Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LVI, Number 45, 8 Nowemapa 1918 — HE MOOLELO NO KA Makaikiu Nikola KA WELI IWAENA O KA POE HAKIHAKI KANAWAI O NU IOKA, A O KA ILIO HANU MEHEU O KE KULUAUMOE. [ARTICLE]

HE MOOLELO NO KA Makaikiu Nikola

KA WELI IWAENA O KA POE HAKIHAKI KANAWAI O NU IOKA, A O KA ILIO HANU MEHEU O KE KULUAUMOE.

Alaira, ma kou manao maoli, e Kena, aole kela kanaka i holo aku no kekahi wahi okoa loa, aka eia no oia maloko nei o keia kulanakauhale, pela anei e Kena?" "Pela maoli no ko'u manao paa, a o kela ike hoololiloli i -Hpna ano, ka mea nana e huna iaia mai ka ikeia ana aku e ka poe i kamaaina iaia, a e hookolo ana paha mahope o kona meheu." . "Pēhea, ua lawa no anei oe i ke dala, e halāwai ole ai oia me ka pilikia o kona noho ana?" "No ia ninau au, ke pohihihi loa nei ia'u ka pane ana aku, koe wale no aole i loaa ia kakou kela elua haneri kaukāni dala, a ua hoohuoi wale no. au, me he mea la, aia kela huina dala mahuahua'malalo o ka malu o keia kanaka. Ina paha aole maluna o kona kino* aka ua ike oia i kahi i waiho ai, a o ke dala ia e hiki ai iaia ke uku i kona mau hoolilo apau o ka noho ana. īna oe e ae mai ana. alaila eJioakaka aku au i ko'u manao maluna o keia niea a kaua e kamāilio nei." "Ke makemake i'o nei au e lohe i kou manao hoakaka e Kena, ua kulike paha kou manao me ko'u aole paha." "Ma kela manawa au i lohe aku ai iiia ke kelepona, i ka hoike ana aku o Mr. Karkona, i kona aihue ana i kekahi huina dala mahuahua mailoko mai o ka hanako, ua manaoio loa oia. o Balana Moana maoli no kona kokoolua e kamailio pu ana, ka mea i haulehia ai oia i ke aloha, mamuli o kona manao kuhihewa he wahine opio u'i kela; a imua ona i hoike piha aku ai i na mea apau, ma kela manawa ana.e koi aku ana e holo mahuka laua. "I ko laua wa i ku ae ai iluna, a hele aku 110 kahi o ka puka, me ka manao e holo mahuka, o kela ka wa a Karikoria i hoike ai he kanalima. wale 110 kaukani dala maluna o kona kino, a o ke koena o na dala, aia nia kekahi.'wahi ana i waiho ai, a e kii mua laua i kela mau dala, mamua 0 ka mahuka loa ana aku no kekahi walii a laua i hooholo ai. "Mai,hoea i'o mai i ka ana o na mea apau, ina aole i hoea koke mai o Kale Peka, a hahau ia Kankona me kona kookoo ma ke poo, o ka mea oiaio nae, ua maopopo ia Hale Moana kahi i waiho ai o na haneri kaukani dala elua. "Eia hou. ua hopohopo o Karikona i ka lawe ana mai 1 na dala apau me ia i ka wa hookahi, a. huna maluna o kona kino, no kona halawai paha me kekahi ulia poino, pela oia i lawe mai ai he kanalima wale no kaukani dala, me he mea la ua kamailio okoa aku oia ia Hale Moana i keia mau olelo: "Ia kaua e mahuka aku ai, a i halawai au me kekahi poino, a kailiia keia kanalima kaukani dala mai ia'u aku, alaila e loaa no ke koena aku o na dala ia oe ma kekahi wahi, ' aole ana e nele ka hoike o Karikcvna. i kela mau dala, mamuli o kona manaoio loa o Balana Moana 110 keia, ka mea ana i haulehia ai i ke āloha."

"Ma kena mau mea apau au e hoakaka mai nei e. Kena, ke ike aku la au, he hana hiki wale no ia ke hanaia, a me hē mea la, o ka mea oiaio maoli 110 kēnā."

