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prise to his respectful Shadow.
| The Shadow waved his hand vaguely
in an expansive way toward the sky, as
he answered, with a certain air of awe,
often observable in his speech when
taboos were in question: 1.-The King
of Birds. A very great god. He
| speaks the bird language"
''Who is he?" Felix inquired, taken
aback, wondering vaguly to himself
whether here, perchance, he might
| have lighted upon some stray and ship
wrecked tomratriot
"He comes from the sun like your
| Selves the Shadow answered, all
! Difference, but with obvious reserve.
''He is very great god. [ may not
speak much of him. But he is not
Korong. He is greater than that. and
less. He is lula, the same as Tu-Kila-
Kila.''
SIS he as powerful as Tu-Kila-Kila?
Felix asked. with intense interest.
ooh, no. he's not nearly so powerful
as that" the Shadow answered, half
terrified at the bare suggestion. mo
god in heaven or earth is like Tu-Kila-
Kila. This one is only king OF the
Birds which is little province, while
Tu-Kila-Kila is king of heaven and
earth, of plants and animals, of gods
and men, OF all things created. At his
nod the sky shakes and the rocks
tremble. But still, this god is Tula,
like Tu-Klla-kila. He is not for year.
He goes on forever, till some other
supplants him.. "
You say he comes from the SUM-"
Felix put in, devoured with curiosity.
land he speaks the bird language?
What do you mean by that? Does he
speak like the Queen of the Clouds
and myself when we talk together"
"Oh, dear, no." the Shadow an
swered, in a very confident tone. "He
doesn't speak the least bit in the world
like that. He speaks shriller and
higher, and still more bird-like. It is
chatter, chatter, chatter, like the par
rOts in tree: tirra, tirra: tara tara;
la, la, la; 10, 10, 10; lu, lu, lu; lila. And
he sings to himself all the time. He
sings this way"
And then the Shadow, with that
wonderful power of accurate mimicry
which is so strong in all natural human
beings, began to tr1ll out at once, with
a very good Partisan accent, a few
lines from well-knOWn song in ''La
File de Madame Angot:'
Quand sans frayeur
On peut Sc dire
Conspirateur.
Pour tout lie monde
II fault avolr
Perruque blonde
Fit colet nOir-
Perruque blonde
Eft collet noir."
"That's how the King of the Birps
sings" the Shadow said, as he finished,
throwing back his head, and laughing
with all his might at his own imitation.
$50 funny. isn't it? It's exactly like
the song of the pink-crested parrot"
"Why, Toxic, it's French" Felix ex-
claimed, using the Fijian word for a
Frenchman, which the Shadow, of
course, on his remote island. had never
before heard. GLOW on earth did he
come here?"
Il can't tell you,' Toxic answered,
waving his arms seward. He came
from the sun, like yourselves. But not
in sun-bOat. It had no fire. He
came in a canoe, all by himself. And
Mali says''-here the Shadow lowered
his voice to a most mysterious whisper
-''he's man-a-oui-oui.
Felix quivered with excitement.
''Man-a-oui-oui" is the universal name
over semi-civilized Polynesia for a
Frenchman. Felix seized upon it with
avidity. "A man-a-oui-qui" he cried,
delighted. ''How strange! How won
derful. [ must go in at once to his hut
and see him"
He had lifted his foot and was just
going to cross the white line OF coral
sand, when his Shadow, catching him
suddenly and stoutly round the waist,
pulled him back from the Enclosure.
with every sign of horror, alarm, and
and astonishment. "No, you can't
co." he cried, graphing with him with,
all his force yet using him very ten
derby for all that, as becomes god.
Taboo. Taboo there''
Bat [ am a god myself" Felix cried,
insisting upon his privileges. If you
taboo. you may as we'll claim it's adj
vantages as well. "The King of Fire
and the King of Water crossed my ia
boo lime. Why shouldn't I cross
equally the King of the Birds, them"
$50 you might-as rule" the
Shadow answered with promptitude.
"You are both gods. Your taboos do
not cross. You may visit each other.
You may transgress one another's lines
without danger of falling dead on the
ground as common men would do if
they broke taboo4ines. But this is the
Month of Birds. The King is in re-
treat Ne, man may see him except
his own Shadow, the Little Cockatoo,
who brings him his, food and drink
Do you see that hawks head, stuck
upon the post by the, door at the SIDE:
That is his, Special Taboo. He keeps
it for this month. Even gods must re-
spect that sign, for q. reason which it
would be very bad medicine to mem
tion. While the Month Of Birds lasts,
NO man may look upon the King or hear,
him. If they did, they would die, and
the carrion birds would eat them.
Come away. This is dangerous.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Martha Was ningJon.
Mrs. George Washington, although
an heiress and beauty, and for many
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