The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-06-18

event was such a success. Unable to
go himself, he put one of his skippers
in charge of the Luka and bore all the
expense of sending the yacht with
full crew and fully provisioned on
four days cruise.
A Snoring Interlude
After the chowder at the club there
was dance at Puunene, to which many
of the yachtsmen were taken in autos
and then everybody turned in and slept
soundly-that is, some slept soundly.
Charlie Lewis and Prince Cupid oc-
cupied part of spare room at Cap
tain Parker's house. / was destined to
occupy the other third. But old man
Morpheus had been scared away. When
l slipped inside that room, after re-
turning from the dance, / was struck
by huge white mass of snore. 1t
rolled round the room, it Topped against
the walls, it knocked over the chairs
and then proceeded to swell until it
seemed as though all the fog.horns of
all the world were working overtime.
l implored the Prince to go about
and lay OH the other tack, 1 went on
my knees to Charlie Lewis, and spoke
of friendship. But the more / howled
and the more 1 thundered my orders to
I" Bout ship and get to windward,'
the more they snored. No sleep, but
the magnifcence of that rising mass
of sound was so awesome that it was
worth it. Delve deep in the lower
caverns of the winds, rise to the throb-
bing heights of a crater, listen to the
roar of the wind in a hurricane or stop
anf nt h., e
board battery being fred, you viii
never encounter so grand, so magnif-
cent, so overwhelming a mass of sound
as those two snores.
On Sunday morning we slept and de-
clded that the return race should start
at O'Clock in the afternoon. The
members of our particular party also
had lunch prepared and served by
Mrs. Parker Some of the yachtsmen
took a trip up the lao valley and re-
turned greatly impressed with the
beauties of that famous dale.
An Awful Outrage.
1t was after lunch that the great out
rage was committed. 1t was all planned
by the Pirate Kid Beaming with the
quiet satisfaction of good lunch well
of Captain Parker's best cigars, seated
on the porch and thinking how beauti-
full was the sunshine and the ocean, |
was approached by an important indi-
vidual in the uniform of policeman.
He asked if my name was Densham
! said it was, and he Immediately pro-
duced warrant and had me handeuff-
ed before there was a chance to do any
thing l expostulated. j said / was a
British subject, ] called in Eben Low
to intereede, but they all laughed. There
was in irons, and those miserable
satellites of pretended Nemesis jibed
at me.
But the limb of the law was garbed
in heavy uniform; his victim, in light
yachting clothes. broke and ran. He
followed. With the most intense de-
light | saw that he was laboring for
breath. Then, just as ! was prepared
TO double round bush, bunch of the
Luka crew came up and was rescued.
They made Mr.. Policeman unlock the
handouts, and they said that they
would douse him in the drink if he
dared to lay hands ON me again. But
| was taken aboard the Concord lust
the same.
Good Breeze for Start.
There was a fine breeze blowing
when the time for the start came round.
The Concord had the outside mooring,
next lay the Hawaii, then the Luka,
with the Kamehameha ahead of the
Luka alongside a barge. The Gladys
had already left early in the day.
When all yachts signaled that they
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