Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LVII, Number 15, 11 April 1919 — He Moolelo no MAGURETA a i ole Iloko o na Wiliau a ke Aloha. He Moolelo i Piha me na Haawina o ka Ehaeha. [ARTICLE]

He Moolelo no MAGURETA a i ole Iloko o na Wiliau a ke Aloha. He Moolelo i Piha me na Haawina o ka Ehaeha.

Ua pololei keia manao o ke kauka opio, o ke kumu nui hookahi wale no ia, nana i hoehaeha aku i ko Magureta noonoo, oiai aia mau no kela hiona o na hana kumakaia a Noela Kauwila maluna ona„ke ku. mau la, ana i manaoio ai, ua like loa ka epa ame ke apuhi o na kanaka apau. No kekahi manawa loihi, aole he hookokoke iki mai o Magureta, ma kahi o kana kane e moe malie ana iluna o ka noho loihi, a no kona manao nae, ua moe paha o Rieginola, nolaila hele mai la a ma ka aoao o ka noho, pane iho la ina paha ua makemake oia e hoi noloko o kona rumi, a ua lawa ka noho ana maluna o ka oneki. Hoike aku la no hoi o Reginola i kona makemake e hoi noloko o kona rumi, ia wa i hele aku ai o Magureta e kii i kekahi kuene no ke kokuai ana aku i kana kane noloko o ka rumi. I ka hōea ana aku hoi o Reginola noloko o kona rumi, aole i loihi ma ia hope maj, komo ana no o Magureta, ua waiho nku oia i kona kuka koloka hoopumehana, a he buke hoi ke paa ana iloko o kōna lima, me-ka pane ana mai: 4, Ua loaa aku'nei ia'u keia buke, iwaena o na ukana a Nele o ka hookomo ana maloko o kuu paiki, a manao au, e hauōli ana no oe, ke heluhelu aku au i na mea i kakauia maloko nei, ke ole nae ia e lilo i mea hoouluhua aku i kou noonoo."' Nana mai la o Reginola maluna o na maka o kana wahine, me ka oluolu, hoike pu mai la 110 hoi i ka nui o kona mahalo, a pane ae la: "Ke hauoli loa nei kuu uhane, ina oe e heluhelu mai ana ia'u, a e hoolohe aku no au i na huaolelo apau, aka nae e ae mai oe e lawe mua aku i ka'u mahalo, no kōu hele ana'mai la, me ka manao e hana mai i kekahi mea ho'u e pono ai." Wehe ae la o Magureta i ka buke a hoomaka aku la e heluhelu, aole i pau kana heluhelu ana, a piha okoa ka hora hookahi, o kona manawa wale no e hoomaha ai ka heluhelu ana, 0 ia ka wa e hoakaka aku ai no kekahi mau mea, a i ol? ninau okoa aku paha ia Reginola, no kona manao maluna o kēkahi mau mea maloko o kela buke. Mamuli o ka poeleele ua hiki ole ia Magureta ke hoomau aku i ka heluhelu ana, aka waiho aku la oia i ka buke ilalo, a hoomaka aku la e kamailio ma ke ano nanea me kana kane, a ua hoohalaia he mau minuke e laua ma ke kamailio ana, i-hiki wale no i ke kani ana inai o ka bele no ka aina ahiahi. "Ina hoi paha 110 kou pilikia ole, ina he hookahi no ko kaua hele like ana iloko o.ke keena aina, ua ike maoli iho no au 1 ko'u mehameha, aole no hoi he wahi hoihoi iki iloko o'u, ma i»a manawa a'u e hoea aku ai no ke keena aina, mamuli o ko'u noonoo mau ,aole o oe pu kekahi me a'u malaila." Ua lilo kela mau olelo i kamailioia aku e Magureta i mea nana e hookomo aku i na īnanaolana hauoli iloko o ke kauka opio, no ka hoea ma*i i ka manawa e haawipio okoa aku ai o Magureta iaia iho malalo ona, a o ia kana o ka pane ana mai: "Ke lana loa nei kuu manao, e loaa ana ka oluolu maikai ia'u ma ka la apopo, a o kuu iini nui no hoi, o ia ka hele pu ana aku me oe noloko o ke kēena aina, oiai, he poe malihini wale no na ohua nlaluna nei o keia moku ia kaua, ua nele oe i na hoaloha, e kphu ai ka nanea ana iho. "Ina ua manao oe e Reginola, ua hiki ia oe ke noho pōno iluna me ka pilikia ole, alaila he hana- hiki loa ia'u ke kauoha ana aku i ke kueiie e lawe mai i wahi pakaukau uuku maloko nei, a i hoōkahi no ko kaua ai like ana, aole hoi a'u hoi ana aku noloko o ke keena aina. kahi a ka nūi o na ohua e ai ai. Ua