Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LVIII, Number 40, 1 ʻOkakopa 1920 — Page 6

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa

KE KILOHANA POOKELA NO KA LAHUI HAWAII.

 

HE MOOLELO NO

Elese, ka U‘i Nohea

A I ole

Ka Ipo Aloha a ke Kanaka Waiwai

 

            @ pani aku anei au i keia puka @i ninau aku ai o Elese. @ Hale e noho mai ana iloko o ka rumi hookipa. Aohe o have pane mai, aka, ku mai la oia a hele mai la e @ i kapuka no Elese. a ia paa ana, hoi hou aku la a ma ka @ o ka rumi hookipa, a kakali mai la o ka paa o ko @ lole a makukau hoi no ko laua hele aku i ka haleaina @mai ola e noho la ke hakoko la kona noonoo me na manao @like oke @ kona aloha.

            Ua loihi no ia manawa i hala ia Elese o ka apa ana mai ua paha o kona komo wale no i ka lole kala kahiko i auwalee i paa ai, aole nae, o ke komo o ka nana. o ke komo o ka mili. I kekahi manawa ua hoohala wale oia i kekahi mau minuke @ ka naua aua i kela ame keia lole e kau mai ana maloko o @ rumi kau lole, a pela no hoi me na mea liilii e ae e ahu ana @ loko o ka pahuume. o ka malamalama iho oloko o ka rumi ke kukui ailaea, oki pau loa.

            @ nai ua o Elese e komo ana i ka lole hou ana o ka wae ana kona mea i makemake loa ai, aole hiki iaia ke uumi i kona @ ia manawa no Rose Piasona, ka mea nana i wae i na lole @ ana e manao kuhihewa ana ia olanawa oia no paha ke@ e makemake mai ana ia Hale, a me ka hooikaika wale no @ o ka rumi ana iho ia inaina iloko on a, me kona i ana iho @ kona kuko hewa wale aku no, maila aole ia he mea oiaio.

            I ka paa ana o kona mau lole i ke komo, a kau no hoi ua mea @ ma kona kino. hele aku @a oia a ma kahi o ke aniani kilohi @ nana aku la i kona helehelena, he minoaka kana e ike aku ana @ aka no ka nani a kupono o na mea apau elike eme kana i makemake ai e kau ana maluna o kona kino.

            "O, he like ani ko'u nani me kela aka a'u e ike aku nai?" wahi ana o ka ninau ana iaia iho, "a i ole, o ke aka wale no ei o kekahi uhane lapu iloko o ke aniani?"

            Wehe koke mai la oia i ka puka ia manawa, a hele aku @ a ku ma ka puka. me ka huli pono aku o kona alo ia Hale ninau aku la:

            "Pehea au i kau nono mai?"

            "ua ike mua au o oe kekahi o na wahine u'i loa ma keia ao mahope o kou kahiko ana ia oe iho me na lole nani loa, elike me kena au  e komo mai la eia nae, aole au i hoomaopopo i ka aaku o kou nani mamua o na wahine e ae ahiki i ko'u ikemaka@a aku la ia oe iloko o kena mau mea nani au e komo mai la i nei manawa.

            "O, e Elese, e pono oe e hele pu me a'u iwaho e holoholo @ i ike mai kekahi poe wahine ia oe i kou nani; o ka'u wale @ e hopohopo nei o kou lilo i mea no lakou e lili mai ai ia oe a @ao mai e hana i kekahi hana e poino ai oe. Aohe no he mea e ae a'u e noonoo nei, o Mahela wale no, aka nae, aole paha oia e ike koke mai ana ia oe, koe wale no ka hoike aku o hokahi poe iaia a hele okoa mai oia e huli ai kaua."

            Aohe pane mai o Elese, nolaila i hou aku la o Hale: "Makemake au e ike mai na kanaka apau ia oe o oe hookahi ka wahine u'i ma keia ao, a na'u hoi oe," alaila ku mai la oia a hele mai la e apo ia Elese a honi mai la no kekahi mau manawa lehulehu.

            "O, e hale kuu aloha, e haawi aku ana ua i ko'u mahalo nui ia oe no kou hoolako ana i keia mau mea nani no'u," a kani iho la kana uhu ia manawa.

            Aole i nele aku ko hale hauoli me kona haaheo loa i kona @iho i ka nani maoli o kana aloha iloko o kona mau kahiko apau e komo ana ia manawa. a pela pu no hoi me Elese, no ka @ ana iaia o kekahi kanaka opio a u'i i hoolako mai iaia me a mau mea nani apau. Nau nae ia, e ka makamaka heluhelu, @ike nou iho.

