Princess of Manoa

and Other Romantic

Tales from the Folk- lore of Old Haw aii

Mrs Frank by . R. Day

r Howar Illust ated by D. d Hitchcock

Let us still honor the romance of th whether be the h d you , it c il dreams o f th e pre sen t or the

a e - v s n of the It r c i io s past. is ' eaven to the d s d m l worl wis o .

P aul Elder an d ! ompany San Francisco and New ! ork

’ To F e r n an de r s Ifis tax-y of

th e P l n e sian I lan d to M r . o y s s , ’ “ Dagge t s Ha wauan Myth s an d to various n a tive fi'ie n ds ar e d ue th e th an ks for th e in cidah ts o f th e following

List of Chapters

The Prinoees of M anoa

Thé Well of Last Resom'oe

’ A King s Ransom

The Story of the Eight Islands

The Forest of Haina Kolo

The lsland of Demons

The M aid of the Twflight

The P rincess of Manoa

F ALL the little valleys that cut into the mountain range of old

Oahu on its southern slope, that a is l of M noa the most beautifu . It cleaves the very heart of the hills

where the peaks are highest, where they are so high that the white clouds slip down over their e k h ads and loo , for all the world, like the white ruffled cap of an

- is old fashioned grandmother. It always cool and for the of fresh, the wind, tempered in shadows f o the cli fs, sings thr ugh a pass in the mountains, r and, catching the clouds at rest, whi ls them away out to sea drapping rain in sudden showers n o the valley . It was at the head of this valley that long ages a o i of - g H ne, spirit the rain clouds, and Kani, her who od a to husband, was g of the winds, c me live. one ai They had child, Kaha, a young m d whom ow all the gods loved, and whom the great and p erful od of sea for to g the had asked , be the wife of his son i ri of sea , Kauh , p nce the But Kaha was only a happy sprite who cared not the least for who of f i Kauhi, but loved best all a swi t fl ght

- of i in the cloud chariot H ne, when, driven by the n i n winds of Ka i, it skimmed over the sh ni g green far out was earth and above the blue ocean . It such fun to Spy out the little grass huts of the

a - e rth folk, and pour down swift gusts of rain, just to see the people scurry to shelter. n low the One day, however, scuddi g so that al the clouds most caught tree tops, they met a an d breeze just in from the sea, stopped a moment above a group of young earth- folk who were drag i ging their sleds up a long, smooth, grassy h ll, and

laughter. ! ! Oh, she they are going to do ! begged. “ now we i Not , dear, will spoil the r sport if w we . et . stay See, their sleds are already As on i to they passed , a w ld shout came up an d air them from below, the little princess, look u ing back wistf lly, saw the whole merry company down the s10pe in the bright sunshine ; and for the she was— she first time she felt that well, did not was n know exactly what, it so new a sensatio , but somewhere inside of her there was a queer place i that felt l ke a hole . Many times after that she caught distant of one d glimpses them, but day she pleade so hard that Hine stopped her chariot above the hill where the earth- people were eagerly discussing the fine f ’ points o the young chief s new sled. Down

h s drenching their sleds, while their brown s oulder w shone in the et like polished bronze.

for never been there before, the young chief, 2 The P rincess of Manoa

throwing back his fine head until his eyes looked ’ — straight up into Kaha s though that he did not — know shook his clenched fist at the cloud , and r t own then, sta led at his daring, turned and sped f his a ! to cover a ter companions. Poor little K ha She had just been thinking how much finer he looked than Kauhi who wanted to marry her

n i e k Back m her home o the h gh mountain p a , ’ there was still somethin g so odd about Kaha s eyes

- that the air people asked what had happened.

Hine knew, and wisely said nothing ; but she took Kaha and retired to the other side of the great t i ti of moun a n, and for a long me the little valley a Mano parched in the hot tropical sun, and the l so rol waterfal s, that had always been noisy and i as lick ng they leaped from the rocks, shrank to al t ri was tiny streams and mos d ed up. The air so still that not a leaf in all the valley stirred ; the heat rose in blue crinkles even to the t0ps of the

the - cocoanut trees, and earth folk went about

slowly with heavy eyes and parted lips. But the other side of the great peaks was dark a hi and dre ry. Kaha missed the sunshine ; she s v ered in the M p mountain shadows and grew listless and sad The air- folk gathered together and told their wildest tales to amuse her ; but she t ti though ried hard to please them, her pi ful tt droo li le mouth would p instead of smile. Some — times she did not even hear them so intently was she n listening for some sou d from the valley. The P rincess of Ma noa

n down into Manoa when a great cloud, de se and in al dark, gathered about her, shutting her one,

t out sk i the . and blo ting the y, the mounta ns, valley She thought she heard sobs and a low moan that

s u she a - out o nded like a farewell, and c lled , but her own voice was deadened by the thick mist she Presently the cloud moved, felt herself lifted fiom her seat, and gently borne down, down, until

her feet touched the earth.

earth maid with scarlet flowers in her long black was of hair. Her dress the finest and softest tapa ; around her waist was a girdle woven of the tiniest iridescent shells ; while clasping her neck and smooth arms were many strands of the same bril f s a liant gems o the e . z for She stood a long time, da ed, the earth i n w was n looked so d fferent o that she really o it . she The trees were taller than had thought, and

the grass softer. She took a few steps ; a delicious n ew sense thrilled up through her little bare feet — wh was she alm o s t and filled her y, what this felt n ow for the first time —something within her that seemed to hold more joy than she ever had

So she tr ipped on over the springy grass sing to i ing a song quite new her, singing in a vo ce that sounded at times like the sweetest whisper of an d of the wind, again like the gentle patter rain 4

drOps until she foun d herself close to the very “ group of young earth - folk sh e had s o often

az a in i e — Startled, they all g ed t her s lenc the — sons and daughters of the lesser chiefs because dress and ornamen ts proclaimed her of the most

But Mahan son of their r at chief of chiefs a g e , he who had dared to shake his han d threaten

any one so beautifuLand his heart pounded so at

“ ! es is braver and mor e beautiful than Kauhi , he ,

of the sea- son g od.

’ Shame on my father s people that we treat an i l Will not oin a str g er so d soour teous y. you j us ! If you have come from the other side where the mountains are like walls of roclg you have f r ll never known the pleasures o ou hi sides. What shall we call you ! ” “ f —t I am Kaha, and I come rom here, point “ in t n M a o too! v g o the mountai s. y I g , I ha e h she always wanted to, but and t en stopped, afraid that if she told them that she did not truly i u n ti ik h s have a beaut f l, brow , sa ny skin l e t eir , The P rincess of Manoa

of for in front her, and said, almost breathlessly, he was still somewhat confused !

You have come a long way. My sled shall

- wa l f half y up the hi l be ore he could overtake her,

’ in on Mahana s tions burn g tongue, but on his lips of ur only words co teous hospitality. on When it came to seating herself the sled, was t r was Kaha a li tle awkwa d at first, but that

n o one ti . not surprising, and seemed to no ce

u on sudden p sh and sprang behind her. Down t hey sped over the shining grass, faster and faster, n 1n until the blood fairly ti gled her veins, and her long black hair whipped across the lad s brown ul sho ders. The young chief ’ s sled went faster and farther t of was f han any the others. It far beyond the oot of the hill when he skilfully turned it into the ’ of - shade a wide spreading tree. Kaha s cheeks glowed like crimson roses under a creamy- brown i t veil, and her eyes shone w th glinting lights hat

sat a moment to breathe before the upward climb.

long hill ; again and again they climbed it to the

music of happy laughter. 6

“ she become a mortal soul , and that could never go a A of l on back to the clouds g ain. splash rain fel the il an d she hand Mahana st l held, looked up to vi the clouds rolling hea ly overhead. Soon great i ft all drops were fall ng swi ly but gently about them, n ew of while the wind moaned, with a note sadness, was through the long grass. But Kaha a spirit no

she she for while told him, as well as could the who was she sobs that choked her, she and how to had come him. she i his When had finished, Mahana ra sed f sk an d i out ace to the y, stretch ng his arms with

for f gods their great gi t. When he led Kaha before his father and the of u nobles the co rt, there was a new dignity and a st teliness in the boyish figure. He stood a 1n his for moment, searching mind the right words with which to present the girl. Kaha, though very

was - a shy and rosy, quite self possessed ag in, and hana spoke she had won for herself the favor he would beg. “ ou As y commanded, my father, I have to chosen my bride. I give her you until the time ” our ar hi is right for m riage. And the great c ef “ answered ! You have chosen we So Kaha went to live in the big house that 8 The P rincess of Manoa

wa u f ll woven of ra firs she s so bea ti u y g sses. At t ’ was i f s v the great ch e belo ed daughter, and the daughters of the lesser chiefs were her maids of an honor and comp ions. Soon she knew all the of e r brave deeds the gr at war iors, and wove them into such sweet melodies that the people came from the mountainsides and up from the seashore to lis

of the valley ; she could dive from the highest rocks and on into the dark water, come up the farthest

h kn w wh r o h m aile an S e e e e t find t e fin e , d how to twist it into fla grant le is ; and every day she wove the brightest flowers into garlands for

At flrst when the went down to the sca to , y watch the fisherman and to gather sea weed for she the feasts, kept well within the reef where the t was e wa er shallow and cl ar, for she remembered

i son of sea- od his Kauh , the g , and feared power ; but as e in the dr amy days went by security, her dim a an d other life slipped into the p st, she almost

ea to w sh md her h d the drops, and al ays e tu her face into the wind to feel its caress on her cheeks. ’ h s After a w ile she became Mahana wife. Then on e day the great chief said that the time had come when Mahana should be made a chief in his own right ; that he would give a feast that 9 The P rincess of Manoa

u W all sho ld last a whole eek, and that the nobility of ul th e the island sho d attend, to honor young

a for to the se to gather seaweed the feast. The water was so clear and still that they could see r ti of al t eve y ny shell and branch cor , and hey

the shore they wandered in the shallow water, n of sea picki g only the finest and rarest the plants, until they came to a break in the reef where the was e out to water d ep , and a channel Opened the

for I will swim across, Kaha said, the best ” of on all are the other side.

