Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LVIII, Number 13, 9 April 1920 — Page 5

     I'a olha nui ka Mea Hanohano Morikona no Tazana, o ia ka noho @@@a ana o kela kanaka ma kona aina iho, a o ka poe apau e hoao @@@ e lawelawe i kekahi mau hana kolohe ma aina, he hookahi @@ hoopa'i he make. Ua lohe oia, i ka make ana o kekahi kanaka ili @@@eo, iaia i hoao ai e limanui kekahi kaikamahine, Paele, a oiai @ oi aku o Miriama ia Tazana mamua o ke kaikammahie Paele, @laila, aole ana e nele ka hopiia aku o kela kanaka, no @@ põe apua na lakou i hoomahuka i kela kaikamahine mai kono @@@@ mai.

    "E haalele koke kakou i keia wahi, me ka hoohakalia ole iho, " pane aku ai ua o Morikona, me ka hoomakaukau koke ana iho i

@@@ mau ukana. "Ua kamanina no anei oe i ke alanui pololei a @@ou e hele aku ai a hoea i ka akau?"

   "I'a kamaaina loa au i ke alanui," I pane mai ai no hoi ua @@nuka i jo lakou mau ukana, a hoomaka koke aku no ka nea ana @@@@@ I ko lakou mau ukana, a hoomaka koke aku no ka nea ana @@a me ka hoohakalia ole.

    Ka nee la ka haukai a Morijona ma, no ka akau, elike me mo ka @ @iwawe e loaa ana ia lakou, a ma ka @ora umi-kumanalua o kela@@ i loheia ai ka hooho o na Paele ma ka hapa hope o ka huakai, no @@ mea ua ike mai la lakou, i ka oili ana aku o kela Paele o ka haa@@@ ana e Hanakona, iloko o ka uluaau, a elike no me ke ano uaua @@@ Paele, ua hoomaka koke aku la no ua Paele nei, i ke kamailio @@ i kona poe, i ke ano o kona haaleleia ana e Hanakona, a ua hala @@ hoi ua haku nei o lakou me ke kaikamahine opio.

    I ka manawa i hoea aku ai kela Paele imua o Morikona, me ka @akaka ana aku i na mea apau i hanaia mai iaia, me kona manao @@@, no na mea a Hanakona i hana aku ai, ua hoopha loa ia ua ka@@@@ nei me ka huhu, ua hele pu hoi oia a pha me ka pihoihoi, no @@a hopohopo loa, no ko Miriama palekana malao o ka malu o @@@a kanaka ino.

    Ike iho la oia, o ka laweia ana o ke kanaka Paele i kokoolua no Hanakona, he hana pulapu wale no ia na kela kanaka, oiai nae o kamahine, a e lawe iaia i wahine nana. I kinohi, ua manao ua o Horikona, aole he hewa iki o kona hoomahuka ana ia Miriama, @@a nae, iaia i ke ai, aia no kela noonoo hookahi iloko o Hanakona, @ like me kona, ua piha loa oia i ka hoonaukiuki, no kona hoohokaia @@ e kela kanaka, a ua poho wale hoi kona mau manaolana, no ka lo mai ai ua o Morikona i ka Paele.

    "Ae, ua ike au i kana wahi i hele aku ai, aia no ia ma ke kukulu @omohana, no kahi o kela kahua hoomoana, e pili kokoke ana ma kapa o kekahi muliwai nui."

    "Pehea, e hiki ana no anei ia oe ke alakai pololei aku ia'u, ahiki @ ia hoea ana no kela kahua hoomoana" wahi hou a Morikona, me @@ uilani o kona manao, e hookau aku i ka make maluna o ke kana@@ uana oia i pulapu mai.

     Haawi aku la ke keiki Paele i kona ae, me kona noonoo pu ana @@, o kela wale no ke alahele e hiki ai e hookoia kona manao in a@@ maluna o kona haku, o ke kaa na Morikona, e hookau aku i ka @nake maluna on a, a o kekahi no hoi, in a oia e hele pu ana me Morikona no ke komohana, e pakele ana oia, mai ka loaa ana aku ia Ta@@@@, in a nei no ka hookolo mai kela kanaka ma ke alahele polo@@ no ka akau.

    "E hiki anan anei ia oe ke alakai pololei aku ia'u, ahiki i kela mahi a ko haku i lawe aku ai i ke kaikamahine opio."

     "Aole ia he hana paakiki, no ka mea ua kamaaina loa au i ke alahele e hoea aku ai kau i kela wahi me ka maalahi loa," i pane @@ ai no hoi ke keiki Paele me ka hoihoi.

      I kela lohe ana mai o Mr. Morikona i ka pane ke keiki Paele, @@ wa i huli aku ai oia imua o ke alakai o kela huakai, a i aku la:

      "E hoo@au aku oe i ke alakai ana i ka haukai no ka akuua, elike me ka hikiwawe e loaa ana ia oe, a no'u nei la, e huli hoi ana au @@@@, no ka hui pu ana aku me tazana, a huli aku ia Hanakona, ma ke komohana," wahi ana, me ka inaopopo loa iaia, aole i noho po@@@@@ kela alakai i na mea i pili ka hana a kona haku. Hoomaopopo pu mai la no hoi ua o Morikona, o kela ka kumu koi pa@kiki @@ o keia kanaka, e hoomau lakou i ka hele ana me ka awiwi loa, i @@mao lao ai lakou mai ke komohana mai.

      Aohe no he kue ana mai a kela Paele, aka haawi mai la ioa i on a ae no ka mea aole on a makemake e ukali pu mai me keia kanaka malihini, uaike oia he maka'u wale keia kanaka ke hele i ka wa @@leele, nolaila ua oi loa aku no ko lakou hoomau ana i ka hele imua, @@@ no e loaa mai ana i na kanaka o Tazana, e hoao no lakou e kupale @o ko lakou pono iho, malia e loaa ana no ka palekana i alakou, ma@@@ o ka hoi hou ana aku ihope.

