Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LVII, Number 15, 11 April 1919 — Page 5

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa

KE KILOHANA POOKELA NO KA LAHUI HAWAII.

He Moolelo Pohihi

 

a ka

MAKAIKIU WAHINE RUTA REVENA

 

I Huli Ai Mahope o ka Meheu o na Rose

a Loaa Pono Ka Mea Pepehikanaka

 

"@@@@@. aole no oe e hoike iki mai ana i kono inoa ia'u la"

            "Aole. no ka mea, he hana ia a‘u i aie ai ka mea i make," @ahi a Mr. Delema, me ka malie loa o ia pane ana mai ana me he mea la ua hoomanao ae la oia i ka mea i make, a no kona hanohano he mea pono iaia ke hamau loa. "E pono @@ e hana pela no ka hooko ana aku i ka‘u hoohiki i hana @@ @@ i ka mea i make."

            "No Mr. Kama anei kou manao?"

            Aole hiki ia‘u ke ha‘i aku i ka mea i make a‘u i aie aku e Miss Revena. Ua silaia kuu mau lehelehe, aohe au i @@@ e hoike ae." Ia Ruta e nana aku ana he helehelena o @@@ mea i piha i ke aloha ame ke kaumaha pu maluna o Mr. @@@ma, no ka mea, mamuli o kona ano ilihia loa i ka Ruta @@@ aku ua haalulu maoli kona leo o ke kamailio ana mai.

            Aole nei ou hoomaopopo iho in a e hopu aku ana au ia @@@ lawe aku mamua o kekahi lunakanawai, e huai aku @@@ @i kau mau mea apau i ike ai, in a no kou makemake a @@@@@ake ole paha?"

            @e anei ou hoomaopopo iho in a e hopu aku ana au ia @@@ @ pane mai ai o Mr. Delema, me ka akahele loa o @@@ @@mailio ana, "O ke Akua mana loa a o ka lunakana@@@ @@kie loa hoi ka i ike ia mea. Ua lawa loa keia no ka @@@ ana aku ia oe.

            "Ke hopohopo nei au ua hoohikileleia aku la paha o@ @ keia hoike ana aku la a'u i ko'u ano paakiki, ea? H@ ao paakiki loa keia he kakaikahi wale no na kanaka i loa@ an@ a i ike hoi ia mea,' oia hoi ka malama ana i ka olelo @@hiki, eia nae, ua lilo kau ninau maluna o keia kumuhana mea hoeha loa mai i kuu noonoo--mamuli o keia kumu, @@@u ae ana aku i kau ninau ua like no ia me ka wehe ana @ i ka @ua kupapa'u ame ka hoala ana mai i ka mea ua @ake."

            "O, ke kaumaha loa nei au," wahi a Ruta o ka pan@ @@ kaumaha loa nei au no ko'u hoehaeha loa ana aku ne@ @@, e Mr. Delema. Ua loaa mai la ia'u kekahi mau ike @@@ loa, oiai nae aole ia mau mea o ka'u i makemake ai @@ @@ mai.

            "Hookahi a'u hana maikai e noi aku nei ia oe mamua o @@@ hoi ana aku a oia keia, ai noho hoi oe a hoike wal@ @ku ia'u imua o kanaka, owau ka i hiki mai nei ianei ahik@ ka pau ana o ka'u hana maluna o keia hihia.

"He mea pomaikai like no no ua no'u ke ahuwale ae ka mea nana i pepehi ia Mr. Kama, pela kuu manao. Ina ho @@ e hoike aku ana i ka poe o ka hale keaka i ko'u an@ @@io maoli he makaikiu wahine au e huikau pu nei ilaila, e hoohakalia loa ia ana ka'u hana, aole oia wale, aka, e imipu ia mai ana kuu ola e ka mea a mau mea paha nana a ua lakou i pepehi ia Mr. Kama, ua maopopo ia oe ia mea aole nae ia he mea no'u e hoopaupauahoia ai i ka huli ana no ka mea. ua paa kuu manao, a ua hoohiki pu no hoi au e ike i ka hope o keia hana, a i keia manawa ke hana nei au @ e hana mau aku ana, nolaila aohe mea e loaa ana ia oe ma ka hopena loa o keia hana."

            "O. e kuu lede opio, mai maka'u ike oe no'u: aole ia manao iloko o'u e hoopahua aku i kau hana, hoomau ak@ @@ i ka hana ana ahiki i ka hookoia ana o kou makemake i keia manawa kokoke iho paha, a i ole i kehahi manawa @oihi aku paha mahope.