"E hoololie hou mai oe e Nikola, ina no paha aole i hoike okoa aku o Kalikona i kahi ana i waiho ai' i na haneri kaukani dala elua, aole ana iio e nele ko Hale Moana ninau mai no kela mau dala, oiai aia wale 110 kona noonoo ma kahi o ke dala i ua manawa apau, a o kekahi kumu -ana e koi ikaika aku ai ia Karikona e hoike mai iaia, i hiki ai i ua o Hale Moana, ke hooliinalima aku i na loio akamai, no ka hoopakele aiia ae i ua o i na nei 110 ka paa i ka hopuia ma, kela po, aole ana e nele ko Kankona hoike mai no kela mau dala.." "Aole au i~noonoo mua i kena mau mea e T .Kena, aka ia be e hoakaka mai nei i kou nianao, ke ike kku la au, o kena maoli 110 ka mea oiaio loa, a ua loaa aku ka ike ia Hale Moana 110 kahi i waiho ai o kela mau dala." "Ua paa maoli no ko.'u manao pela, a he manaoio ko'u ina e loaa aku ana o-Hale Moana ia kakou, aia kale mau dala malalo o kona malu, me ka uuku loa 0 kana mau dala i .hoolilo no kona mau makemake iho." "'Alaila o ke kumu ka paha ia o ke kaeua ana o Hale Moana ia Kale Peka. mamua o kona hopuia ana aku, no ka lilo he hana maalahi nana ka huji ana i kela mau dala,elike kou manao hoakaka e Kena?" "Pela ko'u manao aole e kaena wale ana kekalii kanaka. ke ole e maopopo iaia ke ano o kana mea e kaenā wale ana. ae kamailio ai. a e hana aku ai paha." "īna ua ike i'o o Hale Moana i kahi i wahihoia ai o na ha»eri kaukani dala, alaila i kona manawa i haalele ai i ka bela, ua kii oia i kela mau dala a hele aku a noho ma kekahi wahi e nalowale ai oia." "Heaha iho auanei ka hana i koe, o ke kii wale aku no i kela mau dala, me kona manao ole. ē kuhikuhiia.aku ana aia ua mau dala nei malalo o kona malu. "lua o keia mau mea apau a kaua e hoakaka nei- e .Kena, a o ka mea oiaio' .naoli no ia, alaila i kela manawa i hahau mai ai o Kale Peka i ke poo o Kankōna me ke kookoo, ua hooholo maol no o Hāle Moana, e hunakele oia i lia mea apau mai ia Kale Peka.inai, me kela manao, oia hpokahi. wale no kt ohi i na pomaikai, me ka mahele ole aku mawaena o koni maiiihoa. ,"Ma keia niau hoakaka apau. ua kulike anei ko kakoi inanao, ma kahi 1" noho ai o Moana i keja manawa, aia pu anei nie ia.ke koena aku i koe.o na dala a Kankona i ai mai o ka-h.anako?" maoli ko'u manao pela." • . 'l iea. hoea aua o na kamailio o Nikola ani( Kena. ma kela wahi, akahi no a komo mai o Peke, ma kr kamailio ana: "Manao au, aole he hana hou ma-ko kakou aoao. o k; hookolo wale aku no maliope o ka meheu o Hale Moana no ka mea aole he kakali s ana aku a loaa maoli mai k< kauolia mai ke, komisina īnakai, mai ,oiai ua hoolimalima inaoli ia oe e Nikola e ka peresidena o ka hale hanako, < huli aku ahiki ika loaa ana ona kaukani dala i koe." I "Ke pololei la .oe e Peke ma ia wahi* eia iloko o-ko ka kou lima keia iiihia, o ka'u wale no.e olelo ae hei, e hul aku'ia'a ahiki i ka loaa.ana!" . . No kela kauohana o. ka Makaikiu Nikola. pahola ae Uka minoaka ma ua papalina o Kena, alaila i aku la: "He hana maalahi loa ka huli ana aku a loaa o Moana n;a ka oleio ana ae, aka ma ko'u kamaaina i kela kanaka, un hoo'ala kahiko ( oia, i kana mau mea apau ,e hana ai. a i kona hookuūia ana aku e noho mawaho malalo o ka \ r'». n ka noonoo nui wale 110 iloko ona. o< ia ka mahuka ;ia'-M 110 wahi e loaa ole ai oia. i ka huliia, a o h ka'u e olelo aku nei ia oe e Nikola. he paakiki ka huii :» ir> a loaa keia kanaka." , "l'»a o kou manao ia ea, alaila ua pono maoli ko kakou 'u'mikaika ana e huli iaia ahiki i ka loaa ana, o ka mea ia e ikeia ae ai ke akamai o ka makaikiu."

