500 HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIEIKAWAI [ETH. ANN. 33 
As to this Halaaniani, he was Malio’s brother, a youth famous 
throughout Puna for his good looks, but a profligate fellow. 
During the four days of Laieikawai’s retirement Halaaniani 
brooded jealously over her absence. She came no more to Keaau. 
In the village he heard that Laieikawai was to be Kekalukaluo- 
kewa’s. 
Then quickly he went to consult his sister, to Malio. 
Said her brother, “ Malio, I have come to you to gain my desire. 
All those days I was absent I was at Keaau to behold a certain beauti- 
ful woman, for my passion forced me to go again and again to see 
this woman. To-day I heard that to-morrow she is to be the chief’s 
of Kauai; therefore let us exert all our arts over her to win her 
to me.” 
Said his sister, “ She is no other than Waka’s grandchild, Laieika- 
wai, whom the grandmother has given to the great chief of Kauai; 
to-morrow is the marriage. Therefore, as you desire, go home, and 
in the dark of evening return, and we will sleep here on the moun- 
tain; that is the time for us to determine whether you lose or win.” 
According to Malio’s directions to her brother, Halaaniani re- 
turned to his house at Kula. - 
He came at the time his sister had commanded. 
Before they slept, Malio said to Halaaniani, “If you get a dream 
when you sleep, tell it to me, and I will do the same.” 
They slept until toward morning. Halaaniani awoke, he could 
not sleep, and Malio awoke at the same time. 
