The sun., 1893-03-26
THE ISLE OF VOICES.
A Tale of the Hawaiian 1sla nds.
Dr rorEnT LOUIS STEVENSON.


Kcola was married with Lehua, dau ghter 81
Knlamakc. tho wise man OF Mookai. and he
kept his dwelling with tho father OF his wife.
There was no man more cunning than thnt
prophet: no read tho stars. he could divine
By the bodies OF tho dead and by means OF evil
creatures: he could go alone into the highest
parts OF the mountain. into the region OF the
hobgoblins. and thcre he would lay snaros to
entrap tho spirits Of the ancient. For this
reason no man was more consulted In all tho
Kingdom OF Hawaii Prudent people bought
and sold and married and laid out their lives
BY his counsols: and tho King had him
twice 10 Kona to seek the treasures
of tKamehameha. Neither was any man
moro feared: OF his enomies. some
had dwndled in sickness by tho virtue OF his
incantations. and some had been spirited
away. tho lilo and tho clay both. no that folk
looked in vain for SO much as n bono OF their
bodies. 1t was rumored that he had the art or
the gift Of the old heroes. Men had soon him
at night upon tho mountains. stepping from
ono cliir to tho next: thoy had seen him walk
ing in tho high iorost and his head and shoul-
ders wero above the trees. This kalamnke
was n strange man to sec. He was como OF
tho bcst blood in Molokai and Maui OF Il puro
descent and yet ho was moro white to look
upon than any foreigner; his hair tho color OF
dry grass. an l his eyes red and very blind. 80
TINT Blind us Kalaniaku that can see across
tomorrow" was n byword in the Islands.
or all these doings OF his father-n-la
Kcola knew littlo by the common repute. n
littlo more he suspected. and tho rest no
ignored. But thcro was ono thing troubled
him. kalamake was man that spared for
nothing. whether to cat or to drink or to wear:
and for all he paid in bright new dollars.
"Brlght as Kalamake's dollars" was another
saying in the Eight Isles. Yet he neither sold.
nor planted. nor took hire only now and then
from his sorcerics-and there was no source
conceivable for SO much silver coin.
1t chancod one day keola's wife was gone
upon n visit to Kaunakakni. on the lee side Of
the island and the men were forth at tho sea
fishing. But Keoln was an idle dog. and ho
lay in tho veranda and watched ths surf beat
on the shore and the birds fly about the clir
1t was chief thought with him always-the
thought OF the bright dollars. When no lay
down to bed lie would be wonder
ing why they were 50 many and whom he woke
at morn he would be wondering WIN they
were all now: aud the thing was never absent
from his mind. But this day OF all days he
made sure In his heart OF some discovery.
For 1t seems ho had observed the place
whero Kalnmake kept his treasure. which
was lockiast desk against the parlor wall.
under tho print Of kamehamehn tho Fifth.
and n photograph OF Queon Victoria with her
crown; and it 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: no could sec her
smoke Off Kalaupapa: and she must soon arrive
and nll manner Of rare Injuries for ka lamake;
h. can psy s Tor ] his go goods a,.n to fHst
out q the devils Eo,cIket' -, 49,, ,r,, ,,,,o.
in LAW bphint In m look ypl.
Ys that sts ths fsamer team h hsnsseh INT to call t
There Is no help Tor itthen. returned Eala-
make. and must tai ke youin my conndsnce.
here within the house.
So they stopped together into the parlor.
With prints. and furnished With rocking chair
and an a table and sofa in the Euronean style:
Bible on the table. and the l"cs'ast writing
desk against the wall so that any ono could :
sex the baS %n Of & sSbsan sSntsr. Of
the windows. while he himself locked all the
doors and set open the lid OF the desk. From
with charms and shells. a bundls OF dried
herbs. nnd It the ., dried ,l leaves OF treos aud
TE'Sh Ssfne sm .. aLSas Ls%I said he thing be-
ySnd wondsr Themen The men Of ed 3D. wers wss:
rest; but that was at night. In the dark. undsr
the ut stars and in the desert. Tho same will
do !, here in my own house and underline plain
50 saying. he nut tho Bble, under the cushion
OF Ont TIE o IT, so n.t o II ws m t@yersa
fine texture ma hnaped ne herbs and leaves
the opposite corners Of thc. mat.
The tine comes.' said the warlock 81 be
With that he set flame to the herbs. and
began to muttsr and wave the branch OF palm.
closed shutters but the herbs caught strongly
aflre. and the flames beat upon keola. and the
the snops and @ maao his hcad h swim and
his eyes darken. and the sound OF kaamako
mauttering a ran III, in h! his , ears And suddsny to
a snatch or twitch that seemed to be more
swift than lightning. In tho same wink the
beaten from Keola's body. Volumes OF sun
rolled upon his eyes and head. ana he found
under strong sun. with great surf roaring:
he and the warlock standing there on tho
at atom one @ another. and passing % their % hands n be-
What was this ?" cried Keola who came to
him self the first, because he was tho younger.
"Itmattsrs not" painted KaIamake. 1T is
"a Ana in, IL tho name of God where are we''
hsre We Rvc mnar !hG IN
bands. AMI that We must attend to-. Co. VIII 10
woed "nd BRING the enes sacR and
T 1d S there ps tes
be home again before the steamer comes: y |
And no sat on the sand and panted.
Ing sand and coral, strewn with singular
shells and he thoughSin his heart:
How do | not know this beach? will |
come here again and gather shells"
In front OF him was IL line of palms against |
the sky; not Ike tho palms OF the Eight |
Islands. but tall and fresh and beautiful. and |
hanging out withered fans like gold among |
the green: and he thought In his heart:
is Wi ssoha hhs wSSn sni
warm to e sleep" And he thIounght How
winter In Hawaii. and tho day had been chill
And he thought: Where are the gray noun
tains2 And whore is the cliff with the hanging
forest and the wheeling birds /" and the more
what quarter OF the islands he was fallen, =,
, In the border OF the grove where 1t met the
beach. the herb was growing. but the tree fur
,ner h back Now as u, Keola went toward var The the
nothing on her body but belt OF leaves.
well y thought keola. they are not very |
particular about their dress in this part OF the
country" And he paused. surprising she