Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume V, Number 41, 9 February 1933 — HOOLAHA PILIKINO [ARTICLE]

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HOOLAHA PILIKINO

Makemalee kekahi kanaka he eono wale no mahina. i koe e- ola ai i kekahi poe maikai e hookama i kana kaikamahine uuku, ēono makahiki, me na maka bolu ame na lauoho mimilo. Makemakeia na hooiaio no ke kupono. Hoea mai la kekahi kaa otomobile nani elike me kana i ai,%p k-īhikoia lea po( me na ? imikai,. p'! l nt> ise i>i am i noonoo*~mua .. he wahi fcaikam o Jiin( 1 uuku ke kahi malima me ka pane aqa ae: "Eia anei kuu kaikaina maanei?" alaila pane ae la ka wahine me ka lole nani: "E noho malie oe elike mama i kauoha aku nei ia oe, o wajho auanei au ia oe maanei, a lawe ail i kela kaikamahine ma kou wahi."

Aole e hiki ia Bila ke uumi iho i ka nui o kona aloha no kana wahi kaikamahine uuku, nolaila hoike aku la oia i ka poe o ka hoea ana mai maluna o ke kaā otomobile nani, ua hoololi oia i kona manao mua, a he mea okoa kana i hoolaīa ai no ka pono o kana kaikaniahine.

Huli hoi aku la ke kaa otomobile nani, k.e noho aku la o Bila nāna, a olelo mai la ka waThine nia kekāhi 'hale okoa aku iaia:

"Ua hana hewa loa aku oe i kau kaikamahine, i kou kipaku 'ana aku la i kela poe e hoi me ka nele. Aole he kuleana o kekahi kanaka ilpko o ke kulana elike me kou e hoonele ai i kau kaikamahine, i kekahi pomaikai nui elike me kela."

Hoea hou mai la 110 he mau kaa otomobile. no ke kii'ana mai e hookama i ke kuikamahine uuku, ua kipakuia aku la no ka poe no lakou kela maa kaa e hoi me ka nele, a olelo okoa aku la ka wahine o kekahi hale okoa aku i kana kane. 110 ka pono e hoikeia aku ka hana a Bila i na kanaka o ke aupuhi.

I kekahi la nae, hoea mai la he ame kAHa w lUune nolo-! ko o ka halehana o Bik\, lie mau niea iloko o "ke kanikiiu no ka hala ana o ka laua kaikamahine ponol. He kamana no ka haaa a ke kane eiike me ka Bila hana. nolaila hpoholo iho la oia. o kela na makua kupono o kana kaika!v.ahint a h \v aku 1u oiia i kona ae, e hookama i kana keiki. "I ka manawa iiea maua e lawe ai iaia?" i niiiau mai ai kela niau inea ia Bila "E hoomanawanui olua he hookalu wale no la i. koe. alaila kii sv.\i iaia a lav>e aku." Ma keia la. inaloko no o kona halehana o Bila kahi i hoo* hala ai i kona manawa, a ke aiii la no hoi o Mina maloko o ka pa, kona loh.e ana aku i ka himeni o kana kuska*.nahine. Ma ke ahiahi. ua kuke no o;a 1 ka laua mau meaai. a ia iaaa e ai am, ke hakilo U\a la oia iaia. a I ka ana lioihoi

.aKu la oia ia Mina jiOĪuna o kona moe, me ke ku ar v a iho 'ka aoao o ka moe, a lohe aku la 1 ka puana ana ae o kana kaikamahine: "Ee kaikamahlne uuku au i keia' po -honi ia'u e papa," aka luiiluli ae- la ke poo o Bila me ka pane ana aku me k-a ieo haw-anawana i piha'me ka ehaeha: "He kaikamahine nui oe," wahi ana. "He hookahi wale no la i koe! ■'

I ka hoea ana mai i kela la hope, ku aku la o Bila nana i kana wahi kaikamahine uuku, i ka hele mawaena'.o ,kona mau makaa. hou. Ua kuai niai laua'i papale bo-Iu ; hou. no Mina, ar o ke kaawale ana o ka makua mai ke keiki mai, o kekahi ia o na manawa ikiki'loa o ko ke kanaka ola ana.

Nui waie na makuakane ma Hawaii nei i like aku me ko Bila ano, ka halawai ana me ka poino, mamuli o akepau, no ke pr le i kela ano ma'i i makemakeia ai na kokua ana mai ka lehulehu mai.