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And in that moment�察�flashing and fleeting�察�it was given him to see
his brother tower above him like a mountain�察�and to feel himself
dwindle and dwarf to microscopic insignificance。 But it is not well
for one to see himself truly�察�nor can one so see himself for long
and live�察�and only for that flashing moment did Percival Ford see
himself and his brother in true perspective。 The next moment he was
mastered by his meagre and insatiable ego。
;As I said�察�I will make it worth your while。 You will not suffer。
I will pay you well。;
;All right�察─�Joe Garland said。 ;I'll go。;
He started to turn away。
;Joe�察─�the other called。 ;You see my lawyer tomorrow morning。 Five
hundred down and two hundred a month as long as you stay away。;
;You are very kind�察─�Joe Garland answered softly。 ;You are too
kind。 And anyway�察�I guess I don't want your money。 I go tomorrow
on the Alameda。;
He walked away�察�but did not say goodbye。
Percival Ford clapped his hands。
;Boy�察─�he said to the Japanese�察 �a lemonade。;
And over the lemonade he smiled long and contentedly to himself。
KOOLAU THE LEPER
;Because we are sick they take away our liberty。 We have obeyed the
law。 We have done no wrong。 And yet they would put us in prison。
Molokai is a prison。 That you know。 Niuli�察�there�察�his sister was
sent to Molokai seven years ago。 He has not seen her since。 Nor
will he ever see her。 She must stay there until she dies。 This is
not her will。 It is not Niuli's will。 It is the will of the white
men who rule the land。 And who are these white men��
;We know。 We have it from our fathers and our fathers' fathers。
They came like lambs�察�speaking softly。 Well might they speak
softly�察�for we were many and strong�察�and all the islands were ours。
As I say�察�they spoke softly。 They were of two kinds。 The one kind
asked our permission�察�our gracious permission�察�to preach to us the
word of God。 The other kind asked our permission�察�our gracious
permission�察�to trade with us。 That was the beginning。 Today all
the islands are theirs�察�all the land�察�all the cattleeverything is
theirs。 They that preached the word of God and they that preached
the word of Rum have fore´gathered and become great chiefs。 They
live like kings in houses of many rooms�察�with multitudes of servants
to care for them。 They who had nothing have everything�察�and if you�察�
or I�察�or any Kanaka be hungry�察�they sneer and say�察�'Well�察�why don't
you work�拭 �There are the plantations。'
Koolau paused。 He raised one hand�察�and with gnarled and twisted
fingers lifted up the blazing wreath of hibiscus that crowned his
black hair。 The moonlight bathed the scene in silver。 It was a
night of peace�察�though those who sat about him and listened had all
the seeming of battle´wrecks。 Their faces were leonine。 Here a
space yawned in a face where should have been a nose�察�and there an
arm´stump showed where a hand had rotted off。 They were men and
women beyond the pale�察�the thirty of them�察�for upon them had been
placed the mark of the beast。
They sat�察�flower´garlanded�察�in the perfumed�察�luminous night�察�and
their lips made uncouth noises and their throats rasped approval of
Koolau's speech。 They were creatures who once had been men and
women。 But they were men and women no longer。 They were monsters
in face and form grotesque caricatures of everything human。 They
were hideously maimed and distorted�察�and had the seeming of
creatures that had been racked in millenniums of hell。 Their hands�察�
when they possessed them�察�were like harpy claws。 Their faces were
the misfits and slips�察�crushed and bruised by some mad god at play
in the machinery of life。 Here and there were features which the
mad god had smeared half away�察�and one woman wept scalding tears
from twin pits of horror�察�where her eyes once had been。 Some were
in pain and groaned from their chests。 Others coughed�察�making
sounds like the tearing of tissue。 Two were idiots�察�more like huge
apes marred in the making�察�until even an ape were an angel。 They
mowed and gibbered in the moonlight�察�under crowns of drooping�察�
golden blossoms。 One�察�whose bloated ear´lobe flapped like a fan
upon his shoulder�察�caught up a gorgeous flower of orange and scarlet
and with it decorated the monstrous ear that flip´flapped with his
every movement。
And over these things Koolau was king。 And this was his kingdom��a
flower´throttled gorge�察�with beetling cliffs and crags�察�from which
floated the blattings of wild goats。 On three sides the grim walls
rose�察�festooned in fantastic draperies of tropic vegetation and
pierced by cave´entrancesthe rocky lairs of Koolau's subjects。 On
the fourth side the earth fell away into a tremendous abyss�察�and�察�
far below�察�could be seen the summits of lesser peaks and crags�察�at
whose bases foamed and rumbled the Pacific surge。 In fine weather a