            "Eia nae, hookahi a'u mea e makemake nei e hoike aku ia oe a oia keia, in a e ike ana oe i kekahi mea e pili ana @@'u hana ponoi, elike me ia a'u i hoike mua aku nei ia oe he hana ia e poino ai au, ke noi aku nei au ia oe e hele mua mai hoi e hoike ia'u mamua o kou hoike ana ae ia mea @ ke akea. E'ae maikai mai ana anei oe i keia noi a'u?" Me ke ano kuio loa ia ninau ana mai ana.

            "Elike me kau noi mai la ke ae aku nei au me ka oia@ ka. a ke hoohiki pu aku nei au imua ou i keia manawa a @ manaoio mai oe i ka'u."

            "O. me ka mahalo ia oe," wahi a Mr. Delema, me kona @@@@u haahaa loa pu mai@i ka manawa a Ruta it haalele iho @ i ka rumi.

 

MOKUNA XI

 

LOAA HOU no ia Moa Pohihi.

 

         Mahope o ko Ruta noho hana ana maloko o ka hale ke- aka no kekahi manwa, hoi aku la oia no kona home ma kekahi po no ka hoololi ana i kona mau pono aahu'a no ke @@@ hou ana aku hoi i mau pono aahu nona.

         "E Rose." wahi ana i kana wahi kauwa wahine Paele i ka manawa ana i hoea aku ai i ka hale, "he nui na mea @ hoi e hoohauoli mai ana i ka noonoo. Enana mai paha @ la i keia mau mea."

         "He keu i'o hoi ka kena mau mea a ka pohihihi nui wale, hooho mai ai kahi kaikamahine kauwa peale, me ka nana @@@ iho i na apana pepa a Ruta o ka paa ana ae iluna no @@@ nana ana iho. "Heaha ka manao o keia mau kaha-@@ha lehulehu me na huapalapala e kau nei?"

         "He mau huapalapala a hoailona huna hoi keia. O keia @@ha poai au e ike iho la he manao ko ia kaha. O keia @ahi kaha poepoe iwaenakonu no ka huapalapala 'A' ia@ a @@a makemake oe i 'B' e kau iho oe i kiko iwaenakonu o ia @@@ poepoe.

         "Nana iho oe i keia mau laina e moe nei mai kekahi aoao @ ka laina poepoe a i kekahi aoao ma na huina like ole, e @@hele ana ia i ka laina poepoe i na mahele like ole eha, ke @@ iho la anei oe pela? "Ae," wahi a Rose.

         "Ae, o kele ame keia mehele he huapalapala wale no ko @@@@, he manao wale no ko ia mau mahele like ole. On a hana koikoi o ke kohu e moe ana mailuna a lalo o ka poai, a peia mai kekahi aoao a i kekahi, me ka moe kea o kekahi i kekahi, o na laina alakai ia.

         "@ nana mai oe a e kakau ae au i kou inoa. Ka mua. makemake au i ka huapalapala 'R,' ka humua o kou inoa, @@@@@ e lawe ana au ma ka mahele i kau ai ia hua. Ke ike## ## no oe oia ka hua elua maloko o ia mahele, nolaila e kau ana au i kiko i mea e ike maopopoia ai ia ua kaawale mai ke 'Q' ae, ka huapalapala mua maloko o ia mahele.

" Miala, e lawe ana au i ka huapalapala 'O' a pela hoi me ka huapa@@pala 'S' ma ia ano like e pani ana hoi i ka mahele i mea hoike no ka huapalapala maluna ae a ma-@@o hoi o ka mahele ka huapalapala i makemakeia.

         "Maila e lawe mai ana au i ka huapalapala 'E', a i ka hua ana ae i na huapalapala apau e loaa ana kou inoa @-@-@-E, a haawi aku la oia i ka apana pepa huna.

         Ua loaa ia Rose ka manao, eia nae, oia mau no ka hoo-@@@@@iia o kona noonoo. "Ea, e Miss Ruta, "wahi ana o @@ ninau ana mai, "no keaha hoi i ko'iko'i loa ai ke kohu keia mau laina a kohu nui ole hoi kekahi?"

         "A, eia ; o na laina kohu ko'iko'i loa he mau laina alakai laua," i hoakaka aku ai o Ruta. "No ka mea, in aole ia mau laina e lilo ana i mea paakiki loa ka huli ana, koe wale no ka neia i paulehia loa ma ka heluhelu ana.

         "On a laina koikoi o ke kohu e pono laua e ku pololei loa a e moe pololei loa, no ka mea, in a e hio ana ke ku ana aneane no e hiki ole i ka mea e heluhelu ana ke ike i ka manao o ka mea i kauia. Ke maopopo mai la anei keia ia oe, e Rose?"