She Sprang into the channel, but had only n taken a few strokes with her stro g, young arms k when the blac fin of a shark cut the waves. It

disappeared, and a moment later a White shadow shone in the blue depths ; then it sank out of sight

i - wa a too s . ag n, but Kaha, , gone

- tr the Terror s icken, the women rushed up all ri an v ey. The men heard their c es d came out

to meet them, and they turned back to show the place where Kaha had disappear ed ; but when they

' h ti ! and Ma ana, bea ng his breast, cried aloud It ” was h son - did ! Kau i, of the sea god, who this deed was on And Mahana right. Always the 10 The Princess of Manoa

h in watch, Kau i had seen her the water, and, a of r eau h quickly t king the form a sha k, had g t i n her and carr ed her away, meani g to restore her l of h air B to her own peOp e t e . ut Kaha had was become mortal, and he soon found that it only the little drowned body of a Hawaiian girl that he wrried held. Sorrowfully then he her back, near to f the shore, and, when a long wave rolled in rom sea on its the , he laid her crest, and sent her on

to the yellow sand. Tenderly they took the little girl up and in n a wrapped her the fi est t pa, and in the glisten a of one k ing le ves the ti plant, which, every nows, all evil spirits fear more than anything else ; and they laid her in a grave in the hea rt of the green

valley she loved. For long years Mahana and his people one one too mourned her ; then, by , they, , died ; i ri of od but H ne, spi t the rain, and Kani, g of the til o winds, s l weep and mourn ab ut the spot Where

And to this day when the rain splashes on the of i of o sleds the ch ldren Man a, they look up and

i e o Oh, there comes Hine w th her tir s me tears !

1 1 The Well of Last Resource

THE of N most ancient times, when th e eight islan ds themselves two sat were new, children once on a rock of the great dark moun on of tain, almost the edge the precipice that drops sheer to the of floor the valley below.

our father Will soon return !

asked the girl. Her pretty lips

a flowed her d rk eyes. n o He has been gone less tha a m on yet, and

war is . of a tu long Some the w rriors never re rn,

answered the boy. His teeth closed till they ’ ground together, and down the little girl s face the

tears rolled thick and fast. “

l us she . I think they want to ki l , sobbed ri — I I t ed did try to beat the tapa right, but holes ’ w o uld come in it ; I couldn t help it ! We never the ur worked so in days before o father went away. — She she snatched the stick out of my hands and

and sore, and my head aches. The child sobbed bo desolately. The y sprang to his feet and strode to of u his back ar the edge the precipice , t rning tow d f r i his sister o the first time since the morn ng. “ “

! she . ! Mana exclaimed Again, today n she There were bur ing welts across his back, and

0001 on . tu laid her hand them He rned quickly,

his face lowering with shame and anger. 1 2 The Well of Last Resource

is Yes, Umi a man grown, and powerful, but ! ” I shall be a man some day, too his hands

They are fiends ! they are devils — this sister of our father and her ugly son ! They mean to kill us while he is away so that Umi will be the young chief of Waialua ; then they will tell some smooth ” tale to account for our disappearance .

A threatening voice called. i The girl sprang up trembling. She w ll beat i l me again. She sa d she wou d if I did not finish ’ ” sun c uld t. the tapa before the slept, and I o n ” l ti Noe l called the shri l voice again, this me nearer. “ i u Come, wh spered Mana s ddenly. She shall not beat you again ! The mountains are ” ’

n . his t kinder tha they Come . Grasping sis er s hand he drew her into the shadow of the bushes a i the where they crouched, scarcely bre thing, t ll s woman pa sed ; then aching, sore and desperate, they stole away down the farther slope of the i l f mounta n toward the pa e star o evening. The next day the sun was sinking close to the of two edge the world when the runaways, tired and spent, dropped on the sand at the foot of L ahi e . Noe leaned her head against the warm n rocks, tears creeping slowly from u der her long lashes. “ ’ ’ Don t, Noe, Mana begged gently. We re of i has tired and hungry, course ; but many t mes it a been so with us since our father went over the se , 13 The Well of Last Resource

R and we were beaten and tormented besides. est

here in this shelter while I go down to the shore. There are fish in the pools among the coral ; I can

see them, and the limu beckons to us from the

Noe winked the tears from her eyes, and ” mi too she sprang up s ling. Then I shall go, , ‘ ”

ai a . s d, for many hands m ke a quick feast

Together they ran down to a cove in the rocks, ar where the waves ebbed and flowed over the d k,

fronds in the shallow water. Soon Mana picked fish on of his up a struggling the point spear, and on l of when, presently, it lay the glowing coa s a fir e tu of , Noe re rned with a net full seaweed and

i - fi h t ny shell s . Since they left the mountain they

the White flakes of the steaming fish and the brown limu were more delicious than all the lux ’ uries f i o the k ng s feasts . s On the white sand among the warm, dry rock the children stretched their tired bodies in drowsy

comfort, while across the darkening water the moon of flung a path paved with broken chips silver, and

over it the stars beckoned to golden dreams. as as They were happy again, almost happy they had been before their father sailed away with war on the king to make another island, and left ar f them to the c e o his ambitious sister. By day they fished or raced over the white sand of the sk beach ; at night they slept under the Open y. 14

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ri i h of laugh ng ng in t eir ears, and the hot breath in a f flames scorch g their faces. Ste ling out o a lit

e laying wast the garden. In terror they ran

a t n vines, f lling over loose s ones, panting, sobbi g, f no retreat seemed sa e enough.

m n i gry, worn, now driven to the ountai he ghts by ain the taunts of their foe, now fleeing to the pl s to escape the echoes of his jeering laugh as he fol

lowed. Then came the season of the great water

of of side the great dark mountain, and the ground the plains opened ragged lips beseeching the blaz r ing sky for rain. Grass see ed brown in the scorch

ing winds, and the leaves crisped and fell from the i branches, t ll the naked rocks were exposed like of gaunt bones through the rags a beggar. At last Umi drove the children down the parched valley to where the mountains Open out die to the sea, and left them there to . About them spread dry rolling hillocks sparsely covered with

coarse grass and a few straggling berry bushes. 1 6

The Well of Last Resource

n ei e i The sun beat o th r unsheltered h ads, their l ps

d of m eyes there smol ered the fire a consu ing fever. “ ” “ h is use she f W at the , muttered dully, o i t planting and weav ng, Of cu ting and polishing cal a to abashes, and be ting the tapa, only have them turn to ashes before our eyes My head throbs i how and grows d zzy at the thought, and see your Of son of i hands, the hands the a great ch ef, are worn with the heavy toil !

n sun - his Mana sat o a baked rock, hea rt sore i with bitterness , and Noe lay whisper ng to herself his with her eyes closed. He changed position so that his shadow fell across her face. ” Noe in , he whispered, bend g anxiously over i l s i ! her, l tt e ister, what are you say ng

The dull voice only babbled on unmeaningly. “ ” the bo Noel y called, his voice sharp with a “ ! new fear, wake up You are having a bad dream. Wake up ! Suddenly Noe opened her eyes glittering with

! she ea lled Water hoarsely, water, I tell

is no n o But there water, Ma a s bbed miser

N ra oe beat her hands into the hot g ss. lli f l Mana shook her, ca ng her name rantica ly, t and she laid back again, muttering sof ly with her eyes closed. Frightened and desperate the boysprang to his 1 7 The Well of Lasb Resource

Stretching out his arms - with his palms turned up

wards, he prayed to the Great Spirit. “ ” of our d of Father fathers, he crie , God the u ‘ blessed waters, t rn your eyes toward the unhappy childr en of your children ! Send us the life - giving ”

di or . me cine, my sister will die i ai H gh up in the mount ns the clouds stirred, then gathered thick and dar k over the pool at the al of h foot of the waterf l. Out the mist rumbled t e

of - deep voice the water Spirit, and the call awoke M OO his , the great green lizard, from long sleep in the earth. W He stretched himself, and listened. hen the of M OO voice the spirit ceased, slipped into the pool, of and burrowed under the spur the mountain, hi l hot down under the foot l s, under the hillocks,

an d - to the dried stream bed, through the place where lay the sick child With a lash of his pow erful tail he broke Open the rocks, and the water, i follow ng him through the newly made tunnel,

u out - l u to g shed crystal clear, fi ling the stream f ll

his Mana, crouching with his face buried in arms ‘P to , heard the gurgle Of the water and sprang i h s t. fee Deep and cool Spread the pool before him, and on down through the parched fields rippled the

little stream . And by and by where it ran new i i l fe sprang up . The straggl ng bushes burst into

luxuriant bloom, and the berries grew luscious and 18 ri s of sweet. The soa ng bird heard the Splash the on i water, and dropped st lled wings to drink at the

And there the warrior- chief found his chil dr dren. But hardly had the salt ied on his canoes ere they were launched again, this time to carry the wicked woman and her son into exile on the r Island of Demons. But the sp ing still flows from R eo the rocks , the Well of Last esource, to the p ple of the valley. ’ A King s R an s om m m k

to the beach, and his keen eyes,

ou f o w far t r m the shore. It as then but a speck on the broad blue so w ocean, but s iftly it approached

force that lifted the sinewy body i of half ts length out the water at each stroke. Even then they saw that the man carried a long one or spear in hand, drove it before him across

the smooth stretches between the waves. At last the swimmer rose to his feet in the shallow water was and strode up the shore . He naked, lean, and lithe ; and his wet brown skin shone in the sun koa on his like polished . There were wounds arms, his and a deep ragged gash across chest, but he

stood erect in the royal presence , and when the a king spoke he answered unafr id. “

Ola . From Moku , I come A day and a night ” sea in the . From Moku Ola ! exclaimed an Old chief in

f From the City o Refuge. And who is the youth who comes thus boldly ! i from Moku Ola to Waipio asked the k ng . “ son of La who Kuala, am I, is dead through of the treachery his brother. Seven days ago the was battle fought, and when I sought my father 2 0

’ A King s R an sorr;

for into the sea, I had lost much blood in the

of at my feet, my fingers touched the sacred rock of f the Island Li e , and I turned and laughed in

their faces. And what is your desire now ! asked the

A place in your service, O king. The reck

’ down my father s spear. And Kualu that day entered the service of the

It wa s well known among the chiefs of

upon Maui, the island whose shores could be seen from Waipio when th e waves of the channel rolled sun he unbroken and the drank up t mists. But ‘ — the time of the feast Of Lono was near the five days Of the year which the gods claim as tribute ti n fromthe months, and the prepara ons for the co flict gave place to the great festival. By day there were games Of skill and tests of strength among the chiefs ; music and dancing and feasting in the light of the candle- nut torches filled the long nights ; and in the reckless time of the gods Kualu e of laid aside th memory his wrongs.