            Ua hoea ana aku a laua i ke alanui, a ua liuliu iki no hoi ia @ a laua o ka haele pu ana aku, maalo ae ana kekahi kaalio ko laua hoea ana aku ma ke kihi ponoi o ke alanui.

            Aohe o Hae i haawi aku i kana nana pono ana maluna o na @ e kau ana maluna o ke kaalio ia manawa, eia nae, o na @ e kau ana maluna o ke kaalio ia manawa, eia nae o na @ o ka ike ana mai o kaua i ka nani o ka helehelena o ka @ ame kona mau kahiko e komo ana ia manawa. O ka wahine opio mae o na wahine elua e kau ana iluna o ke kaa, @ ka mea o laua na ohua e kau mai ana iluna o ke kaa, ka i ke pono mai ia Hale, a huli aku la e olelo i kona kokoolua o Hale kela e hele pu mai la me kela wahine opio u'i i oi aku @ o'u.

            O Elese ka mea o laua i ike pono aku i ka u'i a ka lede opio o na wahine elua e kau mai ana iluna o ke kaa, a oia kona manawa i oleloai ma ke ano hoopaani ia Hale:

            "He wahine u'i hoi kela e kau mai la iluna o ke kaa i oi aku @ ou!"

            Me he mea la ua lohe mai la ka wahine opio o na ohua wa@paka ae ai ia mau olelo mai ko elese mau lehelehe ae, huli @ iluna o ke kaa ia pane ana ae a Elese, no ka mea, i ka wa mai la ka lede opio a nana pono loa mai la ia Elese, a mahope ia Hale. Ia manawa pa'i aku la ka lede opio i ke kalaiwa e hoopaa iho i ka holo ana o ke kaa, a ku koke iho ia no hoi ke kaa ia manawa.

            I ke ku ana iho, hooho ae la o Hale me ka leo nui, ke ano nai o kakahi mea i piha i ka maka'u no kekahi mea ana i hana hewa ai:

            "Auwe! O Mabela Harisona kela!"

 

Mokuna XXL

 

He kaikuahine mai kaliwilana Mai,

 

            I ka manawa i kauoha ae ai o Mabela Harisona i ke kahu@ e ku iho ke kaa ma kahi kokoke mai ia Hale ma, ua hoo@ la ke @ e kau pu ana me ia, i kona kauoha ana aku i ke kahukaa e ku koke iho, a huli koke mai la e nana iaia a @ mai la me ka helehela pihoihoi:

            "E Mabela, e aha aku ana oe?"

            "E lele aku ana au ilalo e kamailio ia Hale, kuu kane hoopa@ no kona kuleana ole e hele pu me kekahi wahine okoa a kaua e ike aku nei!" i pane aku ai oia me ka leo ko'iko'i o ka mea i piha i ka huhu, a ke lio wale la no hoi kona mau maka.

            "Ea, e Mabela, e Mabela!" i pane hou mai ai ka lua o na @ me kona piha loa i na manao kahala no kona ike mai ia Mabela i ka hele a piha loa i ka huhu. "aole anei ou hoomaopopo aku i ke kunana o ka wahine e ku mai la ma kona aoao?"

            "O, aole au i ike iaia. Heaha auanei ka'u nana ana kau i kela wahine kolhu ole e hele hookohukohu mai la me kuu kaue hoopalau?" i pane aku ai o Mabela.

            Ma ka mea oiaio, ke ike pu iho la no ua o Mabela o Elesewale no ka wahine u'i loa ana i ke ole ai i ka lua manua aku, a no ia ike mai on a i ka u'i launa ole o Elese i lihi launa ole mai ai kona u;i, na piha loa oia i ka lili a kuapupule maoli, a kaua noonoo maikai apau i loko o kona lolo me he mea la ia minuke ua kaawale loa mai iaia aku.

            Koho pono iola ka mele a ka mea haku mele ma kei wahi:

                        "Ua lii paha o i ala, ke pii wahi kai mai nei,

            O ko ia la mea mau no ia, o ka awaawa Ahuna."

            Ua maopopo i ke kahukaa ko Mabela mano, he makemake oia e lele iho ilalo a e hele mai e hui me Hale, elike me kana o ka lohe ana mai ia Mabela o ka hoopuka ana ae he kane hoopalau o Hale nana, nolaila, lele iho la ola ilalo a hele mai la e wehe i ke pani o ke kaa mahope, kahi a Mabela ma e kau ana, a no Hale hoi ia manawa, ke noonoo la oia me ka hikiwawe loa no kana mea e pane aku ai ia Mabela, in a no kona ninauia maii ke kumu o kona hele pu ana me Elese.

            Ke hoauaou la kana noonoo ana ia manawa me ka hikiwawe loa, a i ka loaa ana o ka manao maikai iaia huli iho la a hewanawana iho la ia elese i ka i ana ilio:

            @ noho a i ninau mai o Mabela ia oe no kou pili ia'u, ea. olelo aku oe iaia he kaikuahine hanauna oe no'u."