"Ina pela ua pono, e oluolu anei oe e Nikola, e haawi mai i na kauoha na maua e hooko aku ai?" , "Ae, ke makemake nei nae av\ e ninau aku ia olua, ua ike no anei kekahi o olua i kahi i noho ai o Hale Moanā, mahope mai o kona haalele ana i ka bela?" "A'e. ua maopopo ia'u kona wahi i noho ai." i pane mai ai ka Makaikiu Peke. "Maloko o kekahi hale ma ke Alanui Eiwa kona walii i n'oho ai," alaila unuhi ae la oia he apana pepa mailoko ae o ka pakeke o kona lole, a haawi aku la ia Nik'ola, no ka mea o ka helu ia o ka hale i noho ai o Moana. | "Ua laki maoli kālvou, ua loaa ia oe e Peke keia ike. nolaila owau pohoi ka mea liele aku e nana i ka hale hal.e nona keia hel'u, a o oē e Peke, e hele oe no.ke alanui Koftiohana, ma.na wahi'e pili kokoke ana i kahi i noho kahiko.ai o Moaiia, mamua o kona paa ana i ka hopuia, a e hele pu aku no hoi oe maloko o ka hale inurama Dorina, a ninaū āku i ka ona nona kēla hale, ina ua hoea aku o Moanā ilāila, a he manaoio ko'u, e hoike mai ana no oia ia oe i kaua niau mea apau i ike ai 110 kela kaiiaka. Aole malaila. w:iie iho ia no pau kau hana, aka e heie hou aku ma kekahi wahi au i nianao ai, e huli ana o Moana i punāna nona maiaiia." "Ina o kau.kauoha wale aeja no ia ea, alaila e liele au i keia mana\j r a ano," oka haawi ae la no ia ike aloha hope a oili aku lā.u l'eke iwaho, no na wahi i kauohaia aku ai ia;ā e huii i ka lawehala. "Nou hoi e * ena. e waiho a;ai au i ke kulanakauhale holookoa o Nu Joka nei iloko o kou lima, a e hele oe ma kau mau wahi apau i manao ai, e loaa o Moana ia oe, pehea ua kupono aku ia anei ia i kou'noonoo e.Kena?" "Heaha auanei ma kau wahi apau e kauoha mai ai, ua makaukau loa au e hooko aku," whi no hoi a Kena, me ka piha hoihoi. . "Oiai hov olua e hele ana ma ka olua rpau wahi pakahi, e hele pololei aku au no ka i noho ai o Moana, malia o.loaa ia'u mea malaila e hooia inai ana ia kakou, eia 110 oia ma keia kulanakauhale kahi i pee ai." "E, waiho- mau mai anei au i ka'u hoike ia oe i kela ame keia manawa?" i ninau aku ai o Kena. "Ina he mea ano nui kekahi e hoike mai, alaila e keleponā mai ia'u, a i ole e hele mai 110 hoi e hui kino kaua, a ina aole au ma kauhale nei, alaila e hoike aku i na mea apau ia lokepa, a nana e kmailio mai ia'u, a ma na ano apau, mai hoao e noho malie i kahi hookahi, aka e hooliana i ka ike apau i loaa ia oe." ' f'ia no ki loaa ia'u o ka meheu o Ha:e Monnn. heaha ka'u mea e hana ai?" ... * "E hookoio aku 'miahope ona, elike me ka ilio hahai hoioholona, e hookolo ana piahope o kekahi <lia ahiu, a niai lioao.e nalowale oia mai ia oe aku, a iloko no hoi o ia manawa hookahi. e hoao e hoike mai ia'u ma ke kelepona ma ka manawa maikai mua loa e loaa ana ia ne. E hoomanao pu hoi, eia kakou ke huli njei i kela elua hauen kaukani dala, nolaila ina no ka loaa o Moana ia oluā mai hopu iki iaia, aia wale no a .loaa mai ka ike ia olua no kahi i waihoia ai kela mau dala, no ka mea aole he waiwai o ka hopu ana i kela kanaka, ina aole na haneri kaukani dala elua maluna o kona kino. . ;r ,... "Ke maopopo aku la ia'u kou manao e Nikola." "Eia hou, ma ko'u manaoio, eia- o Hale Moana ke hele nei ma ko'na kino* wahine, oiai ua manao o'ia,. wale no ei hoohokaia ai kakou, mamuli o koiia ma ka hoololiloli ana i kona mau' ano." "Ua kulike ko'u manao me kou e Nikola nia ia mea, o ia lio.i, ma kalii o kona hoolilo ana iaia iho i wahine, e hoano-e āna oia a kulike' loa me. kekahi wahine luahine. a i ole. wahine momona paha." "He. nui na ano a kela kanaka e hiki ai ke pulapu mai i na makaikiu akamai loa," i pane aku ai o Nikola. W I keia la, e hele ana oia mā ke'ano he waliine luahine, i ka la apopo,. he wahine opio; a i kela la aku, he walīine Paele, he mau hana hiki loa keia ke lawelaweia, v e ka poe i ike a i lako me na makayikau apau e hoano-e ai i ka helehelena ame ko lakou kino.

