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     The     candles    had   been    put   out�察  �and   a   slim�察  �white´clad     Japanese 

slipped   like   a   ghost   through   the   silvery   moonlight�察  �presented   us      with 

cigars�察  �and   faded   away   into   the   darkness   of   the   bungalow。      I   looked 

through a screen of banana and lehua trees�察�and down across                      the guava 

scrub to the quiet sea a thousand feet beneath。              For a     week�察�ever since I 

had   landed   from   the   tiny   coasting´steamer�察  �I   had       been   stopping   with 

Cudworth�察 �and   during   that time   no   wind   had         ruffled   that   unvexed   sea。 

True�察  �there   had   been   breezes�察  �but   they    were   the   gentlest   zephyrs   that 

ever    blew    through    summer      isles。   They     were     not   winds�察   �they   were 

sighslong�察�balmy sighs of a world at             rest。 

     ;A lotus land�察─�I said。 

     ;Where   each   day   is   like   every   day�察  �and   every   day   is   a   paradise   of 

days�察─�he answered。          ;Nothing ever happens。           It is not too hot。       It   is 

not too cold。       It is always just right。       Have you noticed how the             land 

and the sea breathe turn and turn about�拭─�

     Indeed�察    �I  had    noticed    that   delicious    rhythmic�察    �breathing。      Each 

morning      I  had   watched     the  sea´breeze     begin    at  the  shore   and    slowly 

extend seaward as it blew the mildest�察�softest whiff of ozone to the                    land。 

It played over   the sea�察�just   faintly darkening its surface�察            �with here   and 

there   and   everywhere   long   lanes   of   calm�察  �shifting�察     �changing�察  �drifting�察�

according   to   the   capricious   kisses   of   the   breeze。     And   each   evening   I 



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had   watched   the   sea   breath   die   away   to   heavenly   calm�察  �and   heard   the 

land   breath   softly   make   its   way   through    the   coffee   trees   and   monkey´ 

pods。 

     ;It is a land of perpetual calm�察─�I said。            ;Does it ever blow here�拭� ´ 

ever really blow�拭       �You know what I mean。; 

     Cudworth shook his head and pointed eastward。 

     ;How can it blow�察�with a barrier like that to stop it�拭─�

     Far   above   towered   the   huge   bulks   of   Mauna   Kea   and   Mauna   Loa�察�

seeming       to blot out half the starry sky。       Two miles and a half above our 

heads they reared their own heads�察�white with snow that the tropic                      sun 

had failed to melt。 

     ;Thirty miles away�察�right now�察�I'll wager�察�it is blowing forty miles                 an 

hour。; 

     I smiled incredulously。 

     Cudworth        stepped    to   the   lanai    telephone。      He     called    up�察  �in 

succession�察      �Waimea�察      �Kohala�察     �and    Hamakua。          Snatches       of   his 

conversation       told  me   that   the  wind    was   blowing�此      �Rip´snorting      and 

back´jumping�察�eh�拭 � 。 。 How long�拭 � 。 。 Only a week�拭 � 。 。 Hello�察                  �Abe�察�is 

that   you�拭   �   。   。   Yes�察  �yes   。   。   。   You   WILL   plant   coffee   on   the Hamakua 

coast 。 。 。 Hang your wind´breaks�           �You should see MY           trees。; 

     ;Blowing       a  gale�察─  �he   said   to  me�察   �turning   from    hanging     up   the 

receiver。     ;I   always     have   to  joke    Abe   on   his   coffee。    He    has   five 

hundred      acres�察  �and   he's  done    marvels     in  wind´breaking�察     �but   how    he 

keeps   the   roots   in   the   ground   is   beyond   me。  Blow�拭     �It   always   blows 

on   the   Hamakua   side。      Kohala   reports   a   schooner   under   double   reefs 

beating   up   the   channel   between   Hawaii   and   Maui�察  �and   making   heavy 

weather of it。; 

     ;It is hard to realize�察─�I said lamely。        ;Doesn't a little whiff of       it ever 

eddy around somehow�察�and get down here�拭─�

     ;Not a whiff。       Our land´breeze is absolutely of no kin�察�for it             begins 

this side of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa。                 You see�察�the land        radiates its 

heat quicker than the sea�察�and so�察�at night�察�the land             breathes over the sea。 

In the day the land becomes warmer than the                  sea�察�and the sea breathes 

over    the   land   。  。  。  Listen�   �Here     comes      the   land´breath     now�察   �the 



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mountain wind。; 

     I   could   hear   it  coming�察    �rustling   softly   through    the  coffee    trees�察�

stirring the monkey´pods�察�and sighing through the sugar´cane。                    On     the 

lanai the hush still reigned。       Then it came�察�the first feel of        the mountain 

wind�察  �faintly   balmy�察  �fragrant   and   spicy�察  �and   cool�察   �deliciously   cool�察  �a 

silken coolness�察�a wine´like coolnesscool as             only the mountain wind of 

Kona can be cool。 

     ;Do you wonder that I lost my heart to Kona eighteen years ago�拭─�he 

demanded。        ;I   could   never    leave   it  now。   I   think   I  should    die。  It 

would be terrible。       There was another man who loved it�察�even as I。                   I 

think he loved it more�察�for he was born here on the Kona coast。                   He was 

a great man�察�my best friend�察�my more than brother。                 But he     left it�察�and 

he did not die。; 

     ;Love�拭─�I queried。       ;A woman�拭─�

     Cudworth shook his head。 

     ;Nor   will   he   ever   come   back�察  �though   his   heart   will   be   here   until   he 

dies。; 

     He paused and gazed down upon the beachlights of Kailua。                   I smoked 

silently and waited。 

     ;He    was   already   in   love   。  。  。  with  his  wife。  Also�察   �he  had   three 

children�察  �and   he   loved  them。     They   are   in   Honolulu   now。     The   boy   is 

going to college。; 

     ;Some rash act�拭─�I questioned�察�after a time�察�impatiently。 

     He    shook     his  head。     ;Neither     guilty   of   anything    criminal�察   �nor 

charged with anything criminal。           He was the Sheriff of Kona。; 

     ;You choose to be paradoxical�察─�I said。 

     ;I   suppose   it   does   sound   that  way�察─  �he   admitted�察   �and   that   is   the 

perfect hell of it。; 

     He looked at me searchingly for a moment�察�and then abruptly took up 

the tale。 

     ;He was a leper。       No�察�he was not born with itno one is born with             it�察�

it came upon him。         This manwhat does it matter�拭          �Lyte Gregory        was 

his name。      Every kamaina knows the story。            He was straight       American 

stock�察�but he was built like the chieftains of old Hawaii。                  He stood six 



                      
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