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diff --git a/41573-h/41573-h.htm b/41573-h/41573-h.htm index 8437050..fd0dd7a 100644 --- a/41573-h/41573-h.htm +++ b/41573-h/41573-h.htm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>The Project Gutenberg eBook of South-Sea Idyls, by Charles Warren Stoddard</title> <link rel="coverpage" href="images/cover.jpg" /> <style type="text/css"> @@ -298,25 +298,9 @@ span.locked {white-space:nowrap;} </style> </head> <body> +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 41573 ***</div> <h1 class="pg">The Project Gutenberg eBook, South-Sea Idyls, by Charles Warren Stoddard</h1> -<p>This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at <a -href="http://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a></p> -<p>Title: South-Sea Idyls</p> -<p>Author: Charles Warren Stoddard</p> -<p>Release Date: December 7, 2012 [eBook #41573]</p> -<p>Language: English</p> -<p>Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1</p> -<p>***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SOUTH-SEA IDYLS***</p> <p> </p> -<h4 class="center">E-text prepared by Greg Bergquist, Charlie Howard,<br /> - and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team<br /> - (<a href="http://www.pgdp.net">http://www.pgdp.net</a>)<br /> - from page images generously made available by<br /> - Internet Archive/American Libraries<br /> - (<a href="http://archive.org/details/americana">http://archive.org/details/americana</a>)</h4> <p> </p> <table border="0" style="background-color: #ccccff;margin: 0 auto;" cellpadding="10"> <tr> @@ -381,7 +365,7 @@ Cambridge. <tr> <td class="tdl"><span class="smcap">Chumming with a Savage.</span></td></tr> <tr> - <td class="tdl"><span class="ini">I.</span> <span class="smcap">Kna-an</span></td> + <td class="tdl"><span class="ini">I.</span> <span class="smcap">Kána-aná</span></td> <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td></tr> <tr> <td class="tdl"><span class="inii">II.</span> <span class="smcap">How I converted my Cannibal</span></td> @@ -390,7 +374,7 @@ Cambridge. <td class="tdl"><span class="iniii">III.</span> <span class="smcap">Barbarian Days</span></td> <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_57">57</a></td></tr> <tr> - <td class="tdl"><span class="smcap">Taboo.—A Fte-Day in Tahiti</span></td> + <td class="tdl"><span class="smcap">Taboo.—A Fête-Day in Tahiti</span></td> <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_80">80</a></td></tr> <tr> <td class="tdl"><span class="smcap">Joe of Lahaina</span></td> @@ -420,7 +404,7 @@ Cambridge. <td class="tdl"><span class="smcap">The Chapel of the Palms</span></td> <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_240">240</a></td></tr> <tr> - <td class="tdl"><span class="smcap">Kahle</span></td> + <td class="tdl"><span class="smcap">Kahéle</span></td> <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_259">259</a></td></tr> <tr> <td class="tdl"><span class="smcap">Love-Life in a Lanai</span></td> @@ -605,7 +589,7 @@ was sitting out the last hours of the others.</p> <p>Our particular bane that night was a crusty old sea-dog whose memory of wrecks and marine disasters of every conceivable nature was as complete -as an encyclopdia. This "old man of the +as an encyclopædia. This "old man of the sea" spun his tempestuous yarn with fascinating composure, and the whole company was awed into silence with the haggard realism of his narrative. @@ -898,7 +882,7 @@ now loved them; they would reconcile old feuds and forgive everybody everything; they held imaginary conversations, and found life very beautiful and greatly to be desired; and somehow -they would get back to the little <i>caf</i> and there +they would get back to the little <i>café</i> and there begin eating again, and with a relish that brought the savory tastes and smells vividly before them, and their lips would move and the impalpable @@ -1088,7 +1072,7 @@ in the cradle of the deep.</p> <h3 class="vspace">PART I.<br /> -<span class="smaller">KNA-AN.</span></h3> +<span class="smaller">KÁNA-ANÁ.</span></h3> <div style="width: 52px;"> <img src="images/illo_027a.jpg" width="52" height="53" class="drop-cap" alt="" /> @@ -1182,7 +1166,7 @@ phenomenon made directly for me, and, having come within reach, there stopped and stayed, I asked its name, using one of my seven stock phrases for the purpose; I found it was called -Kna-an. Down it went into my note-book; for<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span> +Kána-aná. Down it went into my note-book; for<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span> I knew I was to have an experience with this young scion of a race of chiefs. Sure enough, I have had it. He continued to regard me steadily, @@ -1214,7 +1198,7 @@ would have happened if some one hadn't come to my rescue, just at that moment of trial, with a fresh vocabulary? As it was, we settled the matter at once. This was our little plan,—an en<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span>tirely -private arrangement between Kna-an and +private arrangement between Kána-aná and myself: I was to leave with the Doctor in an hour; but, at the expiration of a week we should both return hither; then I would stop with him, @@ -1223,7 +1207,7 @@ and the Doctor could go his way.</p> <p>There was an immense amount of secrecy, and many vows, and I was almost crying, when the Doctor hurried me up that terrible precipice, and -we lost sight of the beautiful valley. Kna-an +we lost sight of the beautiful valley. Kána-aná swore he would watch continually for my return, and I vowed I'd hurry back; and so we parted. Looking down from the heights, I thought I could @@ -1250,7 +1234,7 @@ ended finally; and just at sunset, on the day appointed, the Doctor and I found ourselves back on the edge of the valley. I looked all up and down its green expanse, regarding every living creature, -in the hope of discovering Kna-an in the attitude +in the hope of discovering Kána-aná in the attitude of the watcher. I let the Doctor ride ahead of me on the trail to Bolabola's hut, and it was quite in the twilight when I heard the approach of a @@ -1258,7 +1242,7 @@ swift horseman. I turned, and at that moment there was a collision of two constitutions that were just fitted for one another; and all the doubts and apprehensions of the week just over -were indignantly dismissed, for Kna-an and I +were indignantly dismissed, for Kána-aná and I were one and inseparable, which was perfectly satisfactory to both parties!</p> @@ -1302,13 +1286,13 @@ in anger.</p> make. I found, by the time the Doctor was out of sight and I was quite alone, with the natives regarding me so curiously, that I was very tired -indeed. So Kna-an brought up his horse, got +indeed. So Kána-aná brought up his horse, got me on to it in some way or other, and mounted behind me to pilot the animal and sustain me in my first bareback act. Over the sand we went, and through the river to his hut, where I was taken in, fed, and petted in every possible way, and -finally put to bed, where Kna-an monopolized +finally put to bed, where Kána-aná monopolized me, growling in true savage fashion if any one came near me. I didn't sleep much, after all. I<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span> think I must have been excited. I thought how @@ -1329,7 +1313,7 @@ a grand affair, gotten up expressly for my benefit. The rest of the house—all in one room, as usual—was covered with mats, on which various recumbent forms and several individual snores -betrayed the proximity of Kna-an's relatives. +betrayed the proximity of Kána-aná's relatives. How queer the whole atmosphere of the place was! The heavy beams of the house were of some rare wood, which, being polished, looked like @@ -1361,7 +1345,7 @@ leaves glistened like frost-work as the sun glanced over them. A bit of cliff, also, remote and misty, running far into the sea, was just visible from my pyramid of pillows. I wondered what more I -could ask for to delight the eye. Kna-an was +could ask for to delight the eye. Kána-aná was still asleep, but he never let loose his hold on me, as though he feared his pale-faced friend would fade away from him. He lay close by me. His @@ -1466,7 +1450,7 @@ which all the arts of the capital cannot affect.</p> and eager to see new faces! Perhaps my unhappy disposition, that urged me thither, and then lured me back to the pride of life and the glory -of the world. Certain I am that Kna-an never<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span> +of the world. Certain I am that Kána-aná never<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span> wearied me with his attentions, though they were incessant. Day and night he was by me. When he was silent, I knew he was conceiving some surprise @@ -1485,7 +1469,7 @@ is the secret of true love. Those still voices seemed incessantly calling me, and something in my heart answered them of its own accord. How strangely idle the days had grown! We used to lie -by the hour—Kna-an and I—watching a strip +by the hour—Kána-aná and I—watching a strip of sand on which a wild poppy was nodding in the wind. This poppy seemed to me typical of their life in the quiet valley. Living only to occupy so @@ -1495,7 +1479,7 @@ to seed, dies, and is forgotten.