         "Ae, akahi no a maopopo aku la ia'u. Aka, eia hou no keia pohihihi o'u, pehea i loaa ai keia ike ia oe a i hiki ai hoi ia oe ke heluhelu i keia mau huapalapala huna?"

         "E pohihihi ana no i na mea apau i kinoni ka heluhelu ana, elike no me oe a'u e lohe aku nei i kou hoopohihihiia, aka, i ka hala ana o kekahi manawa loihi e huli ai e loaa ana no ka ike. a pela no hoi i loaa ai la'u, ua loihi no ko'u manawa o ka huli ana ahiki i ka loaa ana ia'u, elike me ia @'u o ka wehewehe ana aku nei ia oe."

         "E oluolu anei oe e haawi mai keia ia'u? Ke makemake 'oa iho la au la e kakauia aku i kekahi leka i kuu hoaloa ua ke ano hoopahaohao aku iaia."

         ", ke ike aku la au i kou manao. makemake oe e kakau aku iaia me keia mau huapalapala huna, ea? Hiki no, in a e makemake ana oe. O ke kope nae ke loaa aku ana ia oe aole o keia, no ka mea o ke ki keia o keia mea huna, a ia oe e lawe aku ai, ea, mai hoikeike wale aku oe i kekahi poe okoa ahiki i ka pau ana o na hana o keia hihia.

         "Me a'u keia ki, o keia mau huapalapala huna kumu. no-aila e hookuu mai oe ia'u e noho hookahi, i heluhelu ae au i ka manao o ka leka i kakauia mai ai a i loaa aku ai ia'u maloko o ka pakaukau kakau a Mr. Kama maloko o kona rumi hoahu buke."

         Haalele mai la oia i ka rumi hookipa no kekahi mau @inuke kakaikahi, a ia hoi hou ana mai ana he wahi pahu @ Rose e ike aku ana aia maloko olaila i waihoia ai na mea apau i loaa ai iaia maloko o ka hale o Mrs. Delema a laua o ka holo pu ana. na mea hoike lehulehu hoi no kana hihia e huli ana ia manawa

         Noho iho la ua o Ruta maha'i o ke pakaukau a hoomaka @ho la e lawe i na mea liilii ana o ka waiho ana iloko ma ka pakahi mailoko ae o kahi pahu. No kekahi manawa pokolo @ale no ia nana a hoonohonoho ana iho ana i na huapala-@ala huna ahiki i kona pela ana i na huolelo apau a pene @ana mau mea i loaa:

         "Ke kaikamahine ui ma _____

         Ka lua ma ka laina mua. E waiho i poke pua ____

         O Geogeti Levere ka ____"

         "O. alaila o Mr. Kama pu kekahi i huikau pu iloko o kela @ana i nalowale ai o Geogeti! A pela pu me Miss Feidete Faure! O ka ninau i keia manawa, aia la ia wai kekahi @apa aku o keia palapala?" wahi a Ruta.

         No kekahi manawa kona noho ana iho e noonoo me ka @ele loa i na apana pepa a hookomo hou iho la iloko o kahi @ahu kini a hoi aku la noloko o kona rumi moe.

         Ia Ruta i hoi aku ai noloko o kona rumi moe noho iho la keonimana kahiko, a me ka hana nui oia i kakau ai i keia eka me na hoailona elike me ia ana o ka ike ana ma na @oailona huna a laua o ka huli ana me Ruta mamua iho.

         Ua hookomo pu oia maloko o kana leka i ke ki e hiki ai i kona hoaloha ke huli a hoonohonoho i na hua a ke helu-helu. me kona olelo ana iaia iho. he hora mahope iho. in a no ka loaa o kela leka i kekahi kanaka a weheia e pau loa ana kona manao ame na hoakaka ana no na huapalapala @oailona i mea ahuwale.

         Aole o Ruta i hoi hou mai ua hoi pololei aku oia noloko o kona rumimoe a no ka nui o ka luhi o kona haule aku la no ia hiolani a i puoho oia ma kekahi kakahiaka nui ae i ka @oke aku a Rose i ke kikeke mawaho o ka puka o kona rumi moe.

         "E Ruta, e Miss Ruta!" i noke mau aku ai o Rose i ke kahea." O ka moe no kau a ka mea hana ole, e ala ae oe @a kahikole ka la."

         "Heaha keia au e pihoihoi loa mai nei?" i ninau aku ai o Ruta, me ia noho no on a iluna o ka moe.

