Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXIX, Number 3, 18 January 1890 — KE KUMU O KA HOOPAILUA ANA O KE KAPENA I KA RAMA. [ARTICLE]

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KE KUMU O KA HOOPAILUA ANA O KE KAPENA I KA RAMA.

0 Bob. D!n«r.orc b« keikī o ka luir j. «i ua j:aa kona nianao e h la moku, jkj. U2 kue loa ka manao o kona ma--U-iine, no ka roea ua wake kona niakoakane no ia hana hookahi no mainu \i\, ka ir.o o ke kai ma kahakai o Atra n<i. a o B b. kana keiki hookahi. Aka. niihope ua ae oia ia Bob. e hlo i kapena |>oe, i keiki iawelawe no luna 0 ka muk jahi Kover. Nani ka nui o 5ea.ca o ua B b nei i ke kau ana o kona maj kaeuai maiuna o ka moku, ī iho la la, o nuu home keia, a owau he ula bo\, Tt ke kupakako o ka moku ieana wahi huna, aka, o ke kapeua o Lna o ua :u-»ku !u. he makaniaka mai'kai ia no ko-ja uwkuakane i hala «r i ka make, a oia hoi ke kumu i ioaa ai ta Bec. o keii wahi han3. iiee koee ae b la i ke aloha o na iuina i ke kai>er.a. ua paa kona manao e hooikaika ma kana mau hana, a iohe 1 kekahileo o ke kahea ana i kekahi mea. a e noho oluolu pono me na me? a pau. me kona manuo, ina e holo ho oia e liīo ia i mea na na sela a pau hi' nai ai a mahope e lilo ia i mea maluna ae o ke kapena poe. A penei ke kamailio mua ana a ua o Bjb. me ke kapena- E holo ana ka moku ma ke awa o N'u loka, iwaena o ka waonaheie o n v i kia moku, a me na ki pu o na moku e ae, e piha ana i ke Ia wa e kti wuie ana o Bob me ka eha o kona na iu i ka hoomanao ana i kona home, me na hoaloha; a h >ea mai la ke kapena, hapn koke o Bob i kona papale me ka mahalo me ka haawi ana i ke aloha. Kulou ke kapena a nana lialo i ke kino wiwi o ke keiki, a pane mai la: "O oe paha ke keiki a Bob Dinsuiore ?" "Ae; Sir, pela no." wahi a Bob i pa ne aku ai.

"L*a kamaaina au ine kou makuakane, a ua nui ko'u aloha iaia, he scla maikai ia, a he hoa pili mau no'u. Ua minamina au i kona kaawale ana, a pehea oe, ua manao snei oe e lawe i kana o>.)ana. "Ae, kuu koho ana," wahi a Bub. "Ae ! he hana maikai ia, eia nae he mau poino, ame na pilikia. Ua hoomanao pono anei oe e kuu ke>ki ?" Ae, ua noonoo nui au no na poino a me na nopilikia, aka, ua paa kuu manao e hele." 4i He keiki wiwo ole oe, he lana kuu manar. e li'io ana oe i noho oluolu pu me makou. Eia nae, he elua mau ninau a'u e mnau aku ana la oe: "He puhi baka anei oe ?" u Ao'e; aole i makemake kuu makuahine ia'u e lawe iki i ka paka ma kekahi ano. . 4, Maikii kela, ina oe e hooko pono ana 1 kaua niau kauoha." Eia ka lua o ka ninau: ''Ke lawe nei no anei oe i na wai-'-•na ? ' "Aoie e ke kapena, aole loa," wahi a B b. '•Ua pono ia, ua hoihoi au maJaila, aka, ua ike pono kaua, he mea ia na na opio e blau ui i kekahi w.i, a ke ninau iikiu nei au ia mau ninau i na mea a pau e kau ana nialuna o kuu moku. Aole au e ae e noho hookahi kane a hookahi npio paha e hookipa ia maluna o kuu moku ina e lawe ia hookahi k ilu waiona. Ua ike puno au i keia, he hiki 110 na sela 0 noho me ka lawe ole ana ;ia mea, ua hooia au ia n>au mea Ina wa he mau haneri iwaena o na poino he nui, a ina he mta ma ka honua a'u » inaina loa ai, oia no kela mea i kapaia, "rama," wahi a ke kape na i pane mai ai.

Ua ikaika ke kamailio ana a ke kapena, a uu lohe pono o Bob i kana mau olelo a pau, a ua ike he kanaka kuponake kapena, a ua be'e oia i kana mau hana, me ka mama o kona naau. Pili kona naau ine ka naau oke kapena, a i kekahi !a ua ninau o Bob i kona hoa hana i ke kumu o ko ke kapena hoowahawaha ikaika i ka rama, a oia ka kona kokoolua i pane mai ai ia Bob: "He kumu kona mea i hoowahawaha ai i ka rama, ua lilo loa kona home a me kana wahine ma ka hana ino o na waiona a nolaiia, aole oia i poina ia mau mea." "E hoike mai ia'u," wahi a Bob. "Ua ruare oi* i kona wa opio me ka wahine nani, a ua liio oia » wahine kupono nana. I kona hele loa ana ma ka moana, ua ano mehameha ka wahir><?, a ua hoomaka oia e inu i wahi kulu liiiii oka bar.ini. Oka inu ana o ke kane, Ihe mea weliweli ia, aka, ina e iawe ka wahine i ka wai make, ua 01 loa ka hilahiia. Mahuahua a mahuahua kona lawe ana ia mea, a eha loa ka naiu o kina kane. Ika hanau ana o ka laua k ?iki kane, ua lana kona ma nao oo k;ani wahine, noUila, ua holo oia me ka naau mama. Aka, i kona hoi ana mai mai kela huakai hookahi no, ua makau kamaaioa ika hai ana imua oni \ ka nuhou welīweli, maho j f>e iohe ou i keia mooleio, ua lawe ka j ua wahine i ka omole barani", a ua inu, a iwaena a kona ona ana, ua a ia na paku o kona moe e ke ahi, a pau kana | wahine a me kana bepe i ke ahi a me { ka hoine iloha." I I ka lolhe ana o Bob i ka moolelo | kaumaha, pane t»ai U oia. **he kumu to ka ko Ue kaper.a i hcx>wahawaha ai i ka nnuL