STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT

AUCKLAND, SATUKDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1882.

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF JOHN MARMON. THE HOKIANGA PAKEHA MAORI; OR Seventy-Five Years in New Zealand.

fALL EIGHTS RESERVED.I

CHAPTER XIX,

Shoktly after his return from the Waikato expedition Hongi left Kcri-keri and went to live at Whangaroa.l The kainga, there fore, relapsed once more into tfyc quietness that had characterised it when first I had gone there, and Tawitiwai was once more lord and master. For two or three months —in fact, until towards the end of 1526—1 pursued trade in flax and pigs, doing a little interpreting work when required, discharg ing ray duties as tohunga, engaged also in the manuafacture of grog from potatoes, but all the time desirous to see some chance to get away from the settlement and see some of the other portions of New Zealand. The desire to rove had again seized me, and it was with difficulty I could repress it. A great change, however, was pending, not only in ray own state, but in that of the Ngapuhis generally. After Hongi had gone to live at "Whan* garo'a he found out that Tan«iwhare was guilty of an intrigue with his own nephew Matuku. This thoroughly enraged him, for she was his favourite wife, and lie could not bear to think of her as unfaithful. He at once vowed a revenge against the cul prit, and proceeded to prepare an expedition against him, alleging also that Tara or George, who was implicated in the lloyd massacre, wan in league with his nephew, and must therefore be punished for both the former and the latter offence. Matuku would not face the rage of his relative.! He dreaded the resentment of the man who had shaken New Zealand from end to end with the terror of his name, therefore he strangled himself, and allowed the burden of the ittu to fall on his unoffending tribe. The missionary station at Whangaroa was burned; the missionaries threatened with death if they did not leave; tut it was his last act of aggression. Although every omen and the advice of the tohnrif/as was against the course ho proposed to follow, Hongi determined to go on,\ and therefore advanced on the enemies, who were en camped in a strong pah at Hunahuna on the Maungamuka river. After the canoes had been secured thcpaA was stormed, and was about to be carried, the last stand of the defenders was bein» mnde in a breach in the ramparts, when Hongi, who, to take aim, had advanced from the shelter of a tree where he had placed himself, received a ball in the breast, which shattered the collar-bone and penetrated the back-bone. He fell at once, and his men, staggered at ! the occurrence, fell back, carrying with them the body of their chief. He was not dead, bat his days of fighting were done.' For a full year he lingered on in great agony, the wound never healing, yet to the very last exhibiting the terrible spirit of ferocity with which he was actuated throughout. He showed no dread of death, but with savage merriment jested about the hissing sound that came from the opening of his wound, He sent for me to go to him, and with considerable fear I did so, for I imagined he mi«ht have something against me, and would wreak his revenge before his death. But nothing of the kind, he merely wished me to be near him, although he obstinately refused to have any karakias said over him, or any prayers by the missionaries. He was terribly tliin and wasted when I saw him (the day before he died), and he had fainted away morp than once. He distributed his mores, muskets, and other weapons amongst his sons, exhorted them to be bold and courageous, saying,' "Ka orakoutou" (you will yet be well). Adding, when some one hinted the possibility of hin tribe beinc; cut off after bis death, "Kcnuai ma tc hialcai mai ki a kmitou Jxwre " (who will dare to desire to eat you—none). Unceasing were his advices to his sons to be as indefatig able in warfare as he had been, above all to be brave, his last words being "kiatoa— kiatoa" (be courageous—be courageous). And so he passed away to the resting-place, from which no pilgrim •returns. He was carried to the walii tajni (burying ground) attended by the entire Ngapuhi tribe, amidst the sullen noise of the maemae (funeral dance), the dreary tangi, and the thunder of musketry.^ Such was the end of New Zealand's war-fiend.

With his death I knew my influence in the tribe was gone. I had many enemies whose jealousy would go to any extreme to rid themselves of my presence, therefore I determined to save them the trouble and make myself scarce at once. I returned to 'Keri-keri without delay, put what goods I intended to take with me in a bundle, and before Tawitiwai and the kainga had any suspicion was well on my way to Hokianga, which was to be my future home.