         "Ua loaa mai nei ka nepepa kakahiaka. He pepehikanaka. @ou no ka i hanaia."

         "Lawe mai ana i kela nupepa iloko nei i nana aku au?"

         O ko Rose komo mai la no ia me ka nupepa e pa aana iloko o kona lima a haawi mai la ia Ruta.

         Alaila @ana iho la o Ruta a ike i'o iho la i ka hoolaha e @oakaka ana no ka hihia pepehikanaka. "Ae, eia hou i'o no ia pepehikanaka. a oka inoa o ke kaikamahine i pepehiia o Kite Leimomi. Auwe, kuu hoaloho, a o ko'u hoa no hoi @ moe pu ai iloko o ka rumi hookahi!

         "Loaa aku ua make maluna o kona moe me ka pua rose ma kona lima. Eia hou no ua pua rose nei, ka elele a ka make nana i hoopoino i ke ola o Mr. Kama.

         "Ma ka hoomaopopo iho ma keia pepehikanaka me he mea la owau ka mea i makemakeia e make, a o ka mea nana hana i keia pepehikanaka aole oia he mea okoa aku, aka. @e he mea la o ka mea hookahi no nana i pepehi ia Mr. Kama. Ua kuhihewa ka mea nana i pepehi aku la ia Kite. @uu hoaloha, owau ia, eia nae ua alakai mua ka uhana hoo-akele i ko'u lunaikehala e hookaawale au ia'u iho i ka @@nawa kupono loa, i pakele ai au i ka make a ka enemi."

         E kau ana ma ke poo o ka moolelo e pili ana i keia pepehi-@@naka ke kii o ke kaikamahine i loaa aku ai ua make. @iai o Ruta e heluhelu ana e kiei mau mai ana o Rose @aluna o ka poohiwi on a no ka nana ana i ke kii o Kite @eimomi, a mamuli o ka loli o ka Rose mau hoakaka oiai @ia e nana mai ana i loaa iho ai ia Ruta ka noonoo.

         "E Miss Ruta," wahi a Rose o ka pane ana iho, "e hiki wa anei ia oe in a no kou hoopaa i kou lauoho ku'i maluna o kou poo, ke koho iho o Kite kena kii? Aole anei ou ma- nao ua like loa kena kii me kou?"

         "Ae, he aneane like loa no kona hlehelena me ko'u ma kekahi ano, aole i loaa kena manao ia'u mamua a oiai hoi nau kena manao i hoakaka mai la, ke hoike aku nei au ia oe he like loa kona mau ano apau me a'u a me he mea la oia paha ke kumu o ke kuhihewaia ana o Kite owau ia, a pela oia i pepehiia ai.

         "O kekahi ano i like loa ai au me Kite he like loa ko maua keikie ame ko maua nui, a me he mea la ma ka manao o kekahi poe iloko o kela hele keaka he mau hoahaaau maua, koe wale no ko maua mea e manao ole ia mai ai pela ma o ka like ole la o ko maua mau inoa.

         "O ka'u i noonoo iho la ua ikeia paha au la aole o Fole Foleka. aka o ka makaikiu wahine i kauia ai ka weli e na kanaka ha'iha'i kanawai apau, owau ka mea i manaoia e pepehi, eia nae make hewa aku la o Kite. Ea, e Rose, aole anei he anela kiai kekahi nana i alakai ia'u a pakele ana au mai kela make mai a ke enemi? Ina no ko'u noho pu nei me Kite, elike me ia i na la aku la ia hala, amanao au aole oe e ike hou ana ia'u me ke ole. Aloha ino kela kaikamahi-ne hala ole!"

         Alai'a hoomau hou aku la kana heluhelu ana i ka moolelo, a ma ka hapa hope loa i ike iho ai oia ko Havada Kerega haawi ana he umi kaukani dala makana i ka mea nana i pepehi ia Kite Leimomi.

         Aole o ka hoike wale ia ae no ma ke akea o ia mea pepehikanaka. aka. o kona paa pu i ka hop@ia, hoahewaia a kau ia ka hoopa'i make. He mea phihihi loa i ka manao o kekahi poe ka loaa aku o ka mea pepehikanaka. aka, no Ruta iho aia mau iloko on a ka hooh@oi he wahine ke poo a Faure, a o Mrs. Wiliama hoi kona in@a oiaio. a mawaho ae on a he kane kekahi i hawahawa pu ka linia ma keia kara-uma eleele loa.