hiki ia'u ke kokua aku i ke kuene, ma ka hana ana i na mea apau, e lilo ai keia keena, i mea kūpono no kekahi kanaka ma'i." "Aole au i makemake e hookomo aku ia oe iloko o na hooluhi wale ana e Magureta," wahi a Reginola, oiai no nae aia iloko o kona uhane, ka olioli, no ka ike aku ,e hana mai ana kana wahine, i na mea apau, elike me ka kekahi wahine i miakee i'o no kana kane. "Ple wahi mea ano ole loa keia a'u e manao nei e hana aku iiou e Reginola. a ina oe e haawi mai ana e liana aku au elike ine ka'u i manao ai, alaila ua makaukau keia mau lima i na mānawa apau e hooko aku i'na mea a'u i ike ai he pono nou. E lawe mai anei au i kau mau meaai maloko nei o kou rumi?" <4 Ae, aole he mea hauoli e ae iloko o kuu uhane, o ka ike wale no e ai pu ana kaua maluha o ke pakaukau hookahi," i pane aku ai o Reginola me ka hoike okoa ana aku ma kona helehelena i kona apono no na mea a kana wahine i hoolala ai e hana niai. Me ka hoohakalia hou ole iho, o ke ku ae la 110 ia o Magureta a hele aku la e ike i ke kuene, me ka hoakaka ana aku i kona makemake, o ia ka lawe ana mai i na meaai maloko o kā rumi o kana kane, me ka haawi pu ana aku he hapalua iloko o ka lima o ke kuene. "Ina o kou makemake ia e ka madame, ke haawi aku nēi-au : na liooia ana, e hoea aku ana ka olua mau meaai maloko o ka rumi o kau kane/' wahi a ke kuene me kona haawi koke ana aku i na kauoha i kona mau kokua, e lawe mai i kekahi pakaukau uūku noloko o ka rumi o Reginola, a iloko o ka hapalua hora mahope mai, aia ke kane ame kana wahine, ma ka aoao o kekahi wahi pakaukau kahi i ai ai, no ka manawa mua loa, mahope mai o kō laua mare ia ana, a me he mea la, o kela no hoi ka manawa mua loa a laua i hoomaopopo ilpo ai 'l ko laua kulana oiaio, kekahi me kekahi. No ke koena mai o ka huakai aumoana, ua kaawale aku ka ma ? i mai ia Reginola mai, a ua pau kona noho paa ana maloko o kona rumi, aka e holoholo māu ana oia maluna ō ka oneki me Magureta, me kona hoikeikē ole aku nae, ma kana hana a ma kana inau huaolelo paha, i kekahi mau mea e hoehaehaia aku ai ka noonoo o kana wahine. . Uoko o na pule elua o ka mokuahi ma ka moana, ku aku la ma kē kulaiiakauhale o Ladana, ua hoohala ia he mau la •ehulēhu e Reginola me kana wahine ma kela kulanakauhale, ma ka hele makaikai ana, i.na wahi kaulana a ano nui o kela kulanakauhale. Ma kēkahi auwina la nae, ia laua o ka huli hoi ana mai no ko laua hokele. e waiho aku ana he mau leka lehulehu na Reginola, o ka hoouna pololei ia ana aku i Ladana, iwaena o na leka lehulehu, lie hookahi lekaf me ke kelekalapa mai ia Kanani mai: hookomo iho la oia i ka lekā maloko o kona pakeke, a no ke kelekalapa nae, wehe koke ae la oia, e nana i na mea maloko, a i kona heluhelu ana iho, i na mea i kakauia, ua hoopihaia mai oia i ke kaumaha ame ka ehaeha, me ka naka ana ae o kona kino, pehea hoi e hiki ai ke alo ae, no ka mea, he lono kaumaha ia, no ka make ana o kona mau mkua, ma ka ulia kaaahi, a penei iho kela kelekalapa: "Ua halawai o Mr. ame Mrs. Alika me ka make ulia mamuli o ka hooku'i ana o na kaaahi elua i kahi hookahi, ma ka

la 22 o Feberuari. Ma ka la apopo e kanuia ai ko laua mau kino.