Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-26

inres, be could 90 alone into the highest
narfa Of the mountain. into the region OF
the hobgoblns. and there ne Woulu l1y
snares to entrup the spirits oil, tue
ancient For this reason no man was
more consulted in all the kingdom or
Hawnii. Prudent people bought and sofa
and married and laid out their lives by
his counsels and the king had him twice
TO Soua TO seek the treasures OF haine-
hameha. Neither was any man mort
fcared of his enemies, some hnd
dwindled in sickness by the virtue OF ms
lncantations, and some had Deeh
spirited away. the life and the clay both
SO that folk looked In vain for 30 mucn
as n bone of their bodies. IL was rumOreI
that he had the art or the grit OF the olu
heroes. Men had seen him nt night upon
the mountains. stepping from one Gin 20
the next; they had seen him walking IN
the high forest and his head and shout
ders were above the trees. This RAIN
make was a strange man 10 see. lie was
come Of the best blood In MOlokat and
Maui. of n pure descent and yet he was
more white 10 look upon than any Tor
cigner his hair the color OF dry grass,
and his eyes red and very blind, so that
"Blind as kalamake that can see across
tomorrow" was a byworo in the IS
lands.
or all these doines Of his fathcr-in-law
Keola knew little by the common re-
pute. little more he suspected, and the
rest he ignored. But there was one thing
troubled him kalamuke was man
that spared for nothing whether TO eat
or 10 drink or to wear, aud tQr nll ne
paid In bright new dollars bright us
1Ialamakes dollars" was another say
ing In the Eight Isles. Yet he neither
sold. nor planted. nor took hire-Only now
aud then from his sorceries-and there
was no source conceivable Tor 50 much
silver coin
II Glanced one day Keola's wife was
gone upon a visit TO kaunukukni, on the
lee side of the island, and the men were
forth at sea fishing. But ke0la was an
Idle dog. aud he lay in the verandn and
watched the surf beat on the shore and
the birds ily about the cliff IL was a
chief thought with him nlwuys-the
thought Of the bright dollars. When he
lay dtwn 20 bed he would be wondering
why they were so many, and when he
woke Mt morn he would be wondering
vhy they were nll new, and the thing
was never absent from his mind. But
this day of all days he made sure In his
heart of some discovery. For it seems
ne had observed the place where kalu-
make kept his treasure which was q
lock-fast desk against the purlor wall,
under the print OF Knmehnmehn the
Fifth, and n photograph of Queen Vie
toriu with her crown, aud IL seems again
that, no later than the night before, he
found occasion TO look In, and behold
the bag lay there empty And this was
the day Of the steamer: he could see her
smoke off Kalaupapa, and She must soon
arrive with months goods, timed
salmon aud Gin. and all manner of rare
Injuries for Kalamake.
'Now 10 he can pay for his goods TO
day heola thought, II shall know for
certain that the man is wnrlock, Anc
the dollars come out of the devils peck
ct"
While he was thinking. there was hii
father-in-law behind him looking vcxed.
rs that the steamer he asked.
Eyes said heOla. "She has but I,
call 20 Pololunu, and then she Will b
'sThere Is no help for it then" re
turned Kalnmake. "nnd / must take yol
10 my confidence, Keola, for the lack o
npy one better. Come here within ia
house"
So they stepped together into the par
Tor, which was very fine room, papcred
and hung with prints aud furuishe,
with rocking chair and a table and
sofa in the European style. There wa
a shelf Of books besides, and u famil
writing desk against the wall, so thu
any one could see II was the house OF
man of substance.
Knlamako hade Keoln close the shul
tiers Of the windows, while he mmsel
locked All the doors and set open the II
Of the desk From this he brought fort
pair Of necklaces hung with charm
and shells, bundle Of dried herbs. an
the dried leaves of trees, and u gree
branch OF palm.
.What / am about" said he is
thing beyond wonder. The men Of ol
were wise; they wrought marvels, an
this among the rest but that was
night. IN the dark. under the ht stal
aud In the desert The same will | y
here in my own. house and under Il
plain eye OF day"
SO saying, he put the Bible under n
cushion Of the sofa so that il was n
covered, brought ont from the san
plnsce mat OF n wonderfully fine te
ture. and henped the herbs and leaves q
sand In q tin pan. And then he an
Keoln put on the necklaces and toe
their stand upon the opposite corners
the mat.
",rhe time comes" said the warlocl
''be not afraid
With that he set flame to the herb
and began 20 mutter and wave q
branch Of palm. At first the light WI
dun because of the closed shutters, b
the herbs caught strongly nfre. and Il
flames beat upon keoln aud the roo
glowed with the burning, and next q
smoke rose and made his head swim al
bis eyes dnrken, and the sound OF kal
make mutteHng ran IN his ears Al
suddenly, 70 the mat on which they we
standing. came snatch or twitch. Ga
peenied TO be more swift than lightnin
Ia the same wink the room was 20
and the house. the breath an beaten fro
KeOlo's body Volumes of sun roll
upon his eyes and head and he foui
himself transported TO beach OF {
sea-, under a strong sun, with gre
surf roaring; he aud the warlock star
ing there on the same mat, speechle
gasping and grasping at one anoth
and passing their hands before tn
lyas.
''What was thisT cried ISeola, W
same 20 himself the first, because he "
The younger. ''Ihe pang Of It was Il
death"
at matters not" painted Kalamal
1t is now done"
"And IA the name Of God, where
wei" cried keoln.
THAT Is not the question: replied
sorcerer Being here, we have mat
IN our hands, and thut we must ate
10. Go, while recover my breath, Il
the borders Of the wood, and bring
the leaves Of such aud such a herb, q
such and such tree, which you win 4
TO grow there pientifully, three handf
Of each. And be speedy. We must
home again hcfore the steamer com
Il would seem strange II we had dis
peared. And he sat on the sand a
painted.
Keola went up the beach, wLlch y
Of shining sand and coral. strewn "
angular shells, aud he thought in
heart:
How do / not know this beach