</p> <p>These natives do not even distinguish the memory of their great dead, if they ever had any. It was the legend of some mythical god that -Kna-an told me, and of which I could not understand +Kána-aná told me, and of which I could not understand a twentieth part; a god whose triumphs were achieved in an age beyond the comprehension of the very people who are delivering its story,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span> @@ -1557,7 +1541,7 @@ slowly! from the far mainland to our island—seemed almost to overpower me with a sense of the unutterable loneliness of its voyage. I used to lie and think about it, and get very solemn, indeed; -then Kna-an would think of some fresh +then Kána-aná would think of some fresh appetizer or other, and try to make me merry with good feeding. Again and again he would come with a delicious banana to the bed where I<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span> @@ -1567,7 +1551,7 @@ of fruit, flesh, or fowl. He would mesmerize me into a most refreshing sleep with a prolonged and pleasing manipulation. It was a reminiscence of the baths of Stamboul not to be withstood. From -this sleep I would presently be wakened by Kna-an's +this sleep I would presently be wakened by Kána-aná's performance upon a rude sort of harp, that gave out a weird and eccentric music. The mouth being applied to the instrument, words were pronounced @@ -1593,16 +1577,16 @@ hard on me, especially in the gravel. Yet, regularly each morning, my pieces of boot were carefully oiled; then rubbed, or petted, or coaxed<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span> into some sort of a polish, which was a labor of -love. O Kna-an! how could you wring my +love. O Kána-aná! how could you wring my soul with those touching offices of friendship!—-those kindnesses unfailing, unsurpassed!</p> <p>Having resolved to sail early in the morning, before the drowsy citizens of the valley had fairly shaken the dew out of their forelocks, all that day—my -last with Kna-an—I breathed about me +last with Kána-aná—I breathed about me silent benedictions and farewells. I could not -begin to do enough for Kna-an, who was, more +begin to do enough for Kána-aná, who was, more than ever, devoted to me. He almost seemed to suspect our sudden separation, for he clung to me with a sort of subdued desperation. That was the @@ -1622,7 +1606,7 @@ entered, put off, and had safely mounted the second big roller just as it broke under us with terrific power, when I heard a shrill cry above the roar of the waters. I knew the voice and its import. -There was Kna-an rushing madly toward<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span> +There was Kána-aná rushing madly toward<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span> us; he had discovered all, and couldn't even wait for that white garment, but ran after us like one gone daft, and plunged into the cold sea, calling @@ -1643,7 +1627,7 @@ through the little window, of a sunshiny morning. There we lost sight of the valley and the grass house, and everything that was associated with the past,—but that was nothing. We lost sight -of the little sea-god, Kna-an, shaking the spray +of the little sea-god, Kána-aná, shaking the spray from his forehead like a porpoise; and this was all in all. I didn't care for anything else after that, or anybody else, either. I went straight home @@ -1662,7 +1646,7 @@ I'm afraid I don't care much. Don't kill anything. I don't want any calf. Take back the ring, I don't deserve it; for I'd give more this minute to see that dear, little, velvet-skinned, coffee-colored -Kna-an, than anything else in the wide +Kána-aná, than anything else in the wide world,—because he hates business, and so do I. He's a regular brick, father, moulded of the purest clay, and baked in God's sunshine. He's about @@ -1677,7 +1661,7 @@ Prodigal."</p> <span class="smaller">HOW I CONVERTED MY CANNIBAL.</span></h3> <p>When people began asking me queer questions -about my chum Kna-an, some of them even +about my chum Kána-aná, some of them even hinting that "he might possibly have been a girl all the time," I resolved to send down for him, and settle the matter at once. I knew he was not @@ -1714,7 +1698,7 @@ resolving to do a little missionary work on my own account. So I wrote to the Colonel of the Royal Guards, who knows everybody and has immense influence everywhere, begging him to catch -Kna-an, when his folks weren't looking, and +Kána-aná, when his folks weren't looking, and send him to my address, marked C. O. D., for I was just dying to see him. That was how I<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span> trapped my little heathen and began to be a missionary, @@ -1722,7 +1706,7 @@ all by myself.</p> <p>I informed the Colonel it was a case of life and death, and he seemed to realize it, for he managed -to get Kna-an away from his distressed relatives +to get Kána-aná away from his distressed relatives (their name is legion, and they live all over the island), fit him out in <i>real</i> clothing,—the poor little wretch had to be dressed, you know; we all @@ -1766,7 +1750,7 @@ insolent citizens, or the tedious calls of labor. A spell was over us: we ran into all sorts of people, and trod on many a corn, loafing about in this way. Some of the victims objected in harsh and -sinful language. I found Kna-an had so far +sinful language. I found Kána-aná had so far advanced in the acquirement of our mellifluous tongue as to be very successful in returning their salutes. I had the greatest difficulty in convincing @@ -1848,7 +1832,7 @@ and suffocated him.</p> <p>One day, as we were wending our way to the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span> city front, we passed a specimen of grotesque carving, in front of a tobacconist's establishment. -Kna-an stood eying the painted model for a moment, +Kána-aná stood eying the painted model for a moment, and then, to the amazement and amusement of the tobacconist and one or two bystanders, fell upon his knees before it, and was for a few moments @@ -1895,7 +1879,7 @@ the young exile,—a cry that was soon turned into a sharp, prolonged, and pitiful wail of sorrow and despair. We had unconsciously approached an art-gallery, the deep windows of which were beautified -with a few choice landscapes in oil. Kna-an's +with a few choice landscapes in oil. Kána-aná's restless and searching eye, doubtless attracted by the brilliant coloring of one of the pictures, seemed in a moment to comprehend and assume @@ -1903,7 +1887,7 @@ the rich and fervent spirit with which the artist had so successfully imbued his canvas.</p> <p>It was the subject which had at first delighted -Kna-an,—the splendid charm of its manipulation +Kána-aná,—the splendid charm of its manipulation which so affected him, holding him there wailing in the bitterness of a natural and incontrollable sorrow. The painting was illuminated @@ -1924,7 +1908,7 @@ Gilded breakers reeled upon a palm-fringed shore; and the whole was hallowed by the perpetual peace of an unbroken solitude.</p> -<p>I at once detected the occasion of Kna-an's +<p>I at once detected the occasion of Kána-aná's agitation. Here was the valley of his birth,—the cliff, the waterfall, the sea, copied faithfully, at that crowning hour when they are indeed supernaturally @@ -1979,12 +1963,12 @@ yonder? or bathe, ride, sport, as he used to, till the day was spent and the night come?</p> <p>Those little booths near the wharves, where -shells, corals, and gold-fish are on sale, were Kna-an's +shells, corals, and gold-fish are on sale, were Kána-aná's favorite haunts during the last few days he spent here. I would leave him seated on a box or barrel by one of those epitomes of Oceanica, and return two hours later, to find him seated as I had -left him, and singing some weird <i>mle</i>,—some +left him, and singing some weird <i>méle</i>,—some legend of his home. These musical diversions were a part of his nature, and a very grave and sweet part of it, too. A few words, chanted on a @@ -2009,7 +1993,7 @@ crowded together. One grows a head taller in his<span class="pagenum"><a name="P soul at such times, and perhaps gets suddenly gray, as with a fright, also.</p> -<p>Kna-an talked and talked in his pretty, broken +<p>Kána-aná talked and talked in his pretty, broken English, telling me of a thousand charming secrets; expressing all the natural graces that at first attracted me to him, and imploring me over @@ -2021,7 +2005,7 @@ night in coaxing, promising, entreating; and was never more interesting or lovable. It took just about all the moral courage allotted me to keep on this side of barbarism on that eventful occasion; -and in the morning Kna-an sailed, with a face +and in the morning Kána-aná sailed, with a face all over tears, and agony, and dust.</p> <p>I begged him to select something for a remembrancer; @@ -2042,7 +2026,7 @@ his late humiliation, and bowing to that remembrance.