"Ua makemake au e waiho aku i keia hana'iloko o ko olua mau lima, me he mea la, o olua ponoi no na haku: me he mea la, o ke alahele pokole loa keia e wi ai ka nihe 0 kela kanaka. Ina no hoi paha o Cika kekahi me kakou ina.ua oi loa aku ka maalahi, aole nae e hiki, aia oia ma kekahi hihia ano nui kahi i hana ai, e hala ai iaia he mahma okoa i koe, mamua o ka huli hoi hou ana mai. "He hihia keia i kupono loa i na hana i maa ia.Oika akā nae aole oia me kakou, e hoao no kakou e lawelawe 1 iia hana apau e hiki ana me ke kauka'i ole aku iaia. Aka e Kena, aole no he mea hewa kou makaāla pono loa ans aku i kekahi i maa i ka hui pu ana me Kale Peka anie .Hak Moana, malia o hoomaalahi ia mai kau haiia ma ,0 kela kanaka la." . "No Paleka anei kau mea e kamailio īiiai nei, kela kanaka a'u i hookolo ai noloko o ka hale inurama, a i kē lepona ai i kona poe?" "Ae, o ka ? u kanaka ia e manao nei, he mea pono ia oe ke makaala pu iaia,. "Aole no au i hoopoina i kela kanaka, a ua ike au i ko na wahi e loaa ai ia'u i na manawa apau e makemake ai, a ma nehinei koke aku no, i loaa liou ai oia ia'u." "O keia ae la na.mea ano nui a'u i mākemake ai ia oe e hooko aku, nolaila e uhaiia kau huakai e na pomāik.'ii lu nui," o ka haawi ae la no ia o ke aloha hope, a oil.i..;ikū la' o Kena hele me ke koe hookahi ana iho o Nikola inaloke o kona rumi. . He elima minuke paha mahope o ka hala ana aku o Keiīa, oili hou mai la o Peke, a o ia ka Nikola o ka pam koke ana aku: "Ma ke ano o kou helehelena a'u e ike iku nei, me he'mea la, aia kekahi mea ano nui lpa iloko ,).kou noonoo, a o ke kumu 110 hoi ia o kou hoi hou ana nai la." ,"LJa poina loa-hoi au, aole i hoike mua ia oe, o ia hoi, e loea mai ana; 0 Adelina i ka la apopo, a ua makemake iu oia pii kekahi e kokua m#i ia kakou ma keia hihia." "O kpu kuleana 110 ia e Pekē, me kou ui mua ole mai a!u>ina ua maiiao oe, o ka hana pu ana mai o kau wa 'iine me oe,'he mea ia e hoomaalahi ia ai ka hookolo ana nahopē o Hale Moana. Ua palaka maoli no ko'u noo--100, me ka mahpopo mua olē ia'u, o ka la apopo ka malawa e hoea mai ai o kau wahine." "O keia ae la 110 ka manao nui o ko'u lioi ana mai la, »olaila e hele au ma ka'u hāna," o ka haalele aku la no a o Peke, a kamoe pololei māi la kona alahele ho kahi ! kauohaia aku ai, o kana wahi ia e hakilo ai i ka lawe- I \ala. ' I ' MOKUNA XX. I kela hala ana aku o Kena anie. Peke, hoololi koke ae a o Nikola iaia iho, a kaokoa loa mai kona ano mau mai, kamaaina i na mea- apau, o kona haalele iho la no ia i <ona a kavrjne pololei aku la kona alahele. no ka a Peke i olelo mai ai. 'malaila oia i ike ai ia Halē Moana. O kahi i ku ai o ke-la hale. aole no i mamao loa mai kahi i nolio ai o ke kiakaa otomobile o Nikola. a no ka .hapaha hora paha kela hele ana'aku a ka makaikiu, hoea tku la oia i ka hale ana e ke ana e komo aku e nana. a i kona ku ana mawaho o ka lanai o ua hale-nei, hookani aku la oia i ka hale ana e ku ana e komo aku e nana, a ka ona nona kela hale, he wahine aoo, a o ia ka Nikola i ninau koke aku ai: "Ile inea anei kekahi i hoolimalima he rumi maloko o kou liale nei e ka madame?"

