The Lone Whare

Northern Advocate, 19 July 1938, Page 2

The Lone Whare

(Continued from Thursday last.) “‘Who are you, oh maiden?’ asked Hoane, af.er a silence; and when she had told him, ho bade her hurry back to the pah: ‘For,’ said ho, T should take you prisoner, but I see you are beautiful, and do not wish to do you any harm.’ “With a word of thanks. Huia vanished among the trees, and was soon safety within the pah, where she found she had not been missed; but she was not deter red by whau had passed from again stealing out to the busn; on the contrary, she went in the hopes of seeing once again the handsome young warrior of the enemy tribe, and on many occasions did she meet him among the trees. Hoane at' first protested against her wilful rashness, but she would not listen to his warnings, or his threats that he would carry out his duty and take her prisoner. This, indeed, she knew ho would never do. for sno well knew ho came 1 to that part of the bush only to wait for her coming, because a truce had been declared between the two tribes while the oh ids conferred together, and that ! Hoane did not come as a spy. ! "One day, when they met in a little ; forest glade where the sunshine lay [ golden on the ground and the ferns waved green pnimes all around. Hoane declared his love, and Huia. answering with a similar avowal, wept, “ ‘For,’ said she, vve may never j marry; even though there is now a truce between our tribes, they cannot: but be enemies always.’ j “ ’Listen,’ said Hoane in reply. M have thought of that, and there is a • way olu ol: our difficulty. I shall build a wnare in a forest clearing sufficiently far away for us to be secure from fear that our tribesmen shall find us. Come here to me at night after a month has passed, and I shall take you there.’ “Then Huia rejoiced at his plan, and so it was arranged; for a month they were paned, and Iluia, by her restlessness and secrecy, excited the curiosity of the other maidens. 'To be Continued next Thursday.)