But, though the stalwart young chief had unflin chin l of looked g yinto the eyes the great king, ’ in the presence of the king s daughter the hot his to blood burned in his face, and tongue clung 2 2 A King’ s Ransom

his teeth. As a chief of the royal household he

he s n setting of t u . When the women sang in the moonlight to the music of the uke ke he heard only h the clear tones of her voice, and in the dark of t e starless nights he knew the sound of her soft foot on fall the rushes. She was a small maid, light as the down of the pulu fern, and as brown, and her f dark eyes laughed at his con usion. But the days of of t the gods were days grea er freedom, and the handsome young chief found that after all the wa laugh s only in her eyes. new On the first day of the year, when the tiv was d the k fes al ende , ing sent his runners over the island to demand a trib ute of soldiers and ri canoes from the chiefs of the outer dist cts, and the preparations for war went on openly. “ l ri Kualu , said the litt e p ncess when they nl of W aiamoa met in the moo ight by the spring , “ l I have ta ked with Wahia, the Sorceress, and her words are that you will bring back from the war that which shall give you power over kings. We will ray the gods that she be a true prophet. p‘ ” for I It is well , said the young chief eagerly, i have much to win before the king w ll listen to us. of When, at last, the great fleet canoes was d a launche , and the army s iled away, the winds were favorable, and the waves propitious. On the morning of the second day they landed near Lele , where the king of Maui and all his army awaited t hem. From the first the surge of battle was with 2 3 A King ’s Ransom

Of ii the hosts Hawa , though fierce and stubborn the resis tance ; and the conflict raged over the hills

till scarce a Maui warrior remained. One band out alone held , strongly entrenched behind a stone an s in wall, and defi t as though po sessed of some

f i one by one the brave de enders fell, t ll, through un the thinning guard, he caught the flash Of an

his of turhult hewed way into the center the , and, wi his with a s nging blow Of javelin, brought a

- strange, white faced warrior to the ground. As the gleaming blade slipped from the inert hand l it Kua u seized , and plunged it to the hilt in the

earth ; then, with his foot covering the handle, and a l him his javelin de ling fearfu blows about , he stood t l of Mauiians his ground il the last the were dead, r o had fled over the hills. If any save the young to chief had seen the strang e knife, he had not lived tell it ; and when the army Of Hawaii returned to o was Waipio, the strange weap n hidden in a l of on v bund e captured spears, and the tapa co er was of ing the tabu mark the chief Kualu. In secret he carried it to the cabin of the Old “ coun se ai seer. I need your he s d to her in a “ Know you, mother, what I have in a ! this tap He unrolled the covering. “ “ h i f Auwei ! s e sa d so tly. It is the iron knife ! But a little while ago a white- faced stranger came to the shores of Maui in a canoe Of 24 A King’ s Ransom

own sha e and in his hand h carri an unkn p , e ed a if of on kn e, the like which was never seen all the

han h shar est bone t i and bendin as h t t e p , but h n g t e of a l f of the lance pa m lea , and with the fire noon f day sun leaping from ha t to tip. They thought he was od of the White g whom the prophets spoke, but ou sa an he died, y y, like y man The gods have f ou . e i . befriended y , Kualu L ave the kn e with me is It safe here, and there are many who would ” i of its is not covet it. The t me power yet. While the army still reveled in the glory of i k to ri i v ctory, the ing prepared st ke a blow for st ll to greater power ; and from shore shore , from to mountain peak mountain peak, there sounded sea i the call to arms. By land and by the ch efs h hands of ri i of came wit their war ors, t ll the hills Hainakolo were covered with camps, and the war canoes lay on the bea ch from where the first morning light strikes the sand to the last rock ’ s burnished by the setting sun. Kualu kinsmen, son sea d both father and , came by with a hundre ri war ors ; but Kualu bore himself with cold pride, was and the feud buried before the king. But one day when the little princess met her lover at the spring, her eyes were full of tears, and “ she sobbed as she said to him ! Your kinsman

Ola ana his son . urges me to marry p , He is the most powerful noble on the island and has many warriors, and my mother looks upon him with ! favor. What shall we do 25 his c on struck clen hed hand the rock. “ Yet Wahia hides the iron knife and counsels ” “ s W ! n of u to ait he cried passio ately. I am tired waiting ! I have but to lift my hand and a score or of his to more warriors will come me ; then, with

i is of v Wah a says it a thing e il . It invites dis she war aster. Also, says, this will make great s changes ; some stars will rise and some will et. is l of Yours sti l behind the clouds the horizon, my hi n ot is to c ef, but for long it be hidden, Wahia ” says. u But, though the powerf l chief pleaded and i was too on the queen urged, the k ng intent his own am of bition to consider the marriage a maid. Never before had such an army put out from any island shore ; never before had an island war so song rolled from many throats. The wind of a nd brought the sound back over leagues ocean,

sea - to the birds flew the mountains, screaming with m alar . On the morning when the dawn showed the blue hills Of Kauai before them, the king stood on the deck of the royal canoe and saw his fleet spread out over the channel like the wings of a bird s to ti o great that, from tip p, it measured the width

on sea n Kauai lay the still , blue like an e a Al no chanted l nd. ong the shore canoe broke the a of as as u s pl cid ripple the waves ; far eye co ld ee, ' 2 6 A King ’ s Ransom

neither man nor beast moved on the shore ; among the hills no Spear caught the flash of the rising i s sun. All n ght the strange stillne s brooded, but at break of day ten thousand Spearsmen poured out of t the hills, like a flood hrough a broken dam , and the impact of the hosts was like the char ge of w stormy billows on a rocky shore. The air as torn with Shouts and cries, with the sound of clashing spears and whirling javelins, and the panting breath of desperate struggle. Suddenly another great army rounded the sea point by to attack and destroy the canoes, and the king sent Kualu to the rescue with a band of picked fighters. They sprang to the boats, and as ff o . they cast them , fleet met fleet with a crash Men fought on the decks and in the water ; foes or clenched on the bed of the ocean, and drowned, rose to the surface to be beaten under again with h paddles , Spears and javelins shrieked t rough the i so ri air, t ll at last Kualu and a score or of war ors looked at one another across a splintered fleet. “ To the king ! To the king ! called the young tl was chief; but on the land the bat e lost. The slain lay under the blistering sun, and not one man of all the invading host held out against the defend

ers. n The little ba d stood aghast before the ruin, until discovered by the foe ; only half of the score escaped. For many days they skirted the coast, f n tr ying to learn the fate O the king . At ight they k of il landed and crept to the outs irts the v lages, and in the frequent skirmishes five of their 2 7 A King’ s Ransom

many weary days reached the island. Though on watchers stood the shore as they drew near, when they landed the beach was deserted Every

where Kualu found only averted faces. He Spoke ar u to the gu d before the palace, and the man t rned al and w ked to the other Side. He called to a child who She had loved him ; it ran to its mother, and

of and angry, he strode up the valley to the cabin

! What is it he demanded fiercely. What ” evil hasworkedagainst me! TheOld woman looked in his scarred face ; She lifted his cut and bruised he hands, and turned his broad back to t light. The chief Kualu bears not the marks of a w She a OlO ana co ard, s id, though p returned from war the full seven days ago, and told that you had ” deserted the king and escaped with all the canoes . Kualu stared in angry amazement at the old his was woman. He tried to speak, but throat

choked with fury. “

K alaun ui i on . But is not dead, Wah a went Only this morning a wounded spearman returned on alone in a broken canoe . He died the Shore, but not before he whispered that the king was a

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old rri his e With all the hate sti ng in h art, o the alace Kualu returned t p . As he crossed the

ri a They were talking with an Old war or, and ne r ’ them sat the women of the queen s household ; wa and all but the little lad looked another y. Turn your young eyes from the Sight of a ”

ar ri OlO an a . cow d, my p nce , p said in a loud voice ’ The red blood died out of Kualu s face ; he l O turned slowly and wa ked back to them. N nd ea me sou from his rigid lips, but he took the of old Spear from the hand the man, and, step e his ping back a pace , pointed to the w apon in ’ lO ana saw a kinsman 8 hand. O p the venge nce in his e w eyes, and his sp ar flew ildly, but Kualu of waited the space a dozen breaths, then with a furious blow he buried the spear with the insult in of the heart the slanderer. The days that followed were days Of deep — humiliation. Taunts showered about him taunts that he resented till his heart was Sick with the

one i u i n Then n ght Wahia bro ght the ron k ife. ’ “ i is she ! o The t me come now, said. u must to Kauai an d brin back go g the king. I bring back the king ! ” he exclaimed bit “ You mock me ! I could not gather twenty men have what is more powerful than an ’ ! . is i r n m bo army the iron knife It a k ng s a so , y. Take but five men who have proved their faith ; he 29 ’ Ran sOm A King s ‘

s and cunning and wi e, you will return to marry the to hi princess, and hold the ghest place in the

ai of one s led away from the shore Waipio, no but ai who an Old woman , and a m d watched from the of shelter the forest, knew of the treasure that lay wrapped in many folds of tapa in the boat of the r or was disg aced chief, that he gone to seek the