      Ua maopopo i keia Paele kekahi alahele pokole loa e hoea kake ai i ka akau, ma ke oki ana aku ma kekahi kula palahalaha, a hoea i mai o na kanaka hahai holoholona, nolaila, alakai aku la oia i ka hauka'i ma ke alahele pokole, no ka akau, a alakai aku la hoi ke keiki Paele, i ka Mea Hanohano Morikona, no ke komohana hema, @oko o ka ululaa.

       Ua kakali hoi o Koraka maluna o ke kumulaau, ahiki i kona ike ana, he wahi okoa loa ka ke kanaka ili keokeo e hele la , me na kanaka Paele, nolaila hoopau loa ae la kona manao e ukali aku mahope o kela kanaka, nolaila huli hoi hou aku la oia i keia wahi mua no ana @@lke ai i ke kaikamhine opio me ka Haku Morikona, no ke ake no @@na o Korake e ike hou ia Miriama.

     Mamuli o ka piha loa o ua Koraka i ka hauoli, no ka make ole ana o Miriama elike me kana i manao mua ai, ua hoopoina loa aku @@ i ka manao lili mailoko aku ona. Iaia mae i noonoo ai mahope mai i ka like ole o kona kulana, me ko kela keonimana, akahi no a ala @@@ mai ka manao lili ke nana aku i ua hoaloha nei o na mapua, ua @@@ oia a piha me ka huhu, o ia no oe o kekahi liona i makaukau @@ e lele mai maluna o kana pio.

     Ma kona aoao, aohe ana mea e haawi mai ai ia Miriama, he kanaka olohelohe oia, he ola ana kona o ke kanaka ahiu, oiai hoi ma ka @@@ @ ke keonimana mai Ladana mai, he mea kana e haawi aku ai @@ Miriama, he home, he waiwai, he inoa ame ka hanohano, o keia na @@@ e ala mai la iloko o ka noonoo o Koraka.

     Me kela noonoo no nae iloko oua, i ke kupono ole loa o Miriama @@@@@ mai nana, aia mau no kela alhoa iloko ona uo kela kaikama@@@ i hooi loa ia ae nae, i kela aloha kahiko, mamuli o kona ike @@@ aku i ka oi loa ae o ka wahine u'i o Miriama, a o ia kana i hoo@@ iho ai, in a no aole e hiki ana iaia ke imi ku ahiki i ka hoi hou @@@ mai o Miriama i hoa nona, alaila e makaala mau aku ana no ioa @@ mai o Miriama i hoa nona, alaila e makaala mau aku ana no oia no ka pono ame ka palekana o kela kaikamahine.

     Ke noonoo la o@a, in a paha he wahi hoomanao kekahi o Miriama @ana-- in a paha he mau hoomanao kekahi iloko o Miriama, no kela @@@@ la hauoli a laua o hoohala like ana iloko o ka alulaau; no ka @@a wale no nae nana i hookomo mai k ka manao kanalua iloko o Koraka, o ia no ka loli loa o ko Miriama ano, pela no paha e hoo@@@ aku ai oia i ke ano o ka ano o ka noho ahiu ana, he hookahi mea nui @@@ on a, o ia no ka piha hauoli, no ke ano o ka noho ana, o na kanaka o ke au naauao ame ka malamalama.

      He manawa pokole kela hele ana aku a Koraka maluna o na ku@@@aau, no kahi ana i manao ai, e ike hou ana oia ia Miriama, hoeae @@@ la oia malaila, o ka mea apiki nae, aole o Miriama i hoea mai @@ka mea ua ike mua ae nei no kaua e ka makamaka heluhelu, aia @@ malalo o ka malu o Hanakona, ma kahi mamao loa.

     No ka hapalua kora paha kela kakali malie na o Koraka maluna ke kumulaau, ike aku la oia i ka hoea ana mai  okekahi huakai nui o na kanaka Paele, i lako me na laau ihe ame na pana pua, nana wale aku @@ no oia ia lakou, no ka mea aole ilaila kona noonoo, a i ka hala ana aku o ua poe kanaka nei, ma ke kukulu akau, noho aku la no oia @@kali ahiki i ka piha ana he mau hora o kona haalele iho la no ia kela wahi me ka manao kaumaha.

    Ke nana aku iaia, aia wale no kona poo ilalo kahi i kuloa ai, me @ mea la, aole oia he kanaka opio, aka he kanaka elemakule, mamuli mai nae keia o ke poho o kona mau manaolana me ke kaumaha no @@ no ka ike hou ole ia Miriama. Ke hele la oia iloko o ka ululaau, @@ ke kukulu komohana.

    I ka Mea Hanohano Morikona hoi, i haalele aku ai i ka nui @ na kanaka Paele, ke ukali pololei la oia mahope o kona alakai, e @omo ana maloko o ka ululaau, me na wahi i hele mau ole ia e na kanaka, a mamuli o ka pili loa o ka ulu ana a na laau, a hiu pu hio @o hoi me ka haahaa o na lala, ua kono okoa ia aku oia e helewawae @@ ke alakai ana i kona lio mahope mai on a.

    Eia ke keiki Paele ke alakai nei i ka Mea Hanohano Morikona @@ ke alahele pokole e hoea koke aku ai laua i ke kahua hoomoana @@ Hanakona, me ka hoomanawanui no nae ua kanaka waiwai nei e @@ku hele la iloko o ka mahelehele, me ole kela kulana hanohano on a, @@ ka mea mauli no o kana mau hana koloje, ame ke kuko palaua @@, i ohi ai oia i ka hua o ia hana.

    No ka la hookahi kela hoomau ana a laua i ka hele, ua kona @@@a ia mai oia e hoopau i ke kau ana malune o kona lio a i'hookahi kona helewawae ana me kona alakai; a iloko o keia manawa a laua e hele nei, ua nui na mea i ala ae iloko o kona noonoo.

