The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-03

almost III Il ia DUG inc Hli>oIo''>i
when he came along next WeeH, hao
uPbralded MS 1ather' anu to'd mia u
was wrong to have Nahuna pray over
n sick person, and they mad PROMISED
not 10 DO It again.
" hat had the kahuha dohe| ne
was so small, then, that ne coui1 not
remember the details. only there vas
something about white chicken and
red pig. The other native boys mad
leered at him about the matter, for 1t
had been reported IN the chnfch by the
missionary, and he had fought one BOY
over il, indicating the fanny honor
SO completely that they let INN alone
afterward.
In later wears they had taught him
at school that belief in the powers Of
kahuna could not really cure a sick
person. Yet his sister had lived, That
fact came back to him persistentIy.
Ana the foreign doctor haad not been
able tn save KemiIia. with all his
medicine.
VIM not call in 4ha lsahnna? Why
not. indeed? Confronted by It's first
real test. the faith of Kcoki in the in
falIibiIitv of his teachings began to
waver. For centuries his forebears
had been miniStered 10 by the dread
l1ahunas, with their weird spells and
ineantations.
Education told him their ways We're
vain and foolish; instinct made htm
turn to them in his trouble as his
fathers had before him.
1t was Just at this point IN his brood,
ing that the sound Of footsteps aroused
him. y latern came bobbng along the
lane, and stopped opposite the gate.
way. BY its Pickering hight, keoh
made out queer fgure--a htte
weazened old man with shock of
snow-white hair and a wIsp of white
beard under his chm and chops.
KeOki knew him well as one OF the
leading members of the kauIuWela
church, a fervent Christian there,
Sundaysckool teacher, and leader IN
prayer at the Wednesday evening meet.
ings. Other things. too, he had heard
darker, more slnSter-and the man $
coming chimed uncannilv with his
thoughts.
Eli, keoki,' said the newcomer:
holding his latern over his mead ana
peering over the gate, 'hoW IS he-
milia? | hear she IS very sick. NO
better, eho Too bad
She s not very sick, y keolI admit
ted.
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The little Iow-ceiIed bedroom was
lighted by a single lamp, turned low
This Kamaka lifted, and. approaching
the bed. looked long and silently down
upon the sick woman. She was doing,
and for a moment did not move. Then,
ruIa4, his crru+inv she Weakened and