Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LIX, Number 10, 11 Malaki 1921 — Page 5
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Ka Nupepa Kuokoa
KE KILOHANA POOKELA NO KA LAHUI HAWAII.
He Moolelo no ko
Helena Simoa Lanakila Ana
A I OLE
Ka Hoowalewaleia Ana o Halebatona
@@@ mau aahu e komo ana he mau lole kumukuai nui
@@@@hoike mai ana he mau makua waiwai kona, ua
@@@no hoi a aulii a mamuli o ka maemae o kona mau
@ame ka hiehie o kona kulana i hui pu ia me ka maemae
@na helehelena, aohe no he uinau ana iho no ke kumu o
ka lehulehu makahehi ana iaia, o ka poe apau e halawai
e lilo aku ai lakou i mau kauwa nana.
mai oia i ko Helena ma wahi hale me he kuku-
@@@Mrs. Simoa, o mai la oia i kona mau lima miomio
keo no ke aloha ana me ka helehelena hoi hoi o ka
nei i hele wale a kamaaina mamua, aohe wahi mea a
hilahila iho, e like me kekahi mau kaikamahine o kona
makahiki ke halawai ae me kekahi mea malihini loa
no a ike he ano hoopepe a hilahila.
ka la aku la inehinei ko maua halawai ana me He
nei a lilo koke no nae maua i mau hoaloha. O Helena
kai o na kaikamahine maemae loa ma keia hona a'u i
ai, aole anei pela i knou manao? A in a e ae mai
ia oe. e Mrs. Simoa. makemake au e hui mau me ia i keia
la wela. no ko'u makemake e lilo oia i hoaloha pilipaa loa
wahi ana.
Akaaka aku la o Mrs. Simoa no nei mau olelo maikai a
Makoli o ka pane ana mai la, me ka haka pono ana
o kona mau maka maluna o ka helehelna maemae o
Eiawoka, a hopu pu aku la no hoi i kona mau lima
i ke aloha ana, a mamua o ka Makoli hoomaopopo ana no
kahi mea e hanaia aku ana maluna on a, ua kulou aku la
Mrs. Simoa imua a honi aku la ma na lehlehe on a.
Mahopa o ko Mrs. Simoa honi ana aku ia Makoli holo ae
ke anua maeele ma kona kino, alaila emi hope mai la oia
nana pono aku la i ka helehelna o ke kaikamahine, me
on a hakila loa aku in a he wahi nanaina iki kekahi maluna
@ ana e ike aku ai i kulike me ka helehelena o ka wahine
ana o ka manao ana oia ka makuahine o Makoli.
heaha iho la in a he helehelena ko Makoli e hooiaio mai
ana ua kulike me ko Mariena walabirida a o Makoli hoi
ke kaikamahine ponoi a Mareina Walabirida?" i ninau iho
ai oia iaia iho. "Ua like kona u'i me kona maemae me
ka nohea o kona helehelena me kona nanaina, aohe o`u
kuleana e hoahewa aku ai i keia kaikamahine mamuli o
ko`u mamaoino no kona makuahine no kana hewa i hana
mai ai maluna o`u/ Aohe like o ka helehelena o nei kaika
mahine me ko Mriena Walabirida ia`u e nana aku nei, no
laila aohe o`u kuleana e hoohuoi wale aku ai no nana keia
kaikamahine a aole paha."
"Ae; o Helena kekahi kaikamahine maemae ma keia ili
@onua, e ola nei ia`u iho nae paha, pehea la ko kekai poe
e aku manao nona. "e haawi mau ana au i kana mau mali-
hini i kekahi manawa maikai loa e kipa mai ai a e kono
aku ai hoi ia lakou e hele mau i ko maua wahi hale nei, ke
loi mai mauia ianei e hoomaha ai, a ke lana nei no ko`u ma-
nao e loaa ana no i loko o Helena kekahi mau an maikai e
i`o ai oia i hoaloha oiaia loa nou ma nei mua aku."