—Noela Kauwila." O keia kekahi puupuu ikaika loa i aku me Kauka Alika, ka mea ana i moeuhane mua ole ai, e hoea koke mai ana kekahi lono kaumaha o keia ano, a o ka mea oi aku o ke kaumaha, o ia no ka hiki ole iaia ke hoi aku e ike hope i na helehelena o kona # mau makua, oiai, aia oia i ka aina mamao kahi i noho ai. Alawa iho la oia i ke kuni o ka leka a Kanani, o ka la unii, ka la o ke komo ana o ka haleleka, ka la mahope mai o ka hookoia ana o ka mare maluna onā me Magureta, nolaila maopopo koke iho la no iaia ka manao o kela leka, he pane no kana leka i kakau aku ai i kona kaikuahine, 110 kona manao ana e mare aku ia Magureta, a holo no Parisa. O ka mea nui loa nae ana e hopohopo la, me ke kaumaha pū no hoi o kona noonoo, o ia no ka hoea mai o na nupepa o Amerika, me ka moolelo piha no ke ano o ka make ana o kona mau makua, a ina paha no ka mao'popo aku ia Magureta, he kekahi ana i huna ai mai kana wahine mai, he keu aku a ka mea maikai ole a e nui hou ana kana hana, ma ka imi i wahi e loaa ai ka oluolu i kana wahine. O kahi nae o ka laki, aole o Magureta pu kekahi me ia, ma kela manawa ana e heluhelu ana i.kela mau leka, ua hoi pololei loa aku no o Magureta noloko o kona rumi, ma ko laua manawa i huli hoi mai ai mai ka hele makaikai ana; aia ua o Magureta ke wehewehe mai la i kona lole holoholo, a komo mai i lole hou, no ka hui pu ana aku me na malihini o ka hokele i ka wa e kani mai ai ka bele aina o ke ahiahi. O kela hoi pololei loa ana o Magureta noloko o kona rumi, ua lilo ia i mea hoomama mai'i ka manao o Reginola, ina paha no ka noho aku o kana wahine ma kona aoao, aole loa e hiki f.ria iaia ke uumi iho i kona mau manao, kaumaha, a e kono okoa ia mai ana hoi oia, e hoike aku i na mea oiaio o kona kaumaha ana. Aole no he manawa a ReginoIa i hoakaka aku ai imua o Magureta no kona mau makua a ohana paha, a ina paha no kona hoike aku, o ka lono kaumaha o ka loaa ana mai iaia nei, 0 ia no ka halawai ana o koila mau makua me ka aole ana e nele ka niele aku o Magureta iaia, ahiki i ka loaa pono ana he kaikuahine ponoi o Kanani no ia nei, o ka hele hou no ia i ka pilikia. Ma ka Reginola x mau mea i hoomaopopo aku ai no Magureta, ua liauoli maoli. kana wahine, mahope mai o ko laua mareia ana, nolaila he mea maikai ole hoi ka hookomo hou ana aku ia Magureta iloko o ke kaumaha, ke lohe aku oia i na mea e pili ana no Kanani, eia nae, he liana paakiki loa na ua kauka nei ka uumi ana i kona mau manao kaumaha no kona' mau makua. "Ke hoohf)lo nei au i ko'u manao, aole e hoike aku ia Magureta i na mea e hookaumaha hou ia ai kona noonoo," wahi ana i hooho ae ai. "E hoomau aktf no aū i ka hunakele ana i ko'u lilo ana he kaikunane no Kanani, pela wale no e hoomauia aku ai ka hauoli iloko o Magureta, no ka mea aole loa o'u kanalua, e hoea mai ana no i ka manawa e auhee loa aku ai na mea maikai ole apau mai iaia aku. "Pehea nae ka nui o keia kaumaha i kau mai maluna o'u, no ka make ana o kjiiu mau makua, he mea pono ia'u ke hoomanawanui, a e hoike mau aku au ma ko'u mau ano apau mawaho, aole loa he pilikia i kau mai maluna o'u," alaila haehae ae la oia i ke kelekalapa a liilii a lawe aku la e hookomo iloko o ke kapuahi hoopumehana. Lalau iho la oia i kekahi leka okoa, a wehe ae la e*nana, me ka lilo pu no o na manao maloko o ua leka nei, i mea hookaumaha mai i kona manao, a o ia kana o ke kamailio wale ana ae no iaia iho: ''Ō keia no ka mea a'u i hopohopo mau ai, y no ka holopono ole o keia oihana ā'u i hookomo nui aku ai i ka'u mau dala, no ka hoopukapuka ana. Ina he manawa kekahi e ike aku ai au no ka pii ae o kela hui ma ke kulana maikai, e hoolilo hou ia aku ana e a'u ko'u mau kuleana apau iloko o ka hui." Oiai nae aole he oili koke mai o Magureta, manao iho la o Reginola, ua hiamoe paha kana wahine, no ka hooluolu, ana mai na luhi mai o ko laua hele holoholo ana, nolaila hele aku la oia noloko o ke keena puhipaka, a mahope o ka ho-a ana ae 1 kona ciga, lalau iho la i ka leka a Kanani i kak.au mai ai, a heluhelu ae la, me kona hopohopo ole no ka ike mai'o Magureta. He mea oiaio, o ka manao nui o kela leka' a kona kaikuahine, o