Ka Lau Oliva, Volume I, Number 10, 1 October 1871 — Ka mana o ka makuahine. [ARTICLE]

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Ka mana o ka makuahine.

Ma na.pmi iilialioTdemorieka, e paa anaj kekalii inaknalHne i ka lima ak-an o kana keiki kane, uona na makaliiki he umikiunamaono, ua uluku loa kona manao e hele i ka holo inoku. laia eku ana ma ka j)uka pa, i aku ia oia i ke keiki, " E, Aihieue, o ka hoowalewale nui e poino ai ke ola o na keiki o ke kiy, oia ka iuu rama. E hoohiki mai i kou makuahine, aole loa e inu i ka mea e ona ai." l'a haawi au i ko'u ae iaia, a ua hele uu a| puni ka honua—i Kakkuka ai ke Kaiwaenahonua ; inai Kapalakiko u i ka Lae Ilope; mai ke knknlu akau a i ke kukulu hema. Ua! . - ike au ia inau inea a pau iloko o ua makahiki lie kanaha, aole nae hookahi o'u ike ana ike kiaha e aleale ana, me kuu hoomanao ole i ka hoohiki i haaw iia e a'u i kuu makuahine nia ka puka pa. A i keia la ua hala ole au i ka ram», Aole nae oia wale no—ma ka la inehinei; ua hele mai i ko'u lnile hana kekahi kanaka nona na makaliiki he kanaha. Kinau "Ua ike anei oe ia'u u Aole." " A eia," wahi<■» na, uua lawe ia mai au me ka ona imua o kou alo a iluna o kou moku ; he ee moku oe, ua keelii lakou ia'u ; aka, ua lawe oe ia'u iloko o kou rumi r a ua malama oe ia'u a pau kuu ona, alaila, ninau mai la oe, ' he makuahine anei kou ?" I aku la au, 'aole au i lohe i kekahi olelo mai kona waha mai.' Alaila, hai mai la oe i kou makuahine ma ka puka pa, a i keia la, he kapena au no kekekahi o na kalepa nui e ku iiei ma ke awa o Nu loka, a ua kii niai au ia oe e hele mai e ike ia'u."—Noloko ae o kekahi haiolelo a WENOAL PIIILLIPB.