Hoi aku la lakou a ekolu i loko o ka rumi hooluana a ma-
laila i hoohalaia ai kekahi mau minuke heiwakalua a oi ma
ke kamailio ana, a laila halele iho la o Mrs. Simoa i na kai-
kamahine e kamailio ma waena iho o laua, i hiki ai ia laua
ke hoomopopo ia laua iho, a i loaa ai hoi i manawa nui no
laua e kamailio ai maluna o na mea a lakou o ka ike a me
ka hana ana ma ka la ma mua aku, maa ka manawa a lakou
o ka hele ana e holholo ma na wahi like ole o ke kuahiwi,
a ma kapa o ka moanawai, me ke loaa ole o kekahi mea hoo-
kuhau i ka laua kamailio ana, a i hiki ia laua ke kama
@io no laua iho me ka hookakanalua ole, a i hemo ai ka
manao o kela me keia i waho, a hoi aku la oia noloko o kona
rumi moe, a hoomaka iho la ka humuhumu ana ma hope o
kona lalau ana aku i kekahi mau mea humuhumu mai kana
pohoie humuhumu mai.
Oia i oia ma loko o kona rumi ke noonoo la oia i loko iho
on a no ka mea e pili ana ia Makoli. "ma kekai ano ke
nana aku he wahi ano hoohilahila no ko kela wahi kaikama-
hine no ke ano kamalii no eia nae, aole no oia i hoomao-
popo ia mea he hewa no kekahi kaikamahine o kona mau
makahiki, no ka opiopio loa mai no, aka, e naauao aku ana
pae oia ke hui mau aku me ka poe na lakou e paka aku iaia,
polaila aole hemea maikai ka hoahewa wale ana aku iaia no ia mau
hemahema liilii wale no ona."
Maila pupuku ae la kona lae a inoino ae la kona mau
maka iaia i hooanao ae ai no kela manawa i hala, na la o
ka auwe. wahi ana iaia iho a no ka wahine imihaa hoi
nana oia i kumakaia, a lilo ana kana hana hewa i mea nona
e kaawale ai mai kona home a mai kana kane mai, a mai ka
hauoli mai hoi o na la opio, a hele ana oia i kahi e no na
makahiki he iwakalua a oi, me ka hooikaika i ka hana i mea
nona ame kana kaikamahine e pono ai ke ola ana, mamuli o kekahi
hana hewa lokoino loa e kue ana iaia.
He mea kupanaha maoli no keia i ka noonoo iho." wahi
ana. "ka hoea ana mai o kela mau akua lapu a elua mai
kela mau aka mai elua me ka hiki wawe loa a ku ana ma-
mua o kona alo, i nei manawa i ka manawa ana ike iho ai
i ka laumania o ke alahel mamua aku o`u a e haiamu ana
hoi ka maluhia a me ka oluolu o ka noonoo, me ka holomua
e kona mau pomaikai ma hope o kona hakaka ana me kekahi
kaua loihi me na enemi o keia ola ana, oia ka hune ame ka
pololi!
He aha la ka hopena aku o keia? He mau hiohiona anei
keia e hoike mua mai ana no ka pilikia nui oi aku, a i ole
ke kaumaha oi aku paha no nei mu aku?"
I aia i haalele iho ai i na kaikamahine o laua wale no, ua
lehulehu na kumuhana like ole a laua o ke kamilio ana ma
na mea e pili ana i ka huakai makaikai a lakou o ka la ma
mua iho, a mamuli o ka hehe o ka laua mau aka i loaa iho
ai i ka makuahine ka manao he mau mea no nui ka laua o ke
kamailio ana mawaena iho o laua, a ua lilo na mea a laua
k hoomanao ana ae no kela huaka`i makaikai i mau mea
hoohauoli like ia laua.
Ma hope iho hoikeike aku la o Helena i kana mau kii o
ke pena ana. no ka mea, ia manawa aole oia i hoopau i kana-
hana penakii, me ia ike no nae on a he manawa hoomaha ia
o kana kula, a mamuli o na kii a Makoli o k ike ana i hoo-
piha ia aku ai oia me na manao ohohia me ke akenui i loko
on a e loaa pua iaia ia ike, a oia kona manawa o ka olelo ana
mai ia Helena, "ua hele mai la ko`u makemake a nui e loaa
ia`u kena i ke pena kii."
"E Miss Simoa, he manna no anei kekahi i loko ou e loaa
ana no ia`u kena ike?" wahi ana o ka nana ana mai i na
maka o ke aikana.
"Pela no ko;u maao, oia hoi in a e ike'pu ana oe i ke
kahakii," i pane aku ai o Helena. "He nui i'o kou make-
make la i nei ike?"
"Ae; he kahakii no kekahi haawina i a`oia ma loko o ka
makou kula, a in a no ko`u ike nei i ke penakii e hoonui loa
aku ana au i ko`u manawa me ka hooikaika pu e lawa au i
ka makaukau kahakii," wahi a Miss Elawoka.
