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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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