The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-07-24

ne Win mas NDCfH SltHultT NOuftg
than any time yet and II 1t holds as
IL is now in force and shifts just a
trifie over our quarter Cand this is all
very probable). we shall be OFF Dia-
mond Head in 1ve days. What we
shall find there is on the knees OF the
gods. Every fresh pun of wind fans
into life the spark of hope that dwin-
dies TO nothing with each cain. At
any rate we are better off than the
watchers at Diamond Head. for we
have work to do and they can only
wait.
found an additional spur to hope
tonight. 1t comes from noticing the
marvellous steadiness of the yacht in
the water On deck, especially II one
looks aloft. she seems to be rolling
and pitching mercilessly. Down be-
low I am writing at the table almost
as comfortable as though we were at
anchor. There is just a slight thwart-
ships movement but not enough to
joggle the dishes against the fiddles on
the table. Now this means that most
of her movement is on the pendulum
order. that she Is swinging easily on
her center of gravity. The main
power of the yacht has only one
movement and that Is forward l am
not technically adept enough to ex-
press well what I mean, but those of
you who are will understand and those
who are not will please take my word
for II that here Is an especially good
point about the Hawaii.
The steward made some delicious
cookies today. He calls them tea cakes.
They are shaped something like cheese
cakes with very high rim and they
taste like Scotch short bread with the
delicate flavor of sponge cake. To
my certain knowledge Ray has con-
sumed seven of them and l am not
far behind.
FULL MOON AT SEA.
I was just going to Jingle about
those cakes but give 1t up for
have just been on deck to read the
log. AS I poked my head above the
companion way the beauty of the night
fell on me almost with shock. The
rising wind had blown away the lead
en- curtain of clouds and the sky was
clear save for a few flying, whirling
wraiths of vapor and black bank of
rain clouds on the western horizon.
The moon sailed majestically in a
sky of the deepest, warmest blue have
ever seen, lighting the world with her
silver rays and turning the crest of
each following wave to shimmering
molten metal. The sea all around was
but a shade deeper than the sky and
| through it all the little yacht fairly
| danced over the water. The Hawaii
| had suddenly come to life. So far
| she has been as one only half awake
going through the water doggedly yet
rather sullenly. But tonight there is
teeming. singing life in every line of
her sails, in every rope and spar and
every graceful lift of her dainty hull
Standing there on the after deck II
seemed to me that 1 was in a dream
| in which God was showing me the
most beautiful works of his own and
mans hands. Everywhere was the
most perfect poetry of light, of sound
and of movement. And so I came be-
low to try and tell of 1t and wonder
at the goodness of things out here
in the realm of our green girdled moth
er ocean.
ALL HOPE LEAVES THE HAWAII
Tuesday, July 14.-Lat. 26 deg. /;
min. NJ long. 142 deg. min. w
Distance $50 miles.
Hope is dead-altogether dead-and
reverently slipped over the side to q
watery grave. In its place is the GER
tainty of a bad defeat. 1 feel almost
happy. 1t is, after all. uncertainty
that is always so racking and, now
that there is no possibility of oui
coming in even second, we can only
wait while disappointment is dulleG
to heavy callousness.
The wind has been dead aft all day
| just a moderate breeze, about the same
as on July when we made 1870 miles
almost on the wind. But the Hawai-
is sleepy. There is no get up and
/ get about, her and she wallows along
as though she had till Christmas tc
reach Honolulu.
It is practically certain that the
wind will continue as it is the rest Of
the way and the most we can look
for is a bare $50 miles for each twenty
four hours run. With nearly 90i
miles yet to go this will land us of
Diamond Head some time on Monday
the goth; sixteen days after leaving
San Pedro. In this breeze, dead aft
the Lurline is merrily logging 8 to
miles an hour and the other two are
probably doing nearly as well. VIZ
are making about IA. sometimes moi
as much as that. If the wind Nhat
elected to blow over the quarter ant
blow hard, there would still have beer
a remote chance, but there is nothing
doing in that line and now 1t is only
a matter of how long after the other:
we shall finish
CONSTANT JTBING TO HOLD THE
COURSE.
Wednesday. July 15.-Lat. 25 deg. 3;
min. N. long. las deg. Oh min. W. Dis
tance 1875 miles.
1t is heart breaking to think of thos,
watchers out on Diamond Head, wait
ing there and peering into the nigh
for a sight of a rocket while we ar,
still seven hundred miles away. Well
there is nothing to be gained by brood
ing over it. so from now on shall
try and keep this log as cheerful a
possible.
The wind continues dead aft ant
periodical jibes have been the result
The captain figured out very CAREFUL!
on the chart whether 1t would b,