This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...seen them with my own eyes. It's my Hawaiian superstition." "The Scotch people are the same," said Florence diplomatically. "And the Irish. They talk about ghosts and banshees, and second sight, and the Yankee Puritans used to believe firmly in witchcraft." "Did they?" said Mrs. Ross surprised. "I thought we were the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...seen them with my own eyes. It's my Hawaiian superstition." "The Scotch people are the same," said Florence diplomatically. "And the Irish. They talk about ghosts and banshees, and second sight, and the Yankee Puritans used to believe firmly in witchcraft." "Did they?" said Mrs. Ross surprised. "I thought we were the only people who were so ignorant, and yet I can't help it. Whenever the red fish appear in the bay, I always feel a little fright, lest it may be my own end they are foretelling; you know they are only seen before the death of a Kamehameha. When Kamehameha the Fourth died, the natives announced, a week before, that the red fish were in the bay; and it was the same when his little son died. My own mother's brother was prayed to death, and I know if I saw two little sticks in front of my gate, I'd lie down and die of it." Florence did not smile, for the woman was deeply in earnest. "I only know one man who was saved from being prayed to death," she went on. "It was at the Bonner girls' plantation, and their luna Pilani announced that he was going to die on a certain night, for an enemy was doing incantations against him. He prepared for the end and gathered his family about him. The Bonner girls came down to see him, and argued and scolded, but it was no use, he had made up his mind. Fortunately the plantation house took fire. One by one the mourners, who had been wailing and despairing, sneaked off to carry water. Pilani found himself deserted; going to the door to look out, he saw what was happening and ran to help, and then he got so interested saving the building that the time for his death passed, and he's living yet. But if he hadn't been interrupted he'd have surely died, and no d...
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