Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 263, 21 August 1891 — A ROMANCE. The Paradise of the Pacific OR The Devil's Kuleana. [ARTICLE]

A ROMANCE.

The Paradise of the Pacific OR The Devil's Kuleana.

(Coat nued by Unele Bake.) * It occurred to N\r*i«a ihat thore might be a store or mere iike* ly plaoe fpre obtaīning food aoine* where else in the hamleU In peraoaiiee of this idea he 6ailed fbrth after telling Faza his purpose aod to awuit hie return. Hepassed out of the gate, and back in th'e direetion of Hemio the foot of the clift There he found a sntjall hOuse froui whose front the white-waeh v had heen tabbwi and whieh )ooked with grinm)v countenance towartl the road. Under tlte inevitable £oreb

sat two row« straoge %ures thebea£hea o« «itber <rf (6cf«, door. They,were native girte, bttlfs and big, and were ali attired īn & single long gmvn flowi»g Jtree froni theirnecks to their heela, &ad varying in ali shadeg from nearly wbitfe to the smutty biaek of soil aDdVom&Bpeciiiieus:whicb seemed to have long ago given up the effort to mairvtaiii independence of co!or. Some of them -iad rather grs|pcful figures and pleaBant iW; tnreg<, but for the most part their tbsek jips* great eow eyes and llat nose» -indictttpd only an animal existanep. As Ny«ma approached the house ■and passed through the door, lie noticetLthat thier faces were digfigured with pimples and tbe row of bare brown feet were eovered with Bniall ro«nd «3sers and iivid i purple-blāck spots. Inside he fourtd, as he had anticipated, a Btock of raerehandise. displayed on shelves on thelr side of the lew. small room, and hanging from the ceiling incltrsters. Eterything looked old and sboddy A Ohmaman sa t bebind the connter writing in a brown paper book. standing by his sjde holding in her arms a ehUd, a suckling. whose oblique eyes and yeliowish j3fein slrowed its Chinese afSnities.~ Nyama examnined the stock. He selected a ilannel shirt and a pair _ofb!ue overallfor himself, and for Fazajte fbund one of those loose M other-H übbert's wrapper whidb are the national drees in BowoweeTo theBe he added several mmor artlcles and- a ean of meat and one of fruit, also a loaf ofbread and some eheeee. He o§ered the Ohin&man one of Uie twentynlollar pieces whieh the polieeman had overlooked in hi»

inner vest pocket. The celestial looked agbast at the <roin; b«t after some explan ation accepted it and retui;ned the change. Loaded with his :purchases Nyama returned to the house aixd cast them down at. Faza*s ffeet. She brightened «p a said looking at him witb a amile full of derotion, <: you areso and kind."

Nyama sekcted those articles that he had brought for himself and weat to .the Btream Follo"wii3g it up a little wav he eame to a little pool among the great bolder» out of sightof the road, and casting aside hie mudladen elothes plunged into the clear eool water. When, after a defightful bath, be began to dress again he abandoned all hia muddy garuients except onlv hia coat and vest. He eame back to the house again cleath re~ freshed and hungrv, Hetold F&x» of the pool and advised her to4o La & quarter of an hour she returned ali glowing and gay % her leng hair flowing down her back, and both ha&ds engaged in holding up the long blue and white ealAO» wrapper that Nyaina had hroiißht for her. Her ltttie bam feet showed bruiued and , bleeding ūoW, but she did not uotice them ts lii»ped overthe gravel oT thei>atb. - Co)Uii»ied.