            "E Miss Harisona," i noi mai ai ka lede aoo e kau pu ana me ua o Mabela, "e oluolu oe e noho malie iho iluna nei o ke kaa a e ka@oha aku i ke kahukaa e hoomau aku i ka holo ana. He hana hoopau manawa wale no keia au ia kaua maanei. E hoomanao pu oe o kahi keia o na wahine hookamakama lehulehu e noho ai, nolaila, e ike iho oe o kela kaikamahine au e ike aku la o kekahi paha ia o ia poe."

            "Ina pela ka mea oiaio, alaila he mea pono ia'u e maopopo ia mea. Ina he wahine oia o ia papa aohe a'u nana ana aku, aka hoi, in a he wahine o ke ano okoa ae, e ike ana oia, e hiki mai ana ka la nona e auwe ai no kona komo hokai ana ae ma waena ou ame Hale Venona, kuu kane hoopalau, a he kuleana ko'u e ike ia mea i nei manawa."

            Ua hala he mau minuke lehulehu o kela noke ana mai a na lede i ke kamailio maluna o ke kaalio mawaena iho o laua, nolaila ua loaa loa he manawa lawa loa no Hale e hoolala ai i kana mau mea e pane aku i imua o Mabela, in a no ko Mabela ninau mai iaia no ke kumu o kona hele pu ana me ka wahine e hele pu ana ma kona aoao ia manawa.

            Aohe loaa o ka mano ia Hale ia manawa e pakele ana oia mai ka hui ana aku me Mabela, aohe no on a manao e lilo oia i mea na Mabela e olelo mai ai i ke kanaka ho@ewale ma o ka hoomau ana aku i ko laua hele ana me ka nana oke aku i ko Mabela kahea mai iaia e ku aku.

            Ia laua la e noke mai la i ke kamailio iluna o ke kaalio ua loaa loa he manawa no Hale e aoao iho ai ia Elese i ka i ana iho: "Elike me ka'u mau mea apau au e lohe mai ana i ko'u kamailio aku ia Mabela. ea. pela no hoi oe e Kan@ailio aku ai imua on a  @ aole pono e loaa aku ka ike ia Mabela he wahine oe na'u. no ka mea, ke loaa aku ia ike iaia, e ha'i aku no au ia oe, he kanaka poino ana au, nolaila, e makaala loa oe ma kou aoao i ka pane ana aku i kana mau ninau apau e ui mai ana ia oe."

            Ua ikeia ka holopono loa o nai mau a'oa'o mua ana iho a Hale ia Elese, ma o ko laua pakele ana mahope iho; aia la hoi a komo kekahi mea iloko o ka pilikia. o ka wa ia e hanu ino ai i kahi o ka palekana elike iho la me keia.

            No ko Hale ike ana iho e hooko ana o Elese i na mea apau e like me ia ana o ke a'oa'o ana iho la iaia, hele aku la a kokoke ma ka aoao o ke kaalio i ka manawa ana o ka ike ana aku ia Mabela o ka lele ana mai ilalo mailuna mai o ke kaa, a hapai ae la i kona papale a pane aku la:

            "He halawai ana iho la keia a kaua i manao mua ole ia, e Miss Hrisona, ma keia wahi.".

            "Ua hauoli loa o Mrs. Lalani i kona ike ana mai nei ia oe," wahi a ka Mabela pane pokole loa. Alaila haawi aku la o Hale i kana kunou haahaa loa i ka lede aoo e kau mai ana iluna o ke kaalio, a ke mahalo la ua o Mabela i ko Hale kulana keonimana oiaio mamuli o ia haawi ana aku la o Hale i kona aloha i ka lede.

            "Ua kauoha aku nei au i ke kahukaa e ku iho ke kaalio," i hoomaka mai ai o Mabela e kamailio, mahope o kona hookaulua iki ana no kekahi manawa, "no keia kumu no kuu makemake e maopopo kou hele ae i ka hale i keia po. Ua maopopo ia oe he aha himeni ame hulahula ka'u e haawi ana maloko o ko'u hale ma keia po, a he lehulehu no hoi ka poe i konoia aku e hele ae no ia aha hulahula, a e hoea ae ana lakou, a nolaila ke makemake nei au o oe pu kekahi e hoea ae ilaila."

            "O, e Mabela, no keaha no hoi kou mea kau ole ana aku nei iluna o ke kaa, a kahea mai no hoi ia'u e hele aku, aole hoi o kou lele mai ilalo nei. O ka'u e hopohopo nei e lilo ana paha kou lele ana mai i kumu hoala aku i kekahi manao hoohuoi iloko o ka poe e ike mai ana ia oe, a loaa hoi ka lakou mea e kamailio mai ai. Hoi hou aku iluna o ke kaa," i kauoha aku ai o Hale.