boat could land on the rocky beach that marked the entrance of
Kalalau Valley�察�but the weather must be very fine。 And a cool´
headed mountaineer might climb from the beach to the head of Kalalau
Valley�察�to this pocket among the peaks where Koolau ruled�察�but such
a mountaineer must be very cool of head�察�and he must know the wild´
goat trails as well。 The marvel was that the mass of human wreckage
that constituted Koolau's people should have been able to drag its
helpless misery over the giddy goat´trails to this inaccessible
spot。
;Brothers�察─�Koolau began。
But one of the mowing�察�apelike travesties emitted a wild shriek of
madness�察�and Koolau waited while the shrill cachination was tossed
back and forth among the rocky walls and echoed distantly through
the pulseless night。
;Brothers�察�is it not strange�拭 �Ours was the land�察�and behold�察�the
land is not ours。 What did these preachers of the word of God and
the word of Rum give us for the land�拭 �Have you received one dollar�察�
as much as one dollar�察�any one of you�察�for the land�拭 �Yet it is
theirs�察�and in return they tell us we can go to work on the land�察�
their land�察�and that what we produce by our toil shall be theirs。
Yet in the old days we did not have to work。 Also�察�when we are
sick�察�they take away our freedom。;
;Who brought the sickness�察�Koolau�拭─�demanded Kiloliana�察�a lean and
wiry man with a face so like a laughing faun's that one might expect
to see the cloven hoofs under him。 They were cloven�察�it was true�察�
but the cleavages were great ulcers and livid putrefactions。 Yet
this was Kiloliana�察�the most daring climber of them all�察�the man who
knew every goat´trail and who had led Koolau and his wretched
followers into the recesses of Kalalau。
;Ay�察�well questioned�察─�Koolau answered。 ;Because we would not work
the miles of sugar´cane where once our horses pastured�察�they brought
the Chinese slaves from overseas。 And with them came the Chinese
sicknessthat which we suffer from and because of which they would
imprison us on Molokai。 We were born on Kauai。 We have been to the
other islands�察�some here and some there�察�to Oahu�察�to Maui�察�to
Hawaii�察�to Honolulu。 Yet always did we come back to Kauai。 Why did
we come back�拭 �There must be a reason。 Because we love Kauai。 We
were born here。 Here we have lived。 And here shall we dieunless´
´unlessthere be weak hearts amongst us。 Such we do not want。
They are fit for Molokai。 And if there be such�察�let them not
remain。 Tomorrow the soldiers land on the shore。 Let the weak
hearts go down to them。 They will be sent swiftly to Molokai。 As
for us�察�we shall stay and fight。 But know that we will not die。 We
have rifles。 You know the narrow trails where men must creep�察�one
by one。 I�察�alone�察�Koolau�察�who was once a cowboy on Niihau�察�can hold
the trail against a thousand men。 Here is Kapalei�察�who was once a
judge over men and a man with honour�察�but who is now a hunted rat�察�
like you and me。 Hear him。 He is wise。;
Kapalei arose。 Once he had been a judge。 He had gone to college at
Punahou。 He had sat at meat with lords and chiefs and the high
representatives of alien powers who protected the interests of
traders and missionaries。 Such had been Kapalei。 But now�察�as
Koolau had said�察�he was a hunted rat�察�a creature outside the law�察�
sunk so deep in the mire of human horror that he was above the law
as well as beneath it。 His face was featureless�察�save for gaping
orifices and for the lidless eyes that burned under hairless brows。
;Let us not make trouble�察─�he began。 ;We ask to be left alone。 But
if they do not leave us alone�察�then is the trouble theirs and the
penalty。 My fingers are gone�察�as you see。; He held up his stumps
of hands that all might see。 ;Yet have I the joint of one thumb
left�察�and it can pull a trigger as firmly as did its lost neighbour
in the old days。 We love Kauia。 Let us live here�察�or die here�察�but
do not let us go to the prison of Molokai。 The sickness is not
ours。 We have not sinned。 The men who preached the word of God and
the word of Rum brought the sickness with the coolie slaves who work
the stolen land。 I have been a judge。 I know the law and the
justice�察�and I say to you it is unjust to steal a man's land�察�to
make that man sick with the Chinese sickness�察�and then to put that
man in prison for life。;
;Life is short�察�and the days are filled with pain�察─�said Koolau。
;Let us drink and dance and be happy as we can。;
From one of the rocky lairs calabashes were produced and passed
round。 The calabashes were filled with the fierce distillation of
the root of the ti´plant�察�and as the liquid fire coursed through
them and mounted to their brains�察�they forgot that they had once
been men and women�察�for they were men and women once more。 The
woman who wept scalding tears from open eye´pits was indeed a wo
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