ia no kana mau mea i koho mua ai, he pane no na mea e pili ana i kona mare ana ia Magureta. E hoakaka mai ana 0 Kanani i kona apono ole i ka mare ana o kona kaikunane ia Magūreta, ma o kā niaikai ole o ka noonoo o kela kaikamahine, aka nae he maikai wale no kana mau mea apau i kakait mai ai no Magureta, aole i lilo ka uumiia ana aku o kona a-i e keia kaikamahine i mea e hoalaia mai ai ka inaina ame ka hoowahawaha iloko ona, oiai aole mamuli maoli iho o ko Magureta manao ia hana, aka no kona opulepule mai, o kana meā wale no nae i kahaha loa ai, o ia ke kumu o ko Magureta huhu iaia. "Aole a'u mau hoahewa wale ana aku maluna o Magureta," pela kekahi mau olelo maloko o ka leka a Kaiiani. "Ke lana nei ko u manao, aole loa oia e hoOmaopopo ana i kana mea i hana mai ai maluna o'u, a e noonoo mau aku no oia, me he mea la he moeuhane, elike me ia au i kaWau mai ai. He keu aku nae a ka mea kupaianaha foa, o ko'u lilo ana i nana e lili loa ai, a ua hoopohihihi loa ia mai hoi ko'u hōonoo ahiki 1 keia manawa. , He nani nae ia ua paa kou manao e Reginolā e lawe mai ?aia i wahine mare nau, o ka'u wale no e kalokalo ae nei, e uhaiia kau mau hooikaika ana, me ka holopono,- 'a e hoea mai hoi i ka la e auhee aku ai nā ano majkai ole apau mailoko aku o kona noonoo. "Oia kekahi o na kaikamahine luiapalā' me ka loaa o na kalena kiekie loa iaia, a ina he manawa kekahi ma keia hope aku, e hoi hou mai ai kona mau ano hauoli apau, aole he mea i hooi ia aku ka hauoli, elike la me kou nei, no ka ioaa ana ia oe o kekahi wahine u'i, e haaheo ai ka naau nona." ''Ua hiki ole ia'u ke kaohi mai i ka haawi ana aku i ka'u maii mahalo kiekie ana no kuu kaikuahine," i pane ae ai ke kauka opio, iaia o ka opiopi ana iho i ka leka a Kanani a hookomo iloko o«ka wa-hi, me ka halo'ilo'i pu ana iho hoi o kona mau waimaka, no ke aloha i na makua ame kona kaikuahine. He kakaikahi loa īla wahine i like aku me ko Kanani ano, ka lilo ole o na mea i hanaia aku maluna ona i kumu e hoalaia mai ai ka manao .inaina a hoo\vahawaha no Magureta. Ke lana nei ko u manao, e hoikeike aku ana kana kane i na mea apau e mau ai kona noho hauoli ana, a e lilo pu ana hoi oia i mea hoomama aku i ka manao o kana wahine, iloko o ka wa o keia kaumaha i kau aku ai maluna ona, no ka make ana o na makua o maua." No kekahi manawa loihi ka noho hookahi ana o Reginola mā kela rumi, e noonoo ana hoi i kela mau mea ana i ike ai maloko o kana mau leka, alaila kiola aku la oia i na manao kaumaha apau, a hele mai la e huli i kana wahine, imalia aia paha ke hoaa mai la no kona wahi i nalowale ai. N MOKUNA XVIII. ■ O kela manao o Reginola e huna aku i konā mau manao kaumaha apau i wahi no Magureta e ike ole aku ai, ua hiki' ole loa ia ke nalohia aē mai kona helehelena aku H O kā make ana o kona mau na makua nrf laua i malama a i pulama iaia mai kona mau la kamalii mai ahiki.i ke kanaka makua ana, a i kokua aku ma* ka hoonaauao ana iaia, ahiki i kona olelo ana ae, nona iho kona ike ame ka makaukau ma ka oihana lapaau, a nona iho kona inoa ame kona mau waiwai; he mea ehaeha no kona noonoo, ka hoopoina ana ka laua mau hana. Ua hoomaopopo o Magureta.i kela ano o kana kane, oiai no nae e hooikaika mau ana o Reginola e hoikeike aku i kona mau

