The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-04-10

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after thDIf departure. however before tne
boy olmr rowing m1dly back to che ship.
nearly frightened nut Uf Die a.usoa. dDO'Hr
ur tHe rIfiNH IHl ifol GrurHu aud
were lH0ut t1 rut h.m feb death
Being unable fu 600 the particulars
from tho Dad, Captain lord lost little time
iu aiming hoHtluHd of men and getting
ashore to investigate.
We found tue native village in an mp
roar Men aud vuwen were running
about. uttriug shri cries, beating 900
their breasts aud screaming wildly, dog,
were barking. and Che "pompom' of a
great drum added to Che babel Captain
lord lpI u- forward 600 "a run, aud we pro.
Coolpd fu tine very center of the village.
where wu found q great mob assembled,
with Grngln "a captive in their midst The
lri-hw1u was nearly frightened ont of
his wits. az well hc might be. and when
hc saw uz NE shouted,
clip, h'ys BE the holy St. Denis,
It's dead mon ia been IN anither tin
miuute-''
The captain confronted the chief Of the
village and demanded TO know what IL
/ was am about This dignitary haugbtily
T informed him that the sailor had offended
and robbed the soul Of dead warrior by
eating from the dead mans grave the
/ food that had been placed there for the
consumption of suid dead man while he
was on his journey to the land of the here
/ after According To the law of the kroo-
mans, such an oitcuse was punishable
/ with death, and the eNecutiuuer should be
| the dead mans nearest relative.
We saw in a moment that Grogan's
peril was great, and it looked as If q bloody
encounter would take place If we tried TO
rescue him, for the fighting men of the
village, armed TO the teeth, had gathered
about us and were scowliug and mutter-
/ ing in manner that showed that the worst
/ passions of those usually peaceable natives
| had been aroused.
Captain Lord was too shrewd to fight if
| the sailor could be saved in any other way,
| and he soon found himself face to face with
| the nearest relative of the dead man, who
| proved to he the warriors mother, II fright
/ full looking old hag At first the old
woman seemed fairly insane with her fury
| and thirst for the blood of the man who
/ had desecrated the grave of her son and
| robbed him of the food he required in his
journey to the spirit land, but Captain
Lord was a Yankee, and shrewd one at
that, and he straightway began to "dick
err with her.
Twenty minutes later, the captain had
succeeded in purchasing Grogan's life with
about 20 cents worth of glass beads, brass
bracelets and bells that would tinkle. He
kept decorating the old hag with them
and holding up a cheap mirror for her to
admire herself in, and when she finally
gave horrible grin Of delight at her be
dizened appearance we knew Grogan would
be spared.
We lost no time in getting him out of
the village and down TO the boat, for some
of the natives We're not at all pleased with
the result of Captain Lord S appeal to the
wronged mothers greed and vanity. As
we were pulling back to the Wild Flower,
the captain said:
Hereafter, Grogan, you will know eX-
actly what your life is worth. 1t was
bought for 20 cents this time"
Enough to buy a square male any
where" moaned the lrishman. with appar-
ent earnestness. can Oi didn't hev tonne
to ate half there were in the pot before
they grabbed me by the scuff nv tn neck
an dragged me inther their ould town
It's starvin OF am this blissid minuteH'