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span> -So Kna-an, and the bark, and all that I ever +So Kána-aná, and the bark, and all that I ever knew of genuine, spontaneous, and unfettered love sailed into the west, and went down with the sun in a glory of air, sea, and sky, trebly glorious that @@ -2052,7 +2036,7 @@ and master. I shall never see mangoes and bananas without thinking of him who is their brother, born and brought up with them. I shall never smell cassia, or clove, or jessamine, but a -thought of Kna-an will be borne upon their +thought of Kána-aná will be borne upon their breath. A flying skiff, land in the far distance rising slowly, drifting sea-grasses, a clear voice burdened with melody,—all belong to him, and @@ -2085,7 +2069,7 @@ perish your superstitions, your necromancies, your ancient arts of war, and the unwritten epics of your kings.</p> -<p>Alas, Kna-an! As the foam of the sea you +<p>Alas, Kána-aná! As the foam of the sea you love, as the fragrance of the flower you worship, shall your precious body be wasted, and your untrammelled soul pass to the realms of your fathers.</p> @@ -2621,11 +2605,11 @@ the letters, which had since become an epitaph. They were these:—</p> <p> -"<span class="smcap">Kna-an</span>, <i>t. 16 yrs.</i>"<br /> +"<span class="smcap">Kána-aná</span>, <i>Æt. 16 yrs.</i>"<br /> </p> <p>Under them were three initials,—my own,—cut -by the hand of Kna-an, after his return +by the hand of Kána-aná, after his return from America.</p> <p>We sat down in the gloomy grove. "Tell @@ -2692,8 +2676,8 @@ daily and hourly: each one has his idols."</p> seemed to have gotten some knowledge of our peculiarly mixed theories concerning God and the future state, from conversations overheard after the -return of Kna-an. He tried to console me with -the assurance that Kna-an died a devoted and +return of Kána-aná. He tried to console me with +the assurance that Kána-aná died a devoted and unshaken adherent to the faith of his fathers.</p> <p>I couldn't but feel that his blood was off my @@ -2708,7 +2692,7 @@ had some word to add concerning the Pride of the Valley, dead in his glorious youth.</p> <p>Over and over, they assured me of his fidelity -to me, his white brother, adding that Kna-an +to me, his white brother, adding that Kána-aná had, more than once, expressed the deepest regret at not having brought me back with him.</p> @@ -2738,7 +2722,7 @@ should say he had. Dear little martyr! was he not the only boy I ever truly loved,—dead now in his blossoming prime!</p> -<p>O Kna-an! Little Niga and I sat talking of +<p>O Kána-aná! Little Niga and I sat talking of you, down by the sea, and we wept for you at last; for the tears came by and by, when I began to fully realize the greatness of my loss. All @@ -2780,7 +2764,7 @@ from the hills, filling me with warnings; in the midst of which there was a flash of flame and a sudden, thunderous report,—enough to awaken<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[77]</a></span> the dead of the valley,—and I turned to go. I -believe, if dear Kna-an had been there, as I +believe, if dear Kána-aná had been there, as I prayed he might be, I would have laughed at that signal, and hastened inland to avoid discovery; for I was sick of the world. I might have had @@ -2872,7 +2856,7 @@ of the deep sea!</p> <img src="images/illo_082a.jpg" width="336" height="64" alt="decoration" /> </div> -<h2 class="nobreak">TABOO.—A FTE-DAY IN TAHITI.</h2> +<h2 class="nobreak">TABOO.—A FÊTE-DAY IN TAHITI.</h2> <div style="width: 52px;"> <img src="images/illo_082.jpg" width="52" height="51" class="drop-cap" alt="" /> @@ -3134,12 +3118,12 @@ in its boisterousness.</p> <p>I knew well enough that I had sucked the honey from that particular cell in the mountain, and that I might as well resume my pilgrimage. -There was to be a <i>Fte Napolon</i> in Papeete. We +There was to be a <i>Fête Napoléon</i> in Papeete. We hadn't heard, up to that hour, of the wreck of the great Empire, and, being in a loyal French colony, it behooved us to have the very best time possible. Said I to myself, "Taboo will find sufficient -food for merriment in our mode of <i>fting</i> an +food for merriment in our mode of <i>fêting</i> an Emperor; therefore Taboo shall go with me to town and enjoy himself." I suggested an immediate adjournment to Papeete with the tip of my forefinger, @@ -3209,7 +3193,7 @@ to swim perceptibly, and some tongues to wag faster and looser than ever. The Admiral's flagship was one pyramid of gorgeous bunting, and his band delighted a great audience, gathered -upon the shore, with a <i>matine</i> gratis. At sunset +upon the shore, with a <i>matinée</i> gratis. At sunset the imperial batteries belched their sulphurous thunder, that came as near to breaking the sabbath as possible. In the evening more music, up @@ -3331,7 +3315,7 @@ himself with pelting the fish that sported, like sunbeams and prisms, in the sea close at our feet.</p> -<p>It was <i>fte</i>-day in Tahiti. I sat, at sunrise, by +<p>It was <i>fête</i>-day in Tahiti. I sat, at sunrise, by the tideless margin of a South Sea lagoon, bristling with coral and glittering with gem-like fish; in either hand I held a mango and banana. I raised @@ -3529,7 +3513,7 @@ voice to the glib, though monotonous Tahitian madrigals. I walked away by myself, or rather went into another part of the village, and sought a change of scene; for there was no seclusion to -be hoped for on a <i>fte</i>-night.</p> +be hoped for on a <i>fête</i>-night.</p> <p>From the Governor's halls came the entrancing harmony of flutes and harps; from every lane and @@ -3601,7 +3585,7 @@ with his traducers: and that was the whole statement of the case.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_103" id="Page_103">[103]</a></span> -The last day of the <i>fte</i> was, of course, less joyous +The last day of the <i>fête</i> was, of course, less joyous to me. A score of nameless nags were to be ridden by light weights in breech-cloths; and I sought consolation in the prospect of seeing some @@ -3650,7 +3634,7 @@ suspected—Taboo would most likely be impelled, for the music was wilder and the applause more boisterous and unrestrained.</p> -<p>The evening of the last day of the <i>fte</i> was darkening; +<p>The evening of the last day of the <i>fête</i> was darkening; most people were growing a little weary of the long-drawn festivities; many had succumbed to their fatigue, and slept by the wayside, or, it @@ -3740,7 +3724,7 @@ puff of wind extinguished the major part of the torches, and wrecked many of the lanterns in the palace porch. It was simply a tropical shower in all its magnificence; but it was enough! The -<i>fte</i> concluded then and there, in the promptest +<i>fête</i> concluded then and there, in the promptest manner. The narrow streets of Papeete were clogged with retreating hosts, who continually shouted a sort of general adieu to everybody, as @@ -3759,7 +3743,7 @@ They were scattering themselves over the length and breadth of the island, carrying their songs with them. Now and then a fresh gust of wind bore down to me an echo of a refrain that had<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_108" id="Page_108">[108]</a></span> -grown familiar during the days of the <i>fte</i>, and +grown familiar during the days of the <i>fête</i>, and will not soon be forgotten; but the past was rapidly fading, and the necessities of the future began to present themselves with unusual boldness. @@ -3791,7 +3775,7 @@ wanderer. How he tottered as he drew near! He seemed to have lost part of his small skill since I last saw him. He was laughing quietly<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_109" id="Page_109">[109]</a></span> to himself while he journeyed: perhaps some -memory of the <i>fte</i> still pleased him. He passed +memory of the <i>fête</i> still pleased him. He passed me, unconscious of my presence. I ran cautiously, and followed him at a safe distance. We threaded the old path, by stream and cliff and brake, and, @@ -3853,7 +3837,7 @@ steal down the mountain once more.</p> for a season; perhaps he was renewing his youthful innocence in some more solitary spot. He may have gone apart to laugh by the hour at<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_111" id="Page_111">[111]</a></span> -the folly of the foreigners who <i>fte</i> a disgraced +the folly of the foreigners who <i>fête</i> a disgraced emperor; or was he making his queer noises to hear the queerer echoes that came back to him, and all the while caring no more for life or death @@ -4247,7 +4231,7 @@ between the pickets sifted the dust at my feet, while he wailed in a low voice, and called me, over and over, "dear friend," "good friend," and "master." I wish I had never seen him so humbled. -To think of my disreputable little <i>protg</i>, +To think of my disreputable little <i>protégé</i>, who was wont to lord it over me as though he had been a born chief,—to think of Joe as being there in his extremity, grovelling in the dust at my feet; @@ -4924,7 +4908,7 @@ waltz.