"O, in a pela, aohe ou pilikia, iki ma kau hooikaika ana e
loaa ia oe ka makaukau penakii me ke penawai, a i ole ka
aila e like me kau e makemake ai."
"Ke manao nei au ma ke pena wai au e hoomaamaa mua
ai a mahope aku me ka aila. E helena, no ke aha no hoi e
a`o ole mai ai oi ia`u i ke pena ana oia kaua e noho ana, a
ianei i keia kau wela?" i no i koke mai ai no o Makoli ia
Helena no kona a oia aku.
Aohe pane koke aku o Helena i haina no kana ninau, no
ka me, o kona manao paamua aia a pau kona manawa e
hele ai i ke kula a laila o kana hana no ia i noonoo ai oia ke
a`o ana aku i kekahi poe ia ike aole nae me ka haawi wale
aku i kona ike, aka me ka uku pu, aole oia i manao e loaa
koke ana ka haumana i loko o keia manawa koke no.
"Aole o`u manao ua lawa au me ka ike i nei manawa e
hiki ai ia`u ke a`o aku ia oe a i kekahi mea okoa aku paha
aloe au i hoomakaukau ia`u iho no ke a`o ana aku i kekahi
mea i nei manawa aka, oiai he mau hora ko`u e hoohala ai
i kela ame keia kakahiaka ma ke penakii ana, e hauoli ana
no au e ao aku ia oe ia ike, elike me kahi ike uuku i loaa
iau in a nae e hiki ana ia oe ke hele mau mai ianei mai ka
hora eiwa a ka hora umikumamakahi o ke kakahiaka, no
ka mea o kow mau hora hana ia ma ka hale nei."
"O he manawa maikai a lawa loa kela i " wahi a ka Makoli
pane me ka paipai ana ae i kona mau lima. "ua hiki ia'u
ke hele mau mai ia nei he mea hauoli nui ia i ko'u manao
ka hana like ana; ke aawi mai oe i haawina mau na'u a e
uku aku no au ia oe i elua dala no ka hoar elike me ka
Hate HIliaka i uku aku ai i kama kumukula!"
"O i uku aha ia e Makoli?" i hoole aku ai o Helena.
Kei no he mau hoaloha hoi kaua a no kou makemake mai
e loaa aku ka ike ia oe, ke haawi aku nei hoi au ia ike ia oe
me ka uku ole; mai hana mai oe i kahi mea o ia ano, e kuu
Makoli."
"Kahaha i mai nei hoi oe e a'o ana oe ia ike i mea e nui
ai ka makaukau e loaa mai ia oe i lilo aku ai oe i kumukula
no iaike a i mea e loaa mai ai ia ike ia oe me ka dala no
hoi oe e uku aku ai, a nolaila in a no kou a'o mai ia'u me ka
dala no hoi au e uku aku ai ia oe i mea e loaa mai ai o ia
ike ia'u."
"He mea oiaio no ia au i kamailio mai la, aka nae e ike
mai no hoi oe, aole au i lawa loa i ka makaukau i nei ma-
nawa e kupono ai oe e uku mai ia'u."
"O mai noonoo aku oe no ia mea; e pono e ukuia aku ka
mea i loaa ia oe, aole o'u makemake e aihue mai au i kou
ike me ka panai ole aku i kekahi mea no ia ike e loaa mai
ana ia'u," i pane mai ai o Makoli. "ke makemake nei au e
kope i keia kii o keia lilia melemele na pua poni o ka haule-
lau a pela me na pua ponimoi, a hoihoi aku e hoikeike ia
mama. E haaheo loa iho ana au in a nei no ka hiki ia'u
ke hana ia mea o na dala elua a'u e uku aku ai ia oe no na
hora elua ua like ia me ka ole, o ka ike ka mea nui, a ke ma
nao pu nei no hoi au o kou manawa e looliloia ana no ke
a'o ana mai ia'u ua kupono ka uku no ia mau hora. Mai
hoole mai oe!" wahi hou a Makoli o ka papa ana mai, me ka lele
pu ana mai e honi ia Helena.
"Ke hauoli nei no au i ke a'o wale aku ia oe me ka uku
ole, mamuli keia o ko'u makemake ponoi iho, no'u iho e
noho aku la la ea, aohe o'u makemake e lawe mai i kekahi
uku mai ia oe mai," i hoole loa aku ai o Helena.
