Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 122, 19 December 1892 — ROMELIA [ARTICLE]

ROMELIA

MOKUNA XI. I i HOAO HOU ANA K LAWE I KE OLA. Omi ua wahiue opio nei e j kaauini ana ma ka ai o kana mea i alolia ai, lalau mai u ua ] kanaka opio la iaia a hoonoho iho la ilalo iluna o ka uoho laau loihi o ka hale hooluolu, a me ka awiwi uui holo aku la oia me na kaiua wawae i hele a malo pono na alu uo kekahi punawai mapuna e waiho kt»ke inai aua ma kahi aole i mamao loa aku mai a laua aku, a no kekahi manawa pokole mahope iho hoi hou mai la oia me ka wai iloko o kona papale, a me ia mea hoauau mai la oia la Nma ma ua maka a me ka maha poo, a aole i liuliu mahope iho, hoi hou mai la ka noonoo maikai o ua nohea ' nei a hoopunana hou ae la iloko o kona mau aa-koko elike me mamua. Me ka ko naeiki a puainawele, mahope iho o kona haawi ana mai i hookahi muki hala ole i ua kanaka opio la, kamai110 mai la oia penei: • E Alafonozo, kuu ipo, kuu mea aloha hookahi, ua aie nui loa au i kuu ola ia oe, no ka mea nau i hoopakele hou mai joko ae o keia make weliweli i 111 iho maluna o’u No kou pono i hana ai au i keia mea, oiai ua hoao keia kanaka naau eleeVe e lawe i kou ola, aka no keia manawa nae e kuu mea aloha, aole a kaua hana pono e ae o ka hookaawale wale no ia kaua mai keia wahi aku, no ka mea he mea maikai ole uo kaua ke ike ia maenei, wahi a ua kanaka uei me ka hoomau hou ana mai i kana kamailio. 0 ka’u kauoha hone loa no nae ia oe e kuu aloha, e hunakele loa oe i keia inea ma kekahi keena malu o kou puuwai, i inea e loaa ole ai he hoohuoi ia mai, na’u e hana i keia hana, ma kahi o ka hoopakele ana mai ia oe mai kona mau manao eieele mai. Ua maopopo ia’u ia mau mea a pau, e kuu Alafonozo maikai a aloha. Ina pela e holo koke oe iloko i keia manawa, me ka makaala nou iho elike me ka nui o kou aloha ia’u. He aueaue epiha ka elua bora o ko’u kakali ana iho nei ia oe

me ke k ai iu.tk.iaia ana uo kou palekana, a pela iho la i loaa ai la kaua ka hauoli o keia hui ana, ak i, no keia mauawa aole au e pouo e uhauha wale i ka luau.iwa, oiai he elua mea nui iloko o ko’u uoouoo i keia wa, o ka mua oia ka mea e piii i;u i ka malama ana i keia kino, a o ka hope oia ka haalele ana iho me ka emo rle la Paremo uei e like me ka hikiwawe e loai ana ia’u. Auwe! ahea pau kau hr/.manao aua mai a'u aku —ahe i hoi iiookoia ka inea b kuu puuwai e moeuhane mau uei f walii a Niua i uinau mai ai me ka leo e hoike ana i ke kuumaha luuiuu io o ka naau. Ke moeuliaue like nei kaua no la inanawa hauoli, o kona | r kokoae mai e ka ipo aioha, aka ' no keia manawa nae e hoi oe, me lawe pu aku i kuu aloha hope loa. Me keia mau huaolelo iiope maluna ae, haawi mai la oia i kekahi hani aloha maluna o ka lue o ua nohea la. alaiia, huii ; ae la ua Alafonozo nei a haalele iho la, a oia no hoi ka munawa aun Nina Pilato nei i 'uh »e ai n hele aku la, a uo kekalu manawa pokole nalowale aku la oia iloko o ka haleaiii. No kekahi mau kaina wawae pokole, ku hou iho la ua kanaka kue kanawai la me ka noonoo ana no ka mea e pili ana i ke kino make o ke keikialii, a heaha la kanu mea e hana aku ai nona. He mea maopopo, o ka waiho maiie ana i ke kino o ua keiki alii la pela maloko oua naia pohaku oke kihapai pua, he hoike a maka aua no ia i ka mea i hana ia, a oka lawe ilna aku mawaho oka pa pohaku kiekie,Jie hana paakiki loaia ke hookoia. Oka pinana ana maluna o ka pa a haule mawaho, he haua maalahi ioa ia iaia, me ke kokua ole la mai, aka uae, aoie loa e hiki iaia ke hana ia mea hookahi me ka auamo pu ana i ke kaumaha o kekahi mea e ae e paa aua ma kona mau lima, ko ke kunaka mau lala ikaika e hoohana. A mawuho ae no hoi oia, ina oia e iawe pu ana me ke kino o ua Carapa uei, e lilo aua ia i mea e hoohuoi ia ai e kekahi poe, ke ike ia mai keia mea nui | aa oili ae iluna o ka pa pohaku j no ka mea • hana aua oia ia hana me ka malie aole me ka pupuahulu. [E hoomanawanui a oili kou aku. j