Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXVII, Number 49, 8 Kekemapa 1888 — KOA MAOLI O AUNT KATE. [ARTICLE]

KOA MAOLI O AUNT KATE.

O ka la hanau ia o Ned Thornton; he iBona mau makahiki. Ia makahiki mamua ae, he kulana maikai kona ; he maemae kona inoa, aka, ua hauie oia mai ia .kulana mai, a ua komo iloko o na hana lapuwale. E kali ana oia ma ka hale inu bia, i <iaha bia nona, haohao no hoi i ka hoea ole mai o kona mau hoa. Nanea loa 1 ka noonoo i na hana hooleale no ia po, no kona la hanau. Wehe ia mai ka puka mahope ona, i kona huli ana ua halawai me la kekahi luahine negero, e paa ana i kana mau mea hana ma kona lima. Ku malie iho la ia, a nana pono mai la la Ned. "Ea, e Auntie, e hoihoi mai oe ia'u,? wahi a Ned. He maikai, he maemae ko waho ou; aia kahi ekaeka iloko, kahl 1 loaa ole u'u, *,wahi a Kate—oia nana pono ana no. Ula mai la na papalma 0 Ned, a i mai la oia "Heaha kau, e ka mea naaupo? E hoike aku au ike ano 0 kau pane kupono no'u!" "Ahia ! aha," wahi a ka luahine e kau ana i kona lima maluna ona; "aole e hiki ia oe e helu 1 ka nui 0 na wa au 1 komo ai i kou mau lole, aole ou pono e hoino, a hoonaukiuki ia Kate kahiko. He loihi ko'u kali anae halawai me oe, a e hoike ana au i ko'u manao ano. iUa kokoke oe e lilo i kanaka makua, aka, ia'u, he mau la wale no mai ka wa a'u i hii ai ia oe i ka po a me ke ao, iloko o kou mai nui ana; Elua makahiki ou ia wa.

Ua luhi loa kou makuahine i ke kiai mau ana ia oe, I kekahi la e moe ana ma ko'u uha, me he mea make la ke nana aku, kuleu iho la kou makuahie maluna ou, e uwe ana, a penei kana oule ana: "E ka Haku aloha e, e hoola mai i ka'u pokii makamae, e lawelawe mau ma kau hana, a mau—amau." Aole i liuliu,, a ua hoihoi ka Haku maikai iaia e noho pu me ia, a ia'u ka malama ana ia ee a pum ka makahiki, me ka'u i hoohiki ai iaia. t T a maliu mai ke Akua i kela pule, a eia no oe he kanaka 'makua. £a, nowai keia ikaika au e hoomaunauna nei, nou anei, no ka Haku paha? No keaha kou heoili ana i ke ino maluna o kou makuahine i hala? Owal kau i hana ino ai i na ira a pau? O ka Haku kau hoalona oiaio. Auwe e Ned, ka'u keiki aloha o Ned! Ua hoea mai he mea kuai bia me ona mau kiaha bia, a komo Uke mai la he ekolu mau Ueiki kane, e hooho nui anaaeakaaka ana: he poe i kaulana no na hana kohuole. Nalowale aku o Kate i ka hoea ana mai o oa poe nei. 44 K inu pu ana olua," wahi a Max, ke alakai o ka u eba waiwaiole," oia ka inoa o keia mua opio eha. "Heaha ka pUikia ou?" I eha kiaha bia, e Pete, a ileaika no hoi "Heaha ka f4likia e Ned, —aole hiki ia'u e hoomaopopa" Aia no hoi o Ned ma kahi a Kate i haalele ai iaia, i o kona mau papalina hoi ua haikea. O leta Koi ka mea i ike i ko ioko o kooa mo,ki paio asa

| ilaila, ka nui o na mea ana i hoomanao ia wa. "E ka Haku e kokua mai ia'u, n i wahi a Ned a o ka hoomaka no ia o |na mea e paa ana iaia e kaawale aku mai iaia aku, a ku olohelohe iho ta oia, e Uke me kona wa mamua i ulu ole ia e na daimonio. "E Max, aole oa makemake i hia," wahi ana, i ka wa i onou ia mai ai o ke kiaha bia a pili loa i kona lehelehe. "Ua mai anei oe? Ua haikea loa kou ma papalina," wahi a ka hoa. "Ae* e na hoa, he nui ko'u pilikia no'u iho," a uhi ae ia o Xed 1 kona ma~ ka me ka papale, a uwe iho la iloko o ke kaumaha. Ma kekahi ahiahi la Sabat», ma ia hope iho, e malama asa ka Aha Opio i halawai haipule, a komo hapa mai ka Papa huli Baibala, ana ui i kamaaina ma ka Kula Sabati: a mahope o lakou i na "eha waiwaiole,'" malalo o ke alakai ana a Ned,—me na maka hoihoi. ae 1 hehi koa ana. | Ua hooko pono o Aunt Kate i kana hana, he koa wiwo ole no ia, a eia ka hope oia haoa. Na kc aioka ika uhane e iho ana i ka nenelu o ka make i paipai ia e hooikaika e hoopakele ia ka uhane, a o ka manao io i ke Akua i koa iaia e hooko i keia hana aloha, i ka poe hoi i paumaele i na hewa he nui.