pile of mats in fear of being captured. Then the canoe of Nana broke forth into blossom and fruit, mast and yards and sails all were covered with delicious fruit which fell, ripe and luscious, among the Tongans. They, greedy fellows, began a headlong scramble for the fruit, quite forgetting about Rora, who in the confusion was quietly lifted from the vessel of the abductors, and taken back to Fiji, where encircled by the loving watchfulness and attentions of her spiritual master she soon forgot the memory of her youthful escapade.
ar′-gu-ment
with-stood′
de-li′-cious
cel′-e-bra-ted
re-buff′
per-sua′-sion
ex′-qui-site
build
de-si′-rous
ser′-vice
hoist′-ed
watch′-ful-ness
cov′-et-ed
sup′-pli-ant
scram′-bled
con-fu′-sion
pa′-tri-ot-ism, love of one's country or its interests.
dis-con′-so-late, not to be comforted; melancholy.
bar′-bar-ous, rude, uncivilized; foreign.
es-ca-pade′, an impropriety of action or of speech.
LESSON XLV.
THE TWIN STARS.
(Mangaia.)
Once there dwelt together a little brother and sister who were twins; they were very fond of one another, and so seldom was the girl seen without her brother that she was given the name of Piri, which means “Inseparable.”