    O ka mua o kela mau noonoo, no Miriama no ia, in a no ka hooko mai o hanakona i kona manao papuwale maluna o kela kaikamahine, he kea aku a kona piha i ka inaina, a kaua no e olelo okoa ae ai e ka mea heluhelu, in a e ike aku ana ua kanaka nei ia Hanakona, aole e hoohakalia iho ana kona lima, i ka hoohana ana i kana pu, no ka lawe maoli ae no i ka jhanu ola mailoko ae o ke kanaka nana i apuhi mai iaia, ma ke ano epa haahaa loa.

    Eia nae ma kekahi ano ke noonoo ae, ua like no ko Hanakona ino me kona, a oia ponoi ka mea nana i hookomo aku i kela kaikamahine i ka pilikia, a in a no paha e pakele mai ana o Miriama, mai ia Hanakona mai, alaila aole no ia he mea no kela kaikamhine e oi ae ai ka pono me ua o Morikona, no ka mea he epa no ka iloko o kona puuwai, no ka makemake wale no e hoopoino aku i kela kaikamhine, aole me ka makemake maoli, e lawe mai iaia i wahine mare nana.

     Oiai nae kela noonoo o ka oiliili ana ae iloko o kona poo, ua oili pu mai la no hoi kana mau mea i hoomaopopo ai no ua kaikamhine nei; ua hookuku oia i ko Miriama mau ano apau, me ko na wahine okoa aku ana i kamaaina ai , na wahine o ke kulana hanohano a waiwai, aole no i loaa mai ko Miriama mau ano maikai, ia lakou, a no kela piha hoonaukiuki loa no Hanakona, i okoa iho la ua o Morikona, in a no, he mea nona e konoia mai ai, lawe mai ia Miriama i wahine mare nana, e hooko aku ana no oia, ma ka haawi ana aku i kona inoa maluna o Miriama, a hapai ae hoi i kela kaikamahine, mai kona kulana haahaa mai, a i ke kulana keikie.

     Elike nae me ka loihi o ko laua nei hoomau ana aku i ka lel@ ana imua, pela iho la no ka oiliili mau ana ae o kela inau noonoo ahiki i ka maopopo loa ana, he @lua mau mea pui iloko on a, o ia no ke aloha no Miriama, ame ka inaina no Hanakona.

     Iloko o ke ola ana o ka Mea Hanohano Morikona, ua maa i ka noho hanohano ana, aole loa he  manawa ana i ike ai i ka luhi ka, ehaeha ame ke kaniuhu maoli, elike la me keia ana e hele nei ma'oko o ka lulaau. Ua hele kona mau loie a nahaehae, i ka hou mau ia mai e na lala laau, e ku ekoa mai ana ka laau i kona ili, me ke kahe o ke koko, heaha nae ia mau ehaeha iaia, no ka mea ua nohoalii ka inaina maluna on a, uo ka panai aku i ka ino no @a ino i hanaia mai iaia. Ke hookikina mau la oia i kona alakai, e hoomau ko @aua hele oia a luhi moli, me ka hina pinepine iloko o ka nahelehele.

    Ina o keia hele ana a mamuli o kona manao ponoi iho, ua kala haiko oia i huli hoi ai ihope, aole nae pela, he huakai keiu no ka inaina mai, a o ka mea ia nana, i kapae @e i ka maluhiluhi ame ke kaniuhu, he hookahi mea e waihomai la imua o kona alo, o ia no ka koea aku imua o ke kanaka nana i kaili aku ia Miriama mai iaia aku, a hookau aku hoi i ka make maluna ona, in a he mea hiki kekahi iaia ke hana aku pela; a iloko no hoi o kona ike  maoli ana iho no, i ka nui o kona hewa i hana aku ai ia Miriama.

     "Ina paha ua lohi loa ka hiki ana ia'u ke hopakele ae i Miriama mai ka, mana mai o kela kanaka ino, aole loa i lohi loa, ka hookau ana aku i ka hoopa'i maluna on a," wahi a ua o Morikona i kamailio okoa ae ai, iloko o kona mau noonoo uluahewa.

       Ma kela huakai, aia wale no ko laua uei hoomaka i ka wa e poeleele ai, kukulu ae la i papa'ihale, no laua e hiamoe ai, a hakalia no a ao, o ka hoomau aku la no ia i ka hele ana imua, ua hele ke keiki Paele a maluhilluhi, me ka makemake e hoomaha i kekahi manawa o ka auwina la, aole nae he ae iki aku o Morikona, ia manao, e hooweliweli okoa aku ana oia i ke Paele, e hoomau ka hele ana imua, o ki ia auanei oia i ka pu a make, no kela maka'u i ka make, ua hooko aku la no ka Paele ia leo kauoha, me ke kahaha nui nae iloko on a, i ke kumu o ka hookina mau o kona haku hou i ka hele, oiai ua luhi like laua a elua, e pono ai e nui ka manawa, hoomaha ma ke alahele i ka po ame ke ao.

        He hookahi wale no a lua manaway i hoomaha ai ke ao, o ia ka manawa a Morikona i ki ai i kekahi manu a make me kana pu, hoomo'a iho la laua i ua manu nei, a loaa ko laua paina kakahiaka, ma na manwa e ae, e hele mau ana laua me ka hoomaha ole.

       Aia @oi ma ka hale o Jene Kelekona iloko o ke kaumaha me ka minamina no Miriama, ke kankali mai la, o ka huli hoi aku o ke kaikamhine opio, me Tazana, ke mea ana i nana mai ai, me he kaikamahine ponoi loa la mailoko aku o kona puhaka, no ka mea ua aloha maoli mai ho oia  i jela kaikamhine, nawai hoi e ole ke aloha, ua kau aku ka hoi maluna on a, ke ko'iko'i o ka malama ame ke a'o ana ia Miriama, ahiki i kona lilo ana, me he kaikamahine la no ke au malamaiama,

MOKUNA XXII.