         O keia kane i komo pu me Miss Feidete Faure ma keia hana, ma kona koho iho o havade Kerega no ia, ka mea nana ka makana umi kaukani dala. aka, aole hiki iaia ke hooiaio iho ia koho ana. no ka mea, aohe mau hoike oiaio i loaa iaia ia manawa e hiki ai iaia ke kalele loa i kona noo-noo maluna on a.

         Hookahi ana mea i hooholo ai noa iho ; in a oia ke pio i manaoia e make ma kahi o Kite, alaila e makaala loa oia nona iho ma ia mua aku ma kana mau hoonee hana ana apau, no ke mea, malia o ka hana ana iho la keia i ko ole ai ka makemake o ka mea manoino iaia a no kahi wa aku e palua ana ka mea hoohalua iaia i kona makaala ana i ka lua o ka manawa.

         Ua ire pu oia nona iho aia iloko o ke kulana kuhaiki loa ia manawa, nolaila e hoonui kona makaala nona iho @loko o kana lawelawe hana a launa mau ana me Feidete, eia loko o ka Hale Keaka Geite ia manawa, o loaa ole auanei @ana mea i makemake ai

         Eia hou, he hana naaupo pu no hoi nana kona hele hou ana aku ia hale keaka ma kona ano i hoano-e ia, in a ua loaa aku ka ike ia Feidete o ke kaikamahine himeni maloko o ka Hale Keaka Geite ma ka inoa o Fole Foleka, aole ia he kaikamahine okoa, aka, o ka makaikiu wahine Ruta no, e paa ana oia i ka hopuia a me he mea la ua loaa ia manao ia Feidete, oia ke kumu o ka waihoia ana o ka pua rose ma kahi o Kite e moe ana, mamuli o ke kuhihewa ia oia ka mea e moe ana, eia ka auanei o Kite.

         I ka hope loa o ka Ruta noonoo ana hooholo iho la oia aole e hoi hou i ka hale keaka Geite. Ua lilo kona a'oia ana ma ka oihana makaikiu i mea e loaa ai iaia ka manao koa a maka'u ole, aa nae he hana hookomo wale aku no iaia iloko o ka pilikia ka hana naaupo wale ana aku me kona ike aku no i ka pilikia mamua aku on a, he mea oiaio hoi @ kekahi poe lehulehu i hoomaopopo ole ai.

         Alaila, kii hou aku la oia i kahi pahu kini, kahi e waiho ana o na apana pepa apau ana i manao ai e lilo ana ia mau apana pepa i mau hoike no ka oiaio i ka wa pono, a nana iho la.

         "Ea, ovai nei mea pepehikanaka?" wahi ana i ninau iho ai iaia iho. "Nowai kela kii i loaa aku ai ia'u maloko o ka ume o ke pakukau a Mr. Kama? No Feidete anei? Aia awai ke ki o kela mau huapalapala huna e paaia mai nei? Owai ka mea i ike hope ia e haalele iho ana i kahi o Geofeti i nalowale hope ai no ka lua o ka manawa? O Feidete no. A owai hoi ka lede nona ka hainaka i haule ai maluna o ka papahele o ka rumi hoahu buke o Mr. Kama? O Feidete anei? I ka nana aku me he mea la aole paha oia ; in a oia alaila he waiala kumukuai haahaa loa kana o ka hoope ana i kela hainaka.

         " Eia hou, he 'Z' ka huakumu'o ka mea nona kela haina-ka i loaa ai, he wahine ma ka hoomaopopo aku aole i komo pu mai iloko o kela hana ma na ano apau, eia nae, o ka mea i ike mauia i na whaine hana keaka la, ea, he hoololi mau lakou i na inoa o lakou, a o ko laokou mau aahu ame na hainaka oia mau no na huakumu i kuniia.

         "He kumu no e hoohuoiia ai a e kuhikuhi ana o kela wahine hana keaka o ka hale hana keaka Geite ka mea nana keia hana pepehikanaka. Ina oia alaila heaha ke kumu o kona manao ana e hana pela --he lili anaei?

         "Malia paha oia, oiai nae i ka nana aku, me he mea la aole ia o ke kumu, no ka mea, aole o Geogeti ame Kite Leimomi he mau kaikamahine i lawa ka naauao a i ole ko laua u'i paha e hoalaia aku ai ka manaoino i loko o Feidete."

         O keia ae la ka Ruta mau mea o ka noono ana nona iho n ka mea e pili ana i ka mea nana i hoopoino i na kaika-mahine himeni o ka hale keaka, he mau mea nae i hiki ole iaia ke hooiaio nona iho.

