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dreams, and from that time forth his sleep seemed haunted with a perplexing sense of companionship. At length, one morning he put forth his arm before his eyes unclosed, and clasped the warm form of his celestial lover. With fond entreaties he implored her to remain and share his earthly lot, no more to wander through the lands which lie above our own blue skies. She consented to stay and be his wife, and for awhile they dwelt happily together. When, after many months of pleasant communion and interchange of affection, a little girl was born to them, a foolish quarrel arose over the child, the mother resolved that she would return to her own people, and take the baby with her. She rose into the air, holding the infant, but paused for a moment with her foot upon the gable of the house wherein she had known so many happy hours of wedded life. Tawha implored her with many entreaties to remain, crying “Oh, mother of my child, return to me!” But Hapai’s resolution was not to be shaken, and she persisted that she could remain on earth no longer. Tawha said, “Leave me then, oh dear one, some token of remembrance.” Hapai answered, “I will leave you my warning as remembrance; and my warning is this: When you grasp at the vine, take care that you