       Oiai o Miriama e aumeumo la me Hanakona, no ka pai ana e pakele oia mai kela kanaka mai, ua paa iho la kona mau lima, i ka pulikiia ma ka aoao o kela kanaka a ka hilahila ole, a pau wale ae la no kona manaolana, no ka hiki iaia ke pakele.

       He mea makehewa wale no nona, ke kahea ana ae i mau kokua, no ka mea aole loa he hookahi iwaena o na kanaka Paele, e hele mai ana e hoopakele ae iaia, a hui pu iho no hoi me kela maa on a, i ke ano o ka noho ana o na holoholona, nolaila ua hamau loa ua o Miriama, me ka hoao ole e kahea ae i kekahi mea.

     @oko nae o keia manawa a Hanakona e paa nei i na lima o Miriama, ma kona aoao, aia hoi ua pa aku la kekahi o kona mau lima i ke kumu o ka pu panapana a Hanakona, o waiho la iloko o ka ili, ma kona puhaka. Ke kaualako la ua o Hanakona ia Miriama, no kahi o no paila huluhulu e waiho mai ana, ma ke ano he pela i hanaia a manoanoa, iloko nae o ia manawa hookahi, ke hooholo pono aku la o Miriama, i kona mau manamanalima ahiki i ka paa pono ana o ke kumu o ka pu panapana iaia, a wehe ae la me ka ike ole o Hanakona.

       @ ka ho@a ana aku o Hanakona me Miriama no kahi o ka @aila huluhulu e waiho mai ana, ua pau iho la ko Miriama kupaka ana, a mamua o ka hiki anan ia Hanakona ke hoomaopopo mai i kana mea e haeua aku ai maluna o kela kaikamahino, u akula'i aku la ua o Miriama ia Hanakona, a i ka hihia ana o kekahi wawae o @a kanaka nei i ka huluhulu, o ka hina aku la no ia, a kikii ana ke alo iluna, me ka hookuu ana aku ia Miriama, i hiki ai i kona mau lima, ke hapapa ae i ole ai oia e hooku'i aku ilalo, eia nae, ua lohi loa kana hapapa ana, no ka mea ua loaa pono aku la kona poo i kekahi puaku laau.

      Ua ala hou mai la o Hanakona iluna, me ka hoao ana mai e hopu hou ia Miriama, ola nae ua holo aku la Miriama, no kahi o ka puka o ka haelole e hamama mai ana, a mamua nae o kona oili ana aku iwaho, ua paa e aku la kona poohiwi i ka hopuia a kanalakoia mai la iloko o ka hale, me ka hele hoi o Hanakona, a piha i ka inaina, no kona hoohokaia ana e kela kaikamahine, ka mea ana i moeuhane mua ole i, e hanala aku ana oia pela.

       I ka ike anan hoi o Miriama, aole oia e pakele ana, in a e noho malie ana oia, nolaila hapai ae la oia i ka pu panapana iluna, he hookahi no hahau ana, ma ka helehelena o Hanakona, @@oki oe i ua kanaka nei e kikihi ana, a pa hu aku la ilalo, me ke kaheawai ana mai o ke koko, ma ka ihu a ma na maka, aole wahi mea a onioni ne o ua kanaka nei, aka ke waiho lolo la oia, me ke kupouli o kona noonoo.

      Me ka nana hou ole aku i ka hopena o kela kanaka ino, o ka hoomaka aku la no ia o Miriama e holo, elike me ka mama apau i loaa iaia. Ua iko mai la ka nui o na kanaka Paele i kona holo, me ko lakou anehe ana mai e alualu mahope on a, aka nae i ka wa i ike mai ai i ka paa o ka pu panapana iloko o ka lima o ke kaikamahine, ua kuemi hope aku la @@kou, aia no hoi ua Miriama ke holo la ahiki i kona nalowale ana aku iloko o ka ulul@au.

       Mo ka hoohakalia hou ole iho, iaia no i ike aku ai i kekahi lala laau nui, o kona pinana aku la no ia iluna, a hoomaka aku la e hele no kekahi wahi mamao, a i kona ike ana, ua kaawal@ loa oia, mai na kauhale mai o na kanaka Paele, wehwehe ae la oia i kona mau kamaa, ame kona palekoki hololio, a koe na lole e pili ana i ka lili, me kona kol@ka, no ka mea noonoo iho la oia, he mau lole kela e hoopilikia ole mai ana ia@a, o kona hoomau aku la no ia i ke hele ana no ke kukulu he@a.

        Iaia nae e hele la maluna o na kumulaau, me kela ano kahiko i maa iaia, i ka noho ana oloko o ka ululaau, mihi loa iho la oia, no kona poino, no ka mea aole ana mau meakaua e hiki ai ke pepehi aku i kekahi mau holoholona liilii, i ai nana. Aia no ke kaei poka ma ka puhaka o Hanakona, aole nae on a noonoo ae i kela mau poka i ka wa o ka pihoihoi, nolaila aole e lilo ana kela pu panapana i mea kokua mai iaia, oiai u@ @ele oia me na poka, e hiki ai ke ki aku i na manu, a i kekahi mau holoholona paha.

        Ke noonoo la oia, he mea makehewa waie no ka ho@o ana aku e hoi hou ihope ahiki i kahi o kona mau makua, no ka mea he ala loa ia, me ka nui o na poino ame na popilikia, o ka mea wale no e pono ai oia, a e palekana ai hoi mai na holoholona ahiu mai, o ia ka loaa o na poka no kana pu, nolaila hooholo iho la ua o Miriama, e hoi hou oia ihope, malia ua make paha o Hanakona, alaila e hoao oia ma na ano apau, i wahi e loaa mai ai na poka no kana pu panapana.

       Me kela manao paa iloka o ua kaikamahine nei, huli hoi hou aku la oia ihope, ahiki i kekahi kumulaa, ma kahi mamao, mai na kauhale aku, maluna @ kela kuma laau oia i noho iho ai, hakilo i ka haua a na kanaka Paele.