Then the gods gave their favors freely. Fresh r l n b eezes fi led the sails by day, and at ight the canoes rocked in safety on the gentle swells of the ul A S a peacef ocean . they pproached Kauai they raised on a Spear the emblem of an envoy ; and

“ the k of sur when they landed, , ing the island, chiefs of c rounded by his council, re eived them at n

once. Kualu announced their mission boldly. ” “ V we of n ictorious king, he Said, Hawa know that our sovereign lives a prisoner on your ” “ i T e d sland. h king gravely bowe And we have to come Offer canoes and Spears, to the number you ” ask, in exchange for his freedom. We have more canoes than can find refug e on ” our sea i Shores when the storms sweep the , repl ed “ i the great k ng with stately courtesy, and the spears lie in uncounted thousands in the “ And many of them we Should ” w a e see t . to hem, said Ku lu sadly The next day the Six chiefs of Hawaii again i of asked an aud ence the royal council, and added A K ing’ s Ransom

twenty feather cloaks of priceless value to the Offer ’ for the king s ransom ; and again they were court l f The l eous y re used. next day sti l other treasures

ai his ri Then Kualu r sed ght hand, and they knew that he had a matter of grave and secret n importance to communicate . The attenda ts fell Of ai back, and the King Kau and his chiefs each , i ‘ l fted the right hand in token of good faith. Kualu took from un der his cloak a long slender roll of of v tapa and laid it at the feet the so ereign. Look of ing keenly about the circle august faces, he an d stooped Opened the roll, and the long, thin i steel blade lay naked in the sunl ght, like a flash of lightning snared “ ff This alone I O er, he said, without canoe , ” or e d sp ar, or treasure of any kin “ - - Old Auwe e c l breathed the council of nobles. “ ! ” i Th e iron knife wh spered the king in awe . The knife of the white god Will it buy our sovereign ’ s freedom ! ” “ n is The king of Hawa free,

31 The Story of the Eight Islands

’ that portion of the earth s surface where the blue waves of the

Pacific Ocean surge, beating back and forth from the Golden Gate to of was the land the Great Dragon, of ri a desolate waste a d country,

where no green thing grew, and where no bird or beast of any kind had ever been tempted to build a

of hot be ing into the sky, and , sandy valleys So tween, at least, some folk say. They ought too who to know, , for they are the people now live on the islands that, in that long ago age, were the tops of the very highest peaks in the middle of

An old man who lives in a grass but on the s10 e of on e of p those mountains, up where the h mists trail t rough the tree tops, and the rainbows are forever pointing out treasures of potted gold

that nobody ever finds, knows all about it ; and for the proof of the truth of this strange tale of his wh ai is y, there are the mount ns and there the blue

Away Off to the south, the Old man says,

Where the sky comes down to meet the ocean,

furnaces of white - hot fire ; though waving palms fringed the Shores and the hillsides were covered The Story of the Eight Islands

with a glowing carpet of flowers. It was where the gods lived when they were not busy interfering of r with the affairs ordina y people. i i At that t me Pele, spir t Of fire, was the most of the wa bea utiful all goddesses. Her hair s long and dusky as th e cloud of black smoke that poured from the throat Of the grea t mountain ; her face was like the flakes of white ash that floated away air i of through the , glow ng rosily in the light the fire ; her eyes were black as the shining lava on of the where it cooled the edge pit. The great

Kane was her father, her mother was a sea nymph, u the t and tho gh she lived in the heart of moun ains , every day she went down to the shore to ta lk with It happened one day when there was great out in commotion the world of mortals, and the gods and goddesses were being so constantly in voked that it did not pay to return between times to own their abode , that Pele wandered alone by sea w the . It as a golden morning ; the night haze il out on t of st l lay far the wa er, where the blue the sea of melted into the blue the sky, and the Shadows of the cocoa palms were long on the yel

Suddenly a fleet of canoes broke through the n mists, cutting the dancing waves with their thi , showers from the points of their sweeping outrig

i of b rds, paddles flashing in the sun, and a sheen 3 3 The Story of the Eight Islands

hr golden brown bodies swaying rhythmically. T ee one all out score and canoes in , spread like a flock

wa if led s large and strong and beaut ul. Pele retreated to the Shelter of a rocky cavern w overgrown ith ferns and creeping vines, and

watched them breathlessly, waiting the tragedy Of al the reef that no mort had ever yet survived. Then up rose a figur e in the prow of the fore i most canoe . From under a shad ng hand bold

eyes searched the coast, found the hidden channel, and the fleet Shot through the Spindrift and spume of W the angry breakers, into the quieter aters

within the reef. Straight and tall stood the young of chief, the white foam the fawning surf purring f w along the Sides o the canoe. On his head as a of helmet yellow feathers, and from his Shoulders of hung a sweeping cloak the same golden plumage . t of With strong, swif strokes their paddles the warriors sent the canoes crunchin g through the on the out shells sand, and beached the fleet high f of o reach the waves. Then the chief threw his

great Spear, and where it struck and stood upright of quivering in the ground, there the guard honor r f spread the royal mats. A score o more o war riors began immediately to build the royal lodge of the long fronds of the palm trees woven together ; another score set about preparing the morning hi was M feast, and a t rd picketed about the p foe with Spear and Shield ready to repel a foe, if

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of one mom the lesser chiefs at last prevailed, for ing when Pele had waited at their trysting- place on and he did not come, She wandered down

di been, She saw the Shore strewn with the sorder of a hasty flight ; but the whole fleet of canoes had

passed beyond the horizon. on fti Pele sank the sand, and the wind li ng a as her long black h ir, covered her with it with a n For sa mour ing veil. a long time She t there un heeding ; the fires in the mountains smoldered out she sat to a dull glow and almost died , and still of h r unmoving. Then in the darkness the night e ou f mother came up t o the sea and s oke to her. “ ” p‘ Go, my daughter, She said, and light a fire is torch at the in the great mountain, there f ar still a spark le t. With it se ch along the coast

of - for a canoe . One the three score I capsized, and when the men grew weak with the buffeting of and sank to the bottom the sea, I brought it

ou. set back to y Take it and forth, and I will guide ” you ; but keep the light burning. h Pele arose and found the canoe . When s e the bow had fixed the torch in and seated herself,

a hugh wave rolled up the sand, and, receding, t out to lif ed the boat and carried it sea. On and on l or it sped without sai paddle, the prow always on on sea to the north ; and over the trackless , v ail on ti sea with ne er a s in Sight ; , un l even the 36

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birds were left behind At last Pele saw a long un black cloud hanging low on the horizon, and der it loomed the shores of a Dreadful Land Still the canoe sailed on ; the cloud spread and shut out the i an d the sunshine , and air grew th ck heavy. the Poisonous vapors floated up from land, and — darkness— dense darkness shut down over the whole region. “ ” Alas, cried Pele, my boat will be wrecked ” o n the terrible rocks ! I can go no further! Crouching in the bottom of the canoe she covered her face with her hands, waiting the Shock of the keel on the shore. When she looked up the land had disap eared p She sprang to her feet, raising the torch high above her head From the Sky on the north sk on the a to to the y south, from the e st the west, the sea rolled The Dreadful Land lay fathoms of u ai deep, and only the tops the highest mo nt ns on rose above the waves, eight rocky islands the f bosom o a mighty ocean. When the canoe grated on the shore of the island farthest to the north, Pele took the torch and climbed to the top . She touched the light to k m the roc s, and they burned with a fla e that lit up every spur and crevice on the mountainside ; but w f h Malia as not there. She le t t e fire burning and ' i on the lan embarked aga n, landing is d next to the and south, where she again lit a fire searched for

i . her lover, aga n in vain From island to island she i all wandered, unt l but one of the mountains were 37 The Story of the Eight Islands

the canoe touched the Shore of the last island Pele on saw a Spear lying the rocks . “ ” Here will I find Malia, She cried, casting

her faithless lover . At last she found him , lying dead Where the wicked Kekaha had deserted

Where the torch dropped from her hold it burned

a great cavern in the rocks. There Pele made her ti home. Some mes she Slept, and then the fire died away until only a thin column of smoke floated up from the pit to mingle with the fleecy clouds ; when she awoke the whole mountain shoc k with on her restless muttering. She breathed the

al of - smoldering co s, and fountains red hot lava sh shot into the air. Now and then e broke into f of raging ury, and swept the land with streams liquid fire that Shriveled every living thing in their

paths. one That was eons ago. One by the volcanoes on the other islan ds died out; but to this day in of the depths Kilauea the fire still burns, and the ho lava surges t and red. Long ago the fresh sea

o f the rocks to s il. Then the waves o the ocean i brought seeds from d stant lands, and they took root and flourished ; flowers opened to the smiling sk y, and fruits ripened m the warm sunshine, until 38 The Story of the Eight Islands now those dreadful mountain peaks glow with the colors of jewels set in the blue enamel of the ' tropic sea.

39 The Forest of Haina Kolo

E on sea LON the lonely , in the

As it rolled heavily on the sluggish a w swells, a pl intive chant, eighted woe with , rose and fell with the

throbbing waves, and the voice was rich with the pathos of a long past age ! “ W de is the d k and dre r e n i ar a y oc a ,

The night of rain and driving storm ; The n ht ha end in az n s n eam ig t t s bl i g u b s, In flames that scorch the braz en sky; In h ha rn the n water lig t t t bu s rolli g s, And strikes the waves to white- hot flames h ear e e That blind t e w y y s. Br d the a h of the fier heaven oa is rc y s, Slow the pace of the laggard sun ; But when at t s nk the e n , las , it i s to oc a , It n es nder the d ken n wave plu g u ar i g s, And n ht n dreadf n ht h d wa a n ig , lo g, ul ig , ol s s y ag i .

il di low The wa ed away in a moan, and only the wash of the restless sea sounded through the

empty night . “ Th ai i e . long, long night, the pl nt began aga n The cold night whirn ered of A child p in the bottom the canoe, and th e woman drew it into her arms and wrapped h of the t ick veil her long, dusky hair around the

little naked brown body. Again the lament floated over the dark water !

