' , ' I have sat to see tbe end .of my people add my hopes,' he said in a melancholy voice.- * Why do you buzz about me like flies? I know nothing of Kariri and Ihirua.' 'Salutations bo you, 0 Chief,' said Palliser, mockingly. ' Listen ; many days ago you sent out and slew Ihirua for gold, for the gold of Kariri, to whom you pretended friendship. There was a message on the body of Ihirua which would give you gold.' -'*.' ' The pakeha has a lying,tongue. His words 1 aro foolishness,' said Kaimoana with out the vestige of emotion. 'Doesshe lie?' said Palliser. his voice ringing, with scorn. ' Behold was found, in the whare of , the great chief ! Behold the message of Kariri which was on the body of Ihirua.'' He flaunted the scrap of paper in the face of the Maori, who gazed at him without blinking. * Who has bolstered your tale up with lies ?' he asked quietly. ' W r e know the truth. Ib was To Katipo found this in your whare. Your villany is proved.' Kaimoana started, and putting forth a hand took the paper, examining it carefully. '' Was it Te Katipo told you this ?' he asked with a curious intonation. 'Yes.' Kaimoana eat for a long while wrapt in thoughb, and bhen glancing up he ad dressed Aotea, who had nob taken her eyes from him. ' Where is Ihirua, my daughter ?' •She is dead,' cried Aobea mournfully. ' I desire to find her murderer. On the night of the day on which Kariri was sick and I nursed him, some one killed her. I sa s^_3 er £° * nto t '" e c * ar "* : n - g *-k I am looKWg'fo-..bhe murderer, I and Parihera.' ' Did Te Katipo read whab wa3 written on this paper ?' asked the chief. 'Te Katipo knows no English,' said Palliser. ' Te Katipo knows tho speech of the pakeha,'returned Kaimoana. Palliser said nothing, but stared into tbe distance. 'Te Katipo told you a wonderful bale, conbinued bhe old man, ' bub ib was wrong of him to tell you lies. He should not havo said he found this papsr in my whare. I know no English. 