         Ma ia ahiahi ana iho ua hoomahuahua loa ia ae ko Ruta hookahahaia i kona manawa i lohe mai ai ma ia ahiahi iho no ka uluaoa nui i ikeia maloko o ka hale keaka Geite ; wale honua wale iho la no o Feidete me ka maopopo ole o kona wahi o ka hele ana aku.

 

MOKUNA XII

 

Ke Kakauolelo Nalowale.

 

         Ae, o keia ae la ka mea oiaio. Aole o Feidete i hoi mai e hoopaa ae i kona lauoho ku'i ma ka manawa o ka hoomaka ana o ka lua o na hana hoikeike ma ia po@a i ka wa i hele aku ai ka lunanui o ka hale keaka e nana nona e mokaki mai ana na mea apau maloko o ia rumi me he mea la he hakaka ka mea i hanaia maloko olaila a aohe hoi he hio-hiona o ko Feidete ikeia aku ma kekahi wahi maloko o ia hale.

         O ka mea hoopahaohao loa i ka noonoo o ka lunanui oia kona nalowale honua ana me ke kupanaha loa, me he mea la ua aleia oia e ka honua, he kupanaha aku a he kupunaha mai, oia na olelo lolieia maloko o ia hale ma ia po.

         Mahope iho ua huliia oloko o kona rumi aohe wahi mea e hoike mai ana no kona wahi o ka hele ana aku, aohe no hoi he mea e hoike mai ana no kona manao mua e haalele iho ia hale ma ia po me ka hikiwawe loa.

         Ma ka mamaia ana o na mea aahu apau e pili ana i ua o Feidete oia mau no ka waiho o na mea apau ma ko lakou mau wahi, a ma ka olelo a ke kaikamahine lawelawe no ua o Feidete aohe i hoike aku o Feidete iaia no kona manao e hana i kekahi mea i maa mau ole ka ikeia. Ua nalowale honua wale iho la no ua o Feidete me ka maopopo ole.

         Ua maluhiluhi loa o Ruta ma kela po, nolaila ua hoi koke aku la oia noloko o kona rumimoe no ka manawa mua loa iloko o kekahi mau pule lehulehu. O kona mau manaolana nae apau no ka loaa iaia o kekahi hiamoe maikai ma ia po ua hooneleia, no ka mea, aohe i kau iho kona poo iluna o ka uluna lohe koke aku la no oia i ka hookaniia ana mai o ka bele ma ka puka me ka ikaika no kekahi manawa loihi.

         I ka hala ana o kekahi mau minuke, lohe aku la oia i ko Rose leo i ke kahea ana mai iaia mawaho mai o ka puka i ka i ana mai @ "E Miss Ruta, ua moe anei oe? He keoni-mana aia mawaho a ua makemake oia e kamailio me oe."

         "Owai kona inoa?" i ninau mai ai o Ruta.

         "O Mr. Iasepe." wahi a ka Rose pane.

         "O Hale Iasepe, ke kakauolelo a Mr. Kama, pela ka'u hoomaopopo aku ma kona leo," wahi hou a Rose, me ke komo awiwi ana iho i kona mau lole komo. "Mai kela la mai i make ai o Mr. Kama kona hele ana akahi no a hoi mai."

         "Olelo aku oe iaia e iho aku ana au iloko o ka rumi hoo-@ipa iloko o ka manawa pokole loa, a i pu aku oe iaia e kali iho." Hoomaha iki iho la o Ruta i kana kamailio ana no kekahi mau minuke no kona noonoo ana no kana mea e hana aku ai no ke keonimana opio. "Nona au i make-make loa ai e ike. Ihea la oia kahi i hele ai, a heaha ana la kana mea e hoakaka mai ana imua o'u?"

         E noho ana o Mr. Iasepa iluna o ka noho hooluolu nui ma ka manwa a Ruta i iho mai ai no ka rumi hookipa, me ka paa o kona mau maka i ka paluluia me kona mau lima, me he mea la ua pili kaumaha loa oia no kekahi mea.

         Oiai ua o Iasepa e kulou ana ilalo a e palulu ana hoi i kona mau lima ma kona mau maka, he manawa lawa loa ia no Ruta e hakilo mai ai i kona ano ame kana hana.

         Ua hele a minomino a lepo na aahu o ua o Iasepa e komo ana ia manawa e kupono ai e haawiia aku i ka poe hoomae-mae lole. ma ka mea maopopo loa ke nana aku ua hala-wai oia me kekahi poino ame ka hana nui oia i pakele mai ai mailoko mai o ia poino.

