This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...I drop the silent tear. We had left Lahaina in the afternoon, my guide and I. We hoped to reach Ulupalakua by sunset; but, coming over the hill of difficulty, just above Maalaea, the wind loosened the shoes of our horses, so that by the time we had reached Kalepolepo the beasts were barefooted. Here the guide ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...I drop the silent tear. We had left Lahaina in the afternoon, my guide and I. We hoped to reach Ulupalakua by sunset; but, coming over the hill of difficulty, just above Maalaea, the wind loosened the shoes of our horses, so that by the time we had reached Kalepolepo the beasts were barefooted. Here the guide promptly unearthed a parent, and tearfully asked leave to hang until morning upon the maternal bosom. As we were about making the tour of the island, it seemed cruel to refuse him this request. I listened to the voice of nature. I slept at Kalepolepo--but this was years ago. Later it was revealed to me that my guide--he was but a lad then, had a mother at convenient distances throughout the sea-board of Maui; that he was the pet of a much bemothered family; that his quasi-progenitors all wailed in the same key; that the voice of nature, so to speak, was seldom if ever hushed; for no sooner had the last farewell died away in the distance than a fresh wail was lifted up among the hills ahead of us. Our feet were literally bathed in tears before we could get out of the saddle; in fact, we were pretty damp most of the time. I never before had so much emotion for so little money; and as for the guide, he was probably the least boy for the amount of mother that the world ever saw. And it all began at Kalepolepo. The oldest inhabitant dwelt in an antiquated rookery; and, naturally enough, his name was Noe. Noe was still in possession; but the family and the animals had gone out of the ark, as it were, --at least, most of the latter had gone. It was a dim ark, with lower halls and upper chambers and a hurricane deck, for aught I know. It looked as if it had quietly stepped ashore in a spring-tide, and was rather glad to get in out of the wet. I..
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