The morning call., 1894-06-17

notice the change which was coming over
the sky-did not see the white caps, which
showed that the wind was rising swiftly
and would soon sweep across the wide
channel with resistless force.
The pleasant islands of the southern sea
are not always serene and placid. Some
times the kOna comes bowling md shrek
Ing down the dark canyons and through
the narrow gurges, shifting everything
before it 10 the ground. When it comes
GOD help the hapless craft which is in its
road. God only can help, fcr the blows
which the wind ana waves deal upon the
tossing, writing vessel are heavy enough
to drive 1t bodily beneath the waters.
KaiamaBu had neither hOloku nor eis to
dream of. so he had seen the kona coming
and had been preparing TO meet it to the
best of his ability. He had given the girl
his orders In quick. sharp tones, and she
had mechanically 0beyed them, but with
out realizing what The change OF course
meant. Suddenly she was awakened, and
roughly, from her dreams. a wall of
white water rose high above the side of
the vessel and dashed down upon the deck,
dTenching the girl TO the skin.
With the shock she came back to the
present, and, looking around, saw that
what but short time before was smooth
placid stretch of blue water was now a
f0amDg. raging sea, dashing its waves
high above the low rail of the schooner.
The wind whistled and bowled around her
ears. She could scarcely hear her father
as he shoute his orders to her from a few
feet distance. Filled with terror she kept
the vessel on it's course, but only by the
eXertlOn of her whole strength. Half an
hour before the schooner had glided along
SO smoothly that she could have carried a
trimming cup across the deck without
spilling drop. Now it was tossing in a
regular wiich'S dance over the waves, and
she could hardly keep her feet, even by
hanging to the wheel.
Louder and louder rOared the wind, and
higher yet climbed the waves. The sun
still shone brightly above her head, seem
ing to make the scene more frightful than
IL would have appeared beneath "a cloudy
sky. a kona may blow for days aud 1t
may pass in an hour. Their only hope
was that this one had arisen so suddenly
that II would subside as quickly.
kalamanu watched the black cloud
which lad first given him warning Of
coming trouble, and saw, to his joy, that
1t was passing away. Evidently the kona
would not last many hours; but could the
little vessel, built for sailing on a summer
sea, stand that terrible wrenching and
twisting even for that short time?
She was new and reasonably strong, but
the blows she had suffered might well
have destroyed stronger vessel. He
could only hope for the best and hold on
to the rail until the wind fell. He had
done all that was possible TO save his
vessel-GOd must do the rest. The wind
was surely sinking, the waves did not rise
so high above his head. The worst was
over and be turned his head to speak TO
the girl, who still chung to the wheel.
Then came crash. An immense wave
had broken over the stern, filled the It'll lie
hold and the schooner was sinking from
under their feet.
Kalili was as much at home on water as
on land, like all Hawaiians, and as soon
as she caught her breath she rose in the
water and looked about her for some hing
TO aid her IN her fight with the sea ana for
her father. for whose safety she had no
fear, but she saw him slowly sinking be-
meath the angry waves. He had been in
Jured by blow from something as the
water dashed across the deck, carrying
whatever loose articles still remained on
the deck before it.
Swimming swiftly to his SIDE Kalili
caught hold of him and raised his head
above the water. He was not insensible,
and in few moments was able TO support
himself on the water, but he had been in
1ured so severely that he was unable 10
swim.
Thew we're at least twenty-five miles
from land alone on the tossing sea, with
out even broken oar to assist them, and
she, helpless, girl, must do what she could
20 save not only her own life, but her in
Jureds father. kalamanu had put on his
ollskin coat ana his sea-b0ots when first
the waves began to break above the rail,
and these added to his weight.
kalill knew that she could never hope
to keep him sfioat so weighted down. The
coat and boots must be removed. The
man could move his arms feebly, and he