            "Hoi hou aku i luna o ke kaa ahiki i kuu lawe ana aku i kuu kaikuahine hoahanau e hoolauna ia oe," i pane hou aku ai o Hale.

            "Ko kaikuahine, e Hale?" i ninau mai ai o Mabela me kona noonoo ana iho i kona hewa loa no kona lili ana me ke kumu ole, eia nae, oia mau no kona kanalua. Aole au i manao he kaikuahine hanauna kekahi ou maloko o keia kulanakauhale, e Hale!"

            "Ae @ 'o kou lohe aku keia," i kamailio aku ai o Hale a nui ka leo i lohe mai o Elese, a i makaala ai hoi oia i kona manawa e ninauia aku ai e Mabela. "He mau wahi la kakaikahi wale ae nei no kona o ka hoea ana mai i ke kaona nei, a oia oia ma kona alahele e hoi loa aku ana no kona home ma Kalivilana.

            "E oluolu mai ana anei oe e hoolauna aku au iaia imua ou e Miss Harisona?"

            "He oluolu loa au e launa me ia, ina nae he kaikuahine i'o oia nou, aka, in a he pelo wale mai no keia au ia'u, aole au e ae aku ana."

            "O ko'u kaikuahine oiaio oia, aole nae na ka pahu ame ke ki hookahi. E Elese e oluolu oe e holauna aku au ia oe ia Miss Harisona nei. O Miss Harisona keia o Miss Elese Beranadona keia."

            I ko Elese manawa i lohe mai ai i na kamailio mawaena o Hale ame Miss Harisona, aohe oia i kali iho i kona hele ana mai e halawai me ka punalua ana; me ka hoihoi wale oia o ia hele ana mai a halawai ae la laua, eia nae, aole oia i nana ae iluna ahiki i kona kokoke loa ana mai ia Mabela, akahi no a aea ae iluna, oiai nae ua maka uliuli o Mabela e haka pono mau aku ana iaia i na manawa apau, me ka mau no o kela manao hoohuoi i loko on a he wahine o Elese na Hale.

            "Ina he kaikuahine i'o oe no Hale Venona nei, alaila e lilo pu ana no oe i mea aloha na'u i kekahi la e hiki mai ana, a ke hauoli nei au i ko'u halawai ana me oe i keia manawa i maopopo mua ole, e Miss Beranadona."

            No keia mau olelo a Mabela e lilo ana oia he wahine mare na Hale i kekahi la e hiki mai ana, ua ala koke ae la hoi ka manao lili iloko o Elese ia manawa, ua piha koke oia i na manao hoowahawaha no Mabela ia manawa, a ke haka pono la nae kona mau maka maluna o na maka uliuli e nana pono mai ana iaia.

            E like me na aka o ka poe i piha me na manao kanalua kekahi i kekahi, pela iho la no ka paweo a wiwo o keia mau lede opio ia mau minuke. O ka Hale mea hoi e noonoo ana ia manawa e mahalo ana oia i ka holopono o kana mau olelo hoopunipuni o ka pane ana aku ia Mabela.

            I ka pau ana o ka ike a Mabela me Elese, ame ka mau no o kela ano hoohuoi iloko o Mabela no Elese, o Elese o laua ka i kamailio i ka i ana aku:

            "No ka pili loa o ko Hale koko me ko'u ma ka hanau ana aohe a'u hoohakalia ana iho i ka i ana aku aohe a'u mea oi aku o ke aloha oiaio mamua o ka Hale wahine ma@e."

            I ko Hale lohe ana mai i nei mau olelo a Elese ka hauoli la oloko on a no ka maalea ame ke akamai o Elese ma ke kamailio ana aku he mau olelo ana o ka manao ole ana e loaa ana ia Elese iloko o ka manawa pokole loa.

            "Eia no anei oe maloko o keia wahi e noho nei?" wahi a Mabela o ka ninau ana mai, he ninau a Elese e ike iho ana e hoonowelo mai ana iaia, ana no e ike iho ana in a no ka puka hewa aku o kana mau olelo e lilo ana ia i mea na mabela e ike mai ai he hoopunipuni wale no na olelo a laua mamua iho.

            "aia o i nei maloko o kekahi mau rumi maloko o ka Hokele Winasoa e noho nei i nei mau la," i pane aku ai o Hale me ka hikiwawe loa.

            "he mau makamaka no ko'u maloko o keia kulanakauhale, a ua noi mai no lakou ia'u e hoi aku a noho maloko o ka hokele Winasoa no keia mau la ahiki i ko'u hoiana aku no ko'u home ma Kalivilana."

