The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-17

TOD Tor these wonders Altogether oe-
| gan 70 hare a glir.mer OF the mans posi-
ton, and the means by which ne had ac-
/ CURED il. and. though | saw ne was a
tough nut to crack. / was noways cast
| down.
Very well. said |. s.I'll have look at
| Master Cases place Of worship myself.
| and well see about the gloritylng-
At this Una fell in terrible taxing; IL
went IN the high bush | should never
| return. none could go there bCs by the
| protection of Tiapolo.
I'll chance il on Gods" said 1. I'm
3 good scr, of fellow, Una, as fellows
| go. and guess God'u con me through"
| She was silent for 8 while. Il think" "
| said she, mighty solemn-and then, pres
| ently-''Victoreea, he big chief"
"You betin said I.
He ike you too much:" she asked
again
| told her, with q grin. believed the
| old lady was rather partial 70 me.
All right" said she. VICTORIES he
| big chief. like you too much. No can hslp
| you here in Falesa; no can do-too far OF.
| Maea he De small chief-stop here. Sup
! pose he like you-nake you all right.
Au-e-sane Sod and Tiapoio. God be big
| chief-got too much work Tiapolo he
| small chief-he like too much make-see,
work very hard"
IN have TO hand you over 10 Mr..
Tarleton." said /. Your theology's out
Of its bearings, Uma."
However, we stuck to this business all
| the evening, and with the stories she told
| me OF the desert and It's dangers. she came
near frightening herself into 1t. 1 don't
| remember half a quarter of them, of
| course. for l paid little heed; but two
/ come back to me kind of clear.
About six miles up the coast there Is .
sheltered cove they call Fanga-anadna--
the haven full Of caves" I've seen it
| from the sea myself. as near IS could get
my boys TO venture in; and its 3 little
strip OF yellow sand black cliffs overhang
/ 1T, full of the black mouths OF caves: great
trees overhang the cliffs. and dangle-
down lianas; and in one place, about the
middle. q big brook pours over in 8 cas-
caGe. Well. there was a boat going by
here, with six young men of Falesa, ''ali
very pretty Ulua said, which
was the loss OF them. It blew
sea. and by the time they opened
Fanga-anaana and saw the white cascade
and the shady oeach, they were all tired
and thirsty and their water had run out.
One proposed 10 land and get drink and,
being reckless fellows, they were all of the
same MUD except the youngest. Lotu
was his name: he was very good young
gentleman, and very wise; and he held
out that they were crazy, telling them the
place was given over TO spirits and devils
and the dead, and there were no living folk
nearer than six miles one way, and maybe
twelve the other. Bat they laughed at his
words and, being 1--WE to one, pulled in,
beached the boat and landed. 1t was
wonderful pleasant place. Lotu said, and
the water excellent. They walked round
the beach, but could see nowhere any way
TO mount the cliffs, which made them
easier in their mind; and at last they sat
down to make meal on the food they had
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set, when there came out OF the mouth of
one of the black caves six of the most
beautiful ladies ever seen; they had flow
ers IN their hair. and the most beautiful
breasts, and necklaces of scarlet seeds;
and began TO jest with these young gentle
men, and the young gentlemen to jest
back with them, all but Lotu. As for
Lotu, he saw there could be no living
woman in such place, and ran and flung
himself in the bottom of the boat. and
covered his face and prayed. All the time
the business lasted, Lotu made one clean
break of prayer, and that was all he knew
of il, until his friends came back ana
again out OF the bay, which was now quite
deserted, and no word of the six ladies.
But. what frightened Lotu most, not one
of the five remembered anything of what
had passed. but they were all like drunken
men, and sang and laughed in the boat.
and skylarked. The wind freshened and
came squaily, and the sea rose
weather as any man in the
islands would have turned his back to and
fed home TO Falesa; but these five were
| like crazy folk. and cracked on all sail and
drove their boat into the seas. Lotu went
to the bailing: none of the others thought
TO help him, but sang and skylarked and
carried on, and spoke singular things be-
yond a mans comprehension, and laughed
out loud when they said them. So the rest
of the day Lotu bailed for his life in the
bottom of the boat, and was all drenched
with sweat and cold seawater; and none
needed him. Against all expectation they
came safe in dreadful tempest TO Papa
malulu, where the palms were singing ous
| and the cocoanuts dying like cannon balls
| about the village green; and the same
night the five young gentlemen sickened,
and spoke never a reasonable word until
they died.
land do you mean TO tell me you can
swallow a yarn like that?" asked.
She told me the thing was well known,
and With handsome young men alone it
was even common; ; but this was the only
case where five had been slain the same
day and in q company by the love of the
women-devils; and it had made a great
stir in the island, and she would be crazy
if she doubted.
We'll, anyway" says I. "you needn't
be frightened about me. I've no use for
the women-devils. You're all the woman
/ want, and all the devil. too. old lady"
To this she answered there were other
sorts, and she had seen one with her own
eyes. She had gone one day alone TO the
| next bay. and perhaps got too near the
margin of the bad place. The boughs of
the high bush overshadowed her from the
kant of the hill. and she herself was out
side on fiat place, very stony and
growing full of young mummy apples
four and five feet high. 1t was 5
dark day in the rainy season,
and now there came squalls that tore of
| the leaves and sent them flying. and now
it was still as in house. 1t was in one of
these still times that whole gang of birds
and flying foxes came pegging out of the
bush like creatures frightened Presently
| after she heard q rustic nearer hand, and
saw coming out of the margin OF the trees
among the mummy-apples the appearance
OF lean grey old boar. 1t seemed TO
think as it came. like person; and all of
sudden, as she looked at II coming. she
was aware that il was no boar but thing
that was a man with a mans thoughts.
AT that she ran and the pig after her, and
as the pig ran il hollaed aloud, so that the
place rang with il.
Il wish had been there with my gun"
said |. Il guess that pig would have hol-
loed so as to surprise himself"
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