432 HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIEIKAWAI [ETH. ANN. 33 
“ Yes,” said their younger sister, “let us burn a fire every night, 
and let the oldest sing, then the next, and so on until the last of us, 
only one of us sing each night, then I will come the last night; per- 
haps the fire burning every night will annoy the princess so she 
will come to find out about us, then perhaps we shall see Laieikawai.” 
Kahalaomapuana’s words pleased them. 
The next night they lighted the fire and Mailehaiwale sang that 
night, as they had agreed, and the next night Mailekaluhea; so 
they did every night, and the fourth night passed; but Laieikawai 
gave them no concern. The princess had, in fact, heard the sing- 
ing and seen the fire burning constantly, but what was that to the 
princess ! 
On the fifth night, Kahalaomapuana’s night, the last night of all, 
they lighted the fire, and at midnight Kahalaomapuana made a 
trumpet of a ¢ leaf*° and played on it. 
Then for the first time Laieikawai felt pleasure in the music, but 
the princess paid no attention to it. And just before daylight Kaha- 
laomapuana played again on her ¢ leaf trumpet as before, then this 
delighted the princess. Only two times Kahalaomapuana blew on it 
that night. 
The second night Kahalaomapuana did the same thing again; 
she began early in the evening to play, but the princess took no 
notice. 
Just before daylight that night she played a second time. Then 
Laieikawai’s sleep was disturbed, and this night she was even more 
delighted. 
And, her interest aroused, she sent her attendant to see where the 
musical instrument was which was played so near her. 
Then the princess’s attendant went out of the door of the chief- 
house and saw the fire which the girls had lighted, crept along until 
she came to the place where the fire was, and stood at a distance 
where she was out of sight of those about the fire. 
And having seen, she returned to Laieikawai, and the princess 
inquired about it. 
The attendant told the princess what she had seen. ‘“ When I 
went outside the door of the house I saw a fire burning near, and I 
went and came and stood at a distance without being myself seen. 
There, behold! I saw five girls sitting around the fire, very beautiful 
girls; all looked alike, but one of them was very little and she was 
the one who played the sweet music that we heard.” 
When the princess heard this she said to her attendant, “ Go and get 
the smallest of them, tell her to come here and amuse us.” 