            "He mea oiaio anei ia au i olelo mai la, e Miss Beranadona."Wahi a Mabela. "Oiai oe e noho ana maloko nei o keia kulanakauhale i keia mau la e noi aku ana au ia oe e lilo oe i malihini na'u no keia po."

            @oko o kela manawa a ua o Mabela o ke @oi ana mai ia Elese e lilo i malihini nana no ia po me he mea la he mea kekahi e olelo ae aua iaia e lilo ana o Elese i mea hoopilikia aku iaia aole oia i hoohuoi i ka hana apuhi a Hale o ka hohola ana aku mamau ona.

            O ka manao nui wale no iloko o ua o Mabela ma kaua kon@ ana mai ia Elese e hele aku i kona hale in a e hiki ana iaia ke huki aku ia Elese ahiki i kona hale, a noho pu me ia no kekahi manawa, e hiki ana iaia ke ike iho i ko Elese pili i'o ia Hale ma ke koko ame ka ole.

            "O ke kaumaha loa nei au no ka hiki ole ia'u ke ae aku i kau kono e ka hoaloha maikai," wahi a Elese o ka pane ana aku: "aka ane e ui mua aku au i kuu mau makamaka, in a no ko lakou ae maikai mai, alaila hiki aku au, aka in a e ku e mai ana lakou, e like no me ia a'u e ike mua nei i nei manawa, e hiki ole aku ana au. A i hiki ole aku au ea. mai lilo hoi ia i mea nou e manawaino iho ai nou ia'u.

            "Aole hiki ia'u ke hooko aku i kau noi ke manao nei au he oi aku ko'u pono e noho no au maloko o ka Hokele Winasoa ahiki i ko'u manawa e hoi aku ai. He akea loa na @ maloko olaila me ka maikai o na mea apau i hoolakoia mai ia;u elike me ka'u i makemake ai."

            "Auhea oe, e Miss Beranadona." me ka aaki ana iho o Mabela i kona lehelehe no ka piha i ka huhu. "aole pono e hooleia mai ko'u makemake. E pono oe ame Hale e hele ae i keia po @ ike i kuu aha himeni ame hulahula e haawi ana i keia po maloko o kuu hale."

            Haawi aku la o Elese i kekahi minoaka me ke kunou ana la hoi o Hale iloko iho on a ihea la o Elese i ike ai ia mau ano aku. ke ano i maa iaia e haawi aku ai i ka poe kiekie a ke nalu maikai o ke ano lede oiaio.

            "No ia aha hulahula au ke hauoli loa nei au a e haawi aku ana au i ko'u ae," i pane aku ai o Elese.

            Ke hoahewa loa la o Hale iloko iho on a no ko Elese haawi ana aku i kona ae, aka mahope iho nae o kona noonoo ana, o ka mea maikai wale no ia ia Elese e pane aku ai no ka hooluolu ana, aku i ka noonoo o Mabela, oiai he hana hiki wale no ka hoi ana ae mahope iho o ka pau ana o na hana o ia po, a in a nei hoi no ko Elese hoole aku e hooi loa mai ana o Mabela i kana koi ana; apono iho la oia ia manao o Elese.

            "E hoea aku ana maua i laila i keia po, e Mabela; e haawi aku ana au i ka mahalo ia oe no kou noonoo ana mai la no maua, a eia nae, i kakali mai oe a i hiki ole aku maua, a i ole kekahi paha o maua, noonoo iho oe ua halawai ka mea i hiki ole aku me kekahi ulia."

            "O mai imi kumu pale olua a i ole kekahi paha o olua, no ka hiki ole ae, e hiki ae olua e pono ai; ke haawi nei au i ko;u mahalo ia Miss Beranadona nei no kona ae maikai ana mai nei e hoea ae ana oia i kuu hale. E hui aku ana au me kuu mau hoahui, ka [poe na lakou e hoomakaukau mai nei i kela aha himeni ame hulahula; a malia o ae mai kekahi o lakou alaila holo aku e kii ia oe, e Miss Beranadona i keia auwina la."

            "Aohe waiwai o ka hele ana ae e kii iaia nei, a i ole ka hele ana ae paha e ike iaia nei maloko o ka Hokele Winasoa, e hele aku ana no hoi ilaila." i kahamaha koke ae ai ka Hale pane.

            "Mai hoouna ae oe i kekahi mea e hele ae e kii ia'u, a i ole o oe ponoi no paha ke holo ae ana, no ka mea, aole au e loaa ana ia oe maloko o kela hokele i keia la a po, he wahi okoa ka'u e hele aku ana, e Miss Harisona," i pane aku ai o Elese. "No kekahi manawa okoa aku kaua e hele aku ai a hele mai, a ia manawa e hookoia aku ai kau mau mea apau e makemake mai ai ia'u e hana aku nou."