"in a aole oe e ae ana e lawe aku i ka uku, a laila aole
no hoi au e hele mai ana, a ia manawa au e ike iho ai i ko'u
hoohokaia!"
"O manao kamalii maoli kena ou, e Makoli!" i pane aku
ai o Helena. "Pela mau no ka paha kau lawelawe ana i kau
hana aia no a hooko mau ia kou makmake ponoi elike iho
la me keia?"
"Eia no ka manao o ia, e hana mai oe elike me ka'u i
makemake ai," i pane aku ai o Makoli a kulou mai la oia
imua a honi mai la i ka papalina o ke aikane. "Me ka ma-
halo ia oe~ A pehea ana, ma ka la apopo anei au e hoo-
maka ai"
"Aia paha ia i kau ike ana iho e kaawale ana oe ia la." i
pane aku ai o Helena, me ka mau no o ka oluolu miakai ole
o kona noonoo ino ko Makoli uku mai iaia no kona a'o
aku iaia i ke pena kii ana, eia nae, mamuli o kona ike aku
i ka paakiki loa o ko Makoli manao, noonoo iho la oia he
mea maikai ka hoomoe loa ana aku ia manao me ka hapai
hou ole mai e nui hou ole aku ai na kailio ana no ia uku.
I ka holopono ana o ia hele mai o Makoli i kekahi la ae
a hoololi ae la laua i ka laua mau mea e kamailio ai ma
kekahi mau mea e ae, a mahope iho ua ike ae la o Makoli
i kekahi buke e waihoia ai na kii i pa'ila e waiho mai ana
ma ka holo papa malalo loa o ke pakaukau, o kona lalau aku
la no ia a wehe ae la i ka aoao mua, a ike iho la i kekahi
kii e waiho ana.
"O ke manaoio nei au e hoakaka mai ana no oe i ka
moolelo o ka mea nona keia kii he mea lelea no keia la
o ka nana iho i na kii o kekahi poe, au i kamaaina ole ai,"
wahi ana.
"Pela? Pehea auanei e lilo ai i mea waiwai nou ko'u
oakaka ana aku i ka moolelo o ka poe no lakou kena mau
kii au e nana iho la? Ke manao nei au he mea waiwai ole
a hoopau manawa wale no ka nana ana iho i na helehelena
o ka poe au i ike mua ole ai," i pane aku ai o Helena.
"He mea hoohauoli no nae hoi ia'u ka nana wale iho no
i na helehelna o ka poe a'u i kamaaina ole ai, e loaa mai
ana no ia'u ko lakou mau moolelo. Owai keia? O kou ma-
kuakane anei keia?" wahi hou ana, me ka nana pono loa
ana iho ia kii.
"Aohe a maua kii e malama nei no ko'u papa," i pane
aku ai o Helena; "mamuli o kekahi ulia i loaa ia mama
i ko'u manawa e bebe ana i loaa ole ai ko papa kii iaia,
a ua nui no hoi ko'u kamailio ana aku ia mama no ia nele o
maua i ko papa kii, o kana wale no nae e pane mai ai ia'u,
"mai noonoo nui aku oe no ia kii ona."
O ke kii kena o ka Porofesa Gilibati, ke kumupoo o ke
kula nui ma kuu manawa i puka pono mai ai mai ia kula
mai. Pehea kau nana iho i kona helelelena? Heaha ka
moolelo e loaa ae ana ia oe mai kona helehelena ae?"
"O ka mua loa he kanaka piha noonoo oia a he hiohiona
hoi o ke kanaka naauao me ka maikai o kona nanaina, E
nana mai no hoi oe la!" wahi a Makoli me ka helehelena
hoihoi. "Ka lua, he kanaka kuoo me ka mana kiekie hiki
ole ke hoopuhiliia aku, a he kanaka hiki ole ke hoololiia
ae kona manaopaa, elike me a'u nei; e hoomaopopo mai oe
i keia, i ko'u manawa e kau ai i kekahi rula aohe a'u hoololi
a hoihoi hou ana mai i ka'u huaolelo."
Nee ae la o Helena i ka akaaka no nei mau olelo a ke
aikane a i aku la: "Pehea la, in a e lilo ana kau rula ana i
mea kupono ole no ka hookele ana aku i kekahi hana, o ka
hoopau a i ole o ka hoololi ae ke kupono, aole ana no anei
oe e hoololi hou ae ana la?"
