Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 206, 2 Iune 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.

(CONTINUED.)<f Tell the Ohinaman to get you some breakfast,*' Kaid Nyama. The giant grinned ' Tthink a\v sam«;; \vah-sa-uia tah." i So another «et of diHhc« waa brought and the man Heated himself opposite Faza and began to <ievonr hin f«x»i look,i ing at hef all the time. There were severai kin<ls <_;f meat and vegetables, cofFee and toant. IJeinj? almost famishcd they nmmiged to eat in spite of the uninviting form in v.hu-h the food \vas sera*ed and tlie peeuliar and astonighing table mannors of their n£\v fonnd friend. The Chinaman had placed before him a large bo\\i eontaining a dirty-lookmg grav rae.«s of Ihiok pawte. Into it he plnnged his fingers and \vith a t\vist of his wrist -bronght ont a maww of the stuff, then fixin;? his eves on Faza, his mouth opēned like a vali.se and into it he put his fingers; his lips cloeed over it and he witbdra\v his fingers slo\\iy scraping off the paste inside his mowth, while his eyes bnlged with an expression of extreme eontent. Ile poisetl his fingers seeking with saliva and paste a moment in thc air, still gazing thoughtfully at Faza as the co»lents of his mouth found its way down\vard, Then he went through the same sierie6 of motions again. Atiast he rose and saidbriefly "Oome long." Nyama asked "Where ?" "Do\vn wliere Japanese stop, a\v same." "But \ye \vant to go somewhere' to » est and change our clothes. I will pay you for your trouble," said Nyama. ' 'Never mind," said the giant impatiently * ! you eome with me. NotalK too_ mush," and he led the way to the wharf again. There Nyama addressed him again: "Say, can't we get a carriage or something to take us to Hardrow. We can't walk. I ean :>ay for everything. I'll give you a dollar too.'* you shet up f jus' now; spose you like bribe ]>oliceman, you go jad; you sabee?" The excmsionists continue<.l to arriveat the wliarf and to be landed bv being handled forceably ont wit'nout mueh regard to any individual preference in the matter. There was a continual shouting and chattering whieh blended with the roar of the s:ea in deafening confusi -ii.

The who had etartt»d out so jrayly and blithely to visit the lovely gem of the sea. Bo\vowee, arrived in a state of tattered and crushed collapse. Some ol their European finerj r , the stifl huts, the paper collars the biue ealieo dress-suit, and the eoi*sets. hoopa' and bustle worn outside, still persißtēd in a a state of \vrecte and ruin te moek and render ridiculous the wretehed, sick, creatures who had donned them so proudly on their departure. Nyama and Faza feehng īn a measure refreshed sat on the sacks a»d vvatched the landing of their fetlow-tmveler& Nyama looke<l every where hoping to see some one in authority to whom he eould appenl to secui , e their release. But the tall polieeiuan seemed to be the only one in authority. It began to raiu. lt poureil... Nothiiur eoukl be seen v be< ▼ond the wharf but the wall of falliiig water. The boat bro«ght two to&ds of eirk an<l dis:)bte excurt?ionists; they were laid out in rows on the t!oor. Bix or seven men »ppeared in tl»e ram on horse-back envelopeti in long j*ellow oiiskins and Haj>pmg siooched hats. Oae of thein spoke m Japanese. The «s--cursionB were to take up tlieīr bUtuketp and «ther effeets and nuirch to Ilard* row, iut in the ix>untry; and be qu»cfc about it. The polieeman on the wharf l)egan to yell and hi«stle t >e Japanet«e togi»t them start*nl. M<>uuted men le<i tlie wav wliile others wait<Ht to bring up t'i«i rear of tne proeci>Bton. tlur fr«» k n<lH m«Nt perforve p> wmli the rtsl. When ! tl»ey eiueipnl from the fhelter of thv nn>f they \verv wet thr>n£h ahm>st a* «iuickly as if t» ev »«;«J iumiK»*! iuto the wa, Tl»ey went up !nll froui tiie J«mliu>t jwst the dun po*t oilloe.

