Nuhou, Volume I, Number 10, 28 March 1873 — PUHIOKAALA; OR THE SPOUTING CAVE OF KAALA [ARTICLE]

PUHIOKAALA; OR THE SPOUTING CAVE OF KAALA

! | [00\TLVrEb.] , Kaala, btood up with tljiu ruaidcu throiig, ihe : tender, guarded gißs of kings. They twhioi their | wreathe, they bwayed t and po&ed thclr j shining arms; and with thclr Lands t!jcii | I leafy skirts, revealed theiij rouodeJ limbs. Thi- | fires gaze of men, aod the hero uf ihe day I wi,th flaming eyes, springfr and elaepe his lu\>-, ; crying as he bears hcr | away ; fī Thou shaīi | dance! in my hut in fjr me alone, forcver At|thiß! a etout yet grizzled man of the M«: t | lifte his voice and waihi; •' Kaala, my chlld, | is gope. Who fihall my limbs wlien ī j returif froni spearing the ;.diua? And who £bul : | feed I3(ic with taro and bre|dfruit like the ehief-f j when 1 have no \irgin to give away? I j must |hidc fronvthe chief |>r I die/ ? And thu a j out Opunui, the father of Kaala. Bui a fierce hate stirred the heart of ihe nian. Hia aikane, or friend, wa« driven over Llie elIS* a Maunalei. and he (Opunui) had on!y lived bv crawling at the feet of the slayer. He hiu his hate, and planned to save bis girl and balk the killer of his people. Ile eaid in his heart % I will hide her the sea, and none but the Gmi gods and I #!iall know where the ever s >undiDg ! Burf over Kaala. M Now in the moru, when the girl willi ruddy brown eheeke, and glowin|g with tlie brightening dawn of love, stoodin thc doorway of the louge s of he:r lord, and her faee was sparkling \vith the j sheen from the god pf ādj as he rusc viit of j Maui from out of his Iloiue of the Sun % her >īre ! j in hnmblc gu!se stood h,)rtli and sai l: My I child. your motlier at is dying, Pray ! j you, py lord, your love» that you moy see ber ! ) onee more before his eaniH; shall bear you to lm j great land. ,v | Alas! said tlie tender eluld. •• Since wlilī) i-> j Kalani ill ? I shall earry to her this large su;ee; i tish speared by my lord ; a!nd wheu I have ruV>eu j her limbs, she will! he well again wltti t!;e | love ioueh of her child. | my lord will lei | ine gCf. Will you noi, oh| Kaaialii» will jou not I let go to give my mother a last emhwiee, an-1 II shall be baek again beībre the inoon has t\\ !ce | spanned ihe | ! The hero elaspc\l his yoang !ove wiui oue -to.it ! twiniiig arm, and gazing into !iev eyes, īio wīth h ! earess!ng hand put haok l\ i oin her btow her j ing liair, and thus to hisj hearCe Ufe he sp.jke ! j kk my sweet flower % i the bright ja*iuiu of * grand va!e. Hojv shall I live without I thee, rven for t!iis !mareh of the sun , ' \ even for ?o short a the Hight of a f!ying jtish; lor thou art my very broatlu aud I i pant and die like a fish wltbout thee j Buu no, Xot me not say so, Kaaialii i$ a c!nef 4 that Las foaght men and sl\arks , ainl ue ?io; ! epeak like a girl. Ile too| lovcs his mother ē w % 1 kvoks for him in ihv valley of Kohala , au<l ! Jhe deiiy thy niothcv, to llvk her last tho; I sweot faee» and the tenaer liiul>s # that fed ai:d \ WAWHi for hiiu. Go, iny Kaala. Bot thy ehU : l wiU s!t and waleh wkh ahnngering lvavt, ~ lul ī thou ;\Mi\e haek to hls amU agaii\ % * j Aivi the preUy jasaiin t|winc\l het arin? ! ihia n\*ek, and laying her elnvk u}vn his |«?aid with upturtK\t ten-ier Oh. m\ ! ehirt\ who p*\T nie UJ> and t i o , ihv ,

U my breath, tliy eyes are my Bweetest «ighfc, thy Wreaßfc-is my only"re6tiiig plaee, and wheo I go away, I ehall all the way look haek to thce, and go blo\vly with a backward tunied heart; but wliea I roturn to thee, I «hall have wingH to bear uie to iny gweet lord. n Yes, my own bird of downy wing," eaid t»adly Kaaialii, " thou must fly, but fiy fiw'iftly in thy going- ae well as in thy eoining ; for both wayß thou fliest to me. * When thou art gone I shall spear the tender ohua fish, I bhall bake the yam and banana, and I will fill my ealabagh with the sweet Bpring of god, to feed thee my heart when thou 6halt eome; and th.ou ehalfc feed me with thy loving eyes," 44 llerc, Opunui !" cried Kaaialii, ;£ take thy eliikl. Thou gavest life to her, but now ehe gives liie to me, Bring her baek all well, ere the sun has rieen twiee from out of his house on Maui. ff ehe eome not soon, I shall die ; but I t;hould fclay fchee before I died ; therefore, oh, Opunui, haßtcn thy going and thy eoming, and bring baek my life and love to me. M And now the stern hero unelaeps tlie weeping girl. His eye \vas ealm, but his shut lips showed the work within of a strong and tender hearfc of love. Ile felt the aehe of a larger woe, than this ghort parting. He pressed the little head between his firm palme, he kissed the sobbing lips, again and again ; he gave one strong e!asp, hearfc to heart, and then quickly strode away. As Kaala tripped along the stony up-hill path, tihc glaneed baekward on her way, to get glimpses of him she loved, and she beheld her ehief standon the topmost roek of the great bluff overhaliging the sea. And still as she vvent and 16oked, still there he stood; and when on the top of the ridge and about to deseend into the greafc valley, she fcurned to look her lasfc, and still she sadlv saw her loving lord looking up to her. The silent sire and. the weeping child soon trod the round green vale of Palawai. She heeds not now to pluek, as was her wonfc, the fiowers in lier path ; bufc thinks how elie ehall stop awhile, as she eomes baek to twine tlie eahia and ilima iu a wreath for her dear lord ¥ s neek. Arid tlius t!iis ead young love trips along with inuoeeni hope by the moody Opunuis aide.