The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-05-14
ALOHA.
A Romantic Legend OF the Hawaiian Is
land.

Long ago, on the fair island of Ha
wall, dwelt together two maidens.
Pele. the elder, was native, anC
beautiful in all the rich coloring of hel
race. Dark eyes and hair, pearly teeth
clear olive complexion, dashed with O
crimson glow of health and happiness
made, with her graceful figure, sym.
metry of attraction that infatuates.
Still more was she prominent in grace
of kind and noble nature.
Her father was magnate in the is
land, and she, his only child, dressed
in rich draperes and flashed in costly
jewels.
Also, she had high destiny in pros
pect, for she was betrothed to tho
prince, son to the king of the islands,
and some day she might sit on the
throne.
All the people loved Pelc, and said
that she was born to rule-so exalted
was she in virtue.
Aloha, the other maiden, was waif
of the sea-borne by the waves from a
stranded vessel. She had been saved
and cared for by the parents of Pele
Under their tender fostering and the
sisterly love of their daughter, she, too,
had grown into q ''thing of beauty"
and eight in the household" She
was striking contrast to Pele. Her
eyes were as blue as the sky above her,
and the fairest tints of northern Europe
covered features of exquisite delicacy,
over which fell n luxuriance of curls,
lleecy in hue and softness.
Pala lovaI fbic child with al Lou
warmth of soul, and Aloha's love for
Pele was the one great passion of her
gentle life.
What lovely picture they were, these
two maidens, ever together; the guiding
star, always leading and guarding
the trusting Aloha! Often, as they
stood gazing out upon the waters of the
ocean, Pele would'lay her hand upon
the fair head of her sister and talk of
the future. She would speak of the
time when, queen of the islands, she
could ride in chariot beside the king,
or prance with him over the broad
plains on richly caparisoned steed.
She would picture herself glittering in
royal robes and jewels, and bedecking
with shining gems her little sister also.
Then Aloha would shake her head
and say that she would wear only the
garland of beautiful flowers, freshly
woven each day, and flung over her
shoulders by the loving hands of Pelc.
And now the time came for the
consummation of the betrothal.
The marriage of the prince with Pele
was to be preceded by n festival. All
of the people assembled on plain,
where, beneath a decorated arch, the
prince and Pele might receive their con-
CALCULATIONS.
When the fair-haired Aloha Joined
the band in her simple white dress,
with the garland of flowers, all eyes
were drawn to her. The prince him
self was struck with admiration, and
his whole soul enslaved by the beauty
of the fair maiden, so unlike anything
that he had ever seen before.
He at once determined that she
should be his bride.
But how could he dispose of Pele?
He must do her no outward wrong,
for her father was q man of power, and
she the idol of the people.
The prince was a wizard, and could
work secret spell upon his af1ianced
bride. Aloha was never far away. Her
eyes were ever fixed upon her one
bright star, and when she saw the pal
Tor on her sisters face she fastened to
her side.
Pele placed her hand, as was her
wont, upon Aloha's head, and grasping
with her fingers the beautiful hair so
loved, her spirit winged its distant
flight Held in the grasp of death,
Aloha could not extrcate herself, and
they were forced to cut the hair which
Pele's hand would not relinquish They
bore the body sadly to her home, Aloha
following
When they entered the place SO
fraught to Aloha with memories of
Pele's love, she sat down beside the
dead, and drawing one deep sigh,
passed gently away to join the spirit of
her sister.
The people came in crowds, and sent
up loud petitions that Pele might re-
main with them forever In response q
great wind arose, which lifted the body
and bore it over Mauna Loa. where,
descending gently. it entered the great
pit of Kilauea, Pele's pit.
There a pricstess, she has since re-
enshrined by mass of golden
the curls of Aloha, in later
days called Pele's hair.
Aloha was borne to her grave at the
foot of the mountain and forth there
sprang flower, spreading and diflusing
over the land. They called the flower
Aloha, and it has many Specifications,
as love, friendship, remembrance, well
come, and other sweet and gentle terms.
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