The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-20

also began TO grow pale and thin. as
had the child. Still we felt safe: We
We're so far from Kekoi. and the haoIe
doctor said that il was nothing. So we
told each other that il was but a mass
ing allment. and though each of us
feared at heart, we did not sneak out
our own thoughts.
Ihen one evening, just as the sun
was setting far away over the noun
tains, the curse came back TO us. We
We're sitting together when Pua sud
denly threw her arms about nv neck
and I could feel her tremble and
culver like the string of a guitar sud
denly struck. I forced her head hack
and looked into her face, and there. in
her eyes, / saw that same horror that
had seen before in the ewes of nv
dead child. So I held her tightly in
my arms, and after a while she ceased
trembling and lay limp against me.
And she sobbed and the tears roll
ed down her poor wasted cheeks and
she said: Take me back. take me
back to Malaniu, if you would save
me. 1t is the anaana'
That night l prayed again to God.
as / had prayed for my child. And 1
said: God. I prayed for the further
ance of thy work at Malaniu. and thou
didst not answer. Then I prayed for
the life of my son, and thou suffered
him to die. Now l pray for the thiSd
time for all that is left to me. / have
not complained, but now my cup of
bitterness is full. Answer me now. for
if thou dost not, 1 must take all in
my own hands,
'All that night 1 waited for a sign
to show that God had heard me, but
again it was in vain. And in the
morning still no sign had come! and
after that / prayed no more, and that
day we left for Malaniu.
1T was night when we came to Ma
laniu. and no one saw us enter the old
house. But still the anaana followed
us, and as the night wore on the
nameless fear came again over Pua
stronger than ever before. Then just
before morning the terror came on her
just as it had with the boy, and she
walled aloud in her agony and cfled
to me to help her. And though
would have stayed with her, left her,
for my mind was set.
II found Kekoi, as I had the night
when my boy died, alone, sitting on a
mat on the floor, for though it was
at the hour when all men sleep, he was
waking. Again / hurled myself on him
and threw him to the floor with my
fingers pressed tight around his with |
cred throat. I could feel the blood |
throbbing through my veins and my /
heart beating high, and the lust of |
killing was on me. And / laughed at
him as I held my face close to his
to watch the agony in his eyes as he
was fighting for life with short, gulp-
ing gasps under my hand. And then
suddenly the fear in his eyes vanish
ed, and again the horrible veil began
to creep over them. But as the old
fear struck me remembered my child,
and I reached out my hand for a
heavy stick which lay on the floor.
Then as the film hid the life in his
eyes I struck him in the head, one
blow, and as the blood gushed out the
veil was torn from them, and for ans
instant / saw in them the terror which
[ had seen last in the eyes of my
lead boy. Then he died, and he lay
still, but for long time 1 lay over
him, staring at those eyes, which I
hated, until they became CLASSY and i
Him. and I knew that the power of i
evil had left them forever. Then
arose, and I looked at the red stream
IN the mat and in through the door
came the red light of the sunrise. and
t was as if all about me was blood.
Then / went home, and / found
Pua asleep. and 7 knew by the look
Of peace on her face that the anaana
had left her. and / was glad for what
[ had DONE
The deep voice of the prisoner
ceased, and the room was silent. The
Governor sat with the death warrant
IN his hands. He was thinking of his
wife, of his children. and as he thought
he slowly picked the paper into little
pieces.
1--WE will go home" he said, finally.
You have a full pardon"
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