On either aide oPlhe streat wa«f a tlitch in w.hieh form*d a torrent o! moddy water. Acrop« iheee streams there were little plank bridges that enabled tfee inhabitants to reach their houees. The houses themgeivee were miserable little wooden' shanties showing lt broken and decsyed in plaeee and cover» ed with patchee of green and prray mold r tftanding with their sidep to the road in haggled and broken iineH. This was the main «treet of the town of Herow. There were two or three persmjH Bitdng on a veranda wheie tr»e «ign informed papper« that. <*old drinkiscoukl ho nbtained. They sat in grotesque a'liiu 'ep if they had sat there a very long time and gotten immen«elv weary of it. Two small figtires in the dirtiest and >-horlost of ;rownB had their noseH g]unl to tl 10 glass of a small paned window, perhaps wrapt. in conteniptatmn o£ the Htickv f3yspecked sweets displaye<t wiihin. Otherwise the street wae with» ! cut Kign of life or occupation. After a ib!indred yards or so they turned to the ! north down a street even raore blacken» ed and dilapidated than the other wliere, | the Chi!ie.«e hieroglyphics indieated the ; natut of its inhabitants. This street jendea in a bridge beneath whieh a ; roaring torrant rushed iike a awollen, |angry serpent *into the sea. Thev | again turned up the hill and then again j tothenorfch. The rain tell in steady junvarying streinis. The wretched excursionists were wēighted down an<l their niovements hampered by their wet clothes. There was a narroM' road of cobble stones along whieh the proeession straggled for a quarter of a mile or more. They had left the village behind and the road on eaeh side was boun<led by wiie fences , behind whieh the blue-green eane grew in impenetrable tangle. After going a or more they saw ahef»d a knot of.Tapanese who seemed |to have encountered some obstaclc. | The polieemen were urging theni for- | ward, and the people #ent 011 in a thin j line. When they eame up tliey saw the i-eauae of the trouble.

The cobbl6-Btone path eame to an abrupt end, and beyond was a aea of mud, soft pa?ty, of unknown depth. No wonder the exc«rsionists he?itated before plungiog into the. mire. Tiiose who had shoes toofe them off and rolletl up their close to the highest limit before they steppe<l into the mire.

Three polkeman \vere there shoutir.g and swearing, their clubs readv for use in their lian<ls, and trying- to phove tht? umvilling wretches off, with their horscs lmcking and turning among theu\. Nyama \vitli Faza clinging to hip arm paus<nL ()ne of tlte nien ran his hoi>e against them pidewige and cried in a loiid strident voiee as if he \vere dri\ing wihl cattle to the alanghter pen: * *Go along! Go along! Git up. you son of a 1? —! Git up, God damn you !" and so on without pauee. The club was swinging over his head and Nyama feared for Faxa, sor he advißed her to take ol her shoes while he disposed of his o«n» trying to enconrage her bv ,6aying that perhaps it was not mueh iurth«r. £m nnbottoned her shoes and pulled off her stocking. "Oh, gracioris! I don't eee how l ean!" glie exclaimed, looking with disgust at the river of filth before them. "Throw away the shoes; thei>e are too mueh in the way," said Nyama; aad he pttche<l the discarded articies intotho tall. weeds at the skle of the road. "Now v tuck up your dre@s", he eontinued, and helped her gather upher skirtsand toten them in her bi)!t at her w*aist. This procc<lure expaeed her Avhite leg» and felt a pninlol of sbatoe "Oh, dear!" ehe cried t "tliig !is awiul." But out in Uie cowetr\% slint iin by weeds and fields, there was no one but pi>lkeman and the bedrag* [ gled Japanese to eee her, and the pourI ing rain and their own \x-ere too absording for them to think ol anght | else. They plunated int-> the $tr*am oi m«d axi<l the white Awh aooa cov | ered with a hlaek p!aster oi «irth and |filth. i The of Rowowe« is a «tit umHioue ctay t*sdy worked up into * >mooth |Mti<te with watcr. The alntvet conetant raius furnbh the slov?nt w!tite tl*e long Btrin#* ot j»ack uiule«* wa»iing d«y atter vlav thrott£h the laiw stir and kneeol up the ma** until ii i<> hke morWr or *tlun d(Kt|th. t\w tuiU»iaiid miW th* fwtd is c<»\f with a fm>t or t>it> of thv» «irft n hk^mas7i. (To Cont:nucd )