            "Aia paha ia i kou makemake, eia nae, makemake au ia olua a elua e hoea ae i kuu hale i keia po." wahi a mabela o ka pane ana mai.

            "E manaoio mai oe i ka maua i olelo aku nei ia oe, e Mabela, aole maua e hoohala ana i kau kono e hoea aku ana maua, "he mau olelo maikai loa keia i ko Mabel manao, nolaila huli aku la oia no ka manao e pii aku noluna o ke kaalio, a i hou mai la nae.

            "E hoomanao oe, e Miss Beranadona, i kau oleo hoopaa, mai hoi hope oe": me kona hooluliluli ana mai i kona mau manamanalima. "E makaala mau mai ana au nou, a in a aole oe e hoea ae ana i ka hale i ka ho@ eiwa. ehoouna okoa aku ana au i kekahi mea e holo aku e kii ia oe i ka Hokele winasoa. He makemake loa au i kuu kaikoeke o keia mua aku, he kaikoeke huapala maoli a'u e ike aku nei, e hoea ae i kuu hale, i ike hou aku au i kou mau helehelena nohea mai hoao oe e hoohoka mai ia'u no ka manawa mua, oia ka'u noi ia oe."

            Ua kau aku kekahi o kona mau wawae i kahi e keehi iho ai ka wawae o ke kaa i ka manawa hope ana o ka huli ana mai a kamailio a me ka helehelena hauoli loa oia o ka ee ana aku iluna o ke kaa, a i ke kaa i holo aku ai halwai ae la na maka o na lede punalua me na kunou ana no ka manawa hope.

            "E hale, ina e loaa ana he manawa kupono no kela kaikamahine e pepehi mai ana oia ia'u a make!" wahi a Elese o ka pane ana ae. "Inoino maoli kona mau maka o ka nana ana mai ia'u."

MOKUNA XXI-Ka Mokana Kokua

            "Aohe a Mabela mea i hoohuoi mai nei e Elese, pela ka'u hoomaopopo aku nei." wahi a Hale. "nau wale iho no paha kena manao kuko hewa wale aku no. E haawi aku ana nae au i ko'u mahalo ia oe no kou makaala ana i ka pane aku ma kou aoao, he kaikuahine oe nou a ke manao nei au ua manaoio loa oia no ia olelo ana aku nei au pela."

            "Pela no, aka, e Hale, ua hoopunipuni maoli aku nei au iaia. Aka hookahi no kumu, aohe ou makemake iki i ka lohe aku iaia i ka olelo mai he kane ana oe nana i kahi manawa e hiki mai ana. Owai ka mea hoihoi i ka lohe aku i kela mau olelo hoonaukiuki, oiai ua ike iho au na'u oe i keia manawa," i pane aku ai o Elese.

            Noke ae la o Hale i ka akaaka no nai mau olelo a Elese, a i aku la "Ua pane aku nae oe iaia me ka maikia maoli, e kuu aloha. Ua hiki ole iho ia'u ke hokuoo i kuu manawa i lohe aku ai i ko olelo ana ae aohe au mea oi aku o ke aloha o ka'u wahine mare wale no."

            "I aha la auanei ka'u olelo kupono e pane aku ai iaia ia manawa? I ha'u aku au ia oe ua piha loa au i ka hoowahawaha iaia no ka ike aku i kona ano hookano ame ka manao ino maoli iloko on a nana aku oe ma kona mau maka, he mau maka o ka mea i makaukau loa e pepehikanaka. Ia manawa ua hele mai la au a piha loa i ka inaina, aneane e puka hewa aku na olelo maikai ole mai ko'u mau lehe@he aku. Pehea la, e Hale, he wahi aloha iki no anei kekahi iloko ou uona?"

            "Aloha? Ha! Ua ha'i mua aku au ia oe aole ia mea he aloha iloko o'u nona ua ike au i kona mau ano apau, he haakei he hookano, he hookiekie, me he mea la e olelo mai ana oia i na mea apau e ku aku ana mamua o kona alo heaha oe; o ke kumu mai o keia, e ike iho no oe, he kaikamahine oia na ke kanaka waiwai, a no ka nui o ka waiwai ame ka hanohano pela i ho@uilaniia ae ai kona mau manao a nana ole mai i ka mea ilihune.

            "A pehea, e Hale, manao no anei oe e hoouna ae ana oia i kekahi mea no ke kii ana ae ia'u i ka Hokele Winasoa, in a ilaila i'o au kahi i noho ai a in a aole hoi au e hele aku ana i kona hale i keia po?"