ancr oliiolu apau i kana wahine; aka ma-ko Magureta aoao I nae, aole oia i niele wale mai, e hoikeike mai ana no oia, i kona mau ano makee apau no kana kane, a e hana mai ana hoi ma na mea e hooluoluia aku ai kona manao. Ua kuhihewa o Magureta o kela kaumāha o ka helehelena 0 kana kane ana'e ike mai ana maluna ona, ua hoea mai no ia mamuli o ka maikai ole o ko Reginola ola kino, a kauoha mai la iaia e hoopau ka hele nui ana i ka makaikai, aka e noho laua no kekahi mau la no ka hoomaha ana. He elua nae pule mahope mai o ka loaa ana aku o ka lono kaumaha no ka make ana o kona mau m,akua, ua loaa maoli iiku la he leka iaia, e hoakaka piha ana i ke ano o ka ulia poino, i halawai ai kona mau makua me ka make. Ma ua leka nei, e hoakaka mai ana oia i ka holo ana o Mr. ame Mrs. Alika maluna o ko laua kaaahi no Pasadena, no ka hui pu ana aku me Kanani ame kana kane, a i ka hoea ana o ke kaaahi ma kekahi uwapo kiekie ma ke ala kuahiwi, ua hooku'i iho la na kaa a elua i kahi 4 ,hbokahi, me ka hiolo ana o ka uwapo, a haule aku la na kaa apau ilalo, ma kalii he hanen kapuai ke kiekie. He nui ka poe i halawai me ka make ma kela ulia poino, a i ka wa i loaa aku ai ka lono kaumaha ia Kanani, ua maule okoa kela kaikamahine, a ua lilo no hoi ia lono i kumu nona e ma'i ai: He mau leka hou ae no kekahi o ka loaa ana mai iaia, maloko o kekahi o na leka, e hoakaka ana i ke poho ana o kekahi hui kaaahi, ka hui kaaahi i hookomo nui ia aku ai na dala a kona makuakane, pela hoi me na dala a Noela Kauwila ame ka ua o Reginola mau dala, nolaila alua mau kumu hookaumaha i kona noonoo, a ke ike la ke kauka opio, oia kekahi o na kanaka ilihune, mawaho ae o na hanen o ka poe i poho ka lakou mau dala maloko o ka hui kaaahi. Ua lilo keia nuhou o ka loaa ana aku iaia, i kumu e papalua ia iho ai kona kaumaha, a o kela ikaika iloko ona, e hutia aku i kona ehaeha, ua hiki ole loa ia i kona man%ke hana aku, nolaila i ka wa a Magureta i komo mai ai, a ike 1 kona noho aku, maloko o ke keena hookipa i hookaawaleia no laua, me ka helehelena i hooi loa ia ae ke kaumaha, i ko na manawa aku mamua, hele pololei loa mai la o Magureta a noho aku la mamua o kana kane me ka pane ana aku: "Aole loa o'u kanalua, aia kekahi mea nana i hoopilikia loa aku i kou noonoo e Reginola. Heaha keia mea nui nana i hookaumaha ia oe? No ka pule ae nei a oi, ua hoohuoi au'i ka maikai ole o kou noonoo. «Manao 110 anei oe, he kuleana ko'u e komo pu aku ai i ka auamo i kou mau pilikia apau?" Leha ae la ka Reginola naaa ana ma na maka o kana wahine, a hoao mai la e minoaka. Ina ua hiki ole iaia ke hoike okoā mai i ka nui o kona makee ame ke aloha no kana wahine, ma o kana mau hana la, alaila ke hoike okoa mai la kona.mau maka ia mea, a o ia kana i ae okoa mai ai ma ka-pane ana mai: ' He oiaio, ua. hoopilikiaia mai ko'u noonoo ma kekahi ano, a no ko'u manao, he mea maikai ole paha na'u ka hookaumaha wale ana aku no i kou inanao, pela iho la au i auamo hookahi ai i keia pilikia." "E hoomanao oe e Reginola, he wahine mare au nau. Ua haawi aku au i ka'u hoohiki paa imua o ke' kahunapule a imua ou, pehea ka nui o na pilikia e halawai mai ana me ce,: owau pu kekahi iloko olaila," ; no kela pane, ke lēlele wale la. no ka oili iloko o Reginola, no kona piha i ka olioli, no keia mau olel'o a Magureta, no ka mea, o kela ka mahawa mua loa a Magureta i hooia aku ai i kona kuleana he wahine mare, na ke kanaka ana r i ike ole ai ia mea he aloha, ma ke ano he kane mare. "He pilikia anei keia ma kahi o ka oihana?" "Ae, o ke ano maoli ia o keia pilikia," i pane mai ai o Reginola, mahope iho o kona noonoo akahele ana; he oi aku ka pono o kona kamailio ana mai i ka mea oiaio, a.he kumu' no hoi ia e nalowale aku ai kona manao kaumaha no ka make ana o kona mau makua, mai ka ike wale ana aku a Magureta. "O ka'u mau dala apaii i hoahu ai, a'u hoi o ka hookomo ana aku iloko o kekahi hui alahao, pela me kēkahi waiwai nui a u i kau aku.ai i na manaolana, e ili mai.ana maluna o'u, ua lilo ia i mea poho mmuli o ke poho ana o ka hui."

