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Then he turned and went down to the thicket where the                     maid had keen 

killed。    The shell´fire still continued�察�but he          remained�察�for far below he 

could   see   the   soldiers   climbing   up。     A    shell   burst   twenty   feet   away。 

Flattening   himself   into   the   earth�察  �he    heard   the   rush   of   the   fragments 

above     his  body。    A   shower     of   hau   blossoms      rained    upon    him。   He 

lifted his head to peer down the            trail�察�and sighed。       He was very  much 

afraid。    Bullets from rifles        would not have worried him�察�but this shell´ 

fire   was   abominable。        Each   time   a   shell   shrieked   by   he   shivered   and 

crouched�察�but each         time he lifted his head again to watch the trail。 

     At    last  the   shells   ceased。     This�察   �he   reasoned�察    �was   because     the 

soldiers   were   drawing   near。      They   crept   along   the   trail   in   single file�察�

and he tried to count them until he lost track。             At any rate�察     �there were a 

hundred      or  so  of  themall    come     after  Koolau     the  leper。    He     felt  a 

fleeting   prod   of   pride。   With   war   guns   and   rifles�察  �police   and   soldiers�察�

they came for him�察�and he was only one man�察�a crippled                   wreck of a man 

at that。    They offered a thousand dollars for him�察             �dead or alive。      In all 

his life he had never possessed that much                money。      The thought was a 



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bitter one。     Kapahei had been right。          He�察    �Koolau�察�had done no wrong。 

Because the   haoles   wanted labour   with          which to   work   the   stolen   land�察�

they   had   brought   in   the   Chinese    coolies�察  �and   with   them   had   come   the 

sickness。     And now�察�because he           had caught the sickness�察�he was worth a 

thousand      dollarsbut    not   to   himself。     It   was   his   worthless    carcass�察�

rotten with disease or dead          from a bursting shell�察�that was worth all that 

money。 

     When the soldiers reached the knife´edged passage�察�he was prompted 

to   warn   them。    But   his   gaze   fell   upon   the   body   of   the   murdered   maid�察�

and    he   kept   silent。    When      six  had    ventured    on   the   knife´edge�察    �he 

opened      fire。  Nor     did  he   cease   when     the  knife´edge     was    bare。   He 

emptied      his  magazine�察     �reloaded�察   �and   emptied     it  again。   He     kept   on 

shooting。      All his wrongs were blazing in his brain�察�and he was in a                fury 

of   vengeance。      All    down    the   goat´trail  the   soldiers   were    firing�察  �and 

though   they   lay   flat   and   sought   to   shelter   themselves   in    the   shallow 

inequalities   of   the   surface�察  �they   were   exposed   marks   to    him。     Bullets 

whistled and thudded about him�察�and an occasional                  ricochet sang sharply 

through the air。      One bullet ploughed a crease            through his scalp�察�and a 

second burned across his shoulder´blade              without breaking the skin。 

     It   was   a   massacre�察  �in   which   one   man   did   the   killing。 The   soldiers 

began to retreat�察�helping along their wounded。               As Koolau picked          them 

off he became aware of the smell of burnt meat。                He glanced       about him 

at first�察�and then discovered that it was his own hands。                  The heat of the 

rifle was doing it。      The leprosy had destroyed most              of the nerves in his 

hands。      Though      his  flesh   burned     and   he   smelled     it�察 �there   was    no 

sensation。 

     He   lay   in   the   thicket�察  �smiling�察  �until   he   remembered   the   war   guns。 

Without doubt they would open upon him again�察�and this time upon   the 

very  thicket   from  which   he had   inflicted   the   danger。      Scarcely  had       he 

changed his position to a nook behind a small shoulder of the                  wall where 

he   had   noted   that   no   shells   fell�察  �than   the   bombardment   recommenced。 

He counted the shells。          Sixty  more were  thrown into           the  gorge  before 

the   war´guns   ceased。      The   tiny   area   was   pitted   with   their   explosions�察�

until   it   seemed   impossible   that   any   creature   could    have   survived。      So 



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the soldiers thought�察�for�察�under the burning              afternoon sun�察�they climbed 

the goat´trail again。       And again the         knife´edged passage was disputed�察�

and again they fell back to the          beach。 

     For   two   days   longer   Koolau   held   the   passage�察  �though   the   soldiers 

contented themselves with flinging shells into his retreat。                 Then     Pahau�察�

a   leper   boy�察  �came   to   the   top   of   the   wall   at   the   back   of   the gorge   and 

shouted down to him that   Kiloliana�察�hunting goats that                   they  might   eat�察�

had been killed by a fall�察�and that the women were                  frightened and knew 

not what to do。       Koolau called the boy down and               left him with a spare 

gun     with   which     to  guard    the   passage。      Koolau       found     his   people 

disheartened。       The   majority   of   them   were   too     helpless   to   forage   food 

for    themselves      under    such    forbidding      circumstances�察      �and    all  were 

starving。     He selected two women and a              man who were not too far gone 

with the disease�察�and sent them back               to the gorge to bring up food and 

mats。     The rest he cheered and           consoled until even the weakest took a 

hand in building rough          shelters for themselves。 

     But   those   he   had   dispatched   for   food   did   not   return�察  �and   he   started 

back   for   the   gorge。    As   he   came   out   on   the   brow   of   the   wall�察  �half   a 

dozen      rifles  cracked。     A    bullet   tore   through     the  fleshy    part   of  his 

shoulder�察�and his cheek was cut by a sliver of rock where a second                     bullet 

smashed   against   the   cliff。     In   the   moment   that   this   happened�察    �and   he 

leaped   back�察  �he   saw   that   the   gorge   was   alive   with   soldiers。    His   own 

people had betrayed him。           The shell´fire had been too          terrible�察�and they 

had preferred the prison of Molokai。 

     Koolau   dropped   back   and   unslung   one   of   his   heavy   cartridge´belts。 

Lying among   the rocks�察�he   allowed the   head  and shoulders of   the                 first 

soldier    to   rise  clearly 
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