Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXXVI, Number 32, 6 August 1897 — HE MOOLELO NO KA LEDE ISABELA, KA MEA I KAPAIA Ka Anel Nani o ka Malamalama. [ARTICLE]
HE MOOLELO NO KA LEDE ISABELA, KA MEA I KAPAIA Ka Anel Nani o ka Malamalama.
"E hai aku au ia oe. no na mahina eono i hala ae nei a hiki wale i na minute pokole i hala ae nei, ua hoopihaia ko'u puuwai me ke aloha kupouli nou, a ina no paha i nonoi iaai oe ta,u e haawi aku au i ko'u kino ia oe, he mea maopopo e haawi no au me, ka hookaulua ole iho. aka. ua hoopakele mai
nae na lani ia'u mai kela poino hohonu ae, a ua hookaakaa ia mai ko'u mau maka e ike i kou ano maoli. Nolaila. mai keia wa aku. e kaawaie kaua, a mai manao hou mai oe ia'u. a pela hoi au nou!" "E kuu Isabela! Heaha he la ma ka'u hoomaopopo aku, ua hoopunipuni ia oe e kekahi mea pakela akamai i ke pahele a me ka imihala. He mea pono e hoike mai oe ia'u i kela mea nana i hoao e hoomokuahana i ko kaua nohona aloha oiaio?" wahi a Francis Levisona. "He mea ehaeha no'u ka hapai ana ae i ka inoa o ka mea. nana au i hoike mai nei, aka, i mea nae e pau koke ai kau mau niele ana e hai aku au. O ka mea au i hoowalewale ai. a iloko o ka maemae a me ka laahia o kona mau noonoo, ua hooikaika oe me kau mau hoopunipuni a hiki i ka wa o kela kaikamahine maikai i pauleie loa ai ia oe me he la, o oe ke kanaka maikai loa ma Enelani nei, me kona hilinai piha e mare ana oe iaia me ka oiaio, aka.
iloko oia ike ana ou ua aloha loa kela lede opiopio ia oe me kona puuvrai a pau f ua hana aku la oe i na hana apau a ka nahesa, i mea e hookoia ai kou lealea, aka, i ka haulehia ana o kela wahine malalo o kau mau hana kepolo —a me kou ike ana ua kaumaha oia me ke keiki, ua kapae ae la oe iaia me he puu opala la, a me'kou lokoino palena ole, ua pane aku la oe penei: "Aole loa au a mare iki ana me kekahi wahine i hapai mua i ke keiki." Ea! e Francis Levesona, he keu ko'u hoopailua ia oe. Me kou ike no ooe no ka mea nana i hoohaumia mua i kela kaikamahine, a o oe wale no ka mea hookahi a kela kaikamahine i ike ai ma ke ano he kane. a o oe ponoi no ka makuakane o kela keiki, eia nae, ua aa no nae oe e hoole, a e pane aku iaia elike me kela mau huaolelo av?ahia au i pane aku ai. Mahope o kela mau hana au, ua aa oe me kou puuwai eleele e hele mai e hoowalewale ia'u, oiai o kou wahl kupono ma ka aoao o kela lede a me kela keiki —a ina he wahi uwiuwiki koe o ke ano kanaka maloko o kou naau, he mea pono e hele pololei oe mai keia wahi aku i keia wa ano a hiki i ka home o kela !ede, a me ka hookaulua ole, he mea pono e mare koke oe iaia, aka, ua lohe mai no nae au, aole o kela wale ka wahine au i hana ai ma kela ano, aka, ua nui a lehulehu na wahine au i hoohaumia ai; ea, pehea la oe i aa ai me kou mau papalina keleawe e hoao e hana mai i kela mau ano hana maluna o'u?" wahi a Lede Isabela.
Me na papallna haikea, a me ke kulana o ke kanaka i loaa pono aku e hana ana i kekahi karaima ka hele a lohalolia i ka ua mea he hoka, pela ko Francis Levesona nanaina iloko o kela wa, aka, i ka hooki ana iho nae o ka Lede Isabela i kana kamailio ana, ua auhee koke ae la kela mau hiohiona hoka mai na helehelena ae o ua kolohe la, e hoike ana, he kawa ia nana i lele a paulehia, oiai kona mau noonoo kepolo e hana ana i kana mau hana ma kona umauma, a me ka nanaina o ke ano o ke kanaka i kauhihi ole ia e na lima o ka hewa, ua pane aku la oia me ka leo o ka piha maalea:
"E kuu Isabela maemae, he mea e ko'u ka,umaha no keia mau mamala olelo i oili mai la mai kou mau lehelehe maemae mai, a ua hooi ia hoi ko'u kaumaha no kou lilo ana i mea alakai hewa ia e kekahi wahine gipsy, (he lahui kela i kaulana, a i kamaaina i ka auwana a me ka hoopunipuni palena ole. Ua like ioa ko lakou helehelena me ko ka poe lialia, a Helena paha. He uliuli lipolipo ko lakou lauoho, a me ko lakou mau onohi maka. He mea oiaio, he poe ui kela ma na helehelena.) Oiai ma ka hoohallke ana, ua ano like loa na hiohiona o ka wahine malihini me ko na wahine gipsy. Me ke akamai ame ka maalea piha, ua pololei ka pahuna olelo a ua kepolo la, a ua maopopo no iaia e puni ana o Isabela iaia no keia manawa. j Nolaila, me ka ike a pau i loaa iaia, ; ua hoomau hou aku ia oia i ke kama- ; ilio ana, i ole ai e loaa ia Isabeia he ! manawa nona e kamailio mai ai, oiai • o kona makemake o ka pau pono o i kana mau epa a komo pololei hoi iloko [ o ka waihona noonoo o ka uT nohea. I 'lna oka wahine i loaa mai nei ia'u | ma ke alanui, a*u i hele mai nei, alaila ;ua pololei au. He aahu eleele anei ko | ka wahine nana oe e hoopunipunl nei, a ua uhiia kona mau maka a paa me kekahi uhi maka eleele?" "Ae,"wahi a Lede Isabela i pane aku s ai. "O! E kua aloha, ano ke ike io ne! i au ua hoopunipuni ia oe e kela ino! Ua laki oe aole oia i koi mai nei i dala i nana. aka. e hoea hou mai ana no nae ka la ana e hele hou mai ai me na waimaka ma kona mau maka me ke noi mai ia oe i mau dala nana me kekahi ■ moolelo e hiki ole al ta oe ke aua iho i ke dala mai iaia maL Ua laki maoll i keia hoea ana mai nei o*u, oiai, aoie i ike ia aku kana mau hana no ka hoo- | mokuahana aga i ko kaua aloha oiaio," | E loaa mau ana ka oluolu ika Laau | Ola a Kamalena no ke Nahu, Kolera j ame ka Hi. E kuaiia ana e ua poe Kuai | Laao Lapaau apan. Ben»on, Smith & ! Co., na Agena no ko Hawaii Pae Aina. •