Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXIV, Number 10, 7 March 1885 — HE LETA. [ARTICLE]

HE LETA.

Puvco, Hilo Fcb. 19tb, 1885. I kuu hoa'loha oiaio, Mrs. P. H. Puuohau, Aioha kaua a nui;— He mau la loihi iho nui no i hala, aole no kaua i hui leta hou; aole no ka poina o ke aloha, aka, ua ikai»a ia e like me ka make.

Nani ka walohia o ko'u naau a kulu no hoV ko'u waimaka, ika ike ana iho ike kii o ko kakou Home Ehukai a Makuahine oka ike, kahi i hanaiia'i kakou ika waiu aiai oka naauao, me kau mele aloha, me he mea la, i ko'u ike ana iho i kona kii, aia no au i kona ipuka, a e holoholo ana hoi nia kona mau lanai puni, a e komo ana hoi i kona mau rumi, a e paani ana hoi ma kona mau pa nui, a e auau ana hoi i kona muliwai olmo mau. Auwe ! he mea e ke aloha, a hoomanao ae la wau i nei wahi himeni a kakou e mele mau ai ma kona mau lanai, a oia hoi keia : Auwana wau ma na aina na kai, A ike i ko laila mau mea maikai. A noho haano'u ma na hale alii, Aole he lua o kuu Home Ehukai. Home, Home maikai, Aole he lua o kuu Home Ehukai. Ua ku koke raai imua o'u ka hoomanao ana no na la kupilikii o kakou, oiai e wawahiia ana kona mau paia, a e ala ana kakou i ka po me ka pulumi ana i ka wai o na paka ua e haule ana. N T ui ko'u aloha iko kakou home, me na kumu, me na hoa no hoi a pau, aole no e poina a hiki i ka la hope. Aole mea hou o Hilo nei. Oluolu no au me na keiki. Kou hoa'loha. Mrs. L. P. Hoaai.