Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 258, 10 July 1893 — HE MOOLELO NO Toma a me leke A I OLE NO NA KIU PALUA. [ARTICLE]

HE MOOLELO NO Toma a me leke A I OLE NO NA KIU PALUA.

MOKUNA VII. KE KOI HAKAKA A KA MAKA» KIC. laia e nana pono ana i ka powa nana oia i hamabaga i na minule mamua iho, hoomanao ue la uia ua lohe iki oia i kona knkoolua leke i ka olelo ana mai i kekahi mau makahiki i hala ae, ua halawai oia me kekahi o na powa kahiko o Sana Lui maloko o ke kulanakauhale o Nu loka i kekahi la. He manawa loihi ka Toma noonoo ana i kana mea pono e haua ai, aka nae, aole he hopena moakaka lea i loaa mai, koe wale no puha ma ka hoao ana ma kekahi ano uha ina e loaa ana iloko o kona kulana maopopo ole ia mannw». Nolaiia, me ka piha uwila o ka uuoiioo, hoomanao koke ae la oia e like me kona'kamaaina i ka iuoa o kela a me keia poe powa, me ka paulele ia manawa e loaa una iaia ka palekana iloko o ia wa kupiiikii a maopopo ole. “Pehea hoi, e Batona? Ua ike anei oe i keia keonimaua?" wahi a ka lunahoomalu i ninau mai ai. “I lohe kou hauehano e Mr. Lunahoomalu,” wahi a ua la, “uole loa i ike ko’u mau maka iaia mamua! A ke hai aku nei au ia oe, ua oi aku kou pono e kapaia o Wili Kamaki maiuua oua!” Mahope iho o kapau.ana o kela mau olelo heolele hauli maiunk ae, ua malamaia he man hauwalaau liilii ana mawaena o ka poe powa. A ia wa pu no hoi, ike ia aku la he heluua uui o ua poe kanak* puni koko la e hoohoholo ana i ko lakou mau lima ma keia a me keia wahi o ke lakou kiuo, no ka laiau aua i ka lakou mau pahi ai-kanaka a me ka lakeu mau pupanapaua i hunaia malalo o ko lakou malu. E hoike maopopo mai ana hoi, eia he kipi a he kupueu ua hiki mai mawaena o lakou, nolaila, ua makaukau iakou • hookau koke aku i ka hoopai o ka make maluaa ena, • like me ka hikiwawe o ka olapa ana a ka uwila. Na ka lunahoomala i wawahi mua ka nohoalii ana a ka meha maloko o ua keena la, ma ka ni-

nau ana mai m* ka leo kuoo a moakak»; “E ka makamaki, heuha kau olelo pale uou iho?" “Hookahi wale no a'u pane. he hoopuuipum o Batoua!” wahi a ka makui kiu ine ka leo nui a j maopopo pono. O ae kanaka nona ka inoa o Butona, ua ku koke a it la oia maluna o kona mau kapuai, a kamailio mai la; “Owai kai olelo inai nei he hoopuuipuni au?” “Owau e ku s.ku la ;inna ou!” wahi a Toma. “Aiaila, ke manao nei oe o ka oiaio, ua halawai mua no oe me a’u mamua, ea?” “Ae; e like me a’u e ku aku la imua o oukou.” “Inahoa nei, a i kahi l.ea hoi?” “Oiai oe malaloo kekahi iuoa okoa.” “Owai ia inoi ?” “Auwe! Aole «>u makemake ia’u e hauai i mea uou e pilikia ai,” wahi a ka mukai kiu.