40 and hid in the depths of the blue ; the shadows fled i of sw ftly from the face the ocean, and when the

on sea it for still rocked the empty , as had rocked child slept on ; and the glory of the new day gilded

The freshening breeze lifted the cloud of dusky hair

— l beautifu as the dawn, and still in the morning of i i t . sl m, da n y youth sun But while the was yet low, a great, dark storm- cloud rolled up from the place of unknown of terrors at the back the sky. The wind struck e of the wat r like the flat a paddle, and the spray

quick jerk the canoe dipped the water, then rolled

i on . back and d pped the other side The woman, suddenly aroused, dragged herself painfully to her knees. Already the storm - cloud spread over half the heavens, and the waves, White and broken, fled of i l before the lash the wind. She looked W ld y

n r f swung its le gth to the ush o the sea.

of for held it close in the hollow her arm, waiting, 42 The Forest of Haina Kolo

beyond the race of waves towered a mountain of

r . water, its thin edge ba ely frayed She braced her self and lay out over the outrigger ; but her slender

a sea - body was like the fe ther of a bird, and the mer ’ cil ss h e billow picked up the canoe in its giant s clutc , ’ a s though it were but a chip from the hewer s ax, e n hea tin i and threw it fac dow , g it nto the water. on When the wave passed , the canoe lay like a r s a log olling helplessly in the trough of the e . to f The woman came the sur ace , still clutch in tr out for i l g her child, and s uck the spl ntered hu l. Through the long hours of the storm she clung to sea the slippery wreck, though again and again the tore it from her grasp. At last, toward the end of the i the day, an sland loomed dimly through driving she spray, and left the hull and swam toward the i of shore. Some t me in the blackness the night she felt the land under her feet ; she dragged herself up ri t the beach, g pping a li tle limp body in the hollow of ha and sank m me dr wam an m y, s d of she In the gray the dawn roused, but the child lay as she had gathered it to her with the last of . ti on sh her spent strength Sit ng the sand, e rocked it in her arms, crooning coaxingly with her on the warm lips little cold face . By and by she to f staggered her eet, gathered the long grass that of e grew in the crevices the rocks above the b ach, n and made a nest for the little o e . “ ” she l It but sleeps, said wistful y. When I ” return with food it will wake.

43 fish - n Nu u. The god is a gry, said old He ” has called them all away. They cast their not a ai n g , and drew it in empty. or The queen will eat flesh fowl this day, a old as s id the man they strode up the beach . on al There were footprints the shore, sm l, slender molds that dragged at the toes as though f the eet had been lifted in great weariness. They led up from the edge of the water to a place where on e some had lain long and heavily in the sand. fish From there the prints were fresher, and the ermen followed till they suddenly came upon the A s child in the green nest. they gazed at it in astonishment it moved feebly. “ 1S fish out of This a strange to come the sea, Nii ai n a u. s id The tiny w f moa ed, and he took it in ai his his arms to warm it ag nst broad chest. “ ! rn t Auwei he breathed softly wonder, lif ing a “ slender necklace from the little brown neck. The of ! or fish child a high chief Fish no , I must take i ” t to the queen . a! a! ! xc

a of When H ina Kolo, daughter a king, dragged

ti f m - her s f ened li bs back to the beach, the fern lined w nest in the rocks as empty. She gazed into it stu ified she p , but at last her face brightened and laughed gently. “ i! she an d was as Lei Makan called, her voice o of H lawo sweet as the sound f the waters u . She 44

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no u greeted her, sho t of baby glee answered ; she ran alon the beach callin Lei M akanil Lei g g , ! Makani coaxingly at times, then again her voice rose clear and loud as the sound of a battle- ax ri R i R r st king the ing ng ocks. The winds answe ed, but the child who was named for them was beyond h t e call. Then for hours she crouched on the shore in sun ar i the blazing , neither he ing nor seeing, t ll the ti and de crept up lapped her feet. At the first touch of wi i the water a ld, unreasoning horror leaped nto her she sea eyes; sprang up and ran away from the , i of away from the s ght the rolling billows, away of from the sound the thundering surf, up into the a f ai he rt o the mount n forest. There she lived for many long years ; and in the a of deep, cool, green shade the pe ce the ever ll lasting hi s crept into her heart. But when the sound of the surf boomed u i earl dawn and a storm thro gh the h lls in the y , on ti brooded the ocean, a haun ng memory stirred

to an d un al a down the shore , , r ning ong the be ch, “ ” would call ! Lei ! n ow , Lei Makani Makani softly, now a enticingly, rousing the echoes with her cle r

l fish The mad woman cal s the winds, the k ermen would say, and hasten to ma e ready for a gale. At last there came a season of fierce storms a from the south that raged over the land and se .

It was in the time of the year when the sun hur ries across the heavens, and the days are short.

dreary and sunless. on Then a strange, swift sickness fell the island,

ar to . from d k dawn, the wailing never ceased It gled the on es “ It is the strange mad woman of the moun “ a to tains, s id the high priest the queen. She calls, and the sick wind blows from the south ; then the ul of d as so s the afflicted are lure into it, the feather of a sea- bird is caught in the gale and carried no n i is of o e knows wh ther. She possessed an evil of Hawair until her body lies on the altar of the

That same day the queen sent messengers th e for m through mountains, searching the ad on woman. They found her Sitting the rushes before her cabin , quietly weaving, and on her face t of res ed the peace the great Silent forest. She in l for f of g y, her suf erings had drained her heart fear. ' 4 6

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f of the Island o Demons. “ Auwei ! Then she is the lost princess of Kauai ! ” “ But the son; where is he ! The queen and

looked at each other in startled wonder.

but lately returned to these shores after many

n old saw A d the fisherman, when he the “ tin of woman Sit g in the house the queen, said, It is the mother of the child I saw her searching sea among the rocks by the , but I had given the ” no waif to the queen and could t take it back. com The swiftest runner in all Hawaii, at the of off a mand the queen, threw his t pa and sped

of t of u blast the s orm the chief Waimanu ret rned,

fleet- pace by pace, with the footed messenger.

When father and son, the one gray with the

years that had passed, and the other grown to a ar e KOlo stalw t youth, stood b fore her, Haina knew them both ; and the haunting shadows passed from her mind as the mist clears from the hills in the

And the forest where for so many years she lived in lonely solitude is still called The Forest of

Haina Kolo.

48 The Magic Arrow

RE ou i a y sure, H na, that the e rth has not grown Since the days of my father ! ” The woman sitting on the ru sh - s tr ew n g r oun d looked up _ f of ri s rom her weaving d ed gra ses , and a smile dawned slowly in her

r . g eat, somber eyes The Space between the stone and the sandalwood tree is the s son She a r d ame, my , nswe e

But the trees are larger. I remember when this one was only a single branch out of the ground ;and you have often told me that when we came here ” to s. this forest, I was but a small child in your arm “ But the earth is past its youth, and the ” measure of its growth is backward “ ” i bo Then tell me aga n, demanded the y, wi on his thro ng himself the rushes beside mother, “ of was who on what manner man he , standing i to . th s stone, could throw a spear yonder mark

Begin at the beginning, and tell me, how came he to the shores of this island ! ’ Hina s thin brown fingers flew swiftly among was unbrok the quivering strands, but the silence for the of of en Space a score breaths, while the

f - i i leaves whispered so tly to a low dr ft ng cloud, and the sunshine glinted in the deep green tunnels of

. she i the forest At last Spoke , and her vo ce, rich and low, filled and swelled the harmony of the

- bird songs . 49 The Magic Arrow.,

k f - h the water li e the fin o a spear fis in chase.

of paddle, leaped to the crest a wave, and sped

“ e bo And I int rrupted the y, I have never old P akeo who to our seen a man save , comes mountain to gather the brown floss of the tree is fern. But he crooked and little, though he ”

f . ! throws a swi t Spear And then, mother Hina “ saw t And then, when they hat the stranger of him bore the emblems a high rank, they led to k the king, and the ing received him as a noble guest.

Very - soon he became a member of the royal house hold,for he had great Skill with the javelin and the

bo al paused, and the y took up the t e eagerly. “ And when the stranger had won the great of joust before the king, he asked the high priest

the temple for his daughter. Mother, think you that the maids in the valley now are as beautiful as

“ i ! As I, H ku The young girls are smooth

Skinned, with black, shining hair, and 50 But the birds with the black feathers are not so beautiful as the little manu that is soft gray and white ; and the black cloud is the cloud of storm no and fierce lightning. I like t the black things of ow of i the forest. N , tell me the t me when my f e ai be ather brought us up h re into the mount ns, ” a on fore the gre t battle the plains. “ It was after the fishermen had fled from the sea with the tale of the thousand war canoes ready to of be launched from the shore Lele, to descend n kin was a llin in h o our coast. The g e g t e chiefs and their warriors from the distant valleys of the

a ou father came , and t king y from my arms bade me follow him. High up in the mountains we

i of . as ou cl mbed, into the depths the forest Here, y see now was s a for our it , the hou e re dy use ; mats for was were Spread the bed, and food stored f r i enough o many weeks. G ving you back to my to n his arms, he stepped yo der stone and threw t h l spear . Across the Open it whis led, like the s ri l of a buried its oint in the trun k of call bird, and p al d the sand woo When he brought back the spear, ‘ i son he sa d, My lance I leave to my , and the on for him 1 mark the tree to grow to . When he s ean n a of his strong and sure, and pla t the spe r of e i father in the heart the s ar, then, and not unt l a ai o then, must he le ve the mount n and g down f into the valley to learn the ways o men. Before i is he goes, g ve him the arrow that fastened above an if his han ds are free of the stains of the door, d 5 1 u gods to protect us, he went q ickly away through ” the forest. “ was ! i And he killed wh spered the boy, his eyes wide and wistful though he knew well the

