Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 27, 1 Pepeluali 1894 Edition 02 — UNDER THE ROSE. [ARTICLE]

UNDER THE ROSE.

| An Ardent Annexationist‘s Letter. 1 The following Ietter is published in u paper whieh h ts its origiu m a city “U'<t a thousan*l milcs froiii Stn Fr.»ncisco. It is a guod saiuple of raany meu’s umds whos<tf uaiue» appear npou the Anuexaliou Club’s roll: “BeIow ls pabbshedan excerpt from a letter from £the3 younge»t s«'n of Charles aud Mary A. Me was boru Janaaiy 2. 1868, in tbe old hoase wbere bis p»reuts still reside. He was a graduate of 88 of Santa Clara College ami afterwurd cf C..oper’s Medical College, Sau Francisco. For the past year he lias beeu following liis profession within sixt.‘en miles from Honolulu. The expression in the Ietter, “I am a Deruocrat and a Catuolic, let no man me deny,” is a fa'ni!iur joke from an lrishman, wlio had been taking a few drops extra on electi .n day, meaning he Wouhl not deny bis country, pol itics or faith: J«nnary 4. 1894. “ Dear Father oml Mother: I receivecl \our kind letter by tbe Anstralia, by whieh steamer tliis will be carried to you. I returned from the Islaiul of Hawaii, arriving in Honolnhi !ast Friday. I was gb»d to get home again to , for while on Hawaii I had to do nmeh hard riding. On one occasion I received a lelephone message that a man had been run over by an ox-cart and his abdomen cr ished so that liis inte?-t-ines were hangiug out. M\* horse was ready and rode the fifteen miles in exactlv one bour over t ie roughest, rockv road I ever saw. 8ewed up tlie man s belly and let liim e »sy. Woiiderful to say he recovered, <and is as big u rascal as evfcr. I left bebind rae the record of having made the quickest trip known over the same road. It coold hardly be e lled a ro«d, for it isover rough, sbarp br ds of lava frora the voleano. I boi<ged the borse up. but tl»ere «re plenty borses t!iere. D :riug tlie last week there l went np to tlie volcano (a thirtyfive mile trip), and gazed on one of the most wonderful and grand s glits to be seen in tbe wor!d, naroelv, the sea of fire in the crater of Kilanea. You descend first into tbe origin.il crater, 1000 feet down, whieh is about three railes wide, aud across a so!i»i btd . of lava. quite Lot in some places. while the steam issaes up from cracks all aroumi yoa. and qnite {rigLttns a person at first. After walkmg ahout two miles tbe grami sea of red-bot molten lava j is before yon. Yon ean see the red-bot bva rolling iu w»ves and seething. while nnw niul thep a jet of fire shoots up into the air and falls again witb a seething, roaring noi.se. Tiiis lake is abont 300-400 feet lcng an»l as wide, and I uever expect to look npon a more awe-inspiring or gn»nder sīght With a good gnide we went to the edge of the fire aud pot oor sticks īn nntil they were barned on the end. lt was impossibIe to remain tbere long as j oor feet were neariy blistered witb the beat and tbe snlpharoos fiames drove os away. Tbe secood time 1 went down, I reioained at a safe distauce, for I considered how foolish we were before on the first occasion, for the edges of the lake are liahle to cave in at any liine. You mast go to tbe Midwinter Fair in San Francisco, and see tbe panorama of tbe voleano, people who have seen it declare it is very realistic. i I am back again to my old

! ife aml »ntroamiings. »nd they »ere *ll gla»l of n>T n?turn. Poli;ics *re »t * st.»ml-till uow, »w*itog new$. bot * few we«ks ago tbir.gs were exci(irg. The ProrisionaI GoTernment will restst with Hrms »ny »ttempt to restore lbe Q-:een. I, like manv others. ■»m « member of tlie Annex»tion Clab. “*m a l>emocrat and » C«tbolic. let no man me deny. M anJ h.HTe promiseil to »io all in roy power to promote annexs»tion to the l*nited St»tes. bat I will not fight agninst my own conntry. not £or all the Provis:onal Government so, If it resists an »ttempt of the Unite»l St«tes war vessels to restore the Qneen. they will fiml me missing. , With best regnnl» to everybody. GooJ bye. Your atfectionate 9» son.