"Aole o'u manao he hana kupono ia, o ka rula he rula ia,
a in a aole makemake o kekahi poe ia rula a'u e kau ai o ko
lakou hoolohe wale mai no ko lakou pono, aole ke hoone-
nea mai," a nee ae la oia i ka akaaka.
"Kupanaha no ka!" i kulou i iho ai ko Helena poo ilalo
me ka pii o ka ula ma kona mau papalina. Ia manawa noo-
noo iho la oia pela ka i ae ole mai ai o Makoli i kana hoole
aku i ka uku ana mai iaia no kona a'o aku iaia i ke pena ana
i na kii.
:A owai hoi keia mau kii?" i ninau hou mai ai o Makoli,
me ka huli ana ae i kekahi aoao.
"O Hale kena âme Nele Sedele, he mau hoapapa no'u
maloko o ke kula nui i keia makahiki aku nei," i pane aku
ai o Helena.
"O, no Hale ua ike au iaia; he keiki oluolu a lokomai-
kai oia, eia nae he hoohilahila wale me ke ano kolohe pu;
in a e kamailio aku kekahi kaikamahine iaia e ike koke ana
no oe i ka pii o ka ula ma kona mau paplina a o ke kaika-
mahine e hoao ana e nana pono aku iaia e makaala mau
mai ana oia iaia, a i ka manawa e loaa ai iaia he manawa
kupono, e hoao mai ana oia e kolohe me ka hoonaukiu
pu mai. Eia nae ua loaa aku no iaia kana haawina.
:NO Nele hoi, he wahi kaikamahine piha kolohe pu no
kela. Na i ala no ka hoi ka ai i ka meaono ame ka lem
mamua o na maka o ke kumupoo, aohe nae on a loaa pono
iki no hookahi manawa, o ka ai pineki kekahi hana kolohe
ana iloko o ka manawa kula, aia a lalau na maka o ke kumu
i kahi e, o ko i ala manawa iho la ia e nau ai i ka pineki
aole no hoi on a hoohuoi iki ia, no kek kumu mai no paha he
punahele oia i ke kumu wahine a i na haumana pu, nolaila
aole on a mea nana e ahiahi aku i na kumu.
"Eia hou no nei mau hoapapa kula o'u," wahi hou a ua
o Makoli mahope o ka huli ana ae i kekahi aoao o ka buke
:O keia kii maluna loa no kekahi keia o na keikikane ko
lohe loa iloko o ke kula, a e hoohenehene mau ia aku ana
no hoi e na haumana no ka upepe ame ka nuku poupou, eia
kolohe loa oloko o ke kula, aole nae ma ke ana ino, aka ma
ka paani wale no.
"O ka mea nona keia kii helu elua o ka helu ekahi oia
o na kaikamahine noho malie loa olol o ke kula, aohe on a
hawanawana, aole holoholo wale, aole no hoi on a hana i
kekahi hana kupono ole a oia hookahi paha ke kaikama-
hine loaa ole o kekahi kiko eleele maloko o ke kula mamul
o ka lilo i hilu a aole wale malaila, aka ma ka paanaau pu
kekahi o kana mau haawina. Eia nae, in a no kou hooko-
koke aku iaia e komo koke aku ana oe iloko o ka upena
uwea kalakala, no ka mea, ua lilo na mea apau i launa aku
a i kamaaina iaia i mea hookaumaha aku i ko lakou mau
naau mamuli o kana mau hana kolohe e hookomo aku ai i
kekahi i loko o ka pilikia."
Mokua X-Ko Makoli Upu Ana 'e Lilo i Pookela
"O, ua hoike mua aku nei hoi au ia oe ua hiki ia'u ke he-
luhelu iho i ka moolelo ma ka nana wale ana iho i na hele-
helena ma ke kii, a he nui no hoi ka lealea ma ia nana ana
iho; aole no e hiki ke heluhelu iho i na ano apau i ka ma-
nawa hookahi, aka nae, e hiki ana no ma kekahi mau ano,
i pane mai ai o Malkili, oiai no oia e hoomau ana i ka huli
i kekahi mau aoao aku o ka buke me ka nana pu iho i na
kii ma ia mau aoao ana o ka huli ana mai.
"Pehea i loaa ai ia ike ia oe oiai he kaikamahine uuku
wale no oe i hohonu ole ka ike ma ia mea?" i ninau hou
auku ai o Helena.
