Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-19
STORY OF BOYS
Who were LOST
Albert Wilson, Kan Student,
Tells of the Experience
During Camp.

we got to the halfway house at 10
o'clock on Friday morning. We rested
for about half an hour and started
again. We had a little boy for our
guide lie led the boys first to
TRAN and when he found IT, said that ho
had made a mistake, SO the boys had
to como back / was waiting at the
Crossrond, because there were two
trails ut this place where | was stand
ing. when the boys returned from the
other trail that led down to the stream,
we all started for the other trail. There
were about twenty boys. The trail was
about two miles and half long. Tho
trail we took led us down to another
stream. We got away from the crowd
and were lost. We at" some palm
seeds We now reached tho stream
and had a drink Of water. Tho boys
decided that we should GO down tho
stream little ways. We started a
little way and came to u large water
fall about hfty-ivC feet high. About
thirty yards away from the falls there
was tran made by the people. our
guide said that this was the trail to
Hauula We took q rCgt with the rcst
Of the boys. As We started for the
over tho same trail and that left only
four Of us The other boys did not
see the trail we took Tho trail was
all right for about six hundred yards
but the rest Of II was pretty bad. It
was covered with uluhi and II was hard
work for us to beat our way in. So
said to the boys, We'll, boys, | think
we had better return and not try to
follow II any more
As we started tho little boy. who
was now the last one. started. and the
dirt gave way and down went the lit
tie fellow Whore he slid II was about
20 feet from the trail to the bottom
OF the stream. Tho little fellow began
to cry. because he thought we were
going to leave him alone. Tho boys
told me that the little fellow had rallon
down the stream, SO | made mp my
mind that would go down for him.
Al first did not hav" any idea Of how
steep the place was. When found out
that there was no possible place to
climb down, I slid down. ! fcll into Il
pool of deep water. | had to swim
across ! looked at tho little bow. lie
was wet like a drowned rat. Tho other
two boys did not want to beat It and
leave us alone, so they came down
with us.
Now we all started down the stream
to find Il place where We could climb
up. We had to go a long Way before
we could lind place to climb up. We
followed the stream until We came to
a place where we could climb. The
third fail We saw was pretty bad and
% at the bottom was a deep pool Of wa
loo
Fl. and got about half way when the log
broke and we fell into the pool and
had to swim. We were an wet like
drowned rats. At the fourth fall
took a look at II and thought it was
too steep for Us to try, We wandered
little and found some Hawaiian ba-
nanas and some palm seed We filled
up on these.
"The rain and fog were 50 thick 50
that II was hard work for us To tell
where we were / told the boys that
we had better start for the hin and stay
there and make camp. We did. II
was o'clock. when We were asleep
the rats came around as. The night
was not good, because our clothes were
wet and we could not sleep comfort
ably We had to SILVER through half
of the night. Every fifteen minutes We
would get up and exercise ourselves for
| fear we might get pneumonia, The lit
Nile boy we had To put In between us
md keep him warm. The next morn
Ing we slept late and did not wake up
until s o'clock.
Just as we were starting back to
find the trail we heard somcon" call
ing, We waited a little and heard It
again So we repeated our call and
soon saw someone away ON tho hill
We took our undershirts and waved at
them, then Immediately we heard the
bugle sound. II was n pleasant call for
us to hear and to feel that we were
safe again We started down the
stream and met Smith. He took us
back to the trail and led us back To
the halfway house, from where we
got lost Luhiau took u message to
KaUwc telling him we were safe ka-
1--WE told the rest of the party that we
were safe and they did not need any
more boys. Luhiau got back and he
began to mako some coffee on the fire
and warm some COrncd beef for us,
You can imagine how We ate. 4,
Spencer ana H. Burgess came in aud
saw US. We all started back feeling
very much relieved. We got back to
camp and were three minutes late in
catching the train. We went down ID
camp and found the tents nllcd with
girls. Mr., HopwOod told us To rest a
little and have something to eat, and
after we went to pitch tent for Mr.
Horne. At o'clock we went out on
the beach with the girls and sat down
and told them our story
AT o o'clock when We We're going to
bed the girls gave US their oyercoat