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

debated Il in their councils; but The
high chief Though he was brave mani
was afraid q the matter, and reminded
them daily Of the chief who cast a spear
against the voices and was Killed. and
the thought Of that brought al 70 a
stand again.
Though he could not bring about the
destruction Of the trees, Neoln was well
enough pleased, and began to look about
him and take pleasure In his days. And,
among other things, he was the kinder
TO his wife, SO that the girl began to love
him greatly.
One day he came to the hut and she
lay on the ground lamenting.
why said keola, what is wrong
with you nowY
She declared II was nothing.
The same. night she woke. him. The
lamp burned very low, but he saw by
her face she was in sorrow
'Keola," she said put your. ear to
my mouth that l may whisper, for none
must hear us. Two days before the
boats begin TO be got ready, go you to
the seaside of the Isle and lie in q thcket
We shall chose that place beforehand,
you and /; and hide food, and every
night / shall come near by there singing.
not hear me, you shall know we are
clean gone, and you may come forth
agan in safety
The soul Of Keola died within him
What Is this Y nv cried. II cannot
live among devils. 1 will not be left
behind upon tits isle. am dying to
You win never leave it alive, my
poor KeOla," said the girl" "for TO tell
you the truth my people are eaters Of
men; but this they keep secret And
the reason they will kill-you before we
leave is because In our own island ships
come. and Donat-kimaran comes and
talks from the French, aud there is a
white trader there In n house with a
veraudn and a catechist Oh that is q
enc place, indeed! The trader has bar
rels filled with -four and n French war
ship once came in the lagoon and gave
everybody wine and biscuit All, my
poor keola. / wish / could take you
there, for great Is my love to you. and
Il is the finest place in the seas except
Papeste."
So now Keola was the most terrified
man in the four oceans. He had heard
tell of eaters of mcm in the south islands,
and the thing had been fear to him
and here II was knocking at his door.
| He had heard, besides, by travellers. Of
their practices and how when they are
in a mind TO eat man they cherish
| and fondle him like mother with
| favorite buby. And he saw this must
| be his own case, and that was why he
had been housed and fed aud wived
! and liberated from all work, and why
| the old men and chiefs discoursed with
! him like q person of weight So he lay
| on bis bed aud rallied upon his destiny.
and the flesh curded on his boues
| The next day the people of the tribe
were very civil as their way was. They
| were elegant speakers. and they made
beautiful poetry, and iested at meals 30
| that Il missionary must have died hugh
| ing. IL was little enough keOla cared
for their fine ways Ill he saw was the
white teeth shining In their mouths, and
his gorge rose at the sight; and when
| they were done eating he went and lay
in the bush like a dead man. The next
day It was the same, then his wife fol-
lowed him.
"Keola," she said, IF you do not eat,
! tell you plainly you viii be kli..- and
cooked tomorrow Some of the old chiefs
are murmuring already They think you
are fallen sick and must lose flesh"
With that Keole got to his feet, and
anger burned in him.
1T Is little, l care one way or tho
other said he. 81 am between the
devil and the deep sea. Since die must
let me die the quickest way, and since
must be eaten at the best of Ii. let me
rather be eaten by hobgoblins than by
men. Farewell said he, and he left
her and walked to the seaside of that
island.
1t was all bare in the strong sun; there
was no sign Of ulnn, only the beach was
trodden, and all about him as he went
the voices talked and whispered, and the
little fires sprang up and burned down,
All tongues OF the earth were spoken
there, the French. the Dutch, the Rus
sian, the Tamil, the Chinese. Whatever
land knew sOrcery, there was some Of it,
people whispering In Keola'S ear. That
beach was thick as q cried fair, yet no
man was seen, aud us he walked he saw
the shells vanish before him, and no men
TO pick them up. ! think the devil would
have been afraid 10 be alone Ia such
n company, but keola was past fear and
courtod death. When the fires spranp
up, he charged for them like bull; bodl-
less voices called to and fro, unseen
hands poured sand upon the 1ames. and
they. were gone from the beach before he
reached them.
"Kalpmake is not here" he thought
las | must have been killed long since p
With that be sat down In the margin
OF the wood, for he was tired, and put
his chin upon his hands. The business
before his eyes continued; the beach bah
bled with voices the fires sprang up anC
sank, and the shells vanished and wer,
! renewed even while he looked
1T was u byday when l waS here be
fore, he thought, "for il was nothing e
this. And his head was dizzy with tn,
thought of these millions and millions OF
dollars, and all these hundreds and hun
dreds OF people culling them upon the
beach and flying In the air higher anC
: swifter than eagles,
And to think how they have fooled
Inc with their talk If mints." says he
and that money WAS made there! WEei
It is clear that all the now coin in vi
the world Is gathered on these sands
But l viii know better the next time,
said he. Aud ut last, he knew not yer!
well how or when sleep fell on Keolo
and he forgot the island and al his SCR
rows.
Early the next day. before the sun wa
yet up, hustle woke him lie awO;
ln 'ear for lac thought the tribe hat
caught him mapping but II was no sucl
matter. Only, on The beach in front o
him, the hodiless voices called and shout
ed one upon another, and il seemed the.
I all passed and swept him up the coast o
the island.
what is afoot nowT thinks Keola
4 and 1t was plain TO him IL was something
beyond ordinary For the fires were no
!. lighted nor the shells taken, but the bod
less voices kept posting up the beac
and hnilug and dying away and other
+, following aud by the sound of theI
these wizards should be angry.
1T Is not me they IRE angry at,
thought keola, 'for they pass me close.
As when hounds 60 BY, or horses in
race, or city folk coursing 10 q fire, an
all men join aud follow after 80 il wa
now With keol0, and be knew not whQ
he did, nor why he did Il, but there,
and tehold! he was running with On
voices