Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXVIII, Number 51, 21 December 1889 — O KE KANAKA ELI LUAKUPAPAU, Oia wale no ka Mea i Loaa i na Pomaikai no ke Kuai ana i na Waiona! [ARTICLE]
O KE KANAKA ELI LUAKUPAPAU, Oia wale no ka Mea i Loaa i na Pomaikai no ke Kuai ana i na Waiona!
He Haiolelo Akamai. Ua hoomanao au ma kuu komo ana i ka halawai i ka. po nei, no na lilo a'u i halawai ai, ma.i ka wa au i hoohiki hoole waiona ai. Ke i aku nei au ia oukou, aole he kanaka iioko o keia hui i oi.aku kona lilo no ka hooki i ka inu ana, e like me a'u. E hoomanawanui mai oukou a na'u no i hoakaka ike auo o kuu olelo. Ma ka hale hana i keia la ua loaa ia he hana ukupau, ku ka mea akainai, a kahea ka luna (boss) ia'u: "E haawi la hana ia Law, oia ka mea akamai loa ma na hana o ia ano." Iko makou wa i pama ai, ua hoike aku au i kuu wahine no ia hana. I mai oia ia'u—Ka ! Mamua, ua ka-
pa oia ia oe ka mea hemahema a naaupo ma ia ano hana ! Ua lilo ka kou inoa ino ! Pane au laia, "pela io no ! A, aole oia wale no ka mea lilo mai a'u aku iloko o keia mau mahina he 16—mamua ua loaa ia'u ka hune a me ka poino o ka noho ana, a i keia wa ua oele au no la mau mea. Mamua, ua loaa ia'u ke kuka kahiko, weluwelu a me ka papile inoino loa, a i ke kamia buti ua hele a nahaehae. Mamua, he maka ula ko'u a me na lima haalulu, a me na wawae e onioni mau ana i o a ianei i hoohiolo hemahema ia'u i kekahi wsl Mamua, ua maa au ike kua muamu me ka hoohiki ino, a ua hookaawale aku au ii mau mea a v-au, a ua eha oui kuu poo, a ua kaumaha kuu naau. aoka oi loa ka lunaikehala bewa. Ke hoomaikai aku nei au ike Akua no ka liio loa ana o u mau mea a pau. Alaila, ua hoike aku au i kuu wahioe no kana roau mea i lilo ai—mamua be kapa kahieo a weluwelu ko'u, a he nui kou mau pilikia, eha a me ka hele ino loa a me ka eha o ka naau he oui, no ka mea, he kanaka lapuwale ona man ka'u kane E mele ! E mele ! E hoomaikai kaua ika Haku no na mea a pau a kaua 1 nele, mai ka wm au i hoohiki hoole waiooa ai !*