Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 264, 24 August 1891 — A ROMANCE. The Paradise of the Pacific OR The Devil's Kuleana. [ARTICLE]

A ROMANCE.

The Paradise of the Pacific OR The Devil's Kuleana.

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She looked s ytry \ sweet and charming again ahd Nyam& ft4deii her in h)8 arms and kiesed her rose-hud mouth. She lost hei 4 hoid of her lonß robe āhd it fell \about her feet, and when Nyama )releaßeed her sbe tripped and mighthāve fnJlen, but young man pieked her up 6tronged arms aod carried ber ckn the veranda» thc dress trailing behind on the groand t and Bet her down upon tie bench. Efe left her and wei\t in«ide the ho«se, an<l sh«mng ihe

.> - - - r - - .j miiii iihl. i % girl who ha<l ;bro<iight th&& tbere ' one of • the tia eāns sigaified his vfieh to open it. $he brooght him & streng knife iat <mcp, aiul weht and mptk>ned to Faza to and at the same lime carried ia the rest of the paokages. l'heA she spcead a elean white eioth on the tioor whieh was covtred with spotless mattin£~us houses are in Japan, and to!d the strangers to, prepare their meal. Hhe gave them dishes and made some tea with water l)piided over a lire out dooi, and added some mangoes and a pine apple to their repast. Tht two ii}is-jrable voyagers outside were fed, but were excluded from the bouse on aecount of their * very dirty Btate. Nyama told them they had better take a wash after dmner, whieh they dld. -

Nyama and Faza sat on the floor as is the custom in their own eountry and enjoyed their meal immeaōely. As their hunger was relieved Faza heeame yery iively and talkative. Not a word of eomplaint, of regret, or misgiving about the ftitpre, did she utter. only chēerful, girlish t chatterabout their experiences and the strango objects around them. Nyalaa and she were here together, and she Was twittering and coquettin}» to attract him to her as the birds do in the spring and as every gir!s docg in the spring time of life. Nyama wa& rather silent and thoughtful, but he devoured her wiīh his eyes; and it was evident even to the native women that he was-in love with ■Wb wife. They sat and finished the last of the canned blaek-berries, and drank their tea and enjoyed a kind of p:cknic -after all on theif first day in Bowowee.. There were two middl»3-aged women in the room, very fat and my t forrx\le'ss, and a voūng girl, a ydunger sister ot the one who had eome to the- r,<wae. of: oōf. friendsShe wasjust budding into womanhood and was - very ►, pretty ; and graceful, and. looked as sweet and iqnocent as any maiden in the world \yith l)er pure white dress and her head bowed over her work. The people ail seemed content and prosperouB. A great deal of clothing hung— »n the walls and & eupbord stood in ōHe fcorner. The womeo were making hats maiiy of whieh' could be aeen on the wall trimmed with gay feathere. . After they had fimshed their meal the» girī l>egan to clear away Ihe table* Nyama thanked her for i her kindness and asked her name. She Siiid w v «s Maty, modestly | hanging hcr he*d. I asked her if they could stay there f āll riight Baying at the stme time | that he had money to pay their lodfcings. To hiß Surpfise he ree£ived a negative shake of bhe h€ad. "Why what 18 the mattejr ? yon have plenty of rooms f * he mquired. > * v 'BwQight, all the room a&kl^h*. c VD<«j*tyqu haverooms up-st*irs? >l persisted the young raan. "Yes/plehty room ui>-stairs, but somebody come, n gheim« swered with her eyes on the fioor. u Whb ie coming ? You ean fix eome plaee for ue, I anl sure» if you ? t No 1 n ehe said I<K>king up, U I .t»o white men rome here tonight. &k>ep here wit(i me and i«y &ieter; they no like anybody upstairs," and ahe held up two fing* ers, point?d to hw »ister and To be Continued,