</p> <p>Naturally excitable, heated with exertion, drunk with the very odors of death that pervaded the hall of revels, that mad crowd reeled through the -hours of the <i>fte</i>. Satiated, at last, in the very +hours of the <i>fête</i>. Satiated, at last, in the very bitterness of their unnatural gayety, they called for the <i>hula-hula</i> as a fitting close.</p> @@ -5736,7 +5720,7 @@ braver than he in Christian lands. They call him a heathen. It <i>was</i> heathenish to offer up his life vicariously. He might have taken mine so easily, and perhaps have breasted the waves back to his -own people, and been fted and sung of as the hero +own people, and been fêted and sung of as the hero he truly was.</p> <p>Well, if he is a heathen, out of my heart I would @@ -5822,7 +5806,7 @@ seems, and how we listen!</p> <p>With the first and deepest purple of the dawn, the dim outlines of Molokai arise before us. It is an -island of cliffs and caons, much haunted of the +island of cliffs and cañons, much haunted of the King, but usually out of the tourist's guide-book.</p> <p>It is hinted one may turn back this modern page @@ -7180,7 +7164,7 @@ unheralded. Everything was in good order, and, after our late dinner, I went out again, to finish for the evening,—portioning off my charges, as before, and returning, at the last moment, to bring -them up to the hall for their <i>dbut</i>. But judge of +them up to the hall for their <i>début</i>. But judge of my horror at finding my Zebra stretched upon the floor of his room, quite insensible; and all this time, Jenkins's Hall was thronged with the Great @@ -7494,7 +7478,7 @@ South-Sea showman.</p> <img src="images/illo_223.jpg" width="53" height="52" class="drop-cap" alt="" /> </div> -<p class="drop-cap in0"><span class="dropleft4">M</span>Y Hawaiian oracle, Kahle, having posed +<p class="drop-cap in0"><span class="dropleft4">M</span>Y Hawaiian oracle, Kahéle, having posed himself in compact and chubby grace, awaited his golden opportunity, which was not long a coming. I sat on the steps of @@ -7527,7 +7511,7 @@ especially as L—— was busy and could not talk much, and L——'s books were as old as the hills and a good deal drier.</p> -<p>Having yawned, I turned toward Kahle, and +<p>Having yawned, I turned toward Kahéle, and gnashed my teeth. The little rascal looked knowing; his hour had come. He fired off in broken English, and the effect was something like this:—</p> @@ -7537,7 +7521,7 @@ make plenty good sceneries?"</p> <p>"And where is that?" quoth I.</p> -<p>Kahle's little lump of a nose was jerked up toward +<p>Kahéle's little lump of a nose was jerked up toward the great mountain at the back of L——'s house. "Haleakala!"<a name="FNanchor_A_1" id="FNanchor_A_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_A_1" class="fnanchor">A</a> cried he, triumphantly, for he saw he had resurrected my interest in life, @@ -7545,7 +7529,7 @@ and he felt that he had a thing or two worth showing, a glimpse of which might content me with this world, dull as I found it just then. "Haleakala—the House of the Sun—up before us," said -Kahle.</p> +Kahéle.</p> <div class="footnote"> <p class="in0 center"><a name="Footnote_A_1" id="Footnote_A_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_A_1" class="ref"><span class="fnanchor">A</span></a> Haleakala, an extinct crater in the Sandwich Islands, @@ -7560,7 +7544,7 @@ Ha! to creep up the roof and drop in at the skylight: this were indeed a royal adventure. "How long would it take?"</p> -<p>Kahle waxed eloquent. That night we should +<p>Kahéle waxed eloquent. That night we should sleep a little up on the slope of the mountain, lodging with the <i>haolis</i> (foreigners) among the first clouds; in the morning we should surprise the sun @@ -7584,7 +7568,7 @@ my mind for me. I confess, I was as wax in that climate. Yet, why not take this promising and uncommon tour? The charm of travel is to break new paths. I ceased to yawn any further over -life. Kahle went to the beasts, and began saddling +life. Kahéle went to the beasts, and began saddling them. L——'s hospitality culminated in a bottle of cold, black coffee, and a hamper of delicious sandwiches, such as Mrs. L—— excels in.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_224" id="Page_224">[224]</a></span> @@ -7604,7 +7588,7 @@ shall come to thee some day, I trust! By-by, multitudes of little L——s, tumbling recklessly in the back-yard, crowned with youth and robust health and plenty of flaxen curls! Away, -Kahle! for it is toward evening, and the clouds +Kahéle! for it is toward evening, and the clouds are skating along the roof of the House of the Sun. Sit not upon the order of your going, but strike spurs at once,—and away!"</p> @@ -7620,11 +7604,11 @@ fly.</p> <p>It seemed the boy had engaged a special guide for the crater,—one accustomed to feeling his way through the bleak hollow, where any unpractised -feet must have surely gone astray. Kahle offered +feet must have surely gone astray. Kahéle offered him a tempting bonus to head our little caravan<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_225" id="Page_225">[225]</a></span> at once, though it goes sorely against the Hawaiian grain to make up a mind inside of three days. -Kahle managed the financial department, whenever +Kahéle managed the financial department, whenever he had the opportunity, with a liberality worthy of a purse ten times as weighty as mine; but as he afterward assured me, that guide was a @@ -7646,7 +7630,7 @@ he can only look about him in quiet wonderment, tempered with a fearless and refreshing trust in that Providence who has enjoined silence. Well, this was one of those times; and right in the -midst of it Kahle sighted a smoke-wreath in the +midst of it Kahéle sighted a smoke-wreath in the distance. To me it looked very like a cloud, and I ventured to declare it such; but the youngster frowned me down, and appealed to the special @@ -7766,7 +7750,7 @@ and, after a long while, dawn looked in at the uncurtained window, with a pale, gray face, freckled with stars.</p> -<p>Kahle saw it as soon as I did, and was up betimes. +<p>Kahéle saw it as soon as I did, and was up betimes. I fancy he slept little or none that night, for he was fond of music, and especially fond of such music as had made the last few hours more @@ -7810,7 +7794,7 @@ to the occasion in that thin, relaxing atmosphere. The special guide, I knew, would shirk this august investiture, as he shirked everything else, save only the watchful care of my collapsing -<i>porte-monnaie</i>. Kahle, perhaps, would represent +<i>porte-monnaie</i>. Kahéle, perhaps, would represent us to the best of his ability,—which was not much beyond an amazing capacity for food and sleep, coupled with cheek for at least two of his @@ -7861,10 +7845,10 @@ the abyss. The angle of our descent was too near the perpendicular to sound like truth, in print. I will not venture to give it; but I remember that our particular guide and his beast were under -foot, while Kahle and his beast were overhead, +foot, while Kahéle and his beast were overhead, and I and my beast, sandwiched between, managed to survive the double horror of being buried -in the <i>dbris</i> that rained upon us from the tail-end +in the <i>débris</i> that rained upon us from the tail-end of the caravan, and slaying the unfortunate leaders ahead with the multitude of rocks we sent thundering down the cliff. A moving avalanche @@ -7935,7 +7919,7 @@ we could drop into it and pass the night, since it was impossible to feel our way out of the crater through clouds almost as dense as cotton. Had we matches? No. Had we dry sticks? Yes, in -the well, perhaps. Kahle could make fire without +the well, perhaps. Kahéle could make fire without phosphorus, and we could keep warm till morn<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_235" id="Page_235">[235]</a></span>ing, and then escape from the crater as early as possible. After much groping about, in and out of @@ -7996,10 +7980,10 @@ who has suffered, and nought but the winds or the foul-feeding vultures shall cleanse that bleaching skeleton where it lies.</p> -<p>We tried to sleep on our stony pillows. Kahle +<p>We tried to sleep on our stony pillows. Kahéle woke and found the guide and me dozing; later, the guide roused himself to the discovery that -Kahle and I were wrapped in virtuous unconsciousness. +Kahéle and I were wrapped in virtuous unconsciousness. Anon I sat up among the rocks, lis<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_237" id="Page_237">[237]</a></span>tened to the two natives breathing heavily, and heard the wind sighing over the yawning mouth of @@ -8054,7 +8038,7 @@ like quicksilver, and we passed on. About dusk we got into the grassy land, and thanked God for deliverance.