He was seen fighting beside the king till the

‘ last foe was down ; but his body was not among the dead, nor stood he among the living. Some was of of said he the race the gods, and they had him ” called . ’ The sad voice ceased, but in the woman s dark eyes there burned a fire that seemed the driving force of the flying fingers ; the weaving grasses M trembled in the still air, and the warm, p fra granee of the forest rose like incense to the noon

- i u day sun. On the rush strewn ground H k lay of n was thinking the u known hero whose son he , until his waking fancies flowed unbroken into the marvels of dreamland adventure. The mother turned to speak again ; but seeing him u asleep, rose quietly and gathered her beautif l mats into a bundle. With another glance at the bo she y Slipped away through the trees, down the a n of mount in o the further Side , into the village a who tr of people knew her not, and aded the work her busy hands for food . of When the boy awoke, the shadow the san dalwood lay twice the length of the stately trunk 52

his l through the brush, pu ses throbbing riotously. so Never before had he heard young voices near, and the hot blood tingled through his veins to his

- wa f fin er ti . s o to g ps It the call youth youth, and ’ all the lad s powerful strength responded. He ar r n swung across the cle ing befo e the cabi , where

spear from the ground. i on For a moment he po sed the worn stone, his muscles slowly swelling and knotting under the brown, satiny skin . Then, swift as the dart of ’ his i a scorpion s sting, s newy arm Shot out, and the flow recoiled, and spear through the air, swift

of old . and true, into the very heart the scar “ “ ! ” ! Hina he shouted, mother Hina I have done it ! Soc ! See ! The spear of my father again ” quivers in the trunk of the old tree !

The woman rose slowly to her feet, and stood

she was goal that, had thought, still many turns of i in the maze the future. She \watched H ku spring to the tree and tear out the Spear ; then she turned and brought him the magic arrow. “ ” “ It is yours, she said. But the night comes i sw ftly. Wait now the new day, then go down into the valley. When you reach the foot of the n bow mou tain, Shoot the arrow from your and fl ou il follow its ight. It will lead y ; but fa not to ” is return before the day gone . n a In the early morning, as the su c me up out of sea the the dripping showers of gold, Hiku left The Magic Arrow

ran e a cabin and agerly down the mount inside, to lod e springing from ledge g , leaping the rifts in s the rocks, down through the thick mist of cloud

n - e - of into the lo g dr amed valley. He drew his bow and shot the arrow out into the unknown world before him. It fell in an Open field where young men were practising with the e For javelin and the long Sp ar. a time he watched t them curiously, then turned and fit ed the arrow to bow a his ag in. a These are but children, he thought, I sh ll ” on find m e n further . At the second flight the arrow led him to a grove where men and women were drinking fi'om of w i a big bowl a a. Some were reeling about s ng in g , others were quarreling, while a few lay in a all he vy, noisy slumber ; but it looked foolish to

bo on . the untaught y, and he passed For the third time he drew the tense string of w bo . the , and followed the slender barb It led vi him through taro patches and gardens, past llage of huts, into the courtyard the high chief, where i it dropped at the feet of a young g rl. Laughingly she caught up the dart and hid it i behind her as H ku entered through the gateway. “ How do I know it is yours! ” she asked when d he held out his hand , and her lips ma e the youth hia s think of the ripe, red o in the mountains. ” own My will come to me, he answered, and h whistled softly. Instantly t e arrow slipped from o hi her fingers and fluttered t s shoulder. 55 “ Auwei ! cried all the people in astonishment ; old ou of and the chief came t his house at the sound. “ Who 1s this stranger ! he asked of Neula 1s Hina, the daughter , my mother, “ f Hiku answered for himsel , and I bring my fath

e old When Hiku entered into the new lif , the existence faded away to the dimness of a half- for

e . in gotten dr am The primeval forest, the hut the e clearing, even the lonely, waiting woman, w re his as veiled from memory, even the dark peak was hidden from the valley by the thick curtain of nk a E mist that ba ed ag inst the mountainside. ach new ! s day held wonders the bountiful fea ts, the sports where his great strength won him high h onor among the young men ; the music, the danc ing, the singing and laughter and jest , but more n u of tha all , the beautif l, laughing eyes Kawelu, of she the fairest daughter the chief, at whose feet the arrow had fallen, held him enthralled . r of At last, in the da kness the night, he awoke suddenly to find the magic arrow lying in his open d n han With the touch came a quick, accusi g of c thought Hina, alone in the forest. At on e he out of arose and stole the sleeping village, and in i sat on the st ll dawn reached the hut. His mother h on t e rushes weaving, and he threw himself his knees before her. “ ” d Give me your pardon, mother, he begge was I thought I a man , but I have forgotten like a child ” The Magic Arrow

Hina stood up ; ta king his head between her hands she raised his face to the light and read in f his his e es the honest shame o heart. y‘ ” i ou t Ah, H ku, y are but a lad af er all, though ” for ou a good lad, y repent wholly. ‘ n Then come with me, mother Hi a. to the village where you are still remembered and

Hina glanced about the little clearing where so ia every tree, every stone was famil r that She 1n the read the hour of the day shadows, and Hiku saw of , growing in her face , the dread change .

set to f the village, he himself patiently the task o i one steal ng, by one, the fears and misgivings from her mind When she took up her work again he his li stretched long mbs beside her, and began the f h l tale o his adventures in t e va ley. To bo on i the y, the days the mounta n dragged for almost intolerably, but he waited resolutely the ’ woman s slower mind to wake to the desire for old associations. But though the peace of the mountain lay unbroken, the village in the valley seethed with who excitement. The powerful young chief had won the favor of the whole clan had mysteriously a dis ppeared ; and Kawelu , his promised wife, lay on to the her couch of mats with her face wall. his to When , at last, Hiku persuaded mother the ! return with him to valley, they found the vi of la lage a place sorrow. Kawelu y dead in the 5 7 The Magic Arrow

f the darkened room, and called upon the Spirit o hi NO of his beloved to return to m. flutter life moved the still heart ; and sobbing he went out

a nd GO, shaft of the gods, search out the ” of place where hides the Spirit Kawelu. was t e of Wide and long h arc its flight. Hiku followed and saw it fall into a thicket where the rocks jut out into the sea at the foot of the great n mountain . Beati g the brush aside he found a cavern so deep and dark that eyes could not fathom i ts depth. Without returning to the village, he n went away into the mountai s. For three days he d i gathere vines, and wove them nto a rope, long i and strong, at the end of wh ch he fastened a stout

- of d cross bar woo He cut a cocoanut in halves, u and taking o t the meat, fitted the pieces together

so that not even the smallest crack could be seen.

Then, gaunt with sleeplessness, his eyes burning, of he returned to the house the chief. “ ” “ of Brothers Kawelu, he said, your sister is n not dead. Weakened by grief her body held ot o n e strongly to the soul , and Milu , the evil , al for snatc hed it away . Upon you I c l the strength of your stout arms to help rescue it from the deep of caverns the earth whither the fiend carried it. “ ” How know you that this is so ! asked one

of the brothers . 5 8 The Magic Arrow

t an dea h be upon my own head, he ” if I restore her not. At the mouth of the cave Hiku took his bow r and a row and the cocoanut shell, and stepping to

- of the cross bar the swing, told the four brothers to lower him into the pit. Swinging dizzily like a Spider at the end of a ti i web, he slipped down, down , ll the l ght gleamed him like a star above ; down , down, deeper and deeper still in the fearful blackness . The air grew foul and dank, evil sounds hissed from the crevices of the rocky walls, and vile odors choked him . Away below a faint spark appeared —a light that i grew into a glow, then into a rad ance ; and he c rn of found himself in a vast ave , the cavern Milu, the evil god of the underworld sat n him On the throne the demo , while about were gathered the souls he had stolen ; with them, c ri her fa e hidden in her hands, crouched the spi t of Kawelu. As Hiku swung above her he called ; she looked up, and then Sprang to his arms. Milu shouted, and a tumult of echoes rolled under the vaulted roof; he commanded the spirit to leave her ’ Hiku s lover, and at once arms were empty, but his e above head hover d a beautiful white butterfly, which he caged in the cocoanut shell. When the fiend saw that Hiku held the Spirit a prisoner, he caught up a lightning dart, but ft l bow swi er sti l, the magic arrow sprang from the and buried itself in the heart of the monster . Through the son of Hina the gods had rid the 59 The Magic Arrow

of She s Kawelu, and aro e and greeted her lover and his mother as though She had but waked from

fu . a deep, rest l sleep

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f priest stood be ore his desecrated altar ; and the. wise king sat in the darkened palace and mourned or al of as f the dead. In all the re m the two sov ereig n s the foolish king was the only being who for of was smiled that day, Laau, prince Mauai, to of be banished to Lanai, the most fearsome all the

s of . eight i lands, where swarmed the demons evil For of the prince, in a reckless freak daring,

had stolen into the temple in the night, and had a of p inted, with the hues the rainbow, the pure White birds that awaited the sacrificial rites for the was f welfare of the mad king. It an of ense against the gods and the sacred person of the real sover i n e g . Swift and terrible fell the punishment ; but the royal father had laid his head in the dust of f on grief when he pronounced the doom o his s .

