“Know what you want, and always keep wanting it and trying to get it; it’s a cinch that you can’t miss it,” was O’Neil’s moral, derived from his Kapuan experiences. Other Stories in this Series are: A U. S. MIDSHIPMAN AFLOAT A U. S. MIDSHIPMAN IN CHINA A U. S. MIDSHIPMAN IN THE PHILIPPINES A U. S. MIDSHIPMAN IN JAPAN FOOTNOTES: [1] Kataafa is king of Kapua. [2] Tupu--King. [3] Talofa, Alii--Good-day, chief. [4] Papalangi--White person. [5] Tapa--Native cloth beaten out of mulberry bark. [6] Felinge--Literally friend, a benefactor. [7] Tapau--Princess of a village. [8] Leonga Alii--Bad chief. [9] Kapua Uma--The real Kapua. [10] Papasea--A waterfall. [11] Suva--A town in the Fiji. [12] Sea-lawyer--A sailor socialist. [13] Salt-horse--Salt pork. [14] Lava-lava--Loin cloth. [15] Kava Fa’a Kapua. Kava--A drink something like oat-meal water. Fa’a--Native custom. [16] Alii--Chief. [17] Fomai--Doctor. [18] Strainer--Made of vegetable growth. [19] Hipu--Cup. [20] Fui--A bunch of long horsehair on the end of a short stick--used by Kapuan chiefs to fan away the flies. [21] Tonga-fiti--A native word for a stratagem. [22] Kowtow--Chinese word for humbling oneself. [23] Buscar--Sailor and soldier slang to hunt for. [24] Lanai--A covered porch. [25] Talofa, Alii--Good-night, sir. [26] Savvys--Understands. [27] The Tapau is the leader of the dance called the Siva-Siva, that requires much grace and dexterity. [28] Fono--Native council. [29] Kataafa is the king of Kapua. [30] Alii papalangi--White chiefs. [31] Meliti--Native for American. [32] Cry--Appeal. [33] Turning off--Springing the trap. [34] Malae--Square. [35] Solomon Islanders are black; Kapuans are brown. [36] Tofa, Alii--Good-bye, chief. [37] Amuck--A form of insanity where the person affected desires to kill. [38] Talola--A ceremony of giving presents to the one honored. [39] Fa’a moli-moli--Excuse me. [40] Faimalosi--Go it. [41] The prevailing wind in the islands of the South Seas is southeast--so “windward” or “leeward” means easterly or westerly in direction. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. Archaic or alternate spelling has been retained from the original.