</p> -<p>Here Kahle's heart rejoiced. Here, close by +<p>Here Kahéle's heart rejoiced. Here, close by the little chapel of Kaupo, he discovered one whom he proclaimed his grandfather; though, judging from the years of the man, he could @@ -8065,7 +8049,7 @@ Kaupo. A narrow bed, with a crucifix at the foot of it, a small window in the thick wall, with a jug of water in the corner thereof, and a chair with a game-leg, constituted the furnishment of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_239" id="Page_239">[239]</a></span> -quaint lodging. Kahle rushed about to see old +quaint lodging. Kahéle rushed about to see old friends,—who wept over him,—and was very long absent, whereat I waxed wroth, and berated him roundly; but the poor fellow was so charmingly @@ -8119,13 +8103,13 @@ tropical sunshine! On one side sleeps the blue, monotonous sea; on the other, crags clothe themselves in cool mist and look dreamy and solemn.</p> -<p>The boy Kahle, who has no ambition beyond +<p>The boy Kahéle, who has no ambition beyond the bit of his foot-sore mustang, lags behind, taking all the dust with commendable resignation.</p> <p>As for me, I am wet through with the last shower; I steam in the fierce noonday heat. I -spur Hok the mule into the shadow of a great +spur Hoké the mule into the shadow of a great cloud that drifts lazily overhead, and am grateful for this unsatisfying shade as long as it lasts. I watch the sea, swinging my whip by its threadbare @@ -8148,11 +8132,11 @@ air, the rain-cloud in the distance, trailing its banners of crape in the sea as it bears down upon us,—these are what fret me a little, and make life a burden for the time being; so I spur my faithless -Hok up a new ascent as forbidding as any that +Hoké up a new ascent as forbidding as any that we have yet come upon, and slowly and with many pauses creep to the summit.</p> -<p>Kahle, "the goer," belies his name, for he +<p>Kahéle, "the goer," belies his name, for he loiters everywhere and always; yet I am not sorry. I have the first glimpse of Wailua all to myself. I am not obliged to betray my emotion, @@ -8162,7 +8146,7 @@ which is a bore of the worst sort.</p> butterflies, and blossoms, the sea fawning at the mouth of it, the clouds melting over it; waterfalls gushing from numerous green corners; silver-white -phatons floating in mid-air, at a loss to +phaëtons floating in mid-air, at a loss to choose between earth and heaven, though evidently a little inclined earthward, for they no sooner drift out of the bewildering bowers of Wailua than @@ -8175,7 +8159,7 @@ in the back; and under a great tree, that seems yearning to shelter somebody, I pause till the rain is over.</p> -<p>Anon the slow-footed Kahle arrives, leaking all +<p>Anon the slow-footed Kahéle arrives, leaking all over, and bringing a peace-offering of ohias, the native apple, as juicy and sweet as the forbidden fruits of Paradise. As for these apples, they have @@ -8187,18 +8171,18 @@ the impetuous avalanches of big rain-drops, and our animals tear great tufts of sweet grass from the upper roadside.</p> -<p>Is it far to the chapel, I wonder. Kahle +<p>Is it far to the chapel, I wonder. Kahéle thinks not,—perhaps a pari or two distant. But a pari, a cliff, has many antecedents, and I feel that some dozen or so of climbs, each more or less fatiguing, still separate me from the rest I am seeking, and hope not to find until I reach the -abode of Pre Fidelis, at the foot of the cross, +abode of Père Fidelis, at the foot of the cross, as one might say.</p> -<p>The rain ceases. Hok once more nerves himself +<p>The rain ceases. Hoké once more nerves himself for fresh assaults upon the everlasting hills. -Kahle drops behind as usual, and the afternoon +Kahéle drops behind as usual, and the afternoon wanes.</p> <p>How fresh seems the memory of this journey! @@ -8217,9 +8201,9 @@ of the world.</p> <p>Finally, on the brow of what seemed to be the last hill in this life, I saw a cross,—a cross among -the palms. Hok saw it, and quickened his pace: +the palms. Hoké saw it, and quickened his pace: he was not so great an ass but he knew that there -was provender in the green pastures of Pre Fidelis, +was provender in the green pastures of Père Fidelis, and his heart freshened within him.</p> <p>A few paces from the grove of palms I heard a @@ -8228,7 +8212,7 @@ up and down that foam-crested shore, rang the sweet Angelus. One may pray with some fervor when one's journey is at an end. When the prayer was over I walked to the gate of the chapel-yard, -leading the willing Hok, and at that moment +leading the willing Hoké, and at that moment a slender figure, clad all in black, his long robes flowing gracefully about him, his boyish face heightening the effect of his grave and serene demeanor, @@ -8236,7 +8220,7 @@ his thin, sensitive hands held forth in hearty welcome,—a welcome that was almost like a benediction, so spiritual was the love which it expressed,—came out, and I found myself in the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_244" id="Page_244">[244]</a></span> -arms of Pre Fidelis, feeling like one who has at +arms of Père Fidelis, feeling like one who has at least been permitted to kneel upon the threshold of his Mecca.</p> @@ -8256,11 +8240,11 @@ come.</p> <p>Perhaps it was the realization of an ideal that plunged me into a luxurious revery, out of which -I was summoned by <i>mon pre</i>, who hinted that I +I was summoned by <i>mon père</i>, who hinted that I must be hungry. Prophetic father! hungry I was indeed.</p> -<p><i>Mon pre</i> led me to his little house with three +<p><i>Mon père</i> led me to his little house with three rooms, and installed me host, himself being my ever-watchful attendant. Then he spoke: "The lads were at the sea, fishing: would I excuse him @@ -8279,18 +8263,18 @@ door in front opening upon a veranda shaded with a passion-vine; beyond it a green, undulating country running down into the sea; on either hand a little cell containing nothing but a narrow -bed, a saint's picture, and a rosary. Kahle, having +bed, a saint's picture, and a rosary. Kahéle, having distributed the animals in good pasturage, lay on the veranda at full length, supremely happy as he jingled his spurs over the edge of the steps and hummed a native air in subdued falsetto, like a mosquito.</p> -<p>Again I sank into a revery. Enter <i>mon pre</i> +<p>Again I sank into a revery. Enter <i>mon père</i> with apologies and a plate of smoking cakes made of eggs and batter, his own handiwork; enter the lads from the sea with excellent fish, knotted in -long wisps of grass; enter Kahle, lazily sniffing +long wisps of grass; enter Kahéle, lazily sniffing the savory odors of our repast with evident relish; and then supper in good earnest.</p> @@ -8303,11 +8287,11 @@ in the land-breeze that swept through the house,—unctuous waxen stalactites decorated it almost past recognition; the crickets sang lustily at the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_246" id="Page_246">[246]</a></span> doorway; the little natives grew sleepy and curled -up on their mats in the corner; Kahle slept in +up on their mats in the corner; Kahéle slept in his spurs like a born muleteer. And now a sudden conviction seized us that it was bedtime in -very truth; so <i>mon pre</i> led me to one of the cells, -saying, "Will you sleep in the room of Pre +very truth; so <i>mon père</i> led me to one of the cells, +saying, "Will you sleep in the room of Père Amabilis?" Yea, verily, with all humility; and there I slept after the benediction, during which the young priest's face looked almost like an @@ -8315,7 +8299,7 @@ angel's in its youthful holiness, and I was afraid I might wake in the morning and find him gone, transported to some other and more lovely world.</p> -<p>But I didn't. Pre Fidelis was up before daybreak. +<p>But I didn't. Père Fidelis was up before daybreak. It was his hand that clashed the joyful Angelus at sunrise that woke me from my happy dream; it was his hand that prepared the frugal @@ -8339,13 +8323,13 @@ and mine own, yet a common trust in the blessedness of the life to come struck the key-note of universal harmony, and we sang the <i>Magnificat</i> with one voice. There was something that fretted -me in all this admirable experience: Pre Fidelis +me in all this admirable experience: Père Fidelis could touch neither bread nor water until after the last mass. Hour by hour he grew paler and fainter, spite of the heroic fortitude that sustained his famishing body.</p> -<p>"<i>Mon pre</i>," said I, "you must eat, or go to +<p>"<i>Mon père</i>," said I, "you must eat, or go to heaven betimes." He would not. "You must end with an earlier mass," I persisted. It was impossible: many parishioners came from miles @@ -8363,22 +8347,22 @@ hope to emulate.</p> <p>Whenever I referred to his life, he at once led me to admire his fellow-apostle, who was continually -in his thoughts. Pre Amabilis was miles +in his thoughts. Père Amabilis was miles away, repairing a chapel that had suffered somewhat -in a late gale; Pre Amabilis would be so +in a late gale; Père Amabilis would be so glad to see me; I must not fail to visit him; and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_248" id="Page_248">[248]</a></span> -for fear of some mischance, Pre Fidelis would +for fear of some mischance, Père Fidelis would himself conduct me to him.