Yet it was long rumoured that he still lay in the harbour; and so late as October 7th, a boy, who had been paddling round the _Carola_, professed to have seen and spoken with him.

Here again the needless mystery affected by the Germans bitterly disserved them.

The uncertainty which thus hung over Laupepa's fate, kept his name continually in men's mouths.

The words of his farewell rang in their ears: "To all Samoa: On account of my great love to my country and my great affection to all Samoa, this is the reason that I deliver up my body to the German government.

That government may do as they wish to me.