Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-09
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SulllSlCIl lCdSOIS.
! 1t mad not escaped Tu-Kila-Kila's
keen eye, as he paced among his skel-
| atons in his yard that morning, that
Felix Thurston. the King OF the Rain,
had taken his way openly toward the
Frenchman's quarters. He felt pretty
sure, therefore, that Felix had by this
| time learned another white man was
! living on the island, and he thought it
an Ominous fact that the newcomer
should make his way toward his fellow
| Europeans hut on the very first morn
| ing when the law OF taboo rendered
such a visit possib e. The savage is
always by nature sus piciOus, and Iu-
| Kila-Kila had grounds enough Of his
own for suspicion in this particular in
| stance. The two white men were
surely brewing mischief together for
! the Lord Of Heaven and Earth, the
illumination of the Glowing Light of
J the Sun: he must make haste and see
what plan they were connecting
against the sacred tree and the person
of its preventative, the King OF
Plants and Of the Host of Heaven.
But it isn't so easy to make haste
when all your movements are impeded
and hampered by endless taEoos and a
infinitely annoying ritual. Before Tu-
Kila-Kila could get himself under way,
sacred mbrella, tom toms, and all, it
was necessary for the King of Fire and
the King of Water to make taboo on
an elaborate scale with their respect
i've elements: and so by the time the
high god had reached NJ. Jules Pey-
rOn's garden, Felix Thurston had al
ready some time since returned to
Muriel's hut and his own quarters.
Tu-Kila-kila approached the King of
the Birds, amid loud clapping of hands,
with considerable haug htiness. To
say the truth, there was no love lost
between the cannipal god and his
European subordinate. The savage,
pulled up as he was in his own cons cit,
had nevertheless always an uncom-
Portable sense that, in his heart Of
hearts, the impressive Frenchman had
but low opinion Of him. So he in
variably tried to make up by the
solemnity of his manner and the loud
ness of his assertions for any trihing
scepticism that might possibly exist in
the mind of his follower
On this particular occasion, as he
reached the Frencbman's plot, Tu-
Kila-KiIa stepped forward across the
white taboo-line with suspicious and
peering eye. 1.-THE King of the Rain
has been here" he said, in a pompous
tone, as the Frenchman rose and sa-
luted him tremendously. '"Tu-Klla-
kiIas eyes are sharp They never
sleep. The sun is his sight. He be-
holds all things. You cannot hide
aught in Heaven or earth from the
knowledge of MIN that dwells in
Heaven. [ look down upon land and
sea, and spy out all that takes place or
is planned in them. [ am Very
al al !
drink the blood OF all men. The may
of the Rain has come this mornt rolls
visit the King OF the Birds VIII
he now? What has your divinity
with him." II y re
He spoke from under the sheltf'
cover of his yelled umbrella Solutit
Frenchman looked back at him l., ON Z
would have disnlaTad had his Tyre: a.
been visible. Yes, YOU are a ltriQu
great gol," he answered, in the
ventionaI toae of Polynesian adula ,,,d
with Just a faint under current of ~.
running through his accent a? -
sroke. You say the truth. Yoade Q
indeed, know all things. What boar
for me, then, to tell you, whose e n,,,,4
the sun, that my brother, the Xii =. =
the Rain, has been here and resld
again? You knew it yourself. e ant
eve has looked upon it. My bro con O
was indeed with me. He consulte o., =
as to the showers [ should need 1''
his clouds for the birds, my subjects, tt
And where is he gone now::' fol
Kila-lAila asked, without attemp
to conceal the displeasure in his t
for he more than half suspected I'd in
Frenchman of sacreligious and d forty
strous design Of chatting HIM Doint
The King OF the Birds bowed
once more. Tu-Kila-kila's gl4 rous
is keener than my hawks" hdction
swered with the accustomed Fit as
nesian imagery HE sees over NTH
land with glance, like my par1 ".i
and over the sea with sharp sialScs
like my albatrosses. He knows whf'un-
my brother. the King of the Rain. svn-
gone. For me, who am the Id -,
among all gods, sit here on my pc f''ia
and blink like a crow. [ do not krl be
these things. They are too high of
too deep for me- az
Tu- hila-kila did not like the tt
the conversation was taking. Betf
his own attendants such hints, inde OF
were almost dangerous. Once let aid
savage begin to doubt, and the Nd r,-
Order goes with a crash Immediate
Besides. he must know what tn -
white men had been talking abdo-
Fire and Water he said in a Ion
voice, turning ronnd to his two CT, -
satellites, go far down the path, gu
beat the tom-toms. Fence Off Win
food and flame the airy hight whet-
the King of the Birds lives fence it II
from all profane intrusion. wish
confer in secret with this god, er
brOther When we GODS talk ZEE
gether it is not we'll that 9th
should hear our converse. Make
great taboo. I, Tu-Nila-Kila, mysI
have said it."
Fire and Water, bowling low, back
down the path, beating tom-toms
they went, and left the savage and t. ,