       O kona noho pono ana iho no nae ia @alo, ike aku la oia i ka hemo ana mai o Hanakona iwaho, me ka holoi ana ae i ke koko mai kona helehelena aku, aia hoi na olelo hailiili kuamuamu, ma kona waha, a kauoha mai la i kana poe Paele, e hele koke e huli ia Miriama, ma kahi a lakou i kuhikuhi mai ai, ma!aila ke kaikamhine opio i holo aku ai no kona paelekana.

        Ke alaalawa la kana nana ana ma o a manaei o kela haleole aole on a ike aku i ka waiho mai o kekahi poka, aka nae ike aku la oia he wahi pahu uuku, ma ke kihi o ka haleole.

         Iloko o na manao pihoihoi, me ka pupuahulu pu, no kona manao no he poka koloko o kela pahu, lalau koke aku la oia, a wehewehe ao la i ka kaula i hoopaaia ai, a i ka hemo ana ae o ke pani o ka pahu, o kana mau mae i ike iho ai, he mau leka lehulehu, he kii no kekahi kaikamahine uuku, me kekahi mau nupepa, i hele a haulaula, me ka maopopo ole o na haupalapala. Ua ma'u ka Miriama nana ana i kela kii, alaila ala mai la kekahi noonoo iloko on a; mailia he kii kela i pa'iia nona, iloko o kona wahi wa uuku, me kona hoala pu ana mai i kekahi mau n@nau lehulehu.

         Maihea mai la kela kii i loaa ai i kela kanaka. Pehea la i pa'iia a i iloko o kekahi nupepa, a heaha hoi ka moolelo maloko o kela nupepa, i hiki ole iaia ke heluhelu iho, i kau a mea o ka powehiwehi?

         Heaha la ia haupu ana ae a ua o Miriama, no kana hana o ka hoea hou ana aku no kela haleole, ia wa i waiho aku ai oia i ke kii, a huli hou iho la ahiki i ka loaa ana iaia o kekahi wahi poke uuku, malalo loa o ka pahu, he mea oiaio, ua hele ua poki nei a piha i na poka, a iaia i hookukuiho ai me na wahi waiho poka o ka pu panapana, ua ku pono loa, o ka pua ae la no ia o kona pilikia.

          Aohe hoohemahema hou ana aku i ka mea i loaa, hookomo mai la oia i kela pahu poka iloko o kona poli, mahope o ka hoophia ana iho i kana pu panapana, alaila hoolilo hou iho la oia i kona manawa, ma ka nana ana i ke kii, me ka hiki ole no nae iaia ke akaa ae i ka meahuna i pili i ke kii ame ke auo o ka loaa ana i kela kanaka ino.

        Uoko uae o kela manawa lohe aku la oia i ka hauwalaau mai o kekahi mau leo e hookokoke mai ana i ka haleole, nolaila kiei iki aku la oia iwaho, aku ike aku la ia Hanakona, e hoi mai ana me kekahi mau kanaka Paele ekolu, me ka hele pololei ana mai no kahi i ku ai o ka haelole, a ua o Miriama, e noho nei, aia mau hoi na huaolelo hailiili ma na lehelehe o Hanakona, e noke ana i ka nuku i na Paele no ko lakou hookuu ana i kela kaiikamahine e pakele.

         Aohe wahi no ua o Miriama e pakele ai, aka nae, hookomo iho la oia i ke kii iloko o kona poli, me ka hapai ana ae i kekahi aoao ka oili ana aku iwaho me kona ike ole ia mai. Hele mai la ua oe kanaka nei a ma kahi kokoke loa i ka haleole, ku iho la me ka haawi ana aku o Hanakoua i na kauoha i kona mau kanaka, i ka lakou wau mea e hana ai, a i kela manawa hookahi no hoi, i no hoi, i moe iho ai ke alo o Miriama ilalo, a nana aku la iwaho, aole on a ike aku i kekahi poe e ae. Koe wale no kela poe Paele me Hanakona, e noke mai la ke kamailio mamua o ka haleole, no laila o kona hooikaika aku la no ia, ahiki i kona hemo ana iwaho, me ka holo ana aku a komo maloko o kekahi haleole okoa aku e pili kokoe mai ana.

       He mau @ekona elua paha kela hemo ana aku o Miriama iwhao aia hoi komo hou mai la o Hanakona iloko, a ia ia i ke aku ai i ka mokaki o na ukana oloko o ka pahu iwaho, ua noke ae la oia i ke kuamuamu me ka kahea hou ana aku i kona poe kanaka e hele mai e nana i ka mea i hanaia, a ia lakou maloko o ka @@lelole, o ka oili aku la no ia o Miiriama mailoko aku o kona wahi i pee ai, a holo aku la me ka mama apau i loaa iaia.

     He hookahi wale no kumulaa i koe aole i okiia e na kanaka Paele, mamuli paha o ka nui loa o kela ku,ulaa; a noonooiho la oia, o k@la kona wahi e pakele ai, me ka ike ole ia mai, he oiaio, iloko o na minuke helu wale no, aia oia iluna o kela kumulaa kahi i pee ai, a nana mai ka Hanakona iwaho, me ka waiho ana iho i na Paele e@@lu e kiaia i na kauhale o lakou, a kamoe aku la ke alahele o ua kanaka nei no ka hema, a i kona kaawale loa ana aku, i haalele iho ai no hoi o Miriama i ke kumulaau ana i pee ai, a hele aku la no kahi e pili kokoke ana i ke kahiwai.

      Ke ike la o Miriama i ka waiho mai o ua auwaa ma kapa o ka @uliwai, o kela no na waa e hoohikihiki ai i na kanaka mai kekahi aoao a i kekahi aoaoa o ke kahawai, nolaila i wahi nona e kau ai ma ke aoao a i kekahi aoao o , ke kahawai, nolaila i wahi nona e kau ai ma kela aoao o ka muliwai, he mea pono e kau oia maluna o kekahi waa, a e hooikaika e hoe, ahiki i ka pae ana ma kela aoao.

