Nuhou, Volume I, Number 9, 25 Malaki 1873 — PUHIOKAALA; OR THE SPOUTING CAVE OF KAALA. [ARTICLE]

PUHIOKAALA; OR THE SPOUTING CAVE OF KAALA.

[CONXINUED.] And was tl»ero vice with the*e bare where thore waa no law ? llow oou!d thej be eo vlle, as said r with eueh sound liealth ? Can a freeh face and llne strong limbs grow out of only evil and abuse ? And this race was fair and ■ /jtrong in the daye when ifc was nude. It mußt bave lived ite life with lees harm than now, be-j cause then it loved and lived and knew no sin r and now it knowe and dies | The eweet Kaala stood mmdlcBB of lmrm, as . the playful breeze rustled the long blades of the ■ la-i leal, # hanging like a bundle of green swords from her waisfc; aud as thej twirled and fiuttered. in theair, revealed the Boft, rounded form, whose i charm filled the eye and heart of one who Htuod among the bravea of the <;reafc ehief—the heart of the stout young warrior Kaaialii, or Food for Kings. Thie youth had raged in ihe Blaughter of Maunalei, Lanai'e last bloody fight« With his long reaching spear, wielded with 6inewy arms s he urged the flying foe to the top of a fearfui cliff, and inocking the cries of a huddled erowd of panic-scared men, he drove them with thrusts; and shoufcs tlll they leaped like frightcned sheepj into the jaws of the deep, dark and their j torn corscs strewed the jaggcd stones helow wilh a gory inass of mangled flesh and bones. Kaaialii, like many a buteher of his kind, wa«| oomely to see. Witli the lion's heart, he had tawny hue, A swart graee beamcd, beneath his cuiling brows. Ile had thc tmu\ll, firm lmnd to throttle or caress, and eyes full of fire fpr hate or love ; and love'S flame now lifc the faee of the hero of the bloody leap, and to his great chief he said ; (< Oh, King of all the isles, let this sweet flower be. mine, rather than the valley thou gavest me for my domain." Said the Parrier of five spears; You shall plant the Lanai jasmin in the valley I gave you in Kohala. But there is another who eliima our daughter, who is the stoufc bone-breaker, the scarred Mailou. My spt*arman of Maunalei ean have no fear; and you shall wrestle with hiui; and let the one, whose arms ean clasp the girl after the fight, carry her to liis hale, where oue tappa ehall eover the two. - The poor flower, the careless giffc of savage r pOwer ? held up her clasped hands with frightened gesture at the dread name of the breaker of boues; for ehe had heard how he with a never Bi\ted gorge for lust aml blood, had sueked the breath of inany a dainty bloom like her, then Crunēhed the wilted blossom with einews of liate, and flung it to tlie devouring maw. And thc I<anui maiden loved the young laneer of Hawaii. He had indeed piereed her people, but only the tender darts of his eyes had wouuded ber. Turning to him, she looked her savagej quick, young loye, and said: 44 Oh, Food far! King«! may thy grip be as sure as thy thrusL ] Save me from the Bloody virgin eatev, and I will i catch tlio equid and beat the Uippa for thee all my And now the ganies weut ou. The llero of the eight isles sat under the shade of a leafy kau» tbc' royal tree of the oldcn tiuie, whieh has faded away wieh the ehiefs it onee did shelter, On the; emoolh «hell floor eoveml with thc hala imi t \

the bavc liuibe<l broTes # Btrlpped to thw malp, wbo with , bot eyes of bate Bliot out tbclr| rage of lust and Uooel, and stretched oot tbelr j 6trangling arms. They Ftood, beating witb bēivy fidfc t!)eir broad ■ I gloBsy chests oFt>ronze s and griimlng face to face, '■ they glowered tbeir 6avage wisb to klll. Then J witti rigbt fbofc advaneed t and rigbt arm ujlirted # 'i they pause to nlioui their gago of battle, and tell \ | to eheh, as tbe great Greek, or tbe giant wbo ! | fougbt witb t)avid, Baid unto their foes } how tbej ' | would ma?Tn and tear, and kill, and giW eaeh ' \ otbdre v flesb for 'food to some beastlj maw. = j Said the wide-gawed. sear-hrawed BoDe-breaker, | u Thou l Food for King6,' I will make tbee foodi I fbr pigg. Thou didst etab and elasb tbe haeke of j flyittg men, but I will hreak thine upon my kuee. j Then before tby groane are done, I will cagt thy* ! carcjißB to a hungry boar; and as be teara tby ] woutids and rips tby pauneh, thou sbalt see nie wanton with tby love before tby dying eyes. ,y To thi(3 tbe hero of tbe hloody leap replied; " <4 Tb;ou breaker of the bon.es of girb! tbou ebalt now ieei tbe hug of a man, wbo will Equeeze tbe breath out of thy viie throat; and after tby foul, biotcbed bide has been torn audsmeared by swine, tbou shalt join the wretches thoU didst slay in the gorge of the great shark in tlie bay." And now both drawing near to eaeh, witb arms j uplitted, aud outspread palme with siaewy play, j like nervy. elawe tryiug to cluteb or grip, tbey eeek a ehanee for a deadly elineh, and ewift- tbe ecarred cbild etrangler bat? gprung witb his right | to the young spearuian's tbroat, bufc beasquickly | books the luuging anu wUhin tbe crook of Lid, j aud with quick, blcdgc-like blow breaks the j shoulder arm boue. j With fury the baffled Bone-breakcr grips wifcb | tbe uncrippled hand; but now two etout young | arms, tense with rage, eoon twiefc and break the j one unaided limb. Then with limp arms the beaten brute turns to 3ee, but ewift hate is upon him, and clutche§ him by the tbroat, and preesing him down, the hero of Kaala boldfi his knee to the haple*s wretch'B back. x A gurgle, a ery, a borrid groan, ae tbe 6inewy j victor hugs to hie breast> tbe bideous liead with outlolling tongue; and then with knee boreduito the backward bended epine, he 6trains and jerks till the jointed bones snap and break, aud the dread throttler of girls aud babes liee prone on the mat, a broken aivl bloody eor6e, at the fcet of Food for Kinge. j Good! cries Puhikapa* the Strangler of the sea I suake. Our son has the Btreugth of Kanekoa. j JNow let our daughter eoothe the liml>s of her j iover, Let her «troke his ekiu, press his jointa j and knead his back with the ioviug grip and j toucb of the lomilomi, We will have a great j bake with the hula tbe song; and when the j least is over, theu ehall one tappa, eover the two» j line of hag« 6quut*<lown* They erone their j wild retrain # prai(smg |he one who wius iu stri!e |and love. They beize in their right band the I painted gourd c . elattering wUh pebbles inside, | Tbey whirl it aloft, they shake t they awiug, they j etrike tl»eir palmē, they thump the mat; and now with aupple joittt« they twirl their loiua, and with beare and and with t»\\iug and soug t ilie wvage dmm goe« ou.

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