The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-08-11
81 GRaNTALlGN9

Tushlla-hlIa approached the King of
the Birds, amid loud clapping OF hands
with considerable haughtineSS TO
say the truth, there was no love lost
between the canniDai GOD and his
European subordinate The savage
pulled up "a he was in his own con, cit
had nevertheless always an uncOm-
Portable sense that, in his heart of
hearts, the impressive F'renchman had
but low opinion Of him. So he in
Tarlably tried to make up by the
sOlemnIty Of his manner and the loud
ness OF his assertions for any trifing
sCcpticism that might posi- bly, exist in
the mind of his follower.
ON this particular occasion. a. he
reached the Frencbman's plot. Tu-
kila-Kila stepped forward across the
white taboo line with suspicious and
peering eve. The King of the Rain
has been here" he said, in a pOmpOus
tone. d the Erenchman rose and sa-
luted him ceremOnOusly. "Tu-kIla-
kila's 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 dwclls in
Heaven. look down upon land and
sea, and spy out ali That takes place or
is planned in them. / am very holy
and very cruel. Isee all earth and |
drink the blood o. all men. The King
of the Rain has come this morning to
visit the King OF the Birds. Where j.
he now: What has your divinity done
with him:"
He spoke from under the sheltering
cover of his yelled umbrella. The
F'rcnchman looked back at him with
a. little love as Tu-kiIa-ki himself
would have displayed had his face
been visible. "G cs, yOu are very
great goi, he answered, in the con
veutional tone OF Polyncsian adulation,
with Just Il faint under current of irony
running through his accent as he
81 okr. "I on say the truth. You do,
indeed, know all things. What need
for me, then, TO tell you, whose eye is
the sun that my brother, the King of
the Rain, has been here and gone
eve has lookcl upon it. Ny brother
was indeed with me. He consulted me
as to the showers | sholId need from
his cloud, for the birds my subic Is
And where is he gone now" Tu
ki,a-kila asked. without attempting
to conceal the disp!casUre in his tone,
for be more than half suspected the
F'renchman Of It saCre igiOus and mon
strOus design Of chatting HIM
The King OF the Birds bowed low
once more. -Kila-kila's glance
is keencr than my hawks" he an
swered with the accustomed Poly
nesian in agcry. HE sees over the
land with glance, Ike my parrots,
and over the sea with sharp sight,
like my albatrOsscs. He knows where
my brother, the King of the Rain, has
gone. For me, who am the least
among all gods. ! sit here on my perch
and b ink like Il crow. do not know
these things. They are too high ami
too deep for me
Tu-hila-kila did rot like the turn
the cOnverolt on was tax ug. Before
his own attendants such hints, indeed,
were almost dangerous. Once let the
savage BEGIN 10 doubt. ana the Moral
Order goes with crash Immediately.
Besides. he must know what these
white men had been talking about.
ri ire and Water" he said in loud
voice. turning r0"nd TO his two chic!
satellites. go far down the path. and
beat the tom-tom Fence of with
food aud tamc the airy hight where
the King Of the Birds lives fence it off
from al prOfaLr intrusion. wish 20
confer in secret with this god, my
brother. When We gods talk to-
gctbcr. il is not well that Othc-5
should hear oar converse. Mako
great taboo, /, Tu-hiIa-hila myself
have said it,"
FIRE and Water, bowing low. backed
down the pata, eating tom-tOms as
they went, and lei the savage and the
Frenchman alone together
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Does he speak y0ur language the
language "i birds: Iu-hlla-hlla
asked once more, with lnslnuatlng cum
hlng Il nave heard that the sailing
gods are OF many languages. Are you
and he OF one speech or two? Aliens
or countrymeA;
',He speaks my language as he speaks
I"lYneslan, the frcnchman replied,
keeping his eyes firmly fixed on his
doubtful guest, but it is not his own.
He has a tongue apart-the tongue Of
an island not far from my country,
which We cal England.
Iu-hlla-klIa drew nearer, and
dropped his voice to a confidential
whisper. Has he seen the soul Of all
dead parrots" ne asked with keen