</p> <p>The way was hard,—deep chasms to penetrate, swift streams to be forded, narrow and slippery trails to be threaded through forest, swamp, and wilderness. These obstacles separated the devoted -friends, but not for long seasons. Pre Fidelis +friends, but not for long seasons. Père Fidelis would go to him whom he had not laid eyes on for a fortnight at least.</p> -<p>The boy Kahle was glad of companionship; +<p>The boy Kahéle was glad of companionship; one of the small fishers, an acolyte of the chapel, would accompany us, and together they could lag behind, eating ohias and dabbling in every stream.</p> @@ -8388,7 +8372,7 @@ our way through jungles of lauhala, with slim roots in the air and long branches trailing about them like vines; they were like great cages of roots and branches in a woven snarl. We saw a -rocky point jutting far into the sea. "Pre +rocky point jutting far into the sea. "Père Amabilis dwells just beyond that cape," said my companion, fondly; and it seemed not very far distant; but our pace was slow and wearisome, and @@ -8419,7 +8403,7 @@ in turn. Their life is an actual pilgrimage from chapel to chapel, which nothing but physical inability may interrupt.</p> -<p>At one spot I saw a tree under which Pre Fidelis +<p>At one spot I saw a tree under which Père Fidelis once passed a tempestuous night. On either side yawned a ravine swept by an impassable flood. There were no houses within reach. On @@ -8432,9 +8416,9 @@ yams and water, a lime perhaps, and nothing besides but lumpy salt from the sea-shore.</p> <p>While we were riding, a herald met us bearing a -letter for <i>mon pre</i>. It was a greeting from Pre +letter for <i>mon père</i>. It was a greeting from Père Amabilis, who announced the chapel as rapidly -nearing its complete restoration. Pre Fidelis<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_250" id="Page_250">[250]</a></span> +nearing its complete restoration. Père Fidelis<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_250" id="Page_250">[250]</a></span> fairly wept for joy at this intelligence, and burst into a panegyric upon the unrivalled ingenuity of his spiritual associate. We were sure to surprise @@ -8450,14 +8434,14 @@ falling flame, and a soft haze tinged the slumberous solitudes of wood and pasture with the dreamlike loveliness of a picture. There seemed to be but one sound audible,—the quick, sharp blows -of a hammer. Pre Fidelis listened with eyes +of a hammer. Père Fidelis listened with eyes sparkling, and then rode rapidly onward.</p> <p>Behold! from the chapel wall, high up on a scaffolding of boughs, his robes gathered about him, his head uncovered and hammer in hand, -Pre Amabilis leaned forth to welcome us. The -hammer fell to the earth. Pre Amabilis loosened +Père Amabilis leaned forth to welcome us. The +hammer fell to the earth. Père Amabilis loosened his skirts and clasped his hands in unaffected rapture. We were three satisfied souls, asking for nothing beyond the hem of that lonely valley in @@ -8472,7 +8456,7 @@ sufficient, together with two plates, two cups, and a single spoon. Luxuries were unknown and unregretted.</p> <p>"Well, father, what have you at this hotel?" -said Pre Fidelis as we came to the door of the +said Père Fidelis as we came to the door of the cubby-house.</p> <p>"Water," replied our host with a grave tone @@ -8480,10 +8464,10 @@ that had an undercurrent of truth in it.</p> <p>But we were better provided for. Within an hour's time a reception took place: native parishioners -came forth to welcome Pre Fidelis and the +came forth to welcome Père Fidelis and the stranger, each bringing some voluntary tribute,—a fish, a fowl lean enough to quiet the conscience -of Pre Fidelis, an egg or two, or a bunch of taro.</p> +of Père Fidelis, an egg or two, or a bunch of taro.</p> <p>Long talks followed; the news of the last month was discussed with much enthusiasm, and @@ -8513,7 +8497,7 @@ birds of the air under similar circumstances.</p> <p>A merry meal, that! For us no weak tea, that satirical consoler, nor tea whose strength is bitterness, an abomination to the faithful, but -<i>mon pre's</i> own coffee, the very aroma of which +<i>mon père's</i> own coffee, the very aroma of which was invigorating; and then our friendly pipes out under the starlight, where we sat chatting amicably, with our three heads turbaned in an aromatic @@ -8550,15 +8534,15 @@ anhungered often; weak with fastings; pallid with prayer,—what more <i>can</i> you ask in the same line? say I.</p> -<p>Pre Fidelis coughed a little, and was somewhat +<p>Père Fidelis coughed a little, and was somewhat feverish. I could see that his life was not elastic: his strength was even then failing him.</p> -<p>"Pre Amabilis is an artisan: he built this +<p>"Père Amabilis is an artisan: he built this house, and it is small enough; but some day he will build a house for me but six feet long and -<i>so</i> broad," said Pre Fidelis, shrugging his shoulders; -whereat Pre Amabilis, who looked like a +<i>so</i> broad," said Père Fidelis, shrugging his shoulders; +whereat Père Amabilis, who looked like a German student with his long hair and spectacles, turned aside to wipe the moisture from the lenses, and said nothing, but laid his hand significantly @@ -8575,8 +8559,8 @@ side of the island, where we meet new faces. It is a great change."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_254" id="Page_254">[254]</a></span> -For a year before the arrival of Pre Amabilis, -who was not sooner able to follow his friend, Pre +For a year before the arrival of Père Amabilis, +who was not sooner able to follow his friend, Père Fidelis was accustomed to go once a month to a confessional many miles away. That his absence might be as brief as possible, he was obliged to @@ -8589,15 +8573,15 @@ sleep.</p> <p><i>Confessor.</i> "Who's there?"</p> -<p><i>Pre Fidelis.</i> "It is I!"</p> +<p><i>Père Fidelis.</i> "It is I!"</p> <p><i>Conf.</i> "Who is I?"</p> -<p><i>Pre F.</i> "Fidelis!"</p> +<p><i>Père F.</i> "Fidelis!"</p> <p><i>Conf.</i> "Fidelis who?"</p> -<p><i>Pre F.</i> "Fidelis kahuna pule!" (Fidelis the +<p><i>Père F.</i> "Fidelis kahuna pule!" (Fidelis the priest.)</p> <p><i>Conf.</i> "Aweh!" (An expression of the greatest @@ -8605,7 +8589,7 @@ surprise.) "<i>Entre</i>, Fidelis kahuna pule."</p> <p>Then he would rise, and the communion that followed must have been most cheering to both, -for <i>mon pre</i> even now is merry when he recalls it.</p> +for <i>mon père</i> even now is merry when he recalls it.</p> <p>These pilgrimages are at an end, for the two priests confess to one another: conceive of the @@ -8641,13 +8625,13 @@ that it was utterly impossible to do aught else for my entertainment.</p> <p>Once more the morning came. I woke to find -Pre Amabilis at work, hammer in hand, sending +Père Amabilis at work, hammer in hand, sending his nails home with accurate strokes that spoke -well for his trained muscle. Pre Fidelis was concocting +well for his trained muscle. Père Fidelis was concocting coffee and directing the volunteer cooks, who were seeking to surpass themselves upon this last meal we were to take together. In an hour -<i>mon pre</i> was to start for the Chapel of the Palms,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_256" id="Page_256">[256]</a></span> +<i>mon père</i> was to start for the Chapel of the Palms,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_256" id="Page_256">[256]</a></span> while I wended my way onward through a new country, bearing with me the consoling memory of my precious friends. I can forgive a slight and @@ -8663,9 +8647,9 @@ than they did—God forgive me!—and altogether it was a solemn and a memorable meal.</p> <p>A group of natives gathered about us seated -upon the floor; it was impossible for Pre Fidelis +upon the floor; it was impossible for Père Fidelis to move without being stroked by the affectionate -creatures who deplored his departure. Pre +creatures who deplored his departure. Père Amabilis insisted upon adjusting our saddles, during which ceremony he slyly hid a morsel of cold fowl in our saddle-bags.</p> @@ -8679,10 +8663,10 @@ felt it then as I know it now,—our brief idyl can never be lived over in this life.</p> <p>Well, we departed: the corners of our blessed -triangle were spread frightfully. Pre Fidelis was +triangle were spread frightfully. Père Fidelis was paler than ever; he caught his breath as though<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_257" id="Page_257">[257]</a></span> there wasn't much of it, and the little there was -wouldn't last long; Pre Amabilis wiped his +wouldn't last long; Père Amabilis wiped his spectacles and looked utterly forsaken; the natives stood about in awkward, silent groups, coming forward, one by one, to shake hands, and then @@ -8696,7 +8680,7 @@ dismal enough. The animals were unusually wayward, and once or twice I paused in despair under the prickly sunshine, half inclined to go back and begin over again, hoping to renew the past; but -just then Hok felt like staggering onward, and +just then Hoké felt like staggering onward, and I began to realize that there are some brief, perfect experiences in life that pass from us like a dream, and this was one of them.