The sun., 1891-05-10

woman, the comeliest on the isle-not tlet US
hope) tho bravest or tho most polite. OF a sud-
den, ere yet the grave silence Of the funeral
was broken. she made leap at the Resident.
with pointed finger. shrieked few words, and
fell back again with laughter. not natural
mirth. What did abe say to you ?" asked.
"She did not speak to me-" said Donar. O shade
rerturbed. she spoke to tho ghost Of the dead
man" And tho pnrport OF her speech was this:
See there! Donat will be . fne feast for you
ton Rht"
IN. Donat called It a Jest" wrote at the
time in my diary. "It seemed tn mo moro In
tho nature Of q terrified eonuration. as though
she would divert tn ghosts attention from
herself. A cannibal race may we'll have can
'nibal phantoms" The guesses OF tho trov-
.eller appear foredoomed to bN erroneous:
-yee In these was iprecisely right. The
woman bad stood By in terror At the
funeral being then In dread spot
the graveysrd. She looked ON in terror to the
coming night. with that oRre. a. new spirit.
loosed upon the isle. and the words she had
cried ID Donat's face wore indeed terrified
conjuration. basely to shield herself, basely to
dedicate another In her stead Ono thing is to
be said in her excuse. Doubtless she partly
chose Donat because he was q man Of great
good nature. but partly. too. because he was
man Of the half caste. for believe oil natives
reRard tho white blood ss kind OF talisman
against tho powers OF hell In no other way
can they explain tho unpunishsd recklessness
OF Europeans-
With my superstitious friends. tho island
or. I fear am not wholly frank. often load
ing the way with stories Of my own. and being
always O grave and sometimes an excited
hearer. But the deceit Is scarce mortal. since
I am as pleased to hear as he to tell. as
pleased with the story as he with the belief:
AMI, besides. It is entirely needfuL For 1t Is
scarce possible to exaRRerate the extant and
empire of his superstitions: they mould his
life. they color his thinking: and whom he does
not speak to me OF ghosts and gods. and
devils, he is playing the dissembler and talk
ing only with his lips. With thoughts SO dif-
ierent. ono must indulge tho other: and
would rather that should indulge his super
stition than he my incredulity. Of ono thing,
besides. may bs sure: Lot me indulge 1t As
please. shall not hear the whole; for ho 10 al
ready on bis guard with me. and tho amount
OF the love II boundless.
will give but few Instances at random.
chiefly from my own doorstep In Upolu. during
the past month October 1890l. Ono OF my
workmsn was sent the other day to tho banana
patch. there to dig: this is . hollow OF the
mountain buried in woods. out Of all sight and
cry OF mankind: and long before dusk Lsiaols
ombarra.sed looks. ha dsred NOT longer stnv
alone be was afraid of "spilits in the bush"
II ssems these are the souls Of the unburIed
dead hnonting vhere they fall. and weurinr
woodland shapes of mig. or bird. or insect: the
bush is full OF them. they seem to eat nothing.
slay solitary wanderers apparently In spite.
and at times. In human form. 60 down into the
villages and consort with tho inhabitants un.
,,otertad 40 mncb ;enrned n day ar so after.
w,It,ou in the hmsb with "A verv inte,,i,ant
vorth a native Itwa. a utt,e bafor. noon :. n
,rsv d.v AMI sopaIIv. and nsrhnns 7 had
.not.n I,uhtIv A dart soua,i burst m m.
ia. =, th. mountain Tho voods .book and
s,Isa. ~. daot i..yss ros. from The
,.nMna ~ ,,omas III. butt.rni... ana nv
son,nsr,on CANA snddsn,v 10 a rnII Atom H.
w.. .,..,S -" s.,I ~ ths trsas failing. I'm, as
~. "a .h.n.od IN. snhiact NJ our tall