         "E Mr. Iasepa, pehea oe?" i pane aku ai o Ruta mahope o ka hala ana o kekahi minuke iaia o ke ku ana a nana mai iaia. Heaha ka mea hiki ia'u ke hana aku @@@@@

         I ka Ruta nana aku iaia ia manawa ua pili kaumaha loa ua o Iasepa. e naka wale ana no kona kino ia manawa me he mea la ua piho loa oia i ka maka'u no kekahi mea, aohe nae he hiki ia Ruta ke koho aku i ke kumu.

         He kanaka opio oia i ka Ruta ike aku. nona paha na makahiki he iwakalua a oi ia manawa, a he helehelena hoi i like loa me ko kekahi keikikane nona na makahiki he umi-kumamawalu.

         He lele e wale no kona mau maka me ka alwa ana ma o a maanei o ka rumi me he mea la he mea kana e maka'u ana ia manawa, a he helehelena no hoi i hele a haikea me he mea la ua kaa ma'i wale a kau ka nananakea i na maka.

         "Heaha  kau mea e maka'u nei, e Mr. Iasepa?" i ninau okoa aku ai o Ruta.

         Puiwa hou ae la oia no ka lohe ana aku i ka leo o Ruta, a oiai o kana pane wale no ka mea i makemakeia e loaa mai, @ mai la : "Aohe. Koe wale no nae ua hele maoli au a haa-lulu no ka ------" a hooki koke iho la oia i kana kama-ilio ana.

         "No kou pololi anei ke kumu?" i ninau aku ai o Ruta me ka leo nahenahe a oluolu loa, no ka mea, ia manawa ua komo iho la iloko ona ke aloha no kea kanaka opio mamuli o kona nana aku i ke ano kunalihi o kona helehelena, a no ka nawali no hoi o kona leo ia pane ana mai, me ke ano hohoma o kona helehelena.

         "Ae, oia ke kumu."

         O ko Ruta hookani koke iho la no ia i ka hele no ke kahea ana aku ia Rose e hele mai e hoomakukau i mau meaai na ke kanaka opio i pololi, a ia oili ana mai o Rose i aku la :

         "E oluolu oe e hele aku e hoomakaukau mai i kekahi mau meaai na Mr. Iasepa me ka hoohakalia ole.

"Aole, mai hoomakaukau mai oe i mau meaai," wahi a Iasepa o ka papa ana aku ia Rose.

         "O, aole oe e hoole mai, e pono oe @ ai aku i kekahi mau meaai, no ka mea ke ike aku nei au ua pololi loa oe, e Mr. Iasepa," wahi a Ruta i kona wa i ike aku ai i ke kau ana aku o Iasepa i kona lima ia Rose ma ke ano e papa aku ana iaia. "S Rose, awiwi ka hana ana mai."

         A pau kana haawi ana aku i ke kauoha. huli mai la oia e nana i ke kanaka opio ma ka helehelena minoaka, a i mai la : "Ua pau aku la kela hana, nolaila, e hoike mai oe ia'u i nei manawa heaha kau hana nui o keia hoea ana mai la ou imua o'u i keia manawa o ka po?"

         "E haawi mua aku ana au i ka'u hoomaikai ia oe no kou lokomaikai e Miss Revena," ma ke ano haahaa loa, no ka mea he kanaka opio oia i hoonaauao maikai ia ma ka Ruta nana mai.

         "Eia wale no. i lohe mai oe. e Miss Revena, ua pololi ia au, a i kipa mai la au imua ou me kuu manao e hoike aku i keia manao ia oe i mea e loaa mai ai kau kokua ia'u, Aole i loaa ia'u kekahi mau meaai mai ka manawa mai-----"

         "Mai ka manawa mai anei i make aku ai o Mr. Kama. oia anei kau mea e kamailio mai ana?"

         "Ae, oia : ua pololei mai @a kau ninau ana."

         "Ihea oe kahi i hele ai i loaa ole ai i mau meaai nau?"

         "I kahi i pee ai." wahi ana : "i kahi i pee ai mai na ma-kai mai."

         "Auwe, pee mai na makai mai! Heaha keia hewa nui au o ka hana ana i maka'u ai oe a holopee i na makai?" I ninau aku ai o Ruta. "Alaila, i hele mai nei anei oe imua o'u uo kou hoike ana mai nau no i pepehi a make o Mr. Kama?"

