The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-03-17

that ire wind had died away ana that
the current was NOT carrying me along.
had reached 10 che lee Of LanA and
was not lar from shore. knew that
now was the time 20 reach dry land, 20
! dropped one Of my boards, showed the
other ahead OF me and struck ont
~ wanted 90 take one board ashore
with me 70 20 with che piece Of plank.
ing ] used % get ashore from the LAWN
Ia wreck with. was always sorry that
I hcdn Y saved something from the other
wrecks.
Prayed FOR n ssiracie.
''I saw that was of Kaenn Point,
rpOn which the rollers were breaking,
throwing the spray high into the sun.
lit air. IL ] tried to 90 through such
seas I knew that my body would be
pounded to pieces on the sharp rocks.
/ was almost in despair.
al had done my best; now / had to
call for help from one greatest of all.
As / lay outside the line Of combers /
prayed to God that he would let me
land safely. 1 have always prayed
when / wanted great help. ] have al
ways been q good man, think. L
never drank or carolsed II ] had in
L
alive now, thanking God for my escape.
81 prayed for a miracle, and It came.
Scarcely had l finished my prayer than
the great waves Gained down and a
way before me to the shore was open.
1 swan in through quiet waters, and
from which l know that a miracle
had been performed for me, like one
had been for Moses in the Red Sea-
L.. In II al he I'd
kdragged myself above the waterline
Ithan the waves began again to break,
fthe water splasbing from the rocks on
Ito me as 1 lay there painting.
cit was about noon when l dragged
myself up the rocks at Kaena Point.
hadn u felt tired in the water, but,
the minute l struck shore / collapsed.
Every bit Of strength went out Of my
body and my bones were like water. l
found out that couldn't do at seventy
seven what had done before at thirty.
Parched and Famished.
"I lay exhausted there on the beach
for quite while. ] had been nearly q
day in the water, swimming all the time
without having anything to eat or any
thing TO drink. think it was not eat
ing or drinking that made me feel so
tired. / must have tainted or dozed, be-
cause it was when the sun had started
to travel towards the sea again that |
made up my mind that it was not amy
use to stay where / was. There was no
sense in swimming a day just to drift
ashore to die, so crawled up the beach
and started to walk across the lava ia
Avail, where used to know some kan
akas once. That trip across the land
was worse than the swim. The sun
blistered my bare back; the rocks cut
my feet, and had to sit down and rest
every little while 1 had gone through
the miles of water with a stout heart
but that blistering walk from Kaena to
Avail was a terrible experience, the
worst have ever undergone. was al
most out of my mind at times, as fell
and stumbled over sharp, cutting rocks
: and / was practically exhausted when
literally crawled to the doorstep of the
first house / found.
cit was empty. The door sagged oil
! one hinge and weeds had sprouted ol
! the earth the Lanai wind had drift
! ed through the opening on to the warp
|. ed floor. But there was shade Their
and / managed to drag the creakini
door open far enough to let me craw
in. lay in that grateful GOODNESS
with the breeze tanning me, for SOM
time, and got back some of my strength
! Then / explored the place for some
: thing to eat, knowing as searched tina
nothing could be there.
Mattress Clothes.
r Gin one corner of room I foun'
an old, rotted mattress and tore thi
apart and shook ont the straw. 1 need
l ed the cover for myself. Getting Ri
[ of all my clothes while in the waite
5 had been necessary, but now that
: was back on land and looking TO
4 someone to give me drink and
n finger or two of poi l needed something
/ to cover my nakedness. 1 also require,
r something to protect my salt-wate
soaked body from the sun.
a ''I rested in that deserted house al
r afternoon and evening and when earl
morning came again started for Mau
nalei, where Charley Gay used to kee
some provisions in the house at tn
landing. 1t was q long, hard, crue
!. walk, that, but J. made it. At Mauns
: lei 1 found some dry beans in the littl
I warehouse and caught some crabs an
! ate them and, all things considered,
q was doing pretty well. Then starte
up hill to the ranch house, the near
, est place where anyone lived, becaus
I all the natives were over on the Othe
side of the island.
t All Right at Last.
y CATER I got to Gays house l wa
6 all right, Everyone who gets to Gay
g house is all right They took me
It there, gave me clothes and food and
Y almost forgot my miseries in the sati
I faction l again experienced in havin
/ all 1 wanted to eat and drink, COZ
d place to rest in and someone to syn
It pathize with me in the terrible loss,
'e l had had, that of my schooner and m
N crew, because l did not believe that an
e. one of them wonld make shore and thi
1 would see any one of them to te
me much that cannot understand {
the accident.
1 "The next morning / was taken
y Kahalepalaoa and to Lahaina, fro
It where 1 notified the Honolulu foil
u that was still alive. 1 did not kno
y until / was told at Lahaina, that II
" fate nf my littla seboouar was M