He is acceptable to both the girl and
her grandmother--to the first for his good looks, to the second for his
rank and power. But before the marriage can be consummated a wily rascal
of Puna, through the arts of his wise sister Malio, abducts Laieikawai
while she and her lover are out surfing, by his superior dexterity wins
her affection, and makes off with her to Paliuli. When the grandmother
discovers her grandchild's disgrace, she throws the girl over and
seeks out her twin sister on Oahu to offer as bride to the great chief
of Kauai. So beautiful is Laielohelohe that now the Puna rascal abandons
his wife and almost tricks the new beauty out of the hands of the noble
bridegroom; but this time the marriage is successfully managed, the
mists clear, and bride and bridegroom appear mounted upon birds, while
all the people shout, "The marriage of the chiefs!" The spectacle is
witnessed by the abandoned beauty and her guardians, who have come
thither riding upon the great lizard; and on this occasion Waka
denounces and disgraces her disowned grandchild.
Left alone by her grandmother, lordly lover, and rascally husband,
Laieikawai turns to the five virgin sisters and the great lizard to
raise her fortunes.
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