            Ua palaka loa ia Hale ia mea a Elese o ka ninau ana mai, aka, i kela ninau ana mai ana akahi no a ala ae iloko on a ka hoomanao ana, a oia kona manawa i pane aku ai:

            "I ka nana aku e he mea la pela ana, e Elese. Ina e hoouna i'o ae ana oia i kekahi mea no ke kii ana ae ia oe a maopopo iaia aohe ou noho ilaila, ia manawa e maopopo ai kou hoopunipuni, a ia manawa pu no hoi e maopopo ai iaia he wahine oe na'u a heaha no la ka kaua nana ana aku ia olelo mai ana pela?"

            Hoomaha iki iho la kana kamailio ana a nana aku la i kahi e no kekahi manawa. Ua loaa ia manao iaia elike me ia ia Elese, a oia ka Elese o ka ninau ana mai me he mea la ua piha i ka inaina ame ka manaolana poho:

            "Ina aole oe e kukala ae ana ma ke akea owau kau wahine mare, e loaa a@ ke manao iaia owau keka@ o na wahine hookamakama haalele loa i hoopoinoia e na kanaka maluna o keia ili honua; oia no kona manao i ka'u koho aku nei i kona manawa i lele mai ai mailuna mai o ke kaa, he wahine au i hoopoinoia a i haaleleia e kekahi poe kane. E Hale, aole o'u makemake e kapaia mai au elike me ia, noka mea, aole au o kekahi o na wahine o ia ano.

            "Oia ka makamua loa o na wahine e nana mai ana me ka hoowahawaha loa i na wahine ilihune a i haaleleia e ka lakou mau kane, aole no oia e nana mai ana maluna o kekahi poe o ia ano me ka nele i na manao hoowahawaha a hoino loa. Ua maopopo ia'u ua hoino oia ia'u i ka manawa ana o ka ike ana mai nei ia'u a in a no kona ike mai ia'u ma ke ano he wahine kuewa a i nele i kekahi home, o kona hauoli loa ia."

            "Ea, e Elese, kuu aloha, aole pono ia oe e kamailio mai me kela," i papa aku ai o Hale.

            "O, e Hale, ua maopopo ia oe oia maoli ka oiaio elike me ia a'u i kamailio aku la ia oe!"

            Ke ike iho la o Hale nona iho, he mea oiaio loa ia a Elese o ke kamailio ana mai la, eia nae, i hoomamaia aku ai ko Elese noonoo, a i ole ai hoi e paanaau loa ia mea iloko o kona noonoo, pela oia i haawipio aku ai iaia iho, a i kau la:

            "Ua hoopunipuni no oe ia oe iho, e Elese," me ka hoomalimali ana aku. "aka, mai hoolilo i keia i mea e hoonalea loa ia ai kou noonoo. E hele aku ana au i kona hale i keia ahiahi, a noi aku iaia e kala mai ia oe mai ka hele ana aku ilaila i keia po e hoolohe i ka aha himeni ame hulahula ana o ke kono ana mai nei; na'u e hoakaka aku iaia i ke kumu, nolaila e waiho mai oe ia hana na'u e hoakaka aku iaia i ke kumu, nolaila e waiho mai oe ia hana na'u e hoakaka aku iaia i ke kumu, nolaila e waiho mai oe ia hana na'u e hana aku, a mai hookaumaha i kou noonoo no kekahi minuke."

            He ula wale no ma ko Elese mau papalina ia manawa, a ua like hoi ka ula ame ka hulili o kona mau onohimaka me ka pohaku sepaire. No ka olelo ana aku keia a Hale e hele aku ana oia i ka hale o Mabela ia ahiahi a hoike aku ia Mabela aole oia e hiki aku ana ia ahiahi, he hiohiona maopopo e hoike mai ana aia iloko o Elese ka manao lili kahi i nu ai no Mabela.

            "E Hale, aole," wahi ana; "he hana maikai e ae no kekahi mamua o ia. He mau lole maikai no kekahi no'u e komo ai. E kala mai oe ia'u no ka noho ole iho i ka hale nei i keia po; e hele pu aku ana au me oe e ike i kela aha himeni ame hulahula a Mabela; mai maka'u oe; aole au e hoohilahila aku ana ia oe."

            "Aole o'u maka'u, aka e noonoo iho oe no ka-"

            "E noonoo au no keaha? O, e Hale, mai hoole mai oe i keia manao o'u. Aole a'u ike maopopo i na mea iloko o kona naau mamua ou, hookahi mea i maopopo ia'u, in a e loaa ana he manawa kupono nona e hana mai ai i kekahi mea e poino ai au e hana ai ana oia me ka kali ole; no keia kumu, ua hoino oia ia'u; aia iloko on a i nei manawa ka manao hoowahawaha no'u kahi i noho ai e hele pu no kaua ilaila, mai hoonoho oe ia'u i ka hale nei, e hoea aku kaua ilaila ma na ho@ mua loa o keia ahiahi, alaila noi aku e hookuu mai ia kaua.

