518 HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIBIKAWAI [ETH. ANN. 33 
They departed and came to a place just above Keaau; then Hala- 
aniani began to make trouble for Laieikawai, saying, “ You go ahead 
to the coast and I will go up and see your sister-in-law, Malio, and 
return. And if you wait for me until day follows night, and night 
again that day, and again the day succeeds the night, then you will 
know that I am dead; then marry another husband.” 
This proposal of her husband’s did not please the wife, and she 
proposed their going up together, but the slippery fellow used all 
his cunning, and she was deceived. 
Halaaniani left her. Laieikawai went on to Keaau, and at a place 
not close to Kekalukaluokewa, there she remained; and night fell, 
and the husband did not return; day came, and he did not return. 
She waited that day until night; it was no better; then she thought 
her husband was dead, and she began to pour out her grief. 