</p> @@ -8734,7 +8718,7 @@ lesson of the Chapel of the Palms.</p> <img src="images/illo_261a.jpg" width="337" height="65" alt="decoration" /> </div> -<h2 class="nobreak">KAHLE.</h2> +<h2 class="nobreak">KAHÉLE.</h2> <div style="width: 53px;"> <img src="images/illo_261.jpg" width="53" height="53" class="drop-cap" alt="" /> @@ -8743,10 +8727,10 @@ lesson of the Chapel of the Palms.</p> <p class="drop-cap in0"><span class="dropleft3">F</span>ROM a bluff, whose bald forehead jutted a thousand feet into the air, and under whose chin the sea shrugged its great -shoulders, Kahle, my boy,—that delightful contradiction, +shoulders, Kahéle, my boy,—that delightful contradiction, who was always plausible, yet never -right,—Kahle and I looked timidly over into the -sunset valley of Mha. The "Valley of Solitude" +right,—Kahéle and I looked timidly over into the +sunset valley of Méha. The "Valley of Solitude" it was called; albeit, at that moment, and with half an eye, we counted the thirty grass-lodges of the village, and heard the liquid tongues of a trio @@ -8772,7 +8756,7 @@ spanned the deep ravine, and caught as much of its loveliness as we; but we weren't birds, and, moreover, we had six legs apiece to look after, so we tipped off from the dizzy ridge that overhung -the valley of Mha to the north, and gradually descended +the valley of Méha to the north, and gradually descended into the heat and silence of the place, that seemed to make a picture of itself when we first looked down upon it from our eyry.</p> @@ -8796,7 +8780,7 @@ A large woman lay at full length on a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_261" id broad mat, spread under a <i>pandanus</i>, and slept like a turtle. I began to think there were nothing but women and children in the solitary valley, -but Kahle had kept an eye on the reef, and, with +but Kahéle had kept an eye on the reef, and, with an air of superior intelligence, he assured me that there were many men living about there, and they, with most of the women and children, were then @@ -8849,16 +8833,16 @@ riding surf-boards not far distant,—agile, narrow-hipped youths, with tremendous biceps and proud, impudent heads set on broad shoulders, like young gods. These were the flower and chivalry of the -Mha blood, and they swam like young porpoises, +Méha blood, and they swam like young porpoises, every one of them.</p> <p>There was a break in the reef before us; the sea knew it, and seemed to take special delight in rushing upon the shore as though it were about to -devour sand, savages, and everything. Kahle +devour sand, savages, and everything. Kahéle and I watched the surf-swimmers for some time,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_263" id="Page_263">[263]</a></span> charmed with the spectacle. Such buoyancy of -material matter I had never dreamed of. Kahle, +material matter I had never dreamed of. Kahéle, though much in the flesh, could not long resist the temptation to exhibit his prowess, and having been offered a surf-board that would have made a @@ -8875,7 +8859,7 @@ some triton, playing with the elements, and dreadfully "at home" in that very wet place. The third and mightiest of the waves was gathering its strength for a charge upon the shore. Having -reached its outer ripple, again Kahle dived and +reached its outer ripple, again Kahéle dived and reappeared on the other side of the watery hill, balanced for a moment in the glassy hollow, turned suddenly, and, mounting the towering monster, @@ -8886,11 +8870,11 @@ climbed to the top of it, and there, in the midst of foam seething like champagne, on the crest of a rushing sea-avalanche about to crumble and dissolve beneath him, his surf-board hidden in -spume, on the very top bubble of all, Kahle<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_264" id="Page_264">[264]</a></span> +spume, on the very top bubble of all, Kahéle<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_264" id="Page_264">[264]</a></span> danced like a shadow. He leaped to his feet and swam in the air, another Mercury, tiptoeing a heaven-kissing hill, buoyant as vapor, and with a -suggestion of invisible wings about him,—Kahle +suggestion of invisible wings about him,—Kahéle transformed for a moment, and for a moment only; the next second my daring sea-skater leaped ashore, with a howling breaker swashing at his @@ -8898,7 +8882,7 @@ heels. It was something glorious and almost incredible; but I saw it with my own eyes, and I wanted to double his salary on the spot.</p> -<p>Sunset in the valley of Mha. The air full of +<p>Sunset in the valley of Méha. The air full of floating particles, that twinkled like diamond-dust; the great green chasm at the head of the valley illuminated by one broad bar of light shot obliquely @@ -8932,17 +8916,17 @@ ascended in monotonous and weird recitative; they chanted a monody on the death of some loved one, prompted, perhaps, by the funereal solemnity of the hour; or sang an ode to the moonrise, the -still-flowing river, or the valley of Mha, so solitary +still-flowing river, or the valley of Méha, so solitary in one sense, though by no means alone in its loneliness.</p> -<p>Kahle patronized me extensively. I was introduced +<p>Kahéle patronized me extensively. I was introduced to camp after camp, and in rapid succession repeated the experiences of a traveller who has much to answer for in the way of color, and the peculiar cut of his garments. I felt as though I was some natural curiosity, in charge of the robustious -Kahle, who waxed more and more officious +Kahéle, who waxed more and more officious every hour of his engagement; and his tongue ran riot as he descanted upon my characteristics, to the joy of the curious audiences we @@ -8951,7 +8935,7 @@ attracted.</p> <p>Some hours must have passed before we thought of sleep. How could we think of it, when every soul was wide awake, and time alone seemed to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_266" id="Page_266">[266]</a></span> -pass us by unconsciously? But Kahle finally led +pass us by unconsciously? But Kahéle finally led me to a chief's house, where, under coverlets of <i>kapa</i>, spiced with herbs, and in the midst of numerous members of the household, I was advised @@ -8986,7 +8970,7 @@ who reclined in the midst of a retinue of obsequious retainers. The spearsmen hurled their spears, and the strong men swung their clubs; the stone-throwers threw skilfully, and the sweetest -singers sang long <i>mles</i> in praise of their royal +singers sang long <i>méles</i> in praise of their royal guest. A cry of fear rent the air as a stricken one fled toward the city of refuge; the priests passed by me in solemn procession, their robes @@ -9038,13 +9022,13 @@ were wafted down to me; and, stealing onward toward the great meadow by the stream, where the sleepless inhabitants of the valley held high carnival, I saw the most dignified chiefs of -Mha sporting like children, while the children capered +Méha sporting like children, while the children capered like imps, and the whole community seemed bewitched with the glorious atmosphere of that particular night.</p> <p>Who was the gayest of the gay, and the most<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_269" id="Page_269">[269]</a></span> -lawless of the unlawful? My boy, Kahle, in +lawless of the unlawful? My boy, Kahéle, in whom I had placed my trust, and whom, until this hour at least, I had regarded as a most promising specimen of the reorganized barbarians.</p> @@ -9054,7 +9038,7 @@ counting his steps with too much confidence; they might have been simply a creditable performance, the result of careful training on the part of his tutors. I am inclined to think they were! At any -rate, Kahle went clean back to barbarism that +rate, Kahéle went clean back to barbarism that night, and seemed to take to it amazingly. I said nothing; I thought it wiser to seem to hold the reins, though I held them loosely, than to try to @@ -9080,7 +9064,7 @@ tongues had stopped wagging from sheer exhaus<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page I returned to my mats long ere that, to revolve in my mind plans for the following day.</p> -<p>It was evident that Kahle must at once quit +<p>It was evident that Kahéle must at once quit the place, or go back to barbarism and stick there. I didn't care to take the responsibility of his return to first principles, and so ordered the animals @@ -9093,7 +9077,7 @@ my claims any further.</p> <p>The scorching noon drew on; a few of the sleepers awoke, bathed, ate of their cold repast, -and slept again. Kahle followed suit; in the +and slept again. Kahéle followed suit; in the midst of his refreshment, I suggested the advisability of instant departure; he hesitated. I enlarged upon the topic, and drew an enticing picture @@ -9105,7 +9089,7 @@ of the morning.