| "Auwe,- alaila i hele mai nei ka paha oe e ninau no ke- ! kahi kanaka o Hale Moana ka inoa ea?" wahi a ka ona ! hale, me kona pane pololei ole mai i ka haina o ka Ni- | kola ninau iaia. " j "Ae, i hele mai la au e ninau aku ia oe, ina eia.no kēla j kanaka ke noho hoolimalima nei maloko o kou hale." "O oe iho la ka ekolu o ka poe i hele mai nei e ninau ia'u no keia kanaka hookahi no, a ina i maopopo mua ia'u, he mēa oia*i haalele i kona bela, ma ke ano kolohe, aole loa au e ae e hookipa mai iaia maloko o kuu hale nei." "Ke manaoio aku nei au i kau mea e hoike mai nei ia'u e ka madame. he niea no ia i loaa i na kanaka apau. ke maopopo mua ia lakou he kanaka hana karaima kela." j "I pane no kau ninau ea. he pono ia'u ke hoike aku ia oe, elike me ia a'u i hoike aku ai i kela mail kanaka mua, | o ia' hoi, aole he mea i māopopo ia'u no keia kanaka au e ninau mai nei, a aole no o'u mākemake e lohe i kona ; moolelo." ' <4 Ua maopopo no ia'u, aole au mea i ike nO keia kanaka, a aole no. au i hele mai nei e ninau aku i kau mai' mea apau i ike ai e pili ana iaiā." "Alaila heahā ka ka manao nui o kau nlea i makemake ai e ike ma kau hele anā'mai nēi e ninau iali?". . "O ka'u i makērrtake ai e noi aku i kou oluolu, e ae ia mar au e komo aku iloko e nāna ai i ka runii au i hoolimalima aku ai i kela kanaka." "No ia noi au, hamania kuu hale ia oe i na manawā apau, ke maopopo mua nae ia'u kou inoa amē ka manao ) ka ha'na au i makemāke ai." "He maka'ikiu ka'u oihāna, a eia au ke hookolo nei ma hope o ka meheu o kela kahaka, me ka nianao e loaa he iniau mea ano nui i pili i kekalii hihia e paa nei maloko e ka buke moolēiō o kā oihāiia makāi. Mamua nae o ko'u \omo ana aku e nāna ialoko o ka rumi o kela kanaka owai na kanaka elua mamua o'u, i hele mai e ninau ia oe no Hale Moana?" "He hookahi o kela mau kanaka, he makai oia i hoounaia mai ke keena nīakai mai, a o kā lua, niāi ke keenā mai o ka hui keleponā." "Heaha ka laua mea i hana ai, i kou wa i pane aku ai elike me ka laua nināu?" "No ke kānaka mai ke keena mai o ka hui kelepona. ua noi mai oia e komo e nana i ka rumi i noho ai o Hale Moana, a ua ala}cai aku au iaia no kalē rumi, eia nae ma ka puka wale no oia kahi i ku ai, a huli hoi aku, me ka' namuiiamu ana iho, aohe he mea loaa maloko o ua rumi nei." "Heaha hoi ka hana a kā mākai?" "He hookahi no ona wahi i ku ai, i ka lohe ana no. aole kela kanaka ana e huli ana ma ko'u hale nei, o ke kaha aku la no ia hele. No kau noi hoi e komo iloko o_ ka rumi e ilana- ai, ua makaukau loa au e alakai aku ia oe i keia manawa." "Mē ka mahalo ia oe e ka madame a nui, e alakai i'o aku oe ia'u no ka rumi i hoolinialima ai ia Hale Moanā," o ke. kaha aku la no ia ka wahine ona hale, komo iloko. mē' ka hahai ana aku o Nikola māhope ona, a i ka. hoea ana ma ka puka o ka rumi a Nikola i ake loa ai e.nana, ku iho la oia a ninau mai 1a i kona alakai: . ,f H.e mea hoU anei kekahi i hoēa mai a noho maloko o keia rumi, iiiahope iho o ka haalele ana mai o Hale Moana i kou hale nei?" "Aole, a aole *no hoi i pulumi iki ia. mamuli o ka nui o ka'u mau iloko o ka wa pono. ē pulumi aku ana au, a hoomaemae i na rumi noho ole ia e ka poe hoolimalinia." , "Pehea ae nei ka Ipihi o ka haalele ana mai o Hale \loana ,i kou hale nei?" • "He .mau la helu walē ae nei no i hala, aole no i loihi 'oa kona noho ana ma ko'u hale nēi." "A pehea. ua maopopo no nae paha ia oe kona wahi e ai ai ea?" . \ - "Q ka hiamoe wale ana no ka'u mea i ike, maloko o kona runri, 9 no koha wahi e ai ai, ma kela ame kēia wālii ana e .manao ai, nie he mea la nae. maloko o na hal'eaina •ea hapanui o kona ai -ana." •

