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CHAPTER III.-Continued.

CHAPTER IHl.-COntinued.
He drew whistle from his side and
whistle3 once. There was a moments
pause Then Tu-Kia-kila spoke in q
loud voice again. ''The King of Fire.
he exclaimed in tones OF princely au'
tnority.
From within the hut there came
forth slowly q second stalwart savage,
big built, and burly as the great god
himself, clad in d long robe OR cloak OF
yellow feathers. which shown bright
with a strange metallic CLEAN in the
rudy light of q huge pile Of li-wood.
The King o. Fire is here, Tu-kila-
kila, the lesser god made answer,
bending his head slightly.
Fire" Tu-kila-Kila said, like a
monarch giving orders to his attendant
minister, ''if any man touch the new
corners on the reef before [ cause my
sun to rise to morrow morning, scOrch
up his flesh with your flame, and con-
sumo his bones to ash and cinder. If
any woman go near them before Tu-
KiIa-Kila bids, let her be rolled in
palm-leaves and smeared with oil, and
light her up for torch on a dark night
to Tighten our temple
The King OF Fire bent his head in
assent. ''lt is as Tu-Kila-Kila wills, "
he answered. submissively.
Tu-Kila-Kila whistled again, this
time twice. "The King of Water" he
exclaimed in the same loud tone OF
command as before.
AT the words a man of about forty,
tall and sinewy, clad in a short cape of
white albatrOss feathers and with a
gird!e OF nautilus shells interspersed
with red coral tied around his waist,
came forth to the summons.
1.-The King Of Water is here" he
said, bending his head, but not his
knee, before the greater deity.
Water" Tu-Kila Kila, said with
half So solemnity, ''you are a god
800. Your power is very great But
less than mine. Do, then as | bid YOU
II any man touch my spirits, whom [
have brought from my home in the
sun IN a fiery ship, before [ bid him
tomorrow, Overturn his canoe, and
drown him in lagoon Or spring or ocean
If any woman 60 near them without
TuKila-kila's leave, bind her hand
and foot with ropes of porpOise hide,
and cast her out into the surf, and dash
hcr with your waves, and pummel her
to pieces"
The King of Water bent his head a
r.
-sInsw cred, ''befOre all others save you;
but for you, Tu-Kila-kila, | haste to do
Your bidding. Ii any man disobey you.
my pillows shall rise and Overwhelm
him in the sea. | am a great god.
.laim each year many drowned vic
Tins
But not so many as me-" Iu-klla-
kila interposed, his hand playing on
his knife with u faint air of impati-
euce.
But not so many as you, the minor
god added, in haste, as it to appease
his rising anger 'Iire and Water
ever speed to do your bidding"
Tn-kila-kila stood up, turned toward
the distant flame, and waved his hands
round and round three times before
him. Let this be for you all a great
aaUoo,; he said, glancing once more
toward his awe-struck followers. "Now
tho mysteries are over. Tu-Kila-Kila
will sleep. He has eaten Of human
flesh. He has drunk of cocoanut rum
and of new kava. He has brought
back his sun on its way in the heavens.
He has sent it messengers of fire to
reinforce its strength. He has fetched
from It's messengers in turn with fresh
fire TO Boupari. fire not lighted from
amy earthly flame; fire new, divine,
Scorching, unspeakable. Tomorrow
we Will talk with the spirits he has
brought. Tonight we will sleep. Now
,aN $40 to your homes; and tell your wo-
men OF this great taboo, lest they
speak to the spirits, and fall into the
hands OF Fire or Water"
The savages dropped on their faces
before the eye OF their god and lay
quite still. They made path as it
were from pyre to the temple door with
their PROSTATE bodies. Tu-Kila-Kila,
walking with unsteady steps over their
half-naked forms, turned to his hut in
d drunken Booze. He walked over
them with no more compunction or
feeling than over so many. logs. Why
should he not, indeed? For he was a
god, and they were his meat, his SER
watts, his worshipers.