Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume VI, Number 30, 23 November 1933 — ELUA MAU KEIKIKANE ME NA KUMU APALA [ARTICLE]

ELUA MAU KEIKIKANE ME NA KUMU APALA

"Ua nana iho nei au i keia mau kumulaau elua e na keikikane," wahi a Mr. Moore i olelo mai ai, i kekahi kākahiaka molaelae maikai, a oiai ua Hke wale no ka nui o na hua apala o ke kumu hookahi, ua hooholo au » ina olua e makemake e ohi a e lawe e maauaua ia mau apala no ko olua pomaikai iho, e hana aku olua pela." "A e lawe i ke dala na maua?" i ninau like aku ai laila me ka hoihoi nui. "Ae, a e hiki no ia olua ke lawe ia Bile ame ke kaa mama no ka lawe ana i ka olua mau apala i ka makeke i keia auwinala." Mamua o ka pau ana o kana kaniailio ana, ua hoomaka koke aku !a o John, ka hanau mua o keia mau keiki e pinana i kana kumulaau'; a hele aku la o Mr. Moore nō kekahi walē okoa aku» Hele pu iio hoi kekahi keiki no kekahi wahi e aku, aka ma kekahi aoao e aku no nae. - A loaa ia John ke kahua maik&i o kona mau wawae

e ku ul iiooiiiaka Iho 'a oia. e hooluliluli i ke kumulaau me ka ikaika loa, a helei ajku la na 'hua apala ilalo o ka nonua me he in;.u pakaua . A h©! mai ke e paa ana oia he alapii a he ie. "OT w wahi a John i olelo mni ai, "Ao!e ou manao ē ohi ana oe i kela mau apala me kou mau hma mailuiia mai o 'ke' kumulaau? Penei ke ano e hana ai» M a hooluliiuli aku !a oia i kanā kumukiau me ka iknika loa. "Aole anei oe i ike, ina oe e ohi lima 1 mau hua apala e pau ana ia oe ka 1a [holookoa?" "Aole-hiki ia s u ke alo ae ia mea," ka pane i haawiia aku : "o ia ke alahele e ohiia aku ana o kela mau hua apala," - "AKA AOIE OE E ANA E HELE ME LAKOU I KEIA AUWINaLA," "Alaila e hele no au f auwlnala okoa aku." Akaaka aku !a o Johu i ke akahele loa o kona kaikaina, aka hoomau aku Ia |o ke kaikaina i kana alahele h ka hana ana 1 kana hani. Kokokn loa e mipoo ka la, a ua hala mua o loane hej mau ]b.ola mamua aku f i ka w& i pau ai ka ohi ana a kojna kaikaina I uu apala ō kana Lumulaau. I ka hoi ana mai o John mai ka makeke jnai mahope koke iho r hookakani iho la' oia i m kenikeni i loaa m.ai !a iaia no kana mau pahu apala iioko o kona pakeke me ka hauoli, a ninau aku la | kona kaikaina, "aole nei ou makemake ina ua loaa ke'kalhi o keia ia oe?" _ "Ehia ka mea i l'oaa m;ai iiei ia oe no ka pahu apala hookahi?" wahi a kona kaikaina aku ai iaia. "Hookahi (iala me ka hapaKa," wahi o John i pane inai ai. ' He mau minuke mahope mai, ia laua i kome like aku ai iloko o ka hale waiho ukana, kahi o ka apala a ke kai-! kaina e waiho ana i hoahu akaheleia iloko o ka pahu.' Olelo ae ta o īoane: "Heaha kau i hana mai nei i keia'mau 1 apala? Me he mea la ka heii ua hoohinuhlnuia lakou?" [ "He wahi welu liilii \Vale no me kahi hana liilii ka 'mea nana I hana a loaa ka: hinuhinu au e ike aku la," i' ' panei akil ai ke kaikaina. ' "Owai ka mea hiki ke ua like na kumu na laua i hoohua mai i na apala a na keiki a elua?" wahi a Mr. Moore i kamaiīio mai ai, ka mea i komo; māi iloko o ka hale waiho ukana i kela manawa. '* Inoino iho la ko John helehelena. "Aka heaha ka waiwai o kela ltihi apau i hanala? Aole he waiwai o ka hana I ana pela," wahi ana i olelo mai ai me ka hoo hoohenehene. | "E kali oe a.e ike no auanei oe," wahi ake kaikaina i olelo aku ai. ' I kekahi Ia ae, i ka wa i hoi mai ai ke kaikaina mai Ika makeke mai, helu iho la 1 oia 1 kana dala. Ua loaa iaia 'a papalua iho i ka mea i loia ia John nō mau apala. ' "Aole āu i ike," wahi a' John i olelo mai ai. "o ka hoo'hana liilii ana he mea ia e anui loa ai ō ka like ole ma ke kuai ana i na pahu apala elua," " ; , 1 He hapi', ka pomaikai a ka pupu|muTu mamua o ke f akahele. Pono ke holo ka iiana me kElMaiau a maemae.