"L kpna haalele ana mai i'kou hale nei, ua uku mai no inei oia ia oe i kona hoolimalima?" ' "Ma kona. manawa no i hele mai ai e hoolimalima i umi, i uku mai ai oia no ka ilianawa e elua pule, aole īae i hoea aku i kā pau aiia o kela manawa, p kona hele 'eoke no' ia, me ka hele hoū ole mai e koi ia'u, e hoihoi aku ke koena o kana mau dala." "Pehea kau hoomaopōpo aku i kela : kanaka, he noho .nalie anei oia, a he oluolu ke ano o kana kamailio ana, •" ne ka paleika pu ?" "Ua nana aku au iaia, ma ke ano, oia kekāhi o na keoiimana maikai loa a'u i ike ai, a i ko'u wa o ka lohe ana nai, eia ka he kanakā hana karaima oia. me ka haalele ina i konā hela i wahi e' kau> ole mai ai ke alina a ke ■eanawai maluna ona, ua hoopiha loa ia mai au me ka • )ihoihoi, a hoopioloke pu ia mai no hoi kō'u rroonoo ahiki keia manawa a kaua e kamailio pu nei. Mamuli o keia ivanaka, ua konoia mai au. ma keia hope aku, o ko'u ae '-.na mai i ka poe malihini e noho maloko o ko'u liale nei, ie mea pono, a ninati mua aku au- i ko lakou moolelo o :au hōu niai auanei ua pilikia maluna o'u elike me keia ho la." > . • "Aole a'u, mau hoahewa wale ana aku ia oe. e ka malame elike me kau mea i noonoo ai e- hana aku, no ka 'ioopakele ana i kou inoa maikai ame kou haJe hoolimaima nei, a ke noi aku nei au i kou oluolu, e waiho mai a'u, e kilohi iki ae hoi au ialoko o karumi i noho ai kela ! :anaka. . • ' ' "Mai poina ka hoi. pehea.la, ua ; maopopo no nae paha a oe ke ano o ka paiki ana i paa pu mai ai me ia ea?" . "He wahi paiki paalima wale no, aole he mau ukana 2 ae, a o.ke kumu ia o kona uku mua ana mai ia'u, ma•nUili o ka maopopo ole o ka loihi o kona manawa e noho āi." • . . "Ke haawi aku nei au i ka'u mahalo ia oe e ka maelame. 110 kena pane, a ua paa pu 110 nae paha ua kanaka nei me kela paiki. i kona wa i haalele mai ai i kou hale nei ea?" "Ae, ua īawe p.u no oia i kela paiki me ia, eia nae aole au i ike i kona hele ana, oiai i ka wa kakahiaka nui loa oia i haalele iho ai ialoko o kona rumi, maniua o ko'u ala ana mai." 7 "Manao no hoi au, e hiki. ana no ia oe ke hoakaka mai-i ke ano o lea paiki paalima au i ike ai i ua kanaka nei ?" , "He ano paiki no kela i kamaaina i ka paaia £ na mea apau. aolē no i ka nui loa, aole no hoi i ka uuku loa, he nui' kupono 110. e pau ai na hemahema iloko. Eia no kekahi paiki o kela ano maloko nei o ka hale i keia manawa. he makemake nae paha kou e ike ea?" "Ae, ina oe e oluolu mai ana. alaila e kii aku hoi oe e hoikeike- mai i ike aku āi au!" "He paiki "keia no kekahi mea malihini o ka ( noho hōo'imalima ana māi ma kuu hāie nei, e kii aku 110 hoi au ■io ka manawa a hoihoi uo. i hiki ai hoi ia'u, ke hoakaka Kono aku i ke ano o kā paiki au i ninau mai nei o kela kanaka," alaila hele aku la ua wahine nei e kii i ka paiki paalima ma kekahi rumi okoa aku. Aole no hoi .i loihi ia nalo aku a ua wahine nei, oili' hou mai la me kekahi paiki paalima eleele kaliiko, eia nae he o mau no ka maikai, a ua hana hou ia 110 hoi kahi i inoinp. "Ua kulike loa no kela paiki me keia," wahi ana i pane 1 iku*ai i ka makaikiu. . "O ka like ole wale tio ma keia i mau paiki a elua, he kahiko keia paiki, a he hou ka paiki

ā kela kanaka, a he oi ae no ka maikai o ke ili o ;.a pa:ki irtamua o keia, aole hoi he walii manuhe'u iki n.&uim o

