Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume I, Number 34, 3 October 1889 — Puua Ka Waha. [ARTICLE]

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Puua Ka Waha.

Ae ! Puua ka waha i l:a Oiaio ! Ma *ka manao pepa o kā Paeaina Puka La o ka la 1 iho nei, ua waiho mai oia i ka nina i hookamani ake kumakaia, pe iei—"nohea mai ka nune ana ?" A helupapa mai la i niu ame na kulolo oka pomaikai nui wale o ka aina 1 keia au hoomaemae aiipuni, a piha ka ipukai palu, me Ica manao oia kana maunu e loli ai) s;a manao oka . i .akalo a]:u. Aka, aia nae i kona wa i hookuu paukiki loa ai i ka peni e pena keokeo i kona mau haku, ua poina iho la oia, a hoike ae la i ktkahi mea oiaio, a me he 'la o ka nakamua loa ia o kona hai ana i ka oiaio, aole nae paha no kona makemake, aka, no ka palaka. Aia ma ka | lalani ewalu o ua man io la, ua ! hoomaka ia kekahi maa mahele olelo, penei: "Aole ioi aku ka waiwai oka aina i keia 11 mamua oka wa i hala." Nani kou palaka ana a hoike la ika oiaio. Ua hiki ole i kau peni kē uumi iho, a i kou hiamoe ana ua apo kela 1 ka manawa kupono a lioike i ka mea pololei. Minamina nae makou no kou puoho koke ana a hoomaka hou je wahahee. Aka, aole ia o kahi o .ka ninau; j|;o ka nutie ka ninau. A ke hai aku nei makou ia oe—o kau mau ninau me ka helupapa nmi ina o ka hua,' a o ka nfaia a o ka pafta na kuniu ona nune-—ke kapa makou ia oe he lapuwale o na I He mau kaniuhu no ke ki&a o ka aina kona hoonele ia me mau pono a maua kaulike iloko o kona aupuni poi oi—aka, o ka hoao malu ia nae c kaili a e hoolilo ia ke ea o kona aina ia hui, he kumu | nune ia, he kumu lili ia a he kumu hoala ia i n& manao nonohua no ia hana in > ehvlc—i lohe ou mau pepeiao lok i>ino. Nou iho, ia oe, jw>he au mau kaniuhu ana, no ka*iea. he Hawaii' wale no oe nia ka ili a n a ka inoa, aka. o kou kino a me kou uhane. ua lili> kahiko. Lapuwa e ih\ lapuwale kan man hana, a hipuwale kau niau olelo. l r a haalele kahiko n\ai oo ia Imakoiu a ho makehewa, ka ui mai o kau niau ninau lapuwale a hoonuaikola i ka Haw^iii.