There was an old chief here named Muriwai, of the Karawa tribe, whose high est ambition had ,been to secure me as a pakeha. For a long time this had been denied him, but now when I arrived at his settlement I received a most flattering and coidial reception. So overjoyed was he that without any difficulty I obtained a large grant of valuable land for the price of my°residence amongst them One should miilce himself a consideration in this world; it is. the only way to get conveniently through it. I took the upper hand with Muriwai from the lirst, accordingly I never had any trouble with him. I therefore began my trading in flax and pigs once move, certain that a good thing was to be ■ made out of these commodities. Profound respect was inspired in the minds of the Hokianga natives by my powers in mesme rism and ventriloquism. They considered those accomplishments as showing a pecu liar nearness of relation to the gods, and when I made answers to their questions pro ceed as it were from the sea or some towcr ingkmiri, an awe stole over all as if theyfelt they were in the presence of somethingmore than human. Look to the main chance in everything,- reader, and I looked to this also.' I demanded a tithe both of the fish caught and produce of the ground, also of the spoils taken in war, which, after some hesitation, was granted to me. I was on , the fair way to become a rich man if my luck had not deserted me just when most I i required it,

" It is not good for man to be alone," is the maxim of the Maori, and I had not been long in Hokianga before Muriwai insisted upon my manyiug some of his fcmalo rela tives bo as to bring me into closer connection with himself. Although some of my wives were living at the Bay of Islands, and I had four or five children by them there, I married throe more wives, and settled down again ns a domestic man to taste the sweets! of matrimonial life. The Maoris, ns I have previously stated, have no marriage ceremony, not even a karakia, nor any rite, so 'hat I considered myself as not bound to stick to any woman to whom I was bound by no legal tie. The only ceremony that can be called such is the marriage tami when the would-be husband goes and actually carries away his wifo by force from her friends. In such cases, if there was any opposition, the bride came in for pretty rough handling as each party would lay hold of her person and pull lustily until one succeeded in overcoming tbo other. Often it has happened that she has died through injuries received from the violence of hor suitor and hef friends. Not long after marriage I found that I must exercise a little wholesome discipline with my spouses or else I would be a mete nothing in my own house. One of them had cherished a fondness for a young chief called Haknnui, before her marriage, ami after it kept the tender regard up, so that I occupied but a, second place in her affec tions. This might have been overlooked, but when I was convinced that the matter went further and that her character was not spotless, it was time for man's self regard to take arms and reassert itself. What did you do ? I hear the gentle reader ask: give her a writing of divorcement, or send her back, in disgrace, to her friends ? No such thing. I simply provided myself with a musket, summoned her, told her of her fault, and quietly blew her brains 6ut! I never found my wives unfaithful again, and it raised my mana (reputation) vastly in the tribe. I was regarded as a man who would stand no humbug and who must be implicitly obeyed. Take my advice, reader, and when you have to act, act with promptitude and courage.

Muriwai was the greatest dreamer I ever knew; each morning he had some new dream to be explained to him, and my wits were kept pretty busy devising explana tions of them for him. He was, perhaps, the most superstitious Maori I ever met, and it took very little of. the spiritual' cle ment to make him do anything I desired. The Maoris generally are great believers in dreams which they consjder to be sent by the gods to forewarn men of coming events. Anyone who had a woe hewn, or dream, must never rest until he had a satisfactory explanation of it. Whenever a man had a bad dream be repeated a karakia, called uriuri, to prevent the fulfilment of it, be cause it was considered impossible for a dream to bo false in the forewarning it gave. For in dreams it was thought that the spirit, leaves the mortal clay and betakes itself to To Reigna where it has intercourse with the spirits of its friends. In fact it is a very important part of the office of a tohwiga to be a skilful interpreter of dreams—that is, to deliver the answers in such ambiguous manner that they may be read either way, or at least a loophole left for escape. Muriwai had all sorts of dreams and sometimes it was most puzzling to get an explanation that would exactly suit his case, uut generally a little tact in finding out his own inclinations was sufficient to furnish an answer agreeable to him. I had some trouble about this time with a most unbelieving young Maori who cou siderod himself as wise beyond his follows, and therefore entitled to express his opin ion on every point. He asserted that the gods were a mere trumped up set of un realities, that all communications with such was a fraud—in a word, that I was little better than an impostor. Being the son of Pakatariti, a great rangatira, his words were listened to with attention and seemed to be exercising some influence upon the younger natives. I knew that if the evil were not nipped in the bud it would cause me great and serious annoyance. Accord ingly I asked him to meet me in the guest house when, before Muriwai and his chiefs, I would prove him to be in the wrong. On the evening stated, the entire settlement of Tahitaira was assembled to witness the contest, as it involved issues important to everyone. The Maori is religious even to superstition, yet he ia always ready to give any new opinion a fair hearing, this ac counting for the toleration with which the assertions of this young man were regarded in place of being suppressed at once as blasphemous.

