The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-16
UNCLE SAN CAN
now BOAST OF A
HELEN OF TROY.

and noble ladies' who would be only 100
glad 20 throw themselves .nto his arms
lima had iwp little Boys III her pretty
hcms 10 Hawaii. and i. Was for these sns
Ffo2rnea, perhaps more sincerely than for
nsr elderly and ootinS husband.
Asssr partaking OF TIE meal set before
nsr H.nA dispatched messenger for kaa-
What can do for your' asked the
price. bo.iag low and feeling little tn
umph wneT. De noted that Hlna had no.
shed single tear slaoe sne had landed.
dFen Il HsrA.i." said Hiaa-
at, in1Tcssiale, replied kaapesree. with
nAse dared so much merely TO set y9u free?
what woala s,e the worlds opinion OF the
NAH wno. possessing sueh q woman as the
beautiful Hlna, the pearl of Hawaii. did
not think her worth the keeping Only
sneu the walls OF Haupu are battered down
aa1 kaapespee IL dead shall you 60 hence"
rather charmed the captive. TIE prince
iooked 81 srnEnovable and yet 40 handsome
that Hina did not weep ar bitterly az she
s.des II eas a generally accepted principle
In eleventh century Hawai-. that only the
brave deserved the fair.
! ou viii Yet De happy in Eaupu," sug-
gAs;ei the Hawaiian paris
Alaz' Can the Gagged bird be happy"
replied Hina moarnfuliy. Il an your pf1s-
oner.''
Not mere than am yours. and II you
bii permit me mean 10 bs a kind Jaiier.
Let US as fellow prisoners shut Out no sun
s1ine Ny gates are only bar against in-
trusion"
And as the years went on. like Helen o.
Troy. FfinA learned TO forget tina. she was
a captive.
Meantime the widowed HakaIaniIeo. IN
able 10 learn BY whom he had been robbed.
visited every one OF the Sandwich Islands
In search OF his los, wife. For fifteen years
re Kept up the hopeless quest. he offered
sacrifices III the temple and consulted the
oracies III vain. Old C.l said that the sp!r-
It's had nothing more 10 say. Having pre-
d!cted the event. IL was now Their duty not
to thwart it.
After fifteen years. when the sons Of Hina
were well grown TO manhood. the runor
reached HaRai that Htna was a willing
prisoner Ia the fortress OF Haupu.
Immediately an expedition was fitted out
against kaupeepee by the TWO sons OF
Eina. They attacked the pronontory SIN
ultaneously by land and sea. The expadi-
ton from the sea was repu.sed br an ava
lanche OF rocks which the besieged sent
rolling down from the heights.
The land expedition. after falling In an
attack. determined to try strategy. The
Greeks effected an entrance into Troy by
means OF a wooden horse. The sons OF
Hina won their way 10 Haupu by means OF
wooden tower, which they stealthiiy
moved up TO the wall one dark night SO
that their warriors could climb over and
open the gate
The fight thar ensued was terrible one.
kaupeepee and handful OF faithful
friends seeing that all WAS lost. sought
lgesiegers set fire 10 the building. ana, fol-
lowed by his devoted band, kaupeepee sal
lied forth determ ned to sell his life dearly.
A tail chief rushed forward and plunged
spear into kaupeepee's breast Lifting hiS
own mighty spear to return the blow. the
dying man brushed aside the blood tnat
was streaming from wound In his temple
and saw !n the face of ihe young chief
resemblance which he could not mistake.
II was HiEa's son Dropping the spear
from his arm, kaupeepee said. Tell her
that IL was for her sake | spared YOU" and
then fell llfeless upon the ground.
Meme OF kaGp@epee's army escaped. Htna
was found uniniured and welcomed her
sons with Joy. she Rept over the body or
kaupeepee and asked that his body be
given 10 his brother, now king Of Molokai.
for burial with his ancestors. This hsr
sons agreed &c do. AS for H.na, the barge
that bore her sons from the tragic promon-
tory also carried her back 10 Hawaii. fia-
kaianileo welcomed her home. forgetting
all the past just Menelaus forge ali Ms
wrongs when again he gazed into the
matchless face OF Helen Of Troy.
CAROLINE WE.THERELL-