tints OF the sea.
making an enchanting panorama OF
ltranscendant loveliness.
I was next taken to the aquarium.
where the collection Of native FISH Is
something beyond the widest imagina-
ton to picture. and quite battles de-
scription. Little fishes striped In bright
pink -and-white. like sticks of pepper
mint candy. jostle those that are OF
dark color. with spots of vivid red, and
brides OF golden yellow going about
their heads are in the next cage TO
transparent fish OF delicate pink or
blue-or a family of devil fish. There
are fish OF a beautiful somber purple.
and fish of white with black horizontal
stripes. looking like company of con-
victs from Sing Sing. There are many
many others, those with trailing
fringes. or floating wings: those with
eyes on little pivots that turn easily
in all directions like small. coming
towers; all odd or unusual, seeming
like dream-fishes, or the phantoms of
a disordered brain, rather than prod
ucts OF nature
Kahului is a breezy little port. with
kourthouse and klub-good fell
lows, too,-and a mercantile marine.
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harbor. and all of 'em belonging to
Kahului.
II you speak of the thriving planta-
tions that back the harbor. they'll be |
sure to ask you II you've noticed the
Kalo patches? Kalo may be French |
for kabbages or karnations-you don't
give kontinental. either way-hut
you smile. and say. <Great, wouldn't
mind having korner in Kalo some
day,.
II you want to go up a mountain, of
course it must be Haleakala: it's only
got one X in 1t, by the way, but it's
got the biggest krater at the top of ii
you ever saw or heard of-20 miles in
and 1000 feet deep. It's
stone dead-entirely gone ont of bus
mess; but in my opinion that's an
advantage of two-to-one on any live
crater. II you want to go up another {
try Kilauea-it's only an '
other X, and the avenue that leads
out to it is a magnificent boulevard '
set out on either side with breadfruit I
.rees, mangoes and alligator pears. ]
hflauea is the biggest thing in the I
i've crater business in the world-a I
axe of fire 1900 feet long and 500
lcres. You hold your breath and say q
'our prayers: and, when a gust of
Wind carries away the binding steam v
md smoke, you look down. down 500 J
eet into a veritable hell-fire lake.
whose waves of flame rise and fall in
onvulsive throes that shake the very
eart out of your body-in other e
words. the thing has fits to beat the p
and. and you wish you hadn't comet
But you get all over II by the next C
ay. and if you want to calm your I
mind and restore your nerves, you II
axe a nice. quiet stroll down Kukui p
lace and kommune with nature e
Finally. if you've done anything you >
AIKEN to the lookup. you run up II
gainst the biggest bunch of ks in the u
hole business. The name of the !"
jug" is parakapili o
That got me! 1 was kompletely kcr- II II
and out AS far as n
tudying the Hawaiian language goes. =
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oh. lovely island world Where else -
the universe is there a spot made -
p wholly of beauty and peace? :.
here man-and even woman-can
,ase worrying about stocks fran "a
lises, new bOnnets, real estate. soci- -
Y. insurance, politics. and all the p.
st that go to make up the pande- he
onium of existence. and settle down of
the shade of a palm tree. royal. 70
Goa. wine, cabbage, screw. fan or tn
itive-he has a choice of seven-un- p,
'tton his shirt-collar and smoke the TO
pc of forgetfulness. sb
oh. happy Hawaii that hath no Ra
isonous reptiles. no noxious plants. wi
} pestiferous insectsI or
Tis not / that can do YOU Justice, re,
t my friend Charley Stoddard. with ie,
; prose-poem-paragr and his tel
ellifiuous periods do the job for me.
hen he sits down with his pen dip tn.
d in honey. and his mouth full of prt
ava jelly, to reel off a few reams He
ecstatic English in praise of his be- Co
red islands, he makes the rest of us pre-
Il like 30 cents. And when he de- an,
res that he has Travelled the wide rec
rid over, but never. never has he lie
m spot to equal this-why what ]
we do but say, Same here, old fur
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