      O kahi o na auwaa e waiho mai ana, he ahuwale i na kiai e noho mai la i na kauhale, pela hoi kahi e pae aku ia me kela kapa o ka muliwai, o ke alahele wale no e pakekana ai oia, o kona kakli ahiki i ka poeleele ana, alaila kii i kekahi o na waa, malaila oia e kau aku ai a hoe no kela kapa, he mea makehewa wale no ka hoaano ana aku, me ka ike mai no o no kanaka Paele e paa ou mai ai oia i ka hopuia, o ka hana aua aku paha ia aole e pakele.

      No ka ho@a hookahi kela kau malie ana a Miriama maluna o ke kumulaau, me kona hakilo poao mai i na Paele i hoonohoia aku i mau kiai, aohe wahi mea a kaawale aku o kela poe Paele, mai kahi a lakou i noho mua ai, nolaila aole e hiki iaia ke hele koke aku e kii i ka waa, e hoomau no oia i kona kakali ana, mailia o hoi kela poe iloko o na haleole, alaila o kona wa ia e hoe aku ai i kekahi waa a pae ma kela aoao o ka muliwai.

       Iaia no nae e kakali ana, oili hou  mai la Hanakona, ua hele no hoi u@ kanaka nei a lalilali i ka hou, iloko o ka nui o ka eha i loaa iaia, aohe nanaia ae o kela eha, he hookahi mea nui i kona noonoo, o ka loaa hou o Miriama iaia, no ka mea, ua like maoli kona ano, me ke ana o kekahi liona, i hoohokaia, mai ka lilo ana mai kona enemi i pia malalo o kona malu.

       Holo pololei mai la oia ahiki i kahi e lana ana o na auwaa, hoomaka aku la e helu i ka nui, a i kona ike ana, aole he waa i lilo, akahi no a mohala maikai ae la kona helehelena. Aole i @oonoo mua o Hanakona no kela mau waa, aka iaia maloko o ka ululaa e noke ana i ka huli i o a ia nei, no Miriama, akahi no oia a haupu mai, aole he alahele e ae e hoea ai o kela kaikamahine ma kekahi aoao o ka muliwai, o kona mkau wale no maluna o kekahi o na waa; in a aole pela, alaila aia no oia ma kekahi wahi, e loaa hou aku ai i ka huliia.

         I ua o Hanakona ma kapa o ka muliwai, i hoea aku ai ka nui o na Paele, kela poe aua i hoouna ai ma kela ame keia wahi e huli ia Miriama, a kamailio mai la ia lakou, i kana mea i noonoo ai, kahea aku la no hoi oia i kekahi kini, e hele mai, a mahope o ka haawai ana aku i ke kauoha iaia, kau ae la oia ame na Paele maluna o ka nui o na waa, a hookoeia iho la he hookahi waa me ka hoe no iluna.

        He mau hana maalea wale no keia a Hanakona, no kona manao, pela wale no e paa hou ai o Miriama i ka hopuia @ia. I ke kau ana o Hanakona me kona poe kanaka maluna o na waa, ia wa i kauoha aku ai oia i a lakou, e hoea noloko loa o ka muliwai.

       Ke oiloli loa la o Miriama, no ka holo o Hanakona me kona poe kanaka no kekahi wahi iloko loa o ka muliwai, a manao iho la kona palekana, no ka mea ua waihoiwa mai he hookahi waa mahope, e kau ana oia maluna o kela waa, a hoe aku no kela kapa o ka muliwa.

        Ke kakali la ua o Miriama, ahiki i ka nalo ana aku o na auwaa, ma kekahi wahi ua kee o ka muliwai, o kona iho awiwi iho la no ia ilalo, a holo mai la no kahi o ka waa e lana ana, me ke kau koke ana aku iluna a hoomaka aku la no e hoe, elike me ka ikaika i loaa iaia, aia ka pono o ka pae aku i kahi o ka palekana.

          I ka pae ana aku hoi o na waa o Hanakona ma i kapa muliwai, kauoha mai la oia i na Paele, e hapai i na waa o lakou iuka, a e imi aku lakou, i kekahi wahi kupono no lakou e noho ai, a hakilo mai i ka hele ae o Miriama e kau maluna o ka waa i waihoia aku mahope.

         Aia mau iloko o ka noonoo o Hanakona, aole e hoi koke mai ana o Miriama, a kii i kela waa, malia paha no kekahi la okoa aku, a mau la paha, nolaila ua nanae maoli oia me ka hakilo ole mai kahi o ka waa i waiho ai; aka i ka loaa ana ia lakou o kekahi wahi kupono, e ahuwale mai ai kela waa, i nana mai ka hana o Hanakona ihope, e holo ana o Miriama maluna o ka waa, ke hookokoe aku la me kahi kapa o ka muliwai.

          Ua ulupuni koke ua kanaka nei i ka huhu me ka hoonaukiuki no ka pahu'a o kana papahana, ame kona hoohoka pu ia e kela kaikamhine, nolaila holo mai la oia me na Paele no kahi o na waa kina aku la no ia o Hanakona i kona poe kanaka e hoe, o ka hailili wale no na huaoleloma kona mau lehelehe, me ka ku'i okoa ak@ i ka Paele e noho kokoke loa aku ana iaia.

         He nui ka holo o na waa o Hanakona ma e holo la, a hui pu iho me ka koieie o ka wai, he pakika mai hoi kau, eia nae, ua lohi loa lakou, no ka mea ke hookokoke loa aku la o Miriama e pae ma kela kapa. I ka alawa ana mai nae a Miriama ihope, a ike i ka holo aku o na wa o Hanakona ma, ua hoomahuahua aku la oia i kona ikaika hoe.