E ; olelo mai ana anei oe e Reginola, aole he manaolana i koe no ka loaa mai o kau mau dala?" i ninau aku ai o Magureta, me ka hoike pu anā aku no hoi no kona komo pu aku me kana kane iloko o na manao kaumaha. "Eia no ia'u na pepa kuleana apau, no ka'u mau dala i hookomo i iloko o ka hui kaaahi, aka heaha nae ka waiwai c ia mau pepa, oiai ua'poho ka He hookahi wale no kumu e lilo ai keia mau pepa kuleana i mau mea waiwai, aia wale no a hoohana hou ia kela hui, a ina no ka hālawai nei me ka holomua,"'o ka manawa ia a ka* pee paa mahele e kauka'i aku ai 110 ka hoihoi hou ia mai o ka lakou mau dala." ' Ku ae la o Magureta iluna, me ka noonoo ana no kekahi mau minuke, no na mea a kana kane o fca hoakaka ana mai imua ona, oiai hoi o Reginola e mihi la no kona kamailio afia mai i kona pilikia, aka i ka hala ana nae o kekahi mau minuke, noho iho la o Magureta ilalo, a kamailio aku 1 a: "Ina o ke dala ka mea n;fna i hoopilikia aku i kou noonoo, alaila he mea maalahi wale no ka hoopau ana aku ia pilikia, mamua o na mea e ae," me ka paa ana aku o kekahi lima o Magiireta maluna o ka poohiwi o kana kane. Ae, o ka halawai ana o kekahi mea me ka poinō, mamuli o ke poho ana o kana mau dala, he hana hiki wale no la ke hoopauia ae, mamuli o kona hele hou ana i ka hana e hooikaika ai, i wahi e loaa hou mai ai ke dala iaia, a o la ka u e noonoo nei, he mea pono ia'u ke hele i ka hana, m « ka wehe ana aku i keena kauka no'u." Alaila e huli hoi hou aku anei oe no Amerika, no ka lawelawe ana i ka oihana lapaau?" "Aole au i manao pela," wahi a ReginoIa me ka nana an& mai ma na m'aka o Magureta me ka oluolu. "He oiaio ma ko'u aina hanau ponoi ka holopono loa o ka'u oihana, aole nae au i manao e hoi hou aku ihope, aka aiii a loaa he wahi kupono no kaUa e noho paa iho«ai, ia wa au e wehe ai i kekahi keena oihana no'u, a kau aku i ko'u inoa mawaho 0 ko'u keena." •Ku hou ae la o Magureta iluna, mc ka hele ana mai a pili ma ka aoao o .Reginola, a pane aku la: "Aole au i makemake e wehe aku oe i keena oihana nou, no ka mea eia ka iini iloko o'u, e hoea mai i ka hookoia ana o ka hana nui au 1 holo mai ai no keia aina mamao, o ia ka imi hou ana aku i ka ike ame ka makaukau ma kau oihana. Ua nui ke dala h'u, a ke waiho aku nei au ia mau dala apau, malalo o kau: hoohana ana aku, no ko kaua pono." "Aole e hiki ia'u ke ae aku i kena manao ou e Magureta.' He hana maikai ole loa na kekahi kanaka ke kauka'i ana akū maluna o na dala a kana wahine, me kona hele ole i ka hana,.no ia kumu la, ua hiki ole i ko'u lunaikehala maikai ke hoopa aku i hookahi keneka o kau mau daia." "E hoopoina loa kou noonoo ana no na mea au i kamailio mai la e Reginola, no ka mea ia'u i haawi aku ai ia'u iho, i hapa na kou ola ana, ua haawi pu aku au i na mea apau i kuleana ai au," a no ka hoike okoa ana aku i ka oiaio o kela mau olelo, kau aku la kekahi lima ma ka poohiwi o ke kauka opio. "Alawa ae la ka Reginola nana ana iluna o na maka o Magureta me ka pane pu ana ae: "Aole oe i haawi holookoa mai ia oe iho e Magureta i hapa no kuu ola ana," wahi ana me ka leo o ka mea i piha me kaumaha. "Iwaena o na waiwai makamae apau ma ka Honua nei, he hookahi wale no a'u mea nui e upu aku nei, o iā kou hooko mai i ka iini a kuu puuwai," ua lilo nae kela mau hoakaka a Reginola i mea e haikea ai ka hele-