            "Hoopunipuni aku no hoi paha kaua iaia ua loaa mai he kelekalama ia'u mai ka home mai e kauoha mai ana ia'u e hoi koke aku. He hewa anei ia la? O, e Hale, mai hoonoho oe ia'u he mea pono ia'u e hele aku ilaila a hoao aku e hoohoka iaia, i mea nona e hapala ole mai ai i kuu inoa me kana mau olelo hoino kumu ole."

            Aohe pane koke aku o Hale; ke noho la oia me ka noonoo no kekahi manawa, me ka piha kanalua loa i ka lawe pu ia Elese, aka, mahope o kona noonoo ana no kekahi manawa e nui na na wahine e hoea ae ana ma kela aha hoohauoli a Mabela, a no kona makemake e hoohalikelike i ko lakou mau helehelena me ko kana Elese, alaila pane aku la:

            "Ke haawi aku nei au i ko'u ae elike me kau i makemake mai la, e Elese; eia nae, ia manawa hookahi a'u i ae aku la ke ike ole nei no au pehea ana la ka nui ame ke ko'iko'i o na poino e hanaia mai ana maluna o kaua pakahi, a no ka mea, e ike ia mai ana oe e kekahi poe i kamaaina mua ia oe.

            "Na ko'u maa aohe noho pu o Mr. Harisona ma na manawa apau a kana kaikamahine e haawi ai i na aha hoohauoli o kela ano, aka in a no kona hoea ae a noho pu ma kela anaina, e hala ole ana kona ike mai ia oe. Oia ka'u la e hopohopo e mai," wahi a Hale.

            Ua hoike koke mai o Elese i kona helehelena hoowahawaha loa i ka manawa i lohe mai ai i ka inoa o Harisona, a no ia ike ana aku o Hale, i aku la; "aole paha o Harisona e hele mai ana i kela aha hoohauoli a Mabela e haawi ana, pela ko'u manao."

            "Ua maopopo loa nae ia oe la, aole e hele mai ana o Harisona?" i ninau koke mai ai oia.

            "Pele ko'u manao, no ka mea, aohe on a hele mau mai ilaila, he wahi okoa no kona e noho mai la; eia nae, e huli mua aku ana au i ka oiaio i ko'u wa e hele aku ai i ka halekuai, e hele koke ku ana au. i mea e maopopo mai ai ka ae maikai mai o ko makuahine ia oe e hele i kela hale i keia po; o kekahi mea a'u e makemake nei oia ko Rose Piasona ae mai e hele pu me oe. E ha'i aku ana au ia Rose ua mareia kaua, aole pono e huna loa ia mea iaia me kona maopopo ole. Pehea ia manao?"

            "Ua pono ia, e kuu aloha." i pane mai ai o Elese me ka hoihoi, no kona manao ana iho he mea maikai ka hoike ana ae imua o ka lehulehu ua mareia laua, mamua o ko laua huna loa; ma ia hana ana e olokaaia ae ana na manao kaumaha mai iaia ae no kona kamailio mai he kaikamahine i haule i ka hewa, a o kona inoa maikai mamua ua lilo ia mai iaia aku.

            "Ina pela e hoi hou kaua i ka hale, aia kaua a hoea aku i ka hale, ea, alaila noho aku oe a iho ae hoi au i ka halekuai no kekuka ana me Rose Piasona."

            Ua maikai keia i ko Elese manao, no ka mea, iaia e noho hookahi aku ai i ka hale e nui ana kona manawa e noonoo ai nona iho me ka hoouluhua ole ia mai o kona noonoo.

            Ia laua i hoea aku ai i ka hale kauoha aku la o Hale i ua o Elese e noho malie loa oia iloko me ka hlee ole iwaho e holoholo ai, o ikiea mai oia e kekahi poe ahiki i kona hoi hou ana mai, a i ka maopopo ana ia Elese o Kona manao, iho aku la oia i ka halekuai no kau hui ana me Rose Piasona.

            Me ka awiwi wale no oia o ia iho ana no kona makemake loa e hui koke aku me Mokana, ke kanaka nana oia i apuhi, a o ke kanaka no hoi ana o ke manao kuhihewa ana he hiki loa la ke hoopakele mai iaia mailoko mai o na popilikia apau, mamuli o kona ike i ua manawa lehulehu mamua aku.

            E noho ana no o Mokana iloko o kona keena hana ma kona manawa i hoea aku ai, a iaia i komo aku ai, nana mai la o Mokana iaia me ka hoihoi, a i mai la.

(Aole i pau.)