I first permitted them to ask any ques tions through me to deceased relatives, which, by the help of ventriloquism, I answered iv the usual low whistling tone, coming as if from the roof. It required some little skill iv putting two and two to gether to reply so as not to be at sea with my statements, but I had made it my business to learn the history and descent of nearly every individual in the settlement, which aided me most materially. This staggered the young unbeliever not a little; but when having mesmerised him and caused him, while under the inlluence, to declare his entire conversion from his former views to the faith of his fathers, the enthusiasm of tho crowd knew no bounds and they would have worshipped mo on the spot had I so desired it. My triumph was complete, and henceforth 1 was never troubled with enquiring spirits seeking the how, the whether and the why of our existence. ■ Take away the supersti tious faith from a navngo and you leave him lower than the brutes, since he is without self-restraint, cither moral or in stinctive.

I was rather taken in at this time in my trade transactions .by a blackguardly thief of a captain. It was now IS3O. I had been two years with" the Karawasf, and had hitherto got on well with them, but when I attempted to set all the trade between the savages and the traders into my own hands, as I had done at Kcri-keri, I found that the system would not work, and that I must just pull my own boat independent ot any one else. Therefore I bad no one to back me !up when cliaHering with the skippers for pigs, flax, or vegetables, and was fain frequently to be content with much lower prices than otherwise I would have had if there had been no competition. There was a captain of a schooner running between Sydney and Hokianga who was known as Black Bill, and who always came to me for his cargo. Once, not having any convenient articles on board such as I wished to accept as barter, he agreed to bring me over goods from Sydney to the amount of the cargo. For instance, I wanted a keg of rum and some tobacco, aa I longed fora ♦'spree"

once more, and was utterly sick of smoking koromiko leaves. When he returned and I went on board to receive my goods, as I thought, he utterly denied all claim, and would give me no compensation, transfer ring, besides, his irade to one of the Maoris. It was rather a severe loos tome, but in the long run it hurt himself mor« than it did me, since, on hia character becoming known, none of the natives would trust liim or per mit him to land without my permission, which I persistently withheld. What the deuce tempted mo to- trust a man beyond ■what I see, and this is the end of it—l have lost all and am brought next door to ruin. But experience teaches fools, and the fool too often is the father of the wise man.

We were free at Hokianga as yet from ini&iionarJcß, and I hoped they never would come, as with them are always certain people who under any conditions must be constantly riding over the necka of their fellows. Muriwai was a staunch upholder of [the Maori gods, and the parsons were shewn but little favor by him. He had seen and heard of their doings at tbe Bay of Islands und did not approve of their pre sence.

It was at this time also that I saw Nika, a very pretty Maori girl, to whom I took a great fancy and wanted for my wife. There was, however, another suitor for her hand, Kariti, a young stripling who was beginning to acquire a reputation in the tribe. The progress of my love affair I reserve until another chapter. (To be continued.)

MUSICAL NOTES.

[WIUTTEJJ FOR THE " STAR" ISY PkO FESSOR F. 0. CAILUAU.]