ia paiki." . ! t Lalau aku la o Nikola r i ka paiki a oapai ae 1? .-*iv>a, he mama wāle no, a hoao ac la nohoi oia c wehe. ua paa nae i ke kiia. a o ia ka Nikola o ka pane n-ia u i i ka wahihe ona hale: "He mea kupaianaha maoli 1 eia ke kiia ana o kekahi paiki ukana t>lc a paa. la ka waiwai nui o kekahi paiki o keia ano e hopolH>p<' ai ka ona. a maka'u o lilo ka waiwai oloko i ka ailiuea: "He ukana no koloko o kena paniki. he poe kii, o _knu mea paha ia i manao ole ai. he ukana kekiihi oiokn 1 l<a mama maoli nol" "Alaila he mea pa'ikii ka paha keia malihini hou •» kou liale ea?" . "O kana i olelo mai ai ia'u. at)lc e wehe i ka paiki. he mea ka ia e poino ai na kii oloko, 110 ka mea aole,i paii i ka hoomaeniaeia, a wahi ana, ua uhiia ka kela mau kii me ka' pepa lahilahi, i ole ai e poino, a i ka \va e |elc r»ku ai kekahi malamalama a ]>a i kela mau Jcii. o k-'a p<»wehiwehi koke no ia. "Pela i'o ka hoi, a iua ua lakaia keia paiki a paa'. pehea auanei e hiki ai ia oe ke.< wehe: "Ō ka mea apiki loa ia ia'u e hcH.>maopopo nei, i kv»na !<auoha ana mai ia'u aole e wohe. oiai no nae lia ki no oia a paa." "Ina hoi paha he hemo kena paiki. ina hoi' ua ike pono 'a ae ka ukana oloko, aka ua paa i ke kiia, nolaila na pau le la no ko'u makemake e nana, e hoihoi hou aku oe ma !<ahi au i lawe mai nei, a e hoomaka aku hoi au i ka'u !rana maloko nei o keia rumi." "Alaila i mau ike maopopo ka paha.kau e makemnke īei e loaa mai ea?" "Ua pololei oe i kolio niai la e ka madame, eia au ke huli nei 110 kekahi ike maopopo, hika ai ke hooiaioia, o Hale Moana i'o ua kanaka nei a o kekahi, 110 ka akaa ana ai i ka meahuna pohihihi, malnna o kekahi ninau ano nui i hiki ole ia'u ke hoike aku ia oe e.ka madame." Me kela hoakaka mai ka makaikiu aku, haalele mai la ka wahine ona hale iaia, a i ke au hele ana aku o ka nana ana o na maka o ka makaikiu riia kela ame keia walii oloko o ua rumi nei ua piha maoli no i ka lepo, aole i pulumiia ka papahele, aole no hoi i kahilihiliia oluna o na noho, ke pakaukau, ame kahi waiho lole, o ke kapuahi hoopumehana keia, ua hele a piha me na poomoku kikalika, pela hoi me na iwi kukaepele. Pani mai la o Nikola i ka puka a paa. me ke ki ana mai maloko, alaila ku ae la oia maluna o ka noho. a nana aku la maluna o ka papa. waiho lole. a oiai ua hele kela wahi a piha i ka lepo, ike aku la oia i ke kakau mai 0 ka ma-ka o ka pila dala. a koho koke iho la oia. ua waiho o Hale.Moana lie pu-a o na hila dala nia kela wahi. iaia e hoomakaukau ana e haalele iho ialoko o ka riuni. He wahi mea uuku ano ole wale no keia i loaa aku ia Nikola, aka nae, ua lawa ia no ka ana mai i k; na mea i noonoo mua ai, aia no na haneri kaukani dala elua. tr»alalo o ka malu o Hale Moana. • laia hoi i nana iho ai ma ka aoao o ka moe, e kakau okoa ae ana na ma-ka manamanalima, ])ela me na ma-ka o .na bila dala. O kela wale ae la no na mea a Nikola o ka ike ana, alaila, nana aku la oia ma kahi o ke kapuahi hoopumehana, he nui na pepa i haehae ia a liilii, aole nae he huaolelo i kakauia. ua hookahaha loa ia mai ka manao o ka makaikiu no ke kumu e haehae wale ia ai no na pepa, me kekahi mea ole i kakauia ia wa i ala mai ai ka pono iloko ona. malia paha ua kakauia kela ir:au apana pepa me kekahi ano inika hiki ole ke ikeia iho. .aia nae a kauia aku imua o ka wela o ke ahi. e ike 1110:1kaka ia auanei na niea i kakauia. I wahi e liooia ia mai ai ka pololei o kela-noonoo o Nikola, lalau aku la .oia i kekahi, apana pepa nui. koe ae la i ke kukaepele, a kau aku la i ka.pepa imua o ke rhi. 1 a iloko o ka manawa pokole