And Laau, proudly alone in his disgrace, gathered together the spears and javelins he had won in the jousts, and strode down to the beach W on here his canoe lay drawn up the sand. But on the shore beside the boat stood a young chief, ’ son of of the the chief the king s council. Since the day when they had first strayed away together own on their tottering feet, each had been as the ’ of other s shadow, and in the close bond their love r or both we e prince, both were chief. “ of ou suS i It is foolish y , Kamaka, to draw p ” cious on wa his eyes yourself this y, said Laau, “ k n voice cho i g in his throat. You know that the command of the king is that no on e shall Speak ” to the outcast. 62 The Island of Demons

two t But ou casts may speak to each other. Think you that I would let my brother bear the disgrace alone for what we did together ! ” Kama ka r his l d ew up slender, brown shoulders proud y. “ ”

! ou too of . forget that I , , am the royal line And through the mist of unshed tears each lad looked

Then they bent their backs to the canoe, and i sent it Spinn ng out into the surf. They sprang in two m and the paddles dipped deep the water, but before they leaned to the stroke the high priest a strode down into the se . Laau dropped his pad die his , and stretched out hands entreatingly to the

W aolan i Your pardon, Father , he sobbed, i ” g ve me your pardon. “

. is That you have, my prince It with the v of oice the gods I speak , and therefore the king f a cannot be angry. Against the demons o L nai e you have no w apon ; javelins injure them not, but

- I have brought you the sacred spear head of Lono. — b the Now, swear by the gods y great Kane to that when you return Mauai, as you will some for day, the oracles foretell it, swear that you will

- a n bury the spear head with my bones, and th t o

i i - one shall know ts h ding place . High above his head the prince lifted his hands ahn n with p s Open to the setting su . By the gods f whom I have offended, I swear to return their gi t ” in honor retrieved ! Then turning toward the

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trum t- of i a of a i m shell K h Fiends Lan i, l sten ! Kaululaau of Kakaalam o a I, , son , swe r by the

l a the lads bent to the padd es ag in, and the canoe

Shot away from the shore. Across the dar k water the swift- rolling clouds ea chased the sunshine , and the s broke in white

anger on the reef. The wind sprung up and i n whipped the waves to fly ng Spray, and the ocea

- f heaved like the bed covering o a restless giant. All night the frail canoe tossed on the stormy sea ; now and then the dark shores of Lan ai showed of through the scud stinging mist, only to vanish again like a wraith as the canoe spun around rn h of he t e clutch t racing waves . Unseen hands t r lif ed the out igger, and the canoe dipped to the water ; but no splash of wave or fleck of dashing Spray wet the Spot where lay the talisman of the

gods. In the morning the misty outline of Lanai lay of sea on the rim the , leagues to the east, and they saw that, in the darkness, the wind had blown

them past the island and out to Sea. All day boat they into the face of the storm, but, when i of night came on aga n , the shadow the land as f seemed far off as at the beginning o the day. of of Another long night Sleepless watching, thirst of and hunger, and deadly weariness passed ; then 64

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suddenly out of the fading darkness loomed the

With a last desperate effort they sent the u canoe thro gh the breakers, up the beach, and m threw the selves on the sand, and slept. They

f- slept through the hal light of the dawn, through of ri sun the rosy glow the sing , into the broad, full i his am ri l ght of day. In dre s the exiled p nce stood his again in the house of father, and his disgrace i on weighed heav ly his heart. He heard the hushed movements of the frightened household ; now now a wail, a prayer floated vaguely through of his sleeping fancy ; then a confusion sounds. ri At last a long, sh ll cry snapped the thread and o hi between dream reality, and he Sprang t s feet. Beyond the line of sandy beach lay a cluster of s to of i hut , and from end end the little v llage there surged a wave of lamentation that broke and h rose again and again. About the huts t e tilled fields were laid waste ; banan a trees were broken the below the blossom, gardens uprooted, the dykes of the taro patches plowed through ; and before the drea dful ea lamity the people stood bewildered

s . and helples They were poor and ignorant, with wild, hungry eyes set deep in gaunt faces ; clothed in tatters of tapa ; too wretched even to wonder how the strangers came among them ; and between their broken cries they told ' the tale of their suffer ings. 65 “ i id Always it is like th s, they sa We plant

- a i for and and till, half starved, w it ng the harvest ; when it is almost ready, when the crops are green l a on the hi lsides, and the t ro leaves are grown an d broad dark, then the gnomes come down from hungry ; Our women are too weak to gather sea dren bend in the middle for want of a full stomach ” to support their backs.

Here an Old fisherman took up the story. The evil spirits break down the walls of our fish out sea ponds, and let the fish into the where we our cannot catch them, for they have wrecked all ”

on . too canoes the rocks And he, , broke into a wail that was carried along the Shore and up the valleys, from throat to throat, till it rolled over the in of woe whole island waves . “ The gods have forgotten the people of Lanai! they cried “ a we Then, s id Laau, will wake the gods ” r with ou prayers. Close to the mark of the high tide the young i of men bu lt a hut with the leaves the cocoa palm, and thatched it with grass from the hills ; and they fished and gathered seaweed like the poor among Whom they lived Day by day they labored with r their hands for the food they ate, and the ha dy life of the Kanaka taught them many things that were never learned about a court. Laau hid the

- sacred spear head in a dark corner of the hut, and 66

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fil threats ling the air with a deafening noise. They a ai al hurled themselves g nst the magic w l, only to in fall back shriek g with baffled fury. Then Laau saw that the time of the great r st uggle had come. His heart quaked, but he out of grasped his javelin , and went the village m f ob o . alone, into the raging demons As he crossed the mark of the Spear- head the fiends

rushed upon him. They caught at his hands, they n his hu g about his neck, and clutched at feet ; but

he shook himself free . He swung his javelin about

him, and the gnomes stood back snarling with

rage. He cut a groove in the earth about his feet, and they tore with their long claws at the rocks and soil outside the circle ; they blew their vile i l of breath in his face, but it edd ed in coi s poison ous vapor around the magic ring.

Back he beat them to the hills, pace by pace , set line beyond line ; suns rose and , and the nights

were filled with desperate struggle. He drove of ai r them over the crest mount ns, he ding them on closer and closer together, down the Slope the of other side the island, till, caught at last between of the vengeance the gods and the sea, they of ai plunged into the waves, and the island Lan no knew them more.

Then the bare , rocky land slowly drew a f w cover o green over its gaunt ribs. Flo ers on bloomed the hillsides, gardens and taro patches

flourished, and bananas and cocoanuts grew heavy on n the unbroke trees. 68 The Island of Demons

Then the king sent a pardon to his sod and died Laau returned to Maui to fulfil his promise ; and since that day the sacred spear - head of Lo no nor has never been seen by mortal eyes, a on ai single demon been caught Lan .

69 of old MONG the people , there were weird stories of a secret cav

ern, the only entrance to which was under the black water of the

three fathoms below the level of

was a favorite retreat of the lizard d g , some thought that a magi o — oian of great power an evil one i in out of l ved the cave, and slipped in and his of or abode in the form a green lizard, changed to to an eel, and took an underground passage the coral of e of bed the deep s a. And because these fear i of some tales, the s mple folk the hills traveled the long beach path when the sun had drawn the light of the world into the ocean ; or climbed the rougher way that Skirted the foot of the mountains rather than pass the dread Spot after the shadows i f n of the cl f s had fallen o the plain.

of - who Old Mele, four score years and ten, sits all day long in the Shade of a tiny cabin on of the Koolau coast, croons an ancient song the she is is ! pool that says true. And this the tale

Once upon a time, when the doors between the spirit- land and the mortal were left ung uarded and gods and demons alike overran the earth, the who two chief ruled over all Koolau had daughters, Who were as unlike as the stormy night is differ

fu . ent from the beauti l, radiant evening Therefore

ai l - la the m ds were ca led Pouli and Liu , for Pouli 70 The Maid of the Twilight

’ was - ro f - la s dark b wed and rowning, and Liu laugh was as s tin as the sk ing face oftly ted twilight y. One day when the plain shirn mered in the sea warm sunshine, and the surged with slow

on low- two rhythm the lying shore, the sisters l of ca led the women the household, and went o down to the beach t bathe . Pouli threw herself ' on out of rcach of the warm sand the waves , but Liu- la plunged into the rolling surf and swam

e out . s f arlessly into deep water Supple and trong, her slender brown body slipped through the blue i out water as gracefully as the dart ng fish, and stripped even the strongest of the swimmers fol she n lowing her. Beyond the reef tur ed and looked the back at them, laughing and shaking salt spray — from her face the fairest face on all the island of i She al Oahu . St ll laughing c led to her sister ; but a even while she c lled, a wild terror leaped up in i i her beaut ful eyes, and with n sight of all the h women S e sank under the waves.

Then Pouli, still Sitting on the sand, covered o her face with her hands to hide her j y, for to this end she had secretly plotted with the evil one of the pool. ’ In all the grief and lamentation P ouli s voice was the loudest ; her tears fell like rain from the of winter skies . But, by and by, the time mourn

- ing passed, and Liu la became a memory as beau tiful as the twilight for which she was named. one i son Many moons had g when Wob , of the great chief, returned from the war with new 7 1 r canoes captu ed from the foe ; and all Koolau, from

i f l ai f r Tw light a ls early on the Koolau pl n, o

hi in flin s the sun gh the heavens, and g the Shad ow f out on s o the frowning rocks far the sea. In f of the grove o palms before the wide, cool house the chief the shadows of the waning day were a i of old f ll ng when, at the end the feast, the men gathered about the warrior to hear his tales Of ad in venture. Later, the deepening dusk, the young

girls came and danced before them, and the sound of the rattling gourd and the twang of the ukeke

echoed through the deep ravines. But at the very height of the revel W ohi of looked up and saw, back in the shadows the of grove, the shrinking figure his lost sister. Her fu beauti l eyes were brimming with tears, and her out ri him brown arms stretched implo ngly toward . of n i Like a flash light that moment exti gu shed, the vision struck across his sight and was gone ! He sprang to his feet and rushed into the enshrouding no one Shadows, but stirred among the trees, and beyond the grove the wide reaches of the plain lay b bare and open. And Wo i, though a stately young chief and a brave warrior, leaned his folded arms against a tree with his head bowed upon his them, and sobbed, for heart was sore with grief. 72 The Maid of the Twilight