         "Aole. He oluolu ma oia ia'u, aole o'u makemake e hoo-pilikia aku iaia. He oiaio owau ka i piha loa i ka huhu iaia ma ke kakah'aka a'u o ka hele ana a ua hahana ka hoopaa-paa mawaena iho o maua. O kaa'u wale no e kaumaha nei oia ka loaa ole ana he manawa no'u e mihi aku ai imua on a mamua o kona make ana, no ka mea, a'u o ke kamailio ana aku iaia,"

         "Alie. Heaha kau o ka olelo ana aku iaia la i kaumaha loa ai oe no kona make ana me ka loaa ole he manawa @@@ e mihi aku ai imua on a?"

         "He olelo waiwai ole i nei manawa in a au e hoike aku ana ia oe, aka nae, o ka'u i makemake ai a e makemake nei oia ko'u kupono loa e hoopuka ole aku i kekahi huaolelo o ia ana imua on a ia manawa. no ka mea@ ua like oia me ko'u makuakane ponoi," a kani iho la kana uhu o ke kaumaha ma kona manawa i hoomaha iho ai i ke kamailio ana, e hoike okoa mai ana no hoi imua o Rose ua piha loa oia i ke aloha i ka mea i make.

         "A heaha ka kau mea o ka maka'u ana o paa oe i ka hopu-ia e na makai? Ina he hewa kau i hana ai he mea oiaio ua kupono kou maka'u ana, aka hoi, in a no kela mau olelo hailiili wale no kau mea i hana aku ai iaia, ua hiki no oe ke huikalaia aku i nei manawa."

         "Alaila, alaalawa ae la na maka o ua o Iasepa ma o a maanei o ka rumi, a i on a ike ana aohe mea maloko o kela rumi e lohe mai ana i kana mau olelo, kulou mai la oia imua a kokoke loa ia Ruta, a hawanawana mai la :

         "Aole hiki i'u ke hoike aku ia oe? Ua hoohuoi au i ka mea nana i pepehi ia mr. Kama, o ka'u wale no e maka'u nei o kona hoopunipuni ae imua o na makai na'u i pepehi. O keia wale iho la no ka'u e hoike aku ana ia oe, aohe mea hou aku. Ke maka'u nei au."

         "Maka'u oe ia wai?"

         "I ke kanaka a'u i kamailio aku la. aole nae hoi au i hoike aku la i kona inoa.

         "Aole anei ou noonoo iho e hana ana oe i kekeahi hewa koikoi loa in a e huna ana oe i ka hoike mai ia'u i ka ike waiwai loa e huliia aku ai ahiki i ka loaa pono ana o ka mea hewa, a kau ia aku ka hoahewa ame ka hoopa'i maluna on a?"

         "Ma ka hoike ana aku ia oe i ka mea oiaio, aole hiki ia'u @e alo ae. Ke maka'u nei au, elike no me ia a'u o ka olelo mua ana aku nei ia oe. O kela kanaka nona ka inoa a' e kaua nei ma a'u. He kanaka ino aole oia e ku malie ana ahiki i ka hookoia ana o kona makemake.

         "Eia ka'u e hoike aku ia oe i nei manawa, e makaala loa oe nou iho, in a e maopopo ana iaia ke hana nei oe maluna o @eia hihia, a e hiki mai ana ka la e huaiia ae ai kona k@@ a ahuwale imua o ke akea. e komo aku ana oe iloko o ka pilikia kuhohonu loa. O ka'u a'o keia ia oe, a e pono oe e noho me, ka makaala loa nou iho."

         "Ua maopopo ia'u ia mea i nei manawa." i pane aku ai o Ruta. "Ua maopopo pu ia'u kona hoao ana mai e imi i kuu ola, no keia kumu ua maopopo ia'u owau kana i manao ai e pepehi, eia nae, ua hoi mua mai au i ko'u hale nei, a o Kite Leimomi ka mea i make aku la."

         "He meahou aku anei kekahi i make? Aole hoi au i lohe iki?"

         "Ae ; o Kite Leimomi hoi a'u i kamailio aku nei ia oe kekahi o na kaimahihne himeni o ka hale keaka Gei@e : loaa aku oia maluna o kona moe ua make."

         Alaila ku ae la o Iasepa iluna a holoholo iho la iloko o ka rumi me ka helehelena pihoihoi loa, a ia hoi hou ana mai ana, ku iho la a kulou mai la imua a kokoke ia Ruta, hawa-nawana mai la : "E ha'i mai oe ia'u, he pua rose no @a@ paha kekahi i loaa aku ma kahi kokoke iaia i ka manawa i loaa aku ai kona kino make?"

         Ku ae la oia a pololei iluna a huli aku la ke alo i kahi e a niniu ae la kona kino ma kona aneane loa e hina aku ilalo, me ka hooho ana ae : "O, e kuu Akua!?

(Aole i pau.)