NO. lII.—THE THEATRE IN THE COLONIES. " Oh, it is good enough for the colonies." Such is the customary phrase with which in Auckland anyone is answered who ven tures to make a few just observations on the bad theatrical troupes which, unfortu nately for nrt, perform too often here. I have never been able to fully comprehend why the colonies, which arc peopled by beings as intelligent as those of Europe, should any more than the Litter be content to put up with indifferent or incompetent artistes, or that they should tolerate dis torted and unnatural representations which do not bear any greater resemblance to the original than a dog docs to a cat. How must oil this retard and prejudice musical and dramatic progress amongst us ! How many of our young people go to the theatre believing that they will learn there a few good principles of art and who in stead contract defects to add to those wlrich they doubtless had already ? The theatre, in the beginning, was created for the instruction of the people. How the times have changed ? Here it is maintained as a money-making concern simply; art is thought no more of than if it had no existence whatever. Thefamiliariinnouncementnever changes, it is always " The Best Troupe which has : ever appeared in New Zealand," and yet frequently the combination thus designated 1 preves to be composed of persons ignoraut of musical and dramatic matters, and 1 possessing voices hardly good enough to be described as varying between the mediocre and the bad. It is true that there arc some singers among them who shout very loudly while their visages contract and become ' purple with the effort to reach a note which : they have never had, and which they will never have either, and it generally happens in such cases that the vocalist, whether he ; likes it or not, is obliged by tho applause, sometimes ironical, to repeat tho venture to the aggravated torture of the few rare dilettanti who may be present. This abuse of the encore causes the programme to be extended very often to double its contemplated length. We have proved by experience that the morccau, however sub lime it may be, when repeated loses much of its original effect upon an audience. Whoever thought of saying to a friend, knocking at his door after a long absence, " Knock again in order that I may experi ence once more the agreeable sensation that you have just caused me?" Every re peated selection seems to me to bo much in the same position as this friend. Is this system of encoring good for the colonies ? I would reply "No," for it cor responds to the famous writing on the wall in the palace of Bclshazzar. That pre dicted the fall of a tyrannical empire, and the encore predicts the fall of art in the country where it continues to progress. > If some of our banking corporations in troduced into the colonies pieces of money which, instead of having only the legal proportion of alloy, contained half or three quarters as much more of it, no one would receive them, and everyone would refuse to cive «ood coins in exchange for them. : Why should we act differently with theat rical troupes ? Why do we accept in ex change for a few shillings and some two hours of attention specimens of corrupt art —of art containing, perhaps, more than nine-tenths of a nauseous-I would even cay of an immoral—alloy ?In effect some one lias told me that he has seen few things more grotesque and more immoral than these troupes of children of both sexes which play pieces far beyond their ability or at variance with their years. I have not seen such a thing anywhere, and I did not think that it could exist. It is immoral for art, which is debased by such exhibitions, and it is immoral also for society, which allows to blanch and prema turely wither before its eyes young children who would be hotter with their parents or in a public school than in a school of vice. From a musical point of view, what may one on hearing these infantile voices— already made hoarse in consequence of efforts far above their age—more naturally compare them to than the yells of cats whose paws have been suddenly trodden upon. As for their costumes, one would say that they had come direct from the hands of Folly herself rather than from those of sensible people. I say emphatically that neither artistic nor humanitarian interests should allow the theatre to be invaded by children, and if any country continues to encourage this soft of thing, before long it will fall to pieces, involving in its ruin the fine arts, to which it ought to afford aid and protection. We aro all believers in decentralisation, and being so, we should not so far depart from our principles as to accept in advance and without reserve the praises which come

to us from neighbouring countries of troupes that have not yet visited us. Let us sec or hear first, and judge dispassionately after ward.

Some time ago there was in Paris a lady vocalist of tlflrd-class merit who had adopted a species of souks which caused quito a furore, and who, profiting by her popularity, made a tour of the provinces, whero she was received with acclamations of delight. One town, however, refused to hoar her, viz., Marseilles, and the most eminent critics sustained this judgment, for she shewed the Parisians that, like a simple mortal, they could often be deceived in matters of taste.

It is snid that the colonies are free, but their freedom should not be carried to_ such an extreme ns to permit of an invasion of ait by charlatanism,'

Selected Poetry.

SHADOW LAND

By- John Ui.ackman

Sunny was tho evo and cheery, aa the poet sat

awcivry— Woary of tho noiso and turmoil of tho city's ondlOHS Btrifc, Where tho many pine and perish, seeking broud which all men chorish, l)y tho dusty, bealeu highways In tho solemn pasa of life

Disappointed, full pr anguish, soon lii.s powers began to languish, And ho Boemo<l disposed to murmur as the peaceful daylight sped. Still he sat his futo bewailing, for his star of hopo wiis paling, And a darkling cloud camo o'er him 'twoon the living and the dead.