When he returned to the grove the people were drifting away to their homes ; laughter echoed ta back from the moun ins , and the tinkle of high keyed strings blending with the melody of the voices came fainter and fainter through the starlit

But the next night the vision came again ; and i a w st ll a third time . Always in the e rly t ilight it d flashed across his sight, and vanishe His mind was troubled, and he went to Pouli and begged her to tell him in what manner, and at what place, Liu - la had disappeared “ wh For y should a maid, he asked, who was sea strong, and bred to the almost as the dol ” hin s ! p , sink in the quiet channel Under his in search g eyes she stammered her answer, and he pressed his questions till she grew angry and left

ri old That morning a g zzled warrior, who had followed his young chief in desperate charges on

f - fields who dread ul battle , had fought beside him in l to bi exult gly against fearfu numbers, came Wo , f h n his rugged ace as c with fear. “ f My chie , I have seen your dead sister , not 1s once , but three times. As you know, my house up mountainwards, and my doorway looks toward

- Two the deep water hole . nights following I n w turned my eyes sudde ly, and in the t ilight I saw a woman sitting by the edge of the pool ; but i sun each t me She vanished, like the flash of the on ” His a flying spear . voice dropped to a whisper, 73 The Maid of thee Twilight

and his knees shook under him. Yesterday I f returned late from the sea. There ore I took the

a of the pool till I was lmost beside it. Suddenly I on looked up , and there the long, flat stone that

an breast, and her h ds clasped in despair. In that same instant she was not ! My hair stood up like a ai of the Spe rs of an army aw ting the rush the foe , ai but I had great love for the little m d, and I went to the edge and looked down into the pool Not a of ripple stirred the black surface the water, but as I turned away I heard plain ly the sobs of a ” old his woman . When the man finished tale he W ohi w shook with a heavy chill, and thre his

tapa over his shoulders. “ ou on e See that y speak of this to no , said “ ” the young chief. If my sister lives I will find her! W ohi When the old warrior left him, hurried his away to the pool, eyes searching every crease

in the ground along the way, following every of shadow the flying clouds . Four times he circled

- nor the great water hole, but neither the rocky wall its the dark, mysterious depths betrayed secret. He sat down on the flat rock where the old

man - had seen Liu la, and his hands dropped

un - dejectedly on the s warmed stone . Wide and not of lonely the plain lay about him, even a blade grass moved in the breathless air ; no sound broke

the tense stillness, nothing lived but himself and a 74

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her graceful head to her breast, as the south rain

as though he had closed his eyes and so blotted w out as . the vision, she gone He sprang to the she was one spot where had been, but there no nothing but the little br own lizard almost hidden by the darkness as it glided away ; but softly on

Wobi returned to his father’ s house and called his

elder sister from among the women . “ i ! ” What s this he demanded fiercely . What evil have you wrought upon our sister !

Why does her spirit linger, weeping, about the black water - hole on the plain when her body sank in the sea ! ” ’ The gir l s black brows drew together in an “ ” of she angry frown. Ask the eels, taunted. But the young chief went away into the heart of u the mountains, p the big valley where the water leaps from the ridge just under the sky and

- l of breaks into a wind blown vei mist. There of under a rainbow he found the cabin Waka, the r fill good sorce ess, with whom he talked the stars “ ”

sk . faded from the morning y Forget not, She “ arfin said at p g , if your eyes rest upon her but for ’ S she the space of the lightning flash, before is within the circle of fi she will become a lizard again ; for the terms of the bond are that she shall see as th i and be seen, but only e wra ths that men ” follow and never possess.

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“ Liu - la ! he called Are you her e ! Only the echoes answered “ - ! ai is b Liu la he called ag n. It Wo i, your

n trembli g hands met his and clung desperately. “ ” ! ou W ohi How ! , ! did you know Was fime There no to answer, and in the dense blackness he loosened one of the girdles hi from s waist and bound it about her. “ ” “ Come, he said. We will go home now, ” little sister of the twilight on In all Koolau no e Slept that night. The people wept for joy and wailed for pure happiness ; and the old minstrels sang the songs of the great

of - la n ancestors Wobi and Liu . Then some o e made a new song about the maid of the twilight and the little brown lizard ; and that is the one old Mele sings today in the shade of the finy cabin on

the Koolau coast.

78 The ! ulprit Star ' ‘ V ' S i a w w s

NHUR RIE D s un , the great sk crossed the azure arch of the y, the ea ft and sank into s , and so , dusky twilight fell over the earth; the ean l High above oc , and g int in l g the rest ess waves, a radiant star Spran g to its place in the dark enin on g blue, and looked down the humble folk- life of the island

of Hawaii. Here and there it darted its friendly beams into the deepening shadows ; it peered under the waving palms ; it

the - burnished weather beaten thatch of a house, he f a and gleamed along t ha t of an idle spe r . More wonderful even than the genii of the who present day, look through solid things with h ra r it t eir st nge g een light, it sent s bright rays into a d the blackest he rt, and into the deepest min It i knew all the hidden bad, and the und scovered he and the mofives good ; all t selfish, all generous ; a all the secret sorrows , and the conce led joys. And though it had watched the world for ages — had i enerafion for of fime known each pass ng g cons , n in it found i finite variety, and it quivered with m eh n ion the finite co m c s . It laughed in face of wee babe fin the when it stretched its y, brown hands to ea tch the bright rays ; it looked into the h ri n fired eyes of t e gr eat king with f e dly sympathy. One night when the wise star shone down f into the shadowy greens of the island orest, it flashed across the face of a stalwart youth swinging 79 The ! ulprit Stan.

ft the sea. It knew him well, and knew how o en

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fl eetest n . the strongest, runner in the ki g s service At each stroke of his paddle his canoe shot a

i f h s javelin the truest o all the young warriors. And each night the star smiled into a shel

tored nook by the sea, and took account of the ’ day s work on a finy house building under the of al waving lances the p ms. From the evening when the young people of the village danced fimbers ai beside the freshly hewn , to the last pl t of for was the thatch, the star watched its growth; it in the twilight that the king’ s young runner had first looked into the laughing eyes of the mountain ai m d, and it was in the same soft radiance between h daylight and dark that, toget er, they chose the ui s q et little cove for their new home. And at la t

the house was finished, and the mats and tapas an d u calabashes were ready for the f rnishing. The young man looked up and smiled at the him h of of ai star, for it made t ink the eyes the m d of when the cloud her long, thick lashes suddenly

lifted, and fell again. At the thought he hurried his swinging strides fill he came in sight of a fire of over which bent the Slender figure the girl. He stepped eagerly into the circle of light “ ” is hin as It Pele herself, he said, laug g, he threw down his gift of silvery fish fresh from the 80

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i i d sea. She l fted a warn ng hand and Shook her hea ” “ True, said the young man teasingly, I am ” s b a f l wro Pele was never o e ufi u . ri Hush ! sa id the girl in a f ghtened whisper. ” One must not Speak so of the gods . “ ” What matter , laughed the lad . sleeps sound these days. Up in the great cavern on the top of the ai n saw of mount n the vigila t star a Spark fire, and wa s . knew that the goddess awake, and angry sk Suddenly as it watched from the peaceful y, there came from the rocks a sound like the

of . crash thunder A column of smoke, dark and i out th ck, shot from the place where dwelt the of an d goddess fire, as it rose, it rolled over the i mounta n , and shut out the light of the stars. Dense and choking it spread from rim to rim of a was the oce n, and under it unbroken blackness. as of The earth heaved in a throe agony, grea t rocks broke from the cliffs and crashed through the forest ; and the lad and the girl clung together in speechless terror. Then with a roar the i i s de of the mounta n split Open, and from the gaping rent there flowed a torrent of molten lava i that lit up the forest l ke the noonday sun. It ri r fi c sped the g een to nder, it charred the trees to t t the flam blackened s umm, and urned clouds to in g swords. ra anfin Half st ngled with deadly vapor, p g with fear, they ran, a sinuous stream of living fire s h weeping after t em. The air grew black again 81 The ! ulprit Sta;

V” .is

with the smoke of the burnrng trees mingled with ’ ul of s the s phurous fumes Pele breath, and hot

. i t i ashes sifted over them Tripp ng, s umbl ng, they struggled through the awful chaos fill they felt the of cool sands the seashore under their feet. “ ” Now us l , O gods, help cried the bo de “ y S airin l 1S p g y. A boat here I know, but the dark ness hides it from my eyes ! l ft in Sudden y a ri Opened the thick clouds, and the blazing star flung a ray of light across the it water ; rimmed the black waves with silver, and

of on - lit up the prow a canoe rocking the ebb fide. They Sprang in and shoved it clear of the sand as s a the seething lava flowed, hissing, into the e . Desperately their paddles dipped in the black an rea h water, and the c oe shot away from the t c erous Shore. When the sun set again on the torn and des i of olate sland, there in the fathomless blue the sk darkening y shone the star, but radiant no for longer, it had lost forever its brightest ray. a One blazing point w s broken . It had thwarted the will of one of the most

t . powerful gods, and its doom came swif ly Struck diz l from the heavens, it fell Spinning zi y through i the cloudless ether. Faster and faster grew ts

pace, shrinking, whirling, falling ; past other stars that looked coldly on at its degradafion ; past the i pale moon. Away in the d stance floated the fill t earth growing larger and nearer, at leng h it seemed to reach out an invisible hand and snatch 82

Here ends Th e P r in ce ss o f M an o a $4 Other Tale f Old Ha w aii Em F ster Da s o by ily o y. The decorafions ° illustrafions D w rd 6 by . Ho a t h k The h a an emen Hi c coc . typograp ic l arr g t de n ed Na h P hed P aul sig by ! . H . s . ublis by E de and ! m an and r n ted for them at l r o p y, p i The Tomo c P ea s New ! rk ! t M! MVI y r , o i y, .