beleha o Magur*eta, aka paa koke ae la o Reginola i ka lima e kalele ana maluna o kona poohiwi, me ka wikiwiki ana ae i ka pane ana: "Ke nonoi aku nei au i kau mau huikala ana mai ia*u e ]\lagureta* ua pupuahulu loa au ma ka hoopuka ana aku 1 kela mau olelo; au paha e manao iho ai, ua uhaki au i ka'u hoohiki i hoopaa aku aii imua ou. He oiaio, he mea hoehaeha loa mai i ko'u manao, ka noho wale no. me ke kauka'i ana aku. o kau mnu dala. ka niea natia e hoop.w ae i ko kaua mau pilikia o ka noho ana aku." "E hoomanao hoi paha oe, ua noho aie au ia oe, no ka nui 0 kau mau hana maikai ia'u—ua haalele aku oe i kau oihaua no ko'u pono wale no. a ma ka mea oiaio maoli, he kuleaaa pu kou e komo mai ai iloko o na hauoli ana, no na mea apau 1 loaa ia'u." "Me kuu naau apau, ke haawi aku nei au i na mahalo ana iie nui, no kena ruau hoakaka au, e hoike mai ana hoi i ka nui makee iloko ou, no ka hooko ana mai i ka mea au i ike ai he pono; aka nae uā hiki ole loa ia'« ke lawe mai he liookahi keneka o kau mau dala, no kē kumu, e ahewa mau mai ana ko'u lunaikehala ia'u i ke ao ame ka po, no ke kau» ka'i wale ana aku i ko kaua pono maluna o kau mau dala. O kekahi no hoi, aole e loaa ia'u ka hauoli ma ka noho wale ana, aia no a lawelawe i ka'u oihana kauka." "Ke hoomanao nei au, ia kaua i haalele aku ai ia Ame- "3 rika, ua paa loa kou manao. aole au mau lapaau hou ana, koe wale no ke a'o ana aku i na makaukau hou no ka oihana kauka," wahi a Magureta me ka maikai ole o kiMia noonoo. "E hoao kalia e hoopoina i keia mea ,a mai hoopilikiaia hoi kou noonoo e kuu Magureta, a na keia mua aku no t lawe mai i na mea apau e loaa ai ka noho hauoli ana ia kaua," i. lioao aku ai o Reginola e hoolalau i na kamailio ana. "He hookahi inea nui loa iloko o kuu noonoo, he mea hoi a'u i manao ai, ua hoēa mai i ka manawa e hoakaka aku ai imua ou, o ia no keia: Ina aole au i mare aku ia oe, ua koiia mai au mahope iho o kau mau lapaau noeau ana i ko'u pilikia, e uku aku i kekahi liuina dala mahuahua no kou lulii. Ina paha he mea ma'i okoa ma ko'u walii, i liele pu mai ai oe ma kēiā huaka'i, me ka haalele ana aku i kau oihana mahope, kqu waiwai ame kou kaulana, aole ana e nele ka loaa he ukii kiekie loa ia oe. Oiai nae owau kau wahine, owau ka mea au i lapaau ai, a i lawe mai ai no keia aina mamaq no ka huli ana i na mea e pono ai au, aole anei hoi, e kaana pu kaua i lso'u mau mea apau?" "Auhea oe e ke nonoi aku nei au i kou olunlu. e hoopau ko kaua I<amailio ana maluna o keia kumuhana." me ka hoao ,ana mai o ua o Reginola e minoaka. "Mawaena ou ame a'u, aole a. kaua mea e kamailio ai'no ia mea he uku, ahe aie paha. He wahine mare oe na'u, nolaila, ua ili iho maluna o'u ke ko'iko'i o ka malama ana aku ia oe ina na ano apau. No ka hoololi ana ae nae i ka kaua kumuhana e kamailio ai, e lilo ana anei i mea hoopilikia aku i kou noonoo, ina e hoopau ana kaua i ka hele makaikai ana no na wahi aku i koe, a e holo' koke aku kaua no Parisa me ka 'noohakalia hou ole aku ?" No kekahi mau sekona, aōle e hiki ia Magurcta ke pane kokfe mai, oiai ua hoehaehaia aku leona noonoo, no ka ae ole o Reginola e kaana pu me ia ma ka hoolilo ana i kaua mau dala ponoi, aka nae mahope o kona hoomanawanui ana i kona mau manao maikai ole apau, ia wa i aea mai ai kona mau mal<ā a nana mai la i kana kane me ka j ana mai: "Aole a'u mau ku-e ana aku, ina ua manao oe, he oi aku i ka maikai no ko kaua holo kōke ana i Parisa," wahi ana |, me ka ieo oluolu.' . . "Me kā mahalo a jiui no kena pane au e Magureta. a pehea ē makaukau aKa anei oe, no ka la mahope aku o ka la apopo?" '•% "Aole he hana n'Ui ka hoomakaukau ana e Regino!a, ua hiki loa au ke makaukau iloko o ka hora hookahi. Ina e kokua mai ana o Nora ia'u, he hana liilii wale no ka hookomo ana aku i ko'u mau ukana apau maloko o ka pahu loli." "Ina pela iho la ka hikiwawe o kou hoomakaukau ana ea, alaila ua liiki loa ia kakou ke haalele iho i keia auwina la. a e hele aku hoi au e hooponopono no ko kakou alahele," alaila hookuu aku la oia i kana paa ana i ka liina o Magureta, eia nae ke mau la no ka puliki ana a ua kaikamahine uei i ka lima o kana kane, a i mai la:

"He hookahi a'u mea i koe i makemake ai e kamailio aku i.a oe e Reginola, mamua hoi o kou hele ana aku ma kau mau hana, o ia keia, a malia aole no paha oe e ku-e mai ana: 1 ko kakou wa e hoea aku ai ma Parisa. aole anei he mea maikai ka hoi ana aku a noho maloko o kekahi hale hoolimalima, mamua o ka'noho ana ma ka hokele? He oi ae ka oluolu ka noho ana ma kou home ponoi, mamua o ka noho huikau ana iwaena o na malihini." Hoike okoa n£ii la ka helehelena o Reginola i ka hoihoi. no kela iiinau a Magureta iaia; me ka i ana mai hoi: "He mea oluolu i'o no ka manao ka loaa ana.he home e noho ai; aka nae e hoomanao oe e kuu wahine, aole o'u makemake e hookau aku i kekahi pilikia maluna ou. ma ka makania ana i na mea e pono ai ka noho ana o ka home." "O keia hookahi ka mea a'u j makemake nui ai, o ia no makaala ana no ka pono o ka home, aia a paa mau ko'u manawa me kekahi hana, e loaa auanei i kuu uhane ka hauoli. O e Reginola, e ae mai oe i keia manao o'u. ma k e ano hoao. a ina no hoi e holopono ole ana ka noho ana aku ma kela ano, alaila e hoi kaua maloko o kekahi hokele maikai e noho ai. rt Ina o kou makemake ia, alaila ke haawi aku nei au i ko'u ae," wahi a Reginola, no ka hooluolu ana aku i ka manao o kana wahine, a no kona ike ana iho no hoi kekahi. 0 ke kupono maoli no ia o l*a noho ana ma ke ano hc kane a he wahine. Me ka mahalo a nui ia oe e Reginola," i pane mai ai o Magureta me ka hoihoi loa, ka mea a Reginola i ike ole ai pela mamua. "E hele aku au a hoike ia Nora, no ko maua nookomo ana 1 ko'u mau ukana maloko o ka pahu, a kakali aku no ka hoea mai i ka manawa, a kakou e haalele iho ai i ka hokele nei." "Akalii no au a ike i kou makaukau maoli no e Magu reta, ma ka hoolala ana i ka holomua o ka kakou huakai. nolaila e hele aku au e hooko i ka'u mau hana liilii, a ni. keia auwina la e haalele iho ana kakou ia Ladana nei," < ka hookuu la no ia o Reginola i ka lima o Maguretn a hele mai la no na wahi ana i makemake ai e hele ma ia la Ma kela po an«i iho ,aia lakou nei ma Parisa kahi i hoola i ai, a iloko hoi o na pule mahope mai, ua loaa he honu' no lakou, ma kekahi wahi maikai ma kela kulanakauhale. ,»■ a elike no me ko Magureta maa i ke ano o ka hoonani ana 1 na hale o na kanaka Amenka. pela no oia i hoonani aku ai ī ko lakou home, aole hoi elike me ke ano o ka noho ana o na kanaka Palani... Ma 'ka hoolako ana nae i ko lakou home, ua kaa wale no na hana ma ka aoao o Magureta, o kana wale no i koi Ai inai ai ia Reginola, o ia ka nana ana i na rumi o ko lakou hale hoolimalima, ame ka lawe ana iaia e hoike maloko o na halekuai o na lako hale; aole i ae aku ua o Magu~ reta ia Reginola e hele pu mai me ia, aka'e hele no oia ma kekahi mau hana e ae. No ka piha hoihoi loa o Magureta no ka loaa ana he home ame kana kane e noho ai ,ame ka lawe ana ae i na ko'iko'i apap o ka hoolako ana aku i ua home nei, ua hookuu loa aku o Reginola.i kana wāhine, e hana elike me kana i ike ai he pono, me kona manaōlana, he mea kokua nui mai ia i ka noonoo o ka wahine opio, oiai hoi ua o Reginola, e hoo-/-< hala ana i kona manawa, ma ka hele ana e hui pu me keS| kauka, hookahi ana i kau aku ai i na manaolana ana, no ka lapaau ana mai i ka pilikia o kana wahine. (Aole i pau.) 1