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I noticed that immediately Krause arrived the girl Niâbon disappeared, and did not return. That was my first meeting with her, and I did not see her again till the evening of the storm, when she brought Tematau to me.
Then one of the visitors recognised Lucia, and now invitations poured in upon us from all sides, and finally Lucia and Niâbon, accompanied by Tematau, went ashore with them, leaving Tepi and myself on board. "Good-night, Jim dear," said Lucia, as she was about to get into the shore boat, "you will come on shore early, won't you?
"Now, in with everything," I shouted to Tematau, as one glance showed me the two boats, now less than half a mile away, coming along at what seemed to me to be infernal speed.
"Take this," I said to Niâbon, giving her my Deane and Adams pistol, "and do you and Tepi keep off those in the nearest boat if they come on again." But she waved it aside, and seizing Tematau's carbine, stood up and sent her first shot crashing through the timbers of the boat. "Quick, Tematau," I cried, "get another rifle and fire with me at the second boat.
Her dark eyes filled with tears as she pressed my hand and looked at the home of her childhood, and even Niâbon showed some trace of excitement as she bent her glance upon the great mound of land. I opened our one remaining bottle of wine which had been reserved for this auspicious day, and we shared it between us, whilst Tepi and Tematau were each given a stiff glass of grog.
He might have been the devil you say he was; but he was a white man, and it is my place to see that he is buried as Christians bury the dead. He used me roughly, but " She placed her hand on my knee, and her very touch subdued my excitement. "Simi, the man is dead, and not even a strand of his hair is left on earth. No one can ever question thee, or Tematau, or me, about him.
Niâbon and Lucia, I must mention, had insisted on standing watch ever since we had left Apamama, and they certainly helped us a lot, for both could now steer very well, and took pleasure in it. The former, with Tepi, was in my watch, the latter was with Tematau, who, like all Eastern Polynesians, was a good sailor-man and could always be relied upon.
Why, I cannot tell, and have never asked her her reasons." "Is her mother still living?" "I do not know and do not like to ask her. She told me that she, her mother, and Tematau had left Manhiki and wandered through the islands of the South Pacific for many years. Tematau she says is a blood relation.
"I brought my pistols with me because I thought I might have trouble with the natives over that fellow there," he said sullenly, pointing to Tematau. "Then you might have left them outside; I object most strongly to any one marching into my house in the manner you have done." He unbuckled his belt, and with a contemptuous gesture threw the whole lot outside the door. "Thank you, Mr.
"How came this thing about?" I asked her presently. "The German sent Tematau away in his boat to one of the little islands at the far end of the lagoon to gather coco-nuts, and bade him hasten back quickly. Tematau and those with him filled the boat with husked coco-nuts, and were sailing homewards in the night when she struck on a reef and tore a great hole in her side.
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