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feet   three。    His   stripped   weight   was   two   hundred   and         twenty   pounds�察�

not   an   ounce   of   which   was   not   clean   muscle   or   bone。          He   was   the 

strongest   man   I   have   ever   seen。     He   was   an   athlete   and   a    giant。    He 

was a god。       He was my friend。           And his heart and his soul           were as big 

and as fine as his body。 

     ;I wonder what you would do if you saw your friend�察�your brother�察�on 

the slippery lip of a precipice�察�slipping�察�slipping�察�and you were                   able to do 

nothing。      That was just it。       I could do nothing。         I saw     it coming�察�and I 

could   do     nothing。     My   God�察  �man�察  �what   could        I   do�拭   �There   it   was�察�

malignant and incontestable�察�the mark of the thing on                   his brow。      No one 

else  saw   it。   It   was   because   I   loved   him  so�察  �I   do  believe�察  �that   I   alone 

saw   it。    I   could   not   credit   the   testimony   of     my   senses。      It   was   too 

incredibly horrible。         Yet there it was�察�on         his brow�察�on his ears。          I had 

seen   it�察  �the   slight   puff   of   the earlobesoh�察  �so   imperceptibly   slight。        I 

watched it for months。             Then�察�next�察�hoping against hope�察�the darkening 

of   the   skin   above     both   eyebrowsoh�察  �so   faint�察  �just   like   the   dimmest 

touch of sunburn。           I should have thought it sunburn but that there was a 

shine   to    it�察�such   an     invisible   shine�察  �like   a   little   highlight   seen   for   a 

moment        and   gone   the   next。    I   tried   to   believe   it   was   sunburn�察  �only   I 

could      not。    I   knew   better。    No   one   noticed   it   but   me。    No   one   ever 

noticed      it except Stephen Kaluna�察�and I did not know that till afterward。 

But   I   saw   it   coming�察  �the   whole   damnable�察  �unnamable   awfulness   of   it�察�

but   I   refused   to   think   about   the   future。    I   was   afraid。    I   could    not。 

And of nights I cried over it。 

     ;He     was    my    friend。    We     fished   sharks    on   Niihau     together。     We 

hunted      wild   cattle   on   Mauna   Kea   and   Mauna   Loa。         We   broke   horses 

and    branded      steers    on   the   Carter    Ranch。     We     hunted    goats    through 

Haleakala。       He     taught me diving and surfing until I was nearly as clever 

as he�察�and       he was cleverer than the average Kanaka。                   I have seen him 

dive in     fifteen fathoms�察�and he could stay down two minutes。                       He was 

an    amphibian        and   a  mountaineer。       He     could    climb    wherever     a  goat 

dared      climb。     He was afraid of nothing。           He was on the wrecked Luga�察�

and     he swam thirty miles in thirty´six hours in a heavy sea。                     He could 

fight   his   way   out   through   breaking   combers   that   would   batter   you   and 



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me to a jelly。     He was a great�察�glorious man´god。             We went through         the 

Revolution   together。       We   were   both   romantic   loyalists。      He   was     shot 

twice   and   sentenced   to   death。      But   he   was   too   great   a   man   for  the 

republicans to kill。       He laughed at them。         Later�察�they gave him         honour 

and made him Sheriff of Kona。             He was a simple man�察�a boy            that never 

grew   up。     His   was   no   intricate   brain   pattern。   He   had   no    twists   nor 

quirks in his mental processes。            He   went straight to the       point�察�and   his 

points were always simple。 

     ;And he was sanguine。           Never have I known so confident a man�察�nor 

a    man     so  satisfied   and   happy。     He    did  not   ask   anything    from    life。 

There was nothing left to be desired。             For him life had no arrears。           He 

had been paid in full�察�cash down�察�and in advance。                What more        could he 

possibly   desire   than   that   magnificent   body�察  �that   iron    constitution�察  �that 

immunity from all ordinary ills�察�and that lowly               wholesomeness of soul�拭�

Physically he was perfect。          He had never        been sick in his life。      He did 

not   know   what   a   headache   was。      When   I     was   so   afflicted   he   used   to 

look at me in wonder�察�and make me laugh                   with his clumsy attempts at 

sympathy。       He    did   not  understand     such   a   thing    as   a  headache。    He 

could     not  understand。      Sanguine�拭       �No     wonder。      How      could   he   be 

otherwise with that tremendous vitality and              incredible health�拭�

     ;Just   to   show   you   what   faith   he   had   in   his   glorious   star�察  �and�察  �also�察�

what sanction he had for that faith。            He was a youngster at the           timeI 

had just met himwhen he went into a poker game at Wailuku。                          There 

was a big German in it�察�Schultz his name was�察�and he played a                        brutal�察�

domineering game。          He had had a run of luck as well�察�and he              was quite 

insufferable�察�when Lyte Gregory dropped in and took a                   hand。     The very 

first hand   it   was   Schultz's   blind。   Lyte   came   in�察 �as   well   as   the   others�察�

and    Schultz    raised   them    outall   except    Lyte。     He    did   not   like  the 

German's tone�察�and he raised him back。                Schultz     raised in turn�察�and in 

turn   Lyte   raised   Schultz。    So   they   went�察  �back    and   forth。    The   stakes 

were   big。     And   do   you   know   what   Lyte   held�拭     �A    pair   of   kings   and 

three    little  clubs。   It  wasn't    poker。   Lyte    wasn't    playing     poker。    He 

was   playing   his   optimism。      He   didn't   know   what     Schultz   held�察  �but   he 

raised   and   raised   until   he   made   Schultz   squeal�察  �and   Schultz   held   three 



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aces all the time。      Think of it�      �A man with        a pair of kings compelling 

three aces to see before the draw� �

     ;Well�察  �Schultz   called   for   two   cards。   Another   German   was   dealing�察�

Schultz's friend at that。       Lyte knew then that he was up against              three of 

a kind。     Now what did he do�拭           �What would you have done�拭               �Drawn 

three    cards   and   held   up   the  kings�察   �of  course。    Not    Lyte。    He     was 

playing   op
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