The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-21

anu lut luGdl NOlldl, NOulu SOu III
rect your peregrination to the city or
the desert?
This man went to the desert and
found his object.
John Darling is an American who
lives his own life, the wise man Of
the mountain" as the natives call
him, the fool and dreamer as others
consider.
Mr.. Darling is a true blue Yankee
His father, grandfather and great.
grandfather were all Americans and
men well known in science and literl-
ture. From them he inherited his
deepness of thought and thorough
ness of action, but from his mother,
Bohemian gypsy, he got his beautiful
eyes, his free and easy bearing of
king and the Unsuitable "wanderlust'
of his youth.
When still quite young Mr.. Darling
became interested in the Bible. He
read and pondered over it and the
more he read and .pondered the
clearer he believe that mantle
modern present-day man-did not
live naturally and as the ord had in
tended him to live. God created
ADAM he said, ito be his likeness
and gave him the Garden Of Eden to
live in. Through no direct fault Of
his Adam was driven out into the
cold, merciless world, and here, fight
ing a mean fight for a mere living, he
never had a chance to win his way
back to his paradise lost. He lived a
toiler and died in due time the same
death of exhaustion as all of us die.
And his sons and grandsons and
grandsons' sons unto the present gen
Grafton lived the lives of toilers as
he did and died as we all shall die.
And paradise was still lost and no
one ever gave as much as a minutes
thought how to win it back, to find
its whereabouts and become again the
likeness of that God who once created
the father of all our race in his like.
ness"
Putting Theory Into Practice.
Darling decided he would go out in
the world and live the life that God
had intended man 20 live. He would
eat the fruits of the trees and the
grains of the fields. He would aban-
don the clothing that generations had
developed and go about as the good
Lord had created him He would find
a woman like the one the Almighty
had made for Adam, and as, of
course, she could not be produced out
of his own rib he would select one
that came as near the ideal, the first
woman, originally perfect in form, in
nocence, and goodness, as possible.
So he set about to find his Eden.
He travelled far and wide and visited
the loveliest known spots on earth.
After having viewed them all and
compared their charms and advant-
ages, he decided that Tahiti, the prin.
cipal island of the Society group in
the South Seas, fulfilled all his de-
mands. Thither he went. And right
there commences the unusual story
of man living according to his own
ideals, undaunted by the opinions and
criticisms of the world.
The French authorities of the
island refused to take his point Of
view when Mr. Darling landed there
wearing nothing but smile and his
luxurious hair. He was promptly
jailed and kept in confinement. The
governor tried to persuade him to go
forth and search for another Eden, or
if he insisted in staying where he
was, to conform to the sartorial rules
of civilization. But Mr.. Darling We
obstinate. This was the one spot Oh
earth for him." he said, and all the
governors and all the governors men
could not make him wear clothing.
The governor was in despair What
would the natives think OF a white
man going about naked? Surely this
would be against all doctrines of a
higher culture, not to mention the
teachings of the missionaries. At
any price it must be avoided. But
how?
Easy Way Out OF Dilemma.
Finally the governor had an inspira-
ton. He would present the "crazy
American" with a piece of land high
up on the mountains with the clear
understanding that he would stay
there with his peculiar ideas and min
imum of clothes. Fruits and herbs
grew there in plenty. The air was
balmy and fine and the view delight,
full, There he could play Adam in