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There is a German man-of-war coming to this island soon Mrs. Krause herself told me and how will these people account to the captain for his death? You and Tematau, who together killed him, cannot escape. And if I am questioned as I shall be what can I do? I cannot lie about a murder."
The night was dark, but fine, and the light southeasterly breeze sent us along at about three knots over a very smooth sea. Tepi was standing for'ard on the lookout, for fear we might run into any fishing canoes from Taritai, Tematau was busying himself about our miniature galley, my two women passengers were rearranging their little cabin, and I steered. "Well, here we are at last, Mrs.
Just as she was leaving the room to attend to her household duties, the man Tematau came to the door, carrying a string of freshly-husked young drinking coco-nuts. At a sign from his mistress, he opened one and brought it to me, and then leaving a few beside my chair, took the remainder down to my boat's crew.
The moment they entered the village they were surrounded by natives, who eagerly inquired when Krause was returning had he driven Tematau out of the Englishman's house? etc., etc. Both Niâbon and her companion expressed surprise neither they nor any one else in Utiroa had seen Krause, they said, and Tematau had come with her to ask Mrs.
She was seated at the further end of the room, her chin resting on her hand, and looking at him so steadily and fixedly that he could not but have resented her gaze, even if his mind were undisturbed by passion. Tematau, too, turned his head, and shot his master a glance of such deadly fury that I murmured to him to keep quiet.
"It is well for him then that he did not come to Utiroa to-day," said old Kaibuka's son gravely. "Such a man as he is not wanted in our town. So keep him at Taritai." In the meantime Niâbon and Tematau had set out for Taritai to acquaint Mrs. Krause of the tragedy which had occurred.
Niâbon shook her head, and by their faces I saw that both Tepi and Tematau did not like the idea of our awaiting the coming boat. "What can we do?" I said, with childish petulance. "We cannot go to sea in such weather as this, and get knocked about uselessly." "Master," said big Tepi gravely, "may I speak?" "Speak," I said, as I handed my glasses to Lucia "what is it?" "This master.
"When they reached the white man's house and told him that the boat was lost he became mad with rage, and seizing a hatchet he hurled it at Tematau and cut his face open. Then as he fell to the ground the German seized a whip of twisted shark-skin and beat him until he could beat no longer."
"I have never spoken to her about this boat, and never has Tematau, I am sure." "Oh, well, it was a very lucky thought of hers," I said; "we have now a boat that will be much better than my own, which I must try and sell, for we shall want money, Niâbon, we shall want money badly in the strange country to which we are going, and I have but little."
Her voice seemed to reach me as if from far, far away, though her dark face with the deep luminous eyes were so near, and, as she spoke, the boat, with Tepi and Tematau standing erect and waiting, grounded gently on the strand.
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