Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-11-11

structure, where he found Miss Fln3tlnlg-
gala, who, despite her hard name, was very
charming and delicate young lady Of five
and thirty feet in height and proportionably
stout. Diohnannell Immediately was sorely
smitten by so much lovelness, he never hav-
ing laid eyes on a woman before; and
finding her an entertaining companion,
and frugal housewife, lie asked her
i'll marriage. Tagga questioned him as
to his possessions; and finding he was
a lord of an Island larger than Caipan,
and withal being pleased with his appear
ance, he gave his hearty consent.
Miss Finatiniggala, however, was not so
easily satisfied, and laid some conditions up
on him. First of all she tried his strength,
and was not satisfied that he could pull up
cocoa-nut trees two hundred feet high and
ten feet thick, with two fingers, as she could .
do as much herself. She was much pleased .
with his tame whales, however, with his .
handsome person. and promised that if he .
would build her house like her fathers she .
would become his bride. Diohnannell |
readily promised to do this, and departed !
with her to Tinian. Here he Immediately
went to work, and in an hour builded her
splendid palace much bigger than her faith !
er's. Seeing the ease with which he ac-
complished her will, she grew more exact /
ing, and said that one house would not do.
that she could always have one house, but
that if he wanted to marry her, he must
build her house for every day in the year.
Diohnannel, nothing disheartcned. set to
work. He quarred out huge stones, so
great that they would sink the largest ship.
He fashioned them in all manner Of shapes,
and covered them with ornaments. Then
he digged long rows OF deep holes in the for
est. and planted his columns therein. Over
these he laid his cap peices and filled in the
, walls with the trunks and boughs Of whole
coacoa-nut trees. All the materials for his
city he carried upon his back. and, so great
was his weight when thus loaded down, that
at every step he sank in the earth up TO his
knees.
Now, for fear that there might be other
giants on the island, of whose existence they
| knew not, and who might trace them out by
| the tracks, Finatiniggala followed him with
huge bunch Of coacoa-nut trees which she
| pulled up with her hands, and filled up the
holes he left behind him. So, in one night
each way. and full of wide streets, and a
house for every day in the year; and the
fashion of every house was different. And
he finished the houses by thatching them
with coacoa-nut leaves. which he fastened
10 great beams, formed of the whole trunks
OF the trees.
So when the city was bulded, and nicely
shaded by the trees which grew TO great
height in every part of it, he claimed FIN
ATINIGGALA for his bride. and she, so pleas
ed with his prowcss and great strength.
loved him prodigiously. Now each house
was a 100 feet high, and contained only one
story. but in this were an ininitv of cham
ber>. and fine beds made Of the bark and
: leaves Of the Cocoa. So when all was ready
DJoHNANNELL sent his whale for TAGGA.
and on his arrival he was struck with amaze.
ment at the power of his son-in-law, al,
though he too was giant and he gave him
, his blessing. And they had magnificent
feast, the principal part of which was the
Cocoon nut. These two giants shook the
trees with their hands, and when the nut.
fell they squeezed them in their hands, and
; extracted The milk, which FIvATINIGGALA
: prepared for them in many ways: and they
, consumed on the wedding night one thou.
sand Cocoa nuts. and became drunken will
the milk which in those days contained ;
powerful spirit. So DJoHNANNELL wa,
bedded with his bride, when he loved eX
i ceedingv. and the next day he invited hi,
: father-i to live with him, which h,
did, and deserted his own island of Caipan
And FINANTINIGGALA was very prolific
II and bore many children, but TO the chagril
: Of herself and her lord they were all dwarfs
;, not more than three feet high; yet they wer,
of mild disposition, and although they
were so small, they were very powerful lik
the Giants.
So they lived for many Years, and tn
= Spaniards came to their island of Tinian I
: take it for themselves, for it was YER
,l pleasant place to live. But DJoHNANYr1'
Il and TAGGA drove them away. Then the
/ sent great ships, and with many guns to sub
l. due the giants, but these valiant men caugh
= the cannon balls in their hands, and hurle
y them from the mountains, back, with sue
10 force, that the Spanish ships were all dc
s. stroyed. AT the same time, the whales de
n voured those who were not drowned, and ;
And now after many years there came
H. great earthquake, which opened chasm
m the island and threw down the city, an
IN TAGGA and DJouNNANNELL and FINATIN
x GGALA and tho dwarts, We're assailed by Il
= demons who came up from the internal IT
II glons with the earthquake-0nd the demon
H. being the stronger of the two, and being aic
r ed with large quantities of birthstone, |
III which they stiAed our friends, they prevail
~ ed against them, and carried them all dow
below, after which the chasm elosedu aga
at and nobody was left on the island. B
no TAGGA was slain, and his body left in h
house when the others was carried away
'g Then the whales departed and by-and-b by
H. the Spaniards returned and took possessi
Sc of ihe island, and lived in the ruins of 1
as city.
on But DIoHNANNELL, when he saw III
OF was much cnraged and making his teri