Akaaka malie iho la O Miss Elawoka no nei mau olelo
ano hoohuoi aku a Helena, a pane mai la:
:o, aohe keia he ike e pono ai e loaa ma ka a'oiia mai
e kekahi mea, manao au he haawina no paha keia i ili mai
maluna o'u mai ko'u kupunakane, mai a Elawoka makua
mai, no ka mea, he kanaka akamai loa oia ma ke kilo ana
i na ouli o kek kanaka, a ua lehulehu no hoi kana mau buke
o ke kakau ana maluna o ia kumuhana.
"Aha, owai hoi ka mea nona keia kii?" wahi hou ana i
ka manawa o ke kau ana iho o kona mau maka maluna o ke
kii o kekahi kanaka opia nona kekahi helehelena u'i. (O
ke kii keia o Robaka Egelakona, ka ipo aloha a helena).
I ka alawa ana aku a Helena a ike o ke kii ia o kana
aloha, pii ae la ka ula ma kona mau papalina, a i haina nae
no ka Makoli ninau pane aku la:
"O ke kii kena o kekahi o ko'u mau haloha. O Robaka
Egelakona kona inoa.
Aia kekahi mea ma ko Helena leo o ia hoakaka ana aku
a Makoli i hoohuoi iho ai, no laila nana koke mai la oia ia
Helena me he meala e ninau mai ana iaia, a oiai oia e
nana pono mai ana, ike koke iho la no oia he ipoa aloha o
Robaka Egelakona, ka mea nona ke kii ana e nana iho
ana, na Helena, a ua liio holookoa ko Helena naau i kela
kanaka opio, a pela me kona uhane.
Aohe nae i loihi ia nana ana mai a Makoli iaia, haule hou
iho la kona mau maka ilalo, a ia manawa i ike iho ai o
Helena ua lilo kona helehelena i mea kumakaia iaia iho, oia
hoi, ua hoike ae kona helehelena i ka mea huna iloko o kona
naau,
"O keia ka helehelna maikai loa a'u i ike ai," wahi a
Makoli me ka makemake nui pu iloko o kona naau, e lilo
iaia ke Kino o ke kanaka opio nona ke kii ana e nana iho
ana, a ma ke ano o kona leo o ia hoopuka ana ae ana, i ka
Helena hoolohe aku, me he mea la o ka mea oiaio maoli no
ia aia ke aloha iloko on a no ke kanaka opio, a me he mea
la in a no kona hui kino me Robaka Egelakona, aole no e
nele ana kona hoomaeo aku ahiki i ka lilo ana mai o ka
anaux, ka huante ame ke kino o ke kanaka opio iaia.
"He nui na mea e hauoli ai iloko ou e Mr. Egelokona, eia
nae, aole oe e ae ana e hoomahuahua ia aku ma o aku o ka
palena kupono. Aole oe e hoopuka ana i kekahi ollo hoo-
punipuni no ka hana ana i kekahi mea lokoino no ka hoo-
pakele ana ikou ola; e wehe ae ana oe i kou paoale i ke-
kahi wahine kalewa waiu elike me ia au e hana aku ai i ke-
kahi kamaliiwahine, a in a e hooholo ana oe i kou manao e
hana i kekahi mea no kou ike he mea pono ia e hanaia aku,
e hana aku ana oe ia mea, ola a make paha!
"Nolaila e ninau hou aku ana au ia oe, e Miss Simoa,
owai oia? O wai kona mau makua? Pehea kau mea i ike
no kona moolelo? Aia oia ihea e noho mai nei? E oluolu
oe, e Helena. e hoike mai ia'u i na mea apau, ano, no ka
mea, ke hoike aku neiau ia oe i ka mea oiaio loa, ua haule
hia koke iho la no au i ke aloha i nei kanaka opio, i ka hele
helena wale no lilo e ana ko'u naau, a neane paha a hui
Kino aku aiwa loa aku ka makemake," a hooki iho la i kana
kailio ana i piha me ka mauao kolohe, alaila hapai ae la
i ka buke iluna a honi iho la i ke kii, a pii ae la ka ula ma
kona mau paplina no nei ano hana eu ana. He hana hoo
haehae ia Helena ma ka hoomaopopo aku.
No nei hana iho la a ke aikane, nee ae la o Helena i ka
akaaka a nui ka leo; ua lohe mai la ka makuahine ia leo
akaaka ana, a ua maopopo mai la no iaia no Helena ia lea,
o ke kumu nae o kona akaaka ana ae ohe mopopo i ka ma
kuahine.
