The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-16

. a,psrsly uroH the pages o. romance a
.S,sf,rs OF siegs and battle and brave gtrac-
- after ali tns despair Ut defeat and
saztr. and all because . s1n4an ~as false
sbd fair
.sgsntage when Il came TO ronnances OF
- sort for our history In 20 new that,
x5iIe tie women are possibly handsome
.r@Igh and have often beer unhappy
.easss5. taey are TOO bus. Or TOO practical
= work veil into anything approaching
ep.c romance
'sm4rica, however, need nc. blush longer
~, 1aak az q Helen. One has tust been ar
-srea Her story oears a rsmEarka Die re-
.sr1tss-ce to that Of the beauty OF Troy.
80 Z ideas 81 iovsliaess Tn old Hawaii
rsra less critical than IN cid Greece *
,nsxt Re remembered that, after ell nea9ty
= IA the eye of the 5eaoider and that Helen
:. troy herself could not have done more
rstses,s q. rad sac been confined 10 the same
narrow sphere az tie heroine OF the Paciac
ocean.
ga lived some time IN sne eleventh cen
tgrv and the only accom- riiehment Of
ufeter tradition makes any mention e her
al a. 4 surf rider Sue MAS ~er.tabse
rrsYguat5 ard IN Hawaii one may look for
slsc-irn mating Judgment IN tina, line, as
MOS Hawal1ans take 70 the water as nat
wsy a DUCKS
nlra's mother YES a sorceress. an old
1aAy who pretended to know a lot more
rs~ssTeraf.pn for what she id diyuige.
gse ray or may rot have been BATTERED by
fss admiration which Was accorded her
s~auisui daughter. for ILL., the Old sor
esgsss was ar eleventh century advance
saar4 OF the rev woman and likely was
Ia ntssily employed pow wowing with the
nr3ssfessef OF PeIe On the slopes OF fiery
Kgauea and nosing around the forests for
.he queer ro-1te or stones. which she manu-
far.1red into charms. or gossiplng With tne
sar-tlels women In the surf. 50 that sh3
woala have Il rich fund Of material on
wh!ch 70 bsse her prophecies. 20 know or
cara much what was thought or her daugn-
-.
In the meantime Hna ran wild and grew
IN beautiful. but with a lack Of even the
ir!flng training which most savage moth
srs o. tnat date thought I their duty TO
testow upon their daughters.
Now the chief of the district In which the
far Hina and her mother lived was Haka
hniiao. He was rather elderly and already
panp!ied with a wife when he behed the
logsIy Hina Just when or how he met her
history does not say. but az Hlna was a
colIstte and quito wei! aware OF her own
charms there can he little doubt that she
took good care To display them al the flrsL
favorable opportunity.
o, course the susceptible. elderly chief
vas smittesi When he conveniently could,
h. got rid OF his other wife and demanded
the hand 81 her daughter from the Old seer-
ses TIL THIS made the old lady somewhat
uiscomll ortable. She was shrewd enough 10
see that the discarded wife. who belonged
to a rich and powerful family. would make
trouble II sha could. and, knowing her
daughters flirting pgociivitieS. She could
net but be aware that she was not Of the
material Of which faithful yves are made:
Doubtless she retired 10 her flower and
vine covered hut and lectured Hina soundly
FOR flirting with Il serious parsonage IKE
Tia cs1ief and one whose eX-wife could get
them all into 50 much trouble il she wished.
Il IL quite as likely. too. that Hina wno
was ambitious az well as a coquette tossed
her head and with . calm appreciation or
hsr own charms and talents. assured h.r
mother that she could take care OF wife
No II there were any trouble
III who was a Sorceress of rare dipl0-
nas seeing that both the chief and her
6a1saeer were very much o. one MIND,
asae Il her business TO have communica-
tga from tha gods. which she sent MIN
word that ne ought to hear. When ne came ans.
with a train OF attendants. she told him
mat she rad been instructed BY the spirits
10 warn Kim that in case lie married her
daughter lis bride would be snatched away
from him BY the winds. This warning ele
thought. would exonerate her IL the tleAie
E.na proved false.
