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vs a little, slim individual, clad in
,i white duck uniform, the while lie
was tugxinK sit an immense, fierce Em
peror William moustache. "That's
him." "Ain't he a peach?" "Get onto
that moustache, will you?" "I'll bet
.1 dollar he's Roin' to soak us," were
some of the preliminary expressions
which were heard and which were in
creased and turned into personal abuse
to such an extent that if the words
could have taken effect they surely
must have ripped him up one side and
down another.
As it was, I was afraid that he
would guess what we had been saying
about him and soak it to us, on general
principles. At last he was on deck,
and, after a short confab with the cap
tain, we were ail lined up on deck In
two long files, every mothers son or
us, passengers and crew, from the cap
tain down, and a good many of the
ladies, in fear and trembling, as I will
explain later on. Then his nibs started
slowly down the long lines. looking at
each one, from head to foot, and would
say to every third or fourth person In
a sharp, quick voice: "Itun out your
tongue," "roll up your eyes," or "let's
feel your pulse." After he had done
this, he stood at the head of the two
lines and made every one pass by him
in single file. I suppose this was to
find out if anyone had the blind stag
gers; at any rate, we all passed muster
and were told that we could go ashore.
Before the inspection commenced some
joker started the story that everybody
would have to show their new vaccin
ation mark mid as most of the ladies
had chosen to be vaccinated on some
part of their nether limbs, there was
consequently a good deal of consterna
tion in their midst.
Again the piston rods commenced to
chug in their cylinders, and the im
mense propeller to churn the blue
water into a white foam and under the
guidance of the patriarchal pilot our
big transport slowly felt her way
through the opening in the coral reef
into the small harbor of Honolulu, that
beautiful tropical paradise of a city,
which was the capital of a dynasty of
dusky kings during a century next pre
ceding the Aineiican annexation. How
different our feelings from those of halt
an hour since! How changed to our
sight appeared the beauties of nature
in this garden of Eden, which a few
minutes before had been dwarfed and
concealed by the dread anticipation or
a possible quarantine. Everything
seemed beautiful and joyful and kind
and sweet. Everything seemed to
beckon us on, bidding us to come and
tarry and be welcome to this beauteous
tropical gem which has for Its setting
the blue waters of the big Pacific.
Our vessel carefully pushed her steel
nose through the transparent water,
scaring up hundreds of flying nsn,
which seemed to say "Aloha." (which
Is the Hawaiian word for welcome)
and dou n below we could see myriads
of gold and red and many colored
beauties sporting amongst the coral
which appeared to look up and whisper
"Aloha"; the big rollers breaking over
the reef seemed to roar "Aloha," as
they sped on toward the beach, and
"Aloha," seemed to murmur the state
ly cocoanut palms, as they swayed in
the tropical breeze and nodded their
royal heads.
Ve had no sooner tied up at the
dock than everyone went ashore to
stretch his legs and have a look
around. I popped on to Wade Thayer
in front of the postollice, and took sup
per with him that evening at his
house which he has together with half
a dozen other young fellows who make
up a nice congenial crowd of young
fellows. You will remember Wade as
a Howe grammar school friend of
mine. I also saw Dena Loomis, and
Guy Gere, taking lunch with them one
day. Dena looks just the same and I
think is quite contented where she is.
We remained in Honolulu two days
and I don't remember of ever having
passed two days more pleasantly or
enjoyably than I did in that most
beautiful and enchanting spot, where
it is continual summer and where the
tropical vegetation and foliage sur
pass in luxuriance and beauty any
thing I have ever seen in Mexico, ami
to describe which is utterly beyond
me. The first day spent there was my
birthday and I did my best to celebrate
it In accordance with my custom and
as the circumstances would permit of.
We took the electric road in the morn
ing and went up to Pacific Heights,
which rises to a thousand feet directly
back of the city, and affords a line
view of same, with the harbor and
shore on each side. On the summit of
the heights we found a Japanese tea
house, where they served exquisite,
finely llavoreil tea at a most ridicu
lously low price, the only cheap thing
that we found in Honolulu. In the
afternoon we went to the famous bath
ing resort known as Walklki Ueach,
which is located Just three miles from
the harbor and which affords finer
surf bathing than any to be had any
place on the Atlantic coast. The coral
leef is about a quarter of a mile out
and there is where the big rollers start
to come In, curling their foamy crests
with a hiss and a roar as if they would
swallow everything up. but a duck or
dive under, anil when you come up
your would-be destroyer has wasted
his force on the sandy beach. We
spent most of our spare time surf
bathing. Just coming to the ship for
our meals, and as there was a full
moon the evenings were not lost either,
it was here that, owing to the ad
mirable surf. I was able to taste of
.mil enjey th.it king of exhilarating
sports, surf riding, which I used to
read about in my geography and see
illustrated In the shape of a Malay
standing upright on a board and com
ing shoreward on the top of a wave;
only I did not do it on a board, but In
a canoe about twenty feet long by
about eighteen inches in width, with
a sturdy Kanaka in each end, while
the rest of us were seated in the Inter
vening spue, each with a paddle, for
in this exciting and rare sport every
one has to paddle like a good fellow or
be swamped. We paddle out near the
reef where the big rollers commence to
come in, and wait for a good one with
whiskers on it. The bow of our canoe
is pointed shoreward and when the
foamy crest of the breaker is within a
hundred feet of us everybody bends
his back and paddles with all his
might, the object being to gain milll
clent momentum so that the roller will
carry us with It In place of passing
under or over us. the latter of which
Is very liable to happen. Hut we have
caught It Just right, or rather. It has
caught us. and to-scs us around like n
chip and drives us on before it with
the speed of the wind. We novices
drop our paddles in the canoe and hang
on for dear life, for the canoe has
taken a dangerous position, with the
prow cutting through the water like a
knife, and the front man Just burled
In spray, while the one in the stern Is
having the same experience with the
foamy crest of the breaker which lit
erally hangs over him. Here Is where
the skill of the canoemeu Is seen
In keeping the canoe headed straight,
for ever so slight a swerve to
right or left means half an hour In
the water struggling with the rollers.
Onward we speed, like a streak of
lightning. Minded by the spray, and
breathless fr.oni the speed, until in less
time than It takes to tell we Tmvc
beached our canoe, backed again Into
the water with the receding- wave,
turned around and headed again for
the reef to repeat the performance.
The way the Kanakas handle a canoe
In that surf Is something marvelous,
and the speed at which the canoe goes
is almost Incredible and you will
hardly believe me when I tell you that
it took us Just twenty seconds to
travel the quarter of a mile irom reef
to shore.
The second trip we were turned over
and swamped, just as we were start
ing, by an unusually large wave and It
took half an hour to get oursel-es and
the canoe to the beach. However, out
we went again, anil kept It up the
whole afternoon, until we were too
tired to paddle more. As a boy I have
ridden down hill and over icy roads xit
the top of my pony's speed, expecting
every minute to break my neck; I
have coasted down hill on a bob-sled,
and a toboggan, have raced down a
swift river on a log or a cake of Ice
early in the spring, have shot the
chutes and indulged in all the sports
and pastimes known to the average
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