"Kohu kamalii maoli no oe, e Miss elawoka, mamuli iho
la o kau mau ano hana o keia manawa iho la; he ike kupa
naha maoli no kena i loaa ia oe, oia hoi, ka hiki ana ia oe
ke helhelu iho i na ano o kekanka nona ke kii au i nana
iho la," eia nae aia iloko o Helena ia manawa ka manao
lili kahi i hana ai, ke noonoo wale la no oia he la i'o no
paha e hiki mai ana e hoaao i'o ana no o Makoli e kaili i kaua
aloha mai iaia aku.
"O Robaka Egelakona, elike me ia a'u o ka hoike mua ana
aku nei ia oe, he hoaloha oia no'u, he hoakulapu iloko o
ke kula hookahi a maua o ka hele pu ana. I ka papa ekahi
oia ia'u i komo aku ai i ka makahiki mua a noho aku au ma
ka papa eha. He ma oiaio kau i olelo mai la he helehelena
u'i i'o no kona, elike no me ia au e nana iho la," me kona
leha iki ana aku e nana i ke kii, a ia oe i helhelu iho la i
kona mau ano apau ua pololei loa, oia maoli i'o no kona
ano.
:He keiki makua ole oia, ua make kona makuahine i
kona manawa wale no e bebe ana, a mahope aku no hoi
kona makuakane o ka make ana, a na kona anakala i mala-
ma a i hoonaauao iaia. O kona home e noho paa mau ai
aia i Nu Ioka, aka nae, i nei manawa ua holo aku laua i na
aina e me ka anakala no on a. i hoakaka aku ai o Helena
ma kekahi mau mea i pili ia Robaka.
"Ahe! O ka Egelakona opio no anei kela a Balani Hale-
muka e kamailio ana ma ka la aku la i nehinei, a i holo aku
ai no na aina e elua pule i hala aku nei?" i ninau mai ai o
Makoli me ka iini nui e loaa aku kekahi hoomaopopo ana
iaia.
"Ae; oia no," i pane aku ai O Helena.
"A pehea, ua mahu'i iki no anei oe no ko iaua noho
''oihi loa aku i na aina e?"
"No ka makahiki hookahi, pela ko'u manao," i pane aku
ai o Helena, me ka hooikaika e uumi iloko iho on a o loheia
mai kana uhu ana iho.
"Owai ka inoa o ka anakala on a?" i ninau hou mai ai no
o Makkoli. Hikilele iki ae la o Helena no nei ninau a Ma-
koli; no ka manawa mua loa o kona launa ana me Robaka
egelakona, aole oia i lohe ikik aku iaia e kamailio mai ana
o ka inoa o kona anakala. a nolaila aole no i loaa a i maopo-
po hoi iaia ka inoa o ko robaka anakala, a no ka Makoli
ninau ua hiki oli iaia ke hoike aku i kona inoa.
"Aohe no i maopopo ia'u ka inoa o kona anakala, o ka'u
no e manao mau ai o Egelakona no paha elike no me ko
Robaka inoa. Aohe a'u manawa iki i lohe aku ai iaia o
kamailio mai ana i ka inoa o ka anakala on a, koe wae no
kuu Anakala Hale,' nolaila ua po hihihi like kaua no kona
noa i nei manawa, aka, malia o loaa aku no paha ma nei
mua aku, ke lilo nae ia inoa i mea waiwai e noonoo nui
aku ai."
"I holo anei laua i Europa no kekahi hana a i ole he holo
makaikai wale no paha?" wahi hou no o Ka Makoli ninau.
"Pela paha, aka ma ko'u manao i holo kaua ma kekahi
hapa no kekahi hana a no ka makaikai ana no hoi, a o ke-
kahi hapa no ka hoomahuahua ana aku i ko Robaka makau-
kau ma na olelo o ia mau aina," i pane aku ai o Helena, a i
hou aku la nae:
"Ua makemake kona anakala iaiae ike oia i kakahi mea
e pili ana i na aupuni e ae o ke ao mamua o ko lana hoi
ana mai a noho paa iho a lawelawe aku i ka laua oihana.