Hakalsnileo was very badly gone, so he
sad: Il thank the good spirits for their
intsrest in my affairs, but Win take my
chance Il would not become a chief 20 re-
jeo, a slit because there Is hazard IN ac-
ceptng }t.
III nav have sighed over the folly OF men.
but she sad, Bless you. my clil!oFt IN
feeling that she had done her duty. The
Wedding took place AZ once. ana flha'
pleased by the novelty OF her new position.
vas 50 charming and devoted wife mat
HakAaniieo quite forgot about the pToph-
ecy -
Tha fame OF the beauty OF this young wife
spread throughout the little group OF ISL.
sndA and travellers who went hoine carried
asay wonderful tales OF her dwellings,
On The island OF Moiokai. near Hawai-.
nod X
crasc old native lire which scorned the
neg families thar had .mmlgrated 70 tfa-
VA from, Samoa and Tahiti and othef
mga distant islands and were httle ny III
IL conaQer!ng the group OF Islands for
;roSelves Tho eldest son o. this king
vas hauseepec. a handsome. gay aad = ar
Ks youth. who. II anything h2ted ZEE
newcomers more than MS father did. lie
relissqulshof his claim 10 the throne IN or
lar "a devote himself 70 the task O. MAKING
nsyer ending war upon the strangers. nus
father gave him rocky prornontoty on ne
rorfh side % the islard Of Malckai. and this
kagpeepea and his followers fortified untu
Il vas weii nigh imprsguaole.
Taa surf-heaten shore At the bottom or
tbs p-eclp!t0us proTnontory presented an
airrssS' impossible landing place 10 those
wAn al not know rs secrets Where the
rarow neck If land Joined the island
high stone WAL was butt. the entrance -
t@e pToaoGtory being by snhterranean
DOR Here X aIpeepee, With 2,fH o. the
nast aashlnx 4ul reckless warriors % Nol,-
IA lived when rot or on war; ke eNpedi-
ten7 on h3s sreaa var canoe, the nafNei
q ne islands for rs SIZE and strength ana
tiem wht>h his warriors hArtsSed the enc
HES villages along the coast,
To qfor,ontcry 81 Ha8pu be<'a mo FAMOUS
lHr Us Inhabitants gali8ntry an3 wt.t ana
caT.rs warfare Il was the bs3s; e these
sAtTarS t&a. th@.r wives were the mos.
aAza'.s}H wa9'er ir the stands 'ft3rTc " -
so~t s~uUu1 fo~ the assertion. Tor wien
eyer ore NJ thin heard ~ a particularly
'a$eiHat.ne wailen aus caan7e3 - - look
e aaaHt fo- p wlfe ha immediately III
@'Set n ore or twc boon companions
- sarr.i o@ TIE 3amSel. whether she
S5l.ia ~ ~
kappee9ae Was 80 inclined - re himself
Az e t-e women ~ haf nt9'. Then ~
=. - .esr steres - t,1e beauty ~ re
" e. Nskaiar!'es. one of the 3e<p.S@d
sfV e2.rt@ u Hawaii Quite Oh. - cHrsf>-
@AaH'r i'sr,3ees - a Simple travs.aT. re
;as eAat eauekln< e himself All t1e
- i tae steroattcr 4 w2Ni5 arrttse
household SUeN whom & vas hs--
iit issd az YN~tiiaUT c1arcs 20 sam
: asea's f5~csrstiore
ma sa5 , parry - friends ore day went
'7'o ear Sur ~ hatSs. II the cons7er-
I>a& = taa women. a canoe, carefully
'2ra 8rt'1'ac = rocks f~s}:rcsS ot3f n0Nu
'0 mast = thry ~.so1@3 t1fo tSe wafer.
sSe AAS fn tA@ esras and r. , 1str-
=. M - roaming F!lra in BIS arms.
= :. 'ts5t'sE made q 42sH fer q large war
80" tHsf t7f out q SEA rta s1}Dg Z II
-. >l%'-irE stE0s = pursuit from tAs
- ~ s1~ast t1N sails ana thus the