</p> <p>I went to the river to bathe while the beasts were being saddled, and returned anon to find -Kahle sound asleep, and as persistent in his +Kahéle sound asleep, and as persistent in his slumbers as ever. The afternoon waned; I began to see the fitness of the name that had at first seemed to me inappropriate to the valley: everybody @@ -9124,7 +9108,7 @@ inhabitants pretended to rest, but were shortly magnetized out of their houses, where they danced till daybreak. The sweets of that sort of thing began to cloy, and I resolved upon immediate -action. Kahle was taken by the ears at the very +action. Kahéle was taken by the ears at the very next sunrise, and ordered to get up the mules at once. He was gone nearly all day, and came in at last with a pitiful air of disappointment that @@ -9136,7 +9120,7 @@ even then they were approaching; and the young scamp rose to reconnoitre, glad, no doubt, of an excuse for escaping from my natural but ludicrous discomfiture. It is likely that my -boy Kahle would have danced till doomsday, +boy Kahéle would have danced till doomsday, had I not shown spleen. It is as likely, also, that the chief and all his people would have helped him out in it, had I not offered such @@ -9146,13 +9130,13 @@ everything!</p> <p>On the morning of the fourth day, two travellers might have been seen struggling up the face of -the great cliff that walls in the valley of Mha to +the great cliff that walls in the valley of Méha to the south. The one a pale-face, paler than usual, urging on the other, a dark-face, darker than was its wont. Never did animals so puzzle their wits to know whether they were indeed desired to hasten forward, or to turn back at the very next -crook in the trail. We were at big odds, Kahle +crook in the trail. We were at big odds, Kahéle and I; for another idol of mine had suddenly turned to clay, and, though I am used to that sort of thing, I am never able to bear it with decent @@ -9177,8 +9161,8 @@ their rains; but all of the earth lying in the lee of the great central peak of the island is as dust and ashes,—unwatered, unfruitful, and uninteresting, save as a picture of deep and dreadful desolation. -No wonder that Kahle longed to tarry -in the small Eden of Mha, knowing that we were +No wonder that Kahéle longed to tarry +in the small Eden of Méha, knowing that we were about to journey into the deserts that lie beyond it. No wonder that the shining shores of the valley beguiled him, when he knew that henceforth @@ -9190,7 +9174,7 @@ and every edible dried and deceitful.</p> <p>Having slept the sleep of the just,—for I felt that I had done what I could to reclaim my backsliding -Kahle,—I awoke on a sabbath morning that +Kahéle,—I awoke on a sabbath morning that presented a singular spectacle. Its chief features were a glittering, metallic-tinted sea, and a smoking plain backed by naked sand-hills. The low @@ -9203,12 +9187,12 @@ and ragged, were scattered along the trail; they had apparently lost all hope, and paused by the wayside, to end their days in despair.</p> -<p>The <i>hal-pul</i>, or prayer-house, chief of the forlorn +<p>The <i>halé-pulé</i>, or prayer-house, chief of the forlorn huts, by virtue of extraordinary hollowness<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_274" id="Page_274">[274]</a></span> and a ventilation that was only exceeded by all out-of-doors,—this prayer-house, or church, was thrown open to the public, and, to my amazement, -Kahle suggested the propriety of our attending +Kahéle suggested the propriety of our attending worship, even before the first conch had been blown from the rude door by the deacon himself.</p> @@ -9232,7 +9216,7 @@ came and played a savage version of leap-frog in the lee of the church, but they were bleak-looking youngsters, not at all like the little human vegetables that flourished in the genial atmosphere of -the valley of Mha.</p> +the valley of Méha.</p> <p>The conch was blown again; the most melancholy sound that ever issued from windy cavity @@ -9368,7 +9352,7 @@ possible oasis where the fainting spirit might re<span class="pagenum"><a name=" itself that earth was beautiful and life a boon.</p> -<p>Kahle agreed with me that this sort of thing +<p>Kahéle agreed with me that this sort of thing was growing tiresome. He knew of a good place not many miles away; we could go there and sleep. It presented a church and a good priest, @@ -9382,7 +9366,7 @@ heavily; small pebbles and grit cut our faces; heavier gusts than usual changed earth, sea, and sky into temporary chaos. The day waned, so did our spirits, so did the life of our poor beasts. In -the distance, the church of Kahle's prophecy +the distance, the church of Kahéle's prophecy stood out like a small rock in a land than which no land I wot of can be wearier. The sun fell toward the sea; the wind subsided, though it was still @@ -9434,7 +9418,7 @@ many widows and orphans, the whole of them.</p> <p>At the hospitable board life began afresh. Another day, and we should again approach the borders of the earthly paradise that glorified the opposite -side of the island. Kahle's eyes sparkled; +side of the island. Kahéle's eyes sparkled; my heart leaped within me; I felt that there was a charm in living, after all; and the moment was a critical one, for had the lad begged me to return @@ -9453,8 +9437,8 @@ Lahaina would again blossom before him; and all that he thought to be excellent in life would know him as it had known him only a few weeks before. It was time that he had again begun to walk the -strait path, and he knew it. He was Kahle, the -two-sided; Kahle, the chameleon, whose character +strait path, and he knew it. He was Kahéle, the +two-sided; Kahéle, the chameleon, whose character and disposition partook of the color of his surroundings; who was pious to the tune of the church-bell, yet agile as any dancer of the lascivious @@ -9463,14 +9447,14 @@ representative worthy of some consideration; a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Pag typical Hawaiian whose versatility was only excelled by the plausibility with which he developed new phases of his kaleidoscopic character. He -was very charming, and as diverting in one <i>rle</i> as +was very charming, and as diverting in one <i>rôle</i> as another. He was, moreover, worthy of much praise for his skill in playing each part so perfectly that to this hour I am not sure which of his dispositions he excelled in, nor in which he was most at home.</p> -<p>Kahle, adieu! I might have upbraided thee +<p>Kahéle, adieu! I might have upbraided thee for thy inconstancy, had I not been accused of that same myself. I might have felt some modicum of contempt for thee, had thy skin been @@ -9655,7 +9639,7 @@ Eve copied from the serpent and imparted<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_288" to her daughters, who still affect the modern Edens of the earth. Young Hawaiian bloods, clad in snow-white trousers and ballet-shirts, with wreaths -of <i>mailn</i> around their necks and ginger-flowers in +of <i>mailné</i> around their necks and ginger-flowers in their hair, grouped themselves along the evergreen corridors, and looked unutterable things without any noticeable effort on their part.</p> @@ -10453,7 +10437,7 @@ don't hurt.</p> <p>How different, how very different those sleepy days when we were drifting on toward the Marquesas -Islands! The silvery phatons darted +Islands! The silvery phaëtons darted overhead like day-stars shooting from their spheres. The sea-weed grew denser, and a thousand floating things,—broken branches with a few small @@ -10990,10 +10974,10 @@ of refuse in the yard, together with two sacks of rice, the despair of those hens in the window, were all I could boast of. With this inventory I strove (by particular request) to be one of those -who were comfortable enough in the chteau adjoining. +who were comfortable enough in the château adjoining. Summoned peremptorily to dinner, I entered a little latticed saloon connected with the -chteau by a covered walk, discovered Monsieur +château by a covered walk, discovered Monsieur seated at table and already served with soup and claret; the remainder of the company helped themselves as they best could; and I saw plainly @@ -11468,7 +11452,7 @@ nuns sitting just back of us, returning to the convent in Papeete after a vacation retreat among the hills. How they enjoyed the ride, as three children might! and were quite wild with delight at meeting -a corpulent <i>pre</i>, who smiled amiably from his +a corpulent <i>père</i>, who smiled amiably from his saddle and offered to show them the interior of the pretty chapel at Faaa (only three <i>a</i>'s in that word),—the very one I grew melancholy in when I @@ -11597,7 +11581,7 @@ Added to this I learned how the address to the Forty Chiefs of Tahiti in behalf of the foreign traveller, my poor self, had been despatched to me by a special courier, who found me not; and doubtless -the <i>ftes</i> I heard of and was forever missing +the <i>fêtes</i> I heard of and was forever missing marked the march of that messenger, my proxy, in his triumphal progress. 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