Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LVIII, Number 42, 15 October 1920 — Page 5

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa

KE KILOHANA POOKELA NO KA LAHUI HAWAII.

" I Mahela in a loa'a ia'u ka maao ame ka ike o keia kaikawahine au e olelo mai nei oia no o Elese Berandona, ke kaikamahine a'u i ike ai, a ua ho'olalao aku oia me Hale, o hale ko'u enemi a ke ho'opiha loa ia iho la au i kia manawa ka huhu nona. Ihea ia wahi au i olelo mai nei i halawa ai me laua?"

            "Ma kahi kokoke aku i ka pukapa kmohana o ka Paka kuwaena."

            "O, he wahi no kela e hiki ai ke hoohuoi'ia aku he hana pono ke kekahi i hanaia e laua, e Mabela, nolaila, in a o kou makeamake ia, alaila e noho ana au ma kahi e hiki ai ia'u ke ike mai kela kaikamahine, a in a e iki ana au o ke kaika mahine no @ a'u o ka lawe ana maloko o kela hale, in a e maopapo ana a'u, he ipo oia na Hale, ia manawa au e ho'oholo ai i ko'u ma @ no kau mea e hana aku ai non, a in a no ko'u hana nei knoa mea e ka'awale ai e ho'omamaia ae ana kou manao kauaha no kona hele hoka i wale ana mamua o kou alahele."

            "E papa he manao no anei kekahi i loko ou ua haulehia. Hale i ka hewa kela kaikamahine me kona i ke no he kane ho'opalau oia na'u a ke pa'a nei oia malalo o ka ae like ho'opalau?" wahi Mabela o ka ninau ana aku me ka hiolo ka iho o knoa mau waimaka.

            "Alole hiki ia'u ke ho'oiaio aku imua ou ua hana oia i kekahi hewa. Aka nae ho'okahi mea hiki ia'u ke ho'ike aku ia oe, a oia keia: A'ohe o'u hilinai i na kanaka opio o keia mau la, ka keikahi loa ka poe hiki ke hilinaiia aku, aka aole au e ka@ ana no Hale. Eia no ko'u manao, mai hoala mai oe ka mea e hoehaehia ai kou no'ono'o, i keia ame keia manawa; "waiho mai oe i na mea apau ia'u a na'u e hana aku nou; @ e hana aku i ka mea e ka'awale loa ai o Hale mai kela kaikamahine mai e pela hoi me kela kiakamahine au e lili la mai ia Hale aku."

            Huli aku la ka makuakane hele me ka ha'alulu ame ka hikaka, a pili aku la no hoi o Mahela no ka hale maluna no kona lumim me ka mau no o na waimaka e kiheahea ana ma knoa mau papalina, me ka na'au hauoli nae no knoa lohe pono ana aku i na olelo a ka makuakane e hoao mai ana oia e hana ma ma ano apau e kaili ia Elese mai ia Hale aku a'o kekahi ua piha oia i ka hauoli no ka hana mai o kona makuakane i ka lana e ho'ohilahilaia ai o Elese, kona enemi me kona hooneleia i ka inoa maikai ma i mua aku.

            "Lapuwale maoli no o Hale; aole on a pono iki e lawe mai i kela kaikamahine ianei i keia po, me kona ike no he hana hoehaeha mai ia i ka manao o Mabela, aka hookuu aku iaia e lawe mai, a na'u ia e a'o aku iaia i kekahi ha'awina e kaniuhu iho ai oia mahope.

            "He mau la kakaikahi wale no koe no'u e ola ai, nolaila, oiai au e hanu ana e hoao aku ana au ma na'ano apau i mea e hookeia ai kuu makemake, a e loaa aku ai hoi ka maha i ka'u kaikamahine. He manawa kupono keia no'u ho'ohala a e ho'omakaukau ai no kekahi hana no ke kaili ana i kela wahi kaikamahine, a in a no kona lilo nei a'ole loa oia e pakele hou ana mai kuu mana aku, e like me ia ana i holo mahuka mia ai me ka hooko ole ia o kuu makemake. Ina no knoa hoohanuia me kekahi laau hoomoe aole e loaa ana ka ike iaia no knoa wahi o ka laweia ana a hoopaa, a i ka manawa e hoi hou ae ai o ka noonoo maikai i loko on a ia manawa oia e ike iho ai ua hoopoinoia oia. O e hanaia ia hana a holopono e pono ai!"

            Ma ke koena aku o ia la i hoolalaia ai keia ano hana no ka hookoia ana ma ia ahiahi iho. oia hoi ma ka manawa e kaliia ai o Elese ma ke ano aihue e hoohanuia oia me ka laau hoohiamoe, a me ia auo oia e laweia aku ai ahiki i ka hale kahi on a e hoopaaia aku ai, a oiai oia e moe ana me ka ike ole ae i ka mea e hanaia iho ana maluna on a, ia manawa e hanaia ai kekahi hana lapuwle no ka hoohaumia ana ia Elese, a ma ia hana ana e kaawale aku ai kela inoa maikai mai iaia aku, a he kaikamahine oia i hoopoinoia mai kona manawa aku e hoopoinoina ai. Lapuwale!

            Ma kela hele ana a Elese ame Rose Piasona i ka hale o Elese no ka ike ame ke, noi ana aku i ka makuahine o Elese e hookuu mai iaia no kela po wale no, u a aeia mai ia noi a Elese Mamuli o ka hilinai o ka makuahine ia Rose e malamaia ana oia me ka maikai ame ka maluhia a hiki i kona hoihoi hou ia ana aku.

            Ua hoi hou ae la o Elese no kahi hale a laua o Hale o ka hele pu ana me ka ukali pu ia e Rose, a i ko laua o Hale o ka hele pu ana me ka u