       O ka waa e kau ana o Hanakona, o ka waa ia i kokeke iki mai mahope o ka waa o Miriama, me ka mamao no nae, ma kahi paha o ka haneri i-a ka mamao. Aia kekahi kumulaau nui e ulu ana, nona na lala e luhe ana iloko o ka wai, hoopololei aku la o Miriama, i ka ihu o kona waa, no kela kumulaa, hakalia no a pa kona lima, i ka lala o ke kumulaau, o kona keehi aku la no ia i ka waa, a kau ana keia iluna o ka lala o kela kumulaau, a iloko no hol o kela manawa hookahi i kahea mai ai o Hanakona iaia e noho malie, me ka @@ ana mai i kana pu @ai@ela, aohe wa aku mai ka poka ia Miriama, ma ka ulia pomaikai wale no i pakela ai kona ola.

(Aole I pau.)

 

He Moolelo no

KEONI HANAFODA

Ka Hua Awahia o ka Uhauha me ka Puni

Lealea--Loaa Nae ke Kaulana

me ka Hoomanawanui

a nui e ike iaia, o ka mea wale no naua i ala mai, o ia ko papa noho pu me kela wahine lapuwale."

     "Aole kela wahine ma keia ao i keia manwa, ua make oia, ho elima ae neui makahiki a oi," i kahamaha aku ai o Helena i na hoakaka a kana kaikamahine.

     "Pehea i loaa ai keia ike ia oe e mama?" wahi a Dora, me kona hookahaha loa ia.

      "Aole au e kala kahiko i maopopo ai, ua make kela wahine, ia oe i haalele iho ai me Alekana, ma ka olua huaka'i makaikai," wahi ana me kona hooholo ana iho, ke oia aku ka pono o ka haa'i ana @ aku ia Dora, i na mea apau e pil ana i kona makuakane, n oka mea ua ike aku la oia, ua makee o Dora i kona makuakaue, a o ia kana o ka ihou ana aku:

    "Aole no au i noho pouliuli no kou  makuakane, o kona hoea ana mai nei no ia no ko'u home nei, a eia oia muloko o keia hale i keia wa a kaua e kamailio nei. Ua hunakele loa au i na mea e pili ana iaia mai ia oe mai, mamuli o ko'u manao, he mea ia e hookaumahaia aku ai o kou noonoo, no ka mea ua hauoli maoli kou noho ana me kau kane.

    "Ma lela ahiahi a'u o ka huli hoi aua mai maluna o ka moku, mahope iho o ka kakou hooponopono ana i ka home hou o olua, oia pu kekahi maluna o kela moku, a ike mai la oia ia'u, aole nae au i kamailio pu me ia i kela manawa, aka ia'u hoea mai ai no ke'u home, a ma kekahi po mai, hoea mai la oia, mahope o kona noke ana i ka huli i ko'u wahi i noho ai no kekahi manawa loihi.

     "He kulana ma'i maoli kona ia wa, he nele a he ilihune @@alele, ke ano o na kanaka makilo, a no ko'u ike aku i kela kulana nele on a, hoouna okoa aku la au iaia e hoi no ka hale hoolimalima o Mrs. Hadina e noho ai, alaila huli hoi pololei aku no Kapalakiko. O ka mea kupaianaha nae, ua loohia iho la oia i kekahi @a'i kupilikii loa, ma ke kakahiaka ana ae o kekahi la mai, a mamali no o ka'u kauoha, ua hoihoiia mai la oia malooko o ko'u home e noho ai."

     "Alaila ua maopopo no anei ia Mrs.hadina ko papa kuloana la oe?" i ninau mai ai o Dora.

     "Aole he mea i maopopo ia Mrs. Hadina no ka mea o Uilama ka Keoni inoa i hoike aku ai iaia, a ua manaoio mau kela wahine, mamuli o ke ano hoaloha wale no au i hana aku ai @@ ke kokua ana i kou makuakane."

      "Ae, he mau la kakaikahi wale no nae, a oiai ua loaa ka oluolu maikai loa iaia, ua hoi aku a noho maloko o kekahi rumi hoolimalima, a malaila oia kahi i noho hana ai, ma ke pena ana i kana mau kii, a i ka loaa mahuahua aa o kana mau @aia, o kona haalele iho la no ia ia Nu Ioka nei, a holo aku la no na aina mamao."

     "Alaia, o oe no anei e mama, kela anela maikai, nana i hookomo aku i ka uwila iloko o papa, ahiki i kona lilo ana i kanaka maikai i keia la?"

     "He mea hooluolu nui mai i ko'u manao, ka ike ana aku iaia e hoomau ana ma ka hana kahakii, pela au i haawi akuu ai i ka'u mau kokua ana iaia, ma na ano apau, e lilo oia i kanaka kaulana, ak@ nae, o Mrs. Remona, ka anela oiaio maoli, nanai hoololi ae i ko Keaoni ano alilo oia, i kanaka maikai loa."

      "Alaila, ua maopopo anei ia Mrs. Remona na mea apau e pili ana ia papa?"

       "Ae, ua lawe mai au iaia no ko'u home nei, a ua maopop no ia oe e kuu kaikamahinue, i ka manawa e hoolohe aku ai kekahi mea iaia, aole loa e nele ana ka hoololi koke ia o kona noonoo, a ne aku oia e hana elike me kana mae mea apau e kuhikuhi mai ai."

        "Pehea, ua maopop anei ia Mrs. Remona, o ko'u papa kela?"

         "Aole he hookahi mea i maopopo iki no kou makuakane, koe wale no ko'u kamailio ana aku i ka poe i @inau mai ia'u, he hoaloha au no kou makuakane, a ua kamaiana hoi iala, i ko'u wa e noho ana ma Kapalakiki, a no ko'u makee e loaa ka kapaau maikai ia, pela au i ae ole ai, e hoihoiia aku oia noloko o ka halema'i."

          "Aole anei oo i loje hou nona, mahope iho o kona haalele ana mai kou hale nei?"

