Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 269, 31 ʻAukake 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 by Unele B«le.) Nyama was slight3y f?urorise and a little curiouB. but thought it best not to pursue that branch ofthe subject anviiarther. -Still he make effort to secure shelter for the night. u Why, ean'i we sleep down-^tairs —on the mat here? You will let us do that ?" said he persuasively. "All right," she assented reluctantly and with clouded brow, "suppose you Hke r I bring down bed for you." "Of course,' ? said NyamareHeved t a I thought you" would not turn us out of doora. n

• Faza found a pieee of string and girded up her robe with She looked very childish in the great loose garment as she and Nyania waiked out to the fence and leaning on it looked out to sea. Beyond the shadow of the lofty c!iff the eettiog son was illuminating the dark water; on either side towerēd the immense w'alls. A group of oocoanutr trees stood shadowed in black outline upon the sea; on their leffc were two great breadfruit treee with their grotesque and distorted branches and broad dentate leaves of eontrasting dark and hght'green. It was a very somewhat gruesome iniie gfoange beauty.' Our young peopl* koleeē aad chatted atid eonfided to eaeh other theWtapression3 and enjoyed the sensataon of bemg still alire and together and more thsin ever l«ve with eaeh other. As the shadows deēpened Paza shivered and pressed her gmall sejf j against her husband. •• It is soch |an awfal plaee bere," sbc said, "it | makes me think of dying. Let us jgoinside." s ' # Nyama put his strong ahn tightly around her slender w*ist, unproj tected now by any defence except a thickness of cloth r and together they reentered the house. A lighted latnp was standing on the floor, and about it were seafed the family,—tbe old m&n, the two girls, aiid the two wome». They were eating paste with their hands from a large wooden dish, varymg the me&l with jwa«Mifulls of the red flesh of n |M|tf frfr"~T - Our nc)Or in a corner aud wafcli«Kß%m »*at. AHer their appetites were satisiied and the twq. dishes removed, Maxj threw down on the flo®r ih tbe mwidle of the circle a package of tobaceo and <agarette papers, and eaeh in turn made and lii a dgareUe. Even the voung jprl smoked like the rest. They talked in an auimated wav for some time, frequently renewing their cigarettes. Then Mary brought fbrth from the pocket of a dress hanging on tbe wall a paek of cards. She invited our friends to ioin them, bnt they declined. Tho p«ople of the houM played and smoked and talked a eouplo of hours, Then U>cy ait>Mr and went up sUirs and broājffc% down a mattresa and amsftill <st bed clothing, out of whieh th«? made a very good b**d. Nyamk notice*l with satisfaction that ev»T thing was verv eUen; thongh thc quilts had a savage emlenee® of cols>r and design. To his surprtsQ thev brou?ht down more mater)ai and constr«cted another bed on tho other side-of the roomt

u What is thatbedforr Heae**! the t-all gir). 4 v\Ve don't want but one lx\l; this is my $mikxi and said, u I supp<kv j«k butold skvp herv tv>-night.; uw sist«r sleep «jv st?irB,l *peak y«u befow, n