And a threatening storm was looming over Nature, fair and blooming. When a rose-bud smiled beside him from the balmy broost of Juno, Like a heaven-dropped pearl of beauty on the Both of loyo iina duty, Setting all his thoughts to music which had long been out of tuno.

And that rosebud was a tokon of a friendship yet unbrokiin, And it camo an odorous mossago from a gardon by tho sea; And tho sky grew bright and brighter, and Ms spirits light mid lighter, As its globe of folded fragranco told of fruit and flower, and tree.

That rose-bud hreathed of summer, of each joyous, light-winged liummor, Of th« primrose in tho woodland, of tho dniay

by tlm stream, Of tho meads through which ho wandered, and and thf. dells whercing he pondcrod, And tho olniß which skirt the village of hia boyhood's onrly dreum.

Wherein may ho heard tho thrushes, and tho finches 'mong the bushes, 'Ncath tho snowy, scented hawthorn, and laburnums bending o'or. Thon he roso and coiißod repining, whilo eve's rosoatorays woro Bhining, And his cloudy fears all vanished with the shadow and tho shower.

Still hope's bud was shining near him, which a friend had sent to chnor him. After toiling' mid the turmoil of tho city's end lcsa strife; And it proved a timoly blossing, which tho storm had bcon carosslug. And it shone a crimson promise in his shadowed way of life.

Then ho sighed: Ah, why this grieving, all this - sadness unbelieving, Some ricli flower, or star, will novcr from tbe roalm of faith depart. O'er tho shadow-land comos morning, Heaven and Karth with light adorning; And oft in sorrow's night-time God is nearest to tho heart

Wit and Humour.

A farmer in Texas advertises for." an in dustrious man, to take general charge of 0000 sheep who can talk bpanish." TERRA FIBMA. —Nervous lady passenger on the train, after passing a temporary bridge—" Thank goodness, we are now on terra jiniM." Facetious gentlemen—"Yes, ma'am. Less terror and more (inner."

CANDOUR.—" Tommy," said a mother toher seven-year-old boy, " you must not interrupt me when I am talking with ladies. You must wait till we stop, and then you can talk." "But you never stop 1" retorted the boy.

" I will prove to you," says the logician, " that every cat has three tails." "And how ?" enquires the gaping multitude. "Why, thus.* no cat has two tails." " Granted." '.' Every cat has one tail more than no cat." "True." "Two added to one arc equal to three; ergo, every cat has three tails."

"Mother," said little Ned, one morning, after having fallen out of bed, "I think I know why 1 fell out of bed last night. It was because I slept too near where 1 got in." Musing a little wnile, as if in doubt whether he had given the right explanation, he added, " No, that wasn't the reason; it was because I slept too near where I fell out."

A mason was in the.habit of whistling to his labourer whenever he wanted a fresh, supply of lime, and, as the scaffold on which he wrought was rather small, this occurred very often during a day's job. A joiner noticirjg Pat aDswer dutifully to every call from the mason, thought of playing a trick on him by imitating the whistle, and thus brought him up with a hodful of mortar when there was no room for it. The mason told Pat that he had not whistled, so he had no other alternative than to trudge back with the load. This having occurred the third time during the day, Pat thought he would watch to hear where the whistle came from. He had not waited long with the hod on his shoulder when he heard the identical whistle underneath where he stood and leaning over, he saw the head of the joiner protruding out of the window im mediately below. Pat, without more ado, emptied the hod over the whistler's head. The joiner yelled and sputtered while at tempting to clear himself from the adhesive mass; and in the midst of his confusion heard Pat above shouting at the top of his voice, " Whistle, me bhoy, when you want some more mortar." After Supper at a Ball.—He: " Without joking, EUse, I do adore you. When'l look at you there is such a commotion in my. breast!" ' And in mine too, JUcnri; it must be the lobster salad !"

A well-known general.—General debility When is a wall like a fish»—When it is scaled.

"Will you please insert this obituary notice?" asked an old gentleman of a country editor. " I will make bold to ask it because the deceased had a great many friends about here who'd be glad to hear of his death."

Boycotting the DumbCreatiou.—"lsay, Paddy, that is tho worst looking horse that I have seen in harness. Why don't you fatten him up?" "Fat him ,np, is it? Faix, the poor baste can hardly carry the little mate that's on him now," replied Paddy.



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