         "Ae, ua lohe hou no au nona, he mau mahina mahope iho o kona wahe ana i kona mau keena hana, a mamua paha o kona holo ana aku no na aina mamao. Ua kakau mai oia i kekahi leka pokole, me ka hoouna pu mai i kekahi @ila kikoo @ala, no ka uku ana i kona mau holilo, oiai oia e waiho ana i ka mai'i. Ua heluhelu no hoi au maloko o kekahi mau nupepa, a ike i ka nui o kona kaulana ma ka hana kahakii, a ua lilo ia i mea e hoohauoli loa ia mai ai ko'u noonoo; a i keia auwina la koke iho la no, i hoouna hou mai ai oia i keia puolo.

       "Eia no ka leka aana i kakau mae nei, a e heluhelu iho @@, @ i kou maopopo ana i na mea apau, alaila  hooholo oe i kau mea e hana aku ai, elike me kana i makemake ai," alaila waiho aku la o Helena i ka puolo me ka leka iluna o ka u ha o Dora.

         Me na lima haalulu i lalau aku ai o Dora i ka leka a heluhelu iho la, me ka hiolo makawalu ana iho o kona mau waimaka, eia nae, aole ia he mea nona e hoopau ai i kana heluhelu ana, aka hoo@@@ aku la no ahiki i ka pau ana, alaila hooho ae lu i keia mau olelo:

       "O, he keu aku maoli a ka mea hauoli o ka noonoo, i ka ike ana, ua loli loa ae kona ano, mai kela ano, mai kela ano kahiko on a. E hoike mai ana oia, no kela mau @ala, ke olelo mai nei, e lawe mai kaua, peh@@ kou manao e mama, @ole anei he mea maikai ko kaua ae ana aku, elike me kona manao? Ma ka'u nana iho he hana maikai ole ma ko kaua aoao, ka hoole ana aku, i keia mau @@la, u'a ike maoli o papa i ka hewa o kana mau mea i hana ai, o ke kumu kanalua wale no paha, aia ma kou aoao e mama, no kou makemake ole e halawai hou me ia."

       "Ke waiho aku nei au i na mea apau nau e Dora e hooholo, mai naua mai oe ia'u, in a ua makemake oe e ike i kou makuakane, o kou kuleana no ia, me ke ano he keiki."

       "Ae, ua makemake loa au e ike hou iaia, no ka mea ke hoomaopopo nei au, ma o keia leka la, ua lilo oia i kanaka maikai; in a o kela ano kahiko no on a, aole loa au e nana hou aku iaia, he makuakane no'u.

     "Aole o'u kanalua iki, no kona lilo ana i kanaka maikai, a i kanaka hanohano no hoi. Ina e apo aku ana oe iaia me na manao makee no kou makuakane, a e hoolilo aku oe i kona ola ana, i mea e hooiia ae ai kona maikai, aole a'u mea e aku e hanoli ai, o ka @@ wale aku no, e hoohalawai hou ia olua."

      "Ua hoopiha mai o@ e mama i kuu puuwai me@na haawiua hau@li," wahi a Dora, me ke kulou ana mai imua, a ana pono aku @@ ma na maka o Helena, me ka i hou ana aku: "A pehea oe e mama, aole anei he mea nou e hauoli pu ai ka halawai hou ane me ia?"

         No kekahi mau @ekona, aole e hiki ia Helena ke pano mai, aia n@@ kona mau maka maluna o kana kaikamahine kahi i nana mai ai, alaila kulou mai la oia imua, a honi mai la i kana kaikamahine, me ka pane ana mai me ka leo maile: "I ke paniia ana o ka @uke, aole he mea nana e akaahou ae i kona @ila."

       "Ke hoomaopop nei au i ka manao o kena mau olelo au e mama, e kamailio mai nei," me ka nui ana iho o ka hanu o Dora. "Ua noi mai nei eia e ae aku oe e hele mai oia imua ou, pehea, e hoole aku ana no anei oe i kela noi?"

       "I ka manawa hea oe i ike ai iaia e mama?"

        "Mamua o kou komo ana mai nei, a mahope hoi o ka hoea ana mai nei o kena puolo i ka hale nei; aole e hiki iaia ke kakli hou aku no kekahi manawa loihi, pela iho la oia i hele mai nei no ka hui p@ ana me a'u. I keia manawa a kaua e kamailio nei, aia oia maloko o ke keena waiho @uke kahi i kakli mai ai, o kou hele aku e ike i kou makuakane.

       I kela loje ana aku no o Dora i na hoakaka a kona makuahine, aia o Keoni Hana@o@a maloko o kela hale, ku ino ae la oia iluna, me ka hooho ana ae i keia mau olelo:

       "Eia anei kuu makuakane maloko nei o keia hale?"

MOKUNA XXII.

      Ma kela manawa a Helena i kauoha aku ai ai Keoni Hana@o@a e hoi noloko o ke keena waiho @uke, ua hooko koke aku o Keoni i kela kauoha a ma kekahi noho i haule iho ai oia, noho mailie loa, aia hoi kona mau lima ke palulu la ma kona mau maka, elike me kakahi kanaka i pau na manaolana no ka loaa o kana mea i makemake ai, mamuli o kana mau mea i hoomaopop aku ai, ma na kamailio pokole a laua me Helena.

     No na makahiki elima i hooikaika ai o Keoni Hana@o@a ma na ano apau, e lilo oia i kanaka pookela loa, ma kana hana kahikii mamuli o na a'o ikaika ana a Helena i wahine ma@e nana.

     No kela mau makahiki elima, aole loa oia i poina iki i na olelo a'o a Helena, e lilo oia i kanaka maikai, i kanaka hanohano, a i kanaka me kakahi inoa kilakila loa maluna on a, aka nae maluna ae o na mea apau, e hooikaika oia ma na ano apau, e loaa hou o Helena iaia, kela wahina pookela hookahi ana i mahalo ai i koua mau ano maikai he nui.

     He mea oiaio, iloko o kela mau makahiki elima, o kona imi ana i ka maikai, ka waiwai, ka hanohano ame ke kaulana, ua hoe-

(E nana ma ka Aoao Eono.)