456 HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIEIKAWAI [ETH. ANN. 83 
And they went on, and behold! they came upon Kahalaomapuana, 
the guardian at the door of the chief-house, who was resting on the 
wings of birds, and when they saw how strange was the workman- 
ship of the chief-house, then Hauailiki fell to the earth with trem- 
bling heart. 
When Kahalaomapuana saw them she was angry, and she called 
out to them authoritatively, as the princess’s war chief, “O Haua- 
iliki! haste and go back, for you two have no business here; if you 
persist, then I will call hither the birds of Paliuli to eat your flesh; 
only your spirits will return to Kauai.” 
At these terrible words of Kahalaomapuana, Hauailiki’s courage 
entirely left him; he arose and ran swiftly until he reached Keaau in 
the early morning. 
For weariness of the journey up to Paliuly, they fell down and 
slept. 
While Hauailiki slept, Laieikawai came to him in a dream, and 
they met together; and on Hauailiki’s starting from sleep, behold! 
it was a dream. 
Hauailiki slept again; again he had the dream as at first; four 
nights and four days the dream was repeated to Hauailiki, and his 
mind was troubled. 
On the fifth night after the dream had come to Hauailiki so 
repeatedly, after dark, he arose and ascended to the uplands of 
Paliuli without his comrade’s knowledge. 
In going up, he did not follow the road the two had taken before, 
but close to Mailehaiwale he took a new path and escaped the eyes 
of the princess’s guardians. 
When he got outside the chief-house Kahalaomapuana was fast 
asleep, so he tiptoed up secretly, unfastened the covering at the 
entrance to the house, which was wrought with feather work, and 
behold! he saw Laieikawai resting on the wings of birds, fast asleep 
also. 
When he had entered and stood where the princess was sleeping, 
he caught hold of the princess’s head and shook her. Then Laieika- 
wai started up from sleep, and behold! Hauailiki standing at her 
head, and her mind was troubled. 
Then Laieikawai spoke softly to Hauailiki, “Go away now, for 
death and life have been left with my guardians, and therefore I 
pity you; arise and go; do not wait.” 