loa, ike i'o aku la oia lie hūaolelo hookahi e kau mai ana, o ua huaolelo nei, o ia no ka'inoa Nikola. "Akahi ahiki ia'ū ke ike ua kakauia kekahi leka e Moa na me'ka waiu," i kamailio wale ae ai no o- Nikola iaia iho. "Mamuli o ko'll ike ana jho la i kuu inoa maluna 0 keia ap,ana. pepa, e hoakoako'a. aku ana au i na apana apau, a hoohuihui ae i kahi hookahi, malia pela e maopopo ai ia'u kahi i hala aku ai o keia kanaka," alaila hoakoakoa mai la oia i na apana pepa. a hookomo ih«» la maloko o kekahi wa-hi leka' kahiko. me ka hooknni" ana iho maloko o ka pakeke o kona kuka. Nana hou aku la oia maloko o ua rumi nei, no kokahi mau ike e ae. lie oiaio, he mau keleawe ekolu ke Waih.» mai ana. he mau keleawe poka pu»panapana, a o ia_kana 1 ngonoo iiio ai, ua hoopiha hou o Hale Moana i kana pu panapana mamua o ka haalele ana iho i kela ruini. no ka halawai no me ka pilikia, o ka hookuu koke no ia j ka ilio bulu, e aoa. Maluna hoi o ka pahuume, i loaa aku ai hqi mau kui laiioho, he hoike ana mai keia, ua hoololiloli o Jl'aJe Moanei i kona aiio a lilo i wahine. *cia nae he manao koh«» wale 110 ia o ka makaikiu, aole oia i lawe maj< i kela mau !<ui lauoho i mea an'o nui, ma keia huli ana. Ua kuekaa ia eia oloko o na ume, aole he wahi ukana hookahi i loaa aku iaia, a iloko o ka hora hookahi me ka ha'pa o kona noho ana maloko o kela mnp. aole nu he mau mea ano nui i loaa iaia, koe wale 110 keia mau mea i hoike mua ia ae nei maluna.

Oiai aole he mea hou aku e waiwai ai t ka noho Imu an i iho maloko o kela rutni, o ka oili.mai la- no ia o Nikoki. h iho aku la no ka hale olalo. a iaia nae e iho malie ana ma ke anuu, halawai aku la me ia he ( wahine e pii mai ana iluna, o ka pouliuli nae. aole e hiki pono iaia ke ; ke aku i ka helehelena o kela waliine, o kona iho loa aku la tio ia. a hoea ana no ke keena hookipa, a e noho mai ana no hoi ka wahine ona halefi, me ke kakali ana no <> ko ia nei hoi aku. MOKUNA XXi; "Ke liaawi aku nei au i ka'u mau hoomaikai ana he nui ia oe, no ka ae oluolu ana mai e konio aku au maloko «• kou hale nei, he wahi mea nae ka'u i. makemake ai e nir.au aku ie oe, o ia keia: I.ka manawa e.noho ana o Mgana maloko o kona runii hoolimalima, he mea no ane 5 ! i hele mai e ike iaia?" "Ae. h'e elua niaU m«a o ka hele ana mai e ike iaia. he liookahi kane me hookahi wahine, a owau ponoi no ka mea nana i hookipa mai ia laua maloko nei. \\ ahi a kē kane o ka hoike ana inai ia'u i kona inoa oia o l'aiek.i. .a no ka wahiiie hoi, ua hoole mai oia i ka hpike an.i i kona inoa, a mamuli wale no o ko'u noke ana aku i ke koi paakiki iaia, .akalii no a hoike mai, n\a ka olelo ana nae. he kaikualiiue pia uo Hale Moana, ma ka'u nana aku nae, aole he wāhi kulike iki o ko laua mau heleholeria." "A pehea, ua pii aku anei ua wahine la iluna o ka rumi o Hale Moana?" . "Aole au i ae aku iaia e pii no ka hale maluna. manuiii 0 kona hoike ole ana mai i kona inoa pololei. aka ua h- «>- -noho no au iaia maloko nei o keia rpmi. e owau k'a i pii aku a hoike ia Hale Moana, he wahine ka i makeniake o ike iaia, he wāhine o ka olelo ana.mai he kaikuahine nena. 1 ka lohe ana o kela kanaka, noke ae.la'oia i ka akaaka, me.ka olelo ana mai i ko'u alcamaif alai.'a ih»> Piai la o i no ka hui pu ana me ua wahine nei. a he'e lil:e an;- n ) l'iee alanui. me ka huli hoi ole mai o Moaiia. ahiki ' ke [ aumoe ana ma kela po." .. ! "Pehea, ua kamailio iki mai no nae paha »» Uale Moin.i, i na mea e pili ana i kana rfiati malihini ea?" i (Aole i pau.)