The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-24

me from Eva to the far islands l have
died owing 10 the one love.
KEALOHA MAKAHI"
healoha's hand is cold,' but the Ha-
waiian legislature has not Needed mis- iy-
ing request. 1t has not framed a law 40
prevent women from playing with the
love that is in mems hearts, Nor Is it
likely 70 do so, for such affairs ar. be-
yond the powers of legislation. But LILY
Luhupa viii carry out Kealoha's v, shes.
she did not beat her breast nor tearsthe
movers from her hair, nor did she go TO
the kahunas. Instead she will s.trav..l
from Eva TO the far islands," to tell the
women 10 remember the fate of Maria
haiamakee who trified with a good man
rove healohas letter will smart the
ears OF the just and the unjust. for she
VIII read 1t to them all, that the guilty
may reform and the innocent may take
warning.
Lily Luhupa is very beautiful according
TO the standards of her race She is still
in the flush of youth and has many suit
orS' out she Will not wed. Her love for
healoha was as fervent as his for Maria
1t began In the days when they were
children at the mission school Kealoha
was several years older than Lily. but
her little hand guided his clumsy fingers
over the crooked English letters that her
quick mind easily mastered Her child
and when they parted. he to go to his
hsh nets at kaena and she to her tatn-
er's home in Hilo, she counted the days
between her visits to Honolulu, when
kealoha could come to see her.
Last May Lily went to visit an aunt in
Honolulu. Kealoha had written to her
that he longed to see her for great love
had stolen into his heart and she alone
could help him. He dtd not guess the
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first interview with him shattered her
air castles. Kealoha told Lily of his love
for Maria Kalamazoo and begged her to
persuade Maria to marry him without
delay. Lily Luhupa, descendant of a
Hawaiian chief who lorded it IN the days
before the white man came. suffered this
blow to her hopes without a moan. She
went to her rival and pleaded with that
coquette till she promised to marry Kea-
loha soon as arrangements for the
wedding could be completed
Lily helped make the wedding dress
and attended to all the details for the
ceremony. But on her wedding eve Ma
ria suddenly decided that the marriage
must be postponed and despite the argu-
ments of Lily and the anger of Kealoha
she insisted on the postponement. SO
the wedding dress was folded away, the
decorations torn down and the sweets
scattered among the children
June was an unhappy month for kea
loha and his unselfish friend. But Maria
enjoyed her lovers Impotence and laugh
ed at I.ily's warning not to go too far
with her lover. After much dallying the
wedding day was again set and prepara-
lions once more We're completed. But at
the eleventh hour the changeable Maria
again refused to have the ceremony per-
formed, and Kealohas hopes went a
glimmering. Lily again set herself the
task of bringing Maria to terms, and the
wedding day was set for the third time.
Then Lily left for her home in Hilo,
expecting daily to hear of their mar
riage.
Instead came the tragedy enacted by
the hopeless and embittered Kealoha and
the dying appeal to Lily to take his
Notwithstanding story and bear it over
the islands of the Pacific as a warning
to all women who trifie with the love of
good men.
Lily Luhupa says that since his death
Kealoha has twice appeared to her in her
dreams and earnestly impressed her to
carry out the mission Her former teach
ers at the mission school, who know the
fervid nature of the noble girl, have tried
to convince her that the visions are but
the creatur of her high-strung temper
ament Be that as it may, Lily Luhupa
is preparing to carry out the wishes Of
Kealoha and will leave on her mission
at once.-The s. F. Examiner.