E loaa aku ana ko mama kii ia oe ma kekahi aoao aku." i
kahamaha koke aku ai o Helena 'i ka laua mea e kamailio
ai , no kona makemake e hoololi i ka laua mau mea e kama-
ilio ai, no ka mea, ke ike iho la oia nona iho i kona kule-
ana ole e kamailio wale aku ai no i ka ha'i hana i kekahi
mea malihini loa. "E hoike mai oe ia'u i kau mau mea i
ike iho la ma kona helehelena. pehea kona mau ano?"
"Eia ka mea hiki ia'u ke heluhelu iho ma kona helehel-
na: ka mua he wahine ahonui, he hoomanawanui i na popi-
likia, he koa, he manao luli ole a he ___"
:A heaha aku?" i ninau aku ai o Helena, no kona make-
make e lohe hou aku i kekahi mau wehewehe a Makoli no
na mea e pili ana i ke ano o kona makuahine, oiai, ke hooia
la oia i loko iho on a i manawa i ka pololei o na wehewehe
a Makoli i hoike ia ae la.
"He piha aloha me ka oluolu me ka auamo i na haawe
kamaha," i pane mai ai o Makoli, me ka leo malie loa, ala-
ila apo mai la kekahi lima on a i ka ai o Helena a honi mai
la ma ka papalina, me he mea la e noi mai anano kona hui-
kalaia aku no ka hakaka ae i kekahi mau ano i pilipaa i
ka makuahine, a ka makuahine paha i makemake ole mai ai
e hoikeia ae ia mau ana on a iwaho.
"Pehea la i hiki ai ia oe ke hoakaka i na ano o kekahi
mea ma ka nana wale ana iho no i ka helhelena?" i ninau
hou aka ai o Helena me ka kuoo o kona helehelna.
"E nana iho no hoi oe i kona mau maka, a me kela mau
kaha, mahai o kona waha, ua ike iki no anei oe ma na hele-
helena o kekahi poe i auamo ole i na ehaeha he nui me ka
hoomanawanui. elike me keia kii o ko mama?
"e hoopau ko kaua nana ana i keia mau kii, a e hele kaua i
iwaho e holoholo ai," i ka manawa keia a ua o Makoli i ike
mai ai i ka ha'uha'u uwe ana iho o Helena. "Makemake
mai la au e nana aku ia waho o keia mau wahi aku o keia
"punana nani' i oleloia iloko o ka ululaau. Aole anei ou
maka'u i ka noho mehameha o olua wale no maloho o ko
olua hale ma keia wahi pili kuahiwi?"
"Heaha auanei ka mea e mehameha ai, he lehulehu loa
hoi kakou e noho nei maanei? Aohe o maua noonoo ae no
ia mea he maka'u a aole no hoi o maua wale no ke noho
nei ma eia wahi: aia kela mau maka nunui ke nana mai la
maluna, a he mau miliona no hoi amu maka e hoopuni
mai nei ia maura malalo nei, a mawaho ae o na maka ike ole
ia aku, he mau kaukani no hoi mau maka o na hoaloha
kanaka e nana mau mai nei, e ike ole iho ai ia maea he
maka'u.
"E ike aku ana oe i ka hale o ka Lunakanawai Kenedola
ma keia kiekiena mawaena aku o na laau, a aia no hoi kana
mau kauwa malalo mai mahope aku o ka ulunahele, a no ke
kokoke loa mai, ua hiki loa ke kaheaia aku in a no ko maua
makemake ia lakou, a aia no hoi ke ku mai la ka hale o ka
ohana Asale, ma ka huina o na alanui, no laila ua laukanaka
maoli maua e ike ole iho ai i mea he mehameha," wahi a
Helena.
"Hu!" wahi a Makoli me ka hapai ana ae i knoa mau
poohiwi. "aole e nele ana ka loaa o ka maka'u ia'u ma ka
po, a ke manaoio nei no hoi au, aole e nele anka ko'u make
ke piha loa i na mea hooweliweli mai ke noho hookahi i
ke ao."
Nee ae la o Helena i ka akaaka a i aku la:
"Kohu kamlii haalele loa maoli no ke oe aohe o'u ike
iho ia mea he mehameha a he maka'u iho la ke noho hoo-
kahi owau wale no i ke ao: ke noho kokoolua iho maua me
mama he hauoli wale no ko maua noho ana me he mea la
aohe ike iho ia mea he mehameha a he maka'u mai; no
maua iho he makemake loa mau i ka noho maluhia a hoo-
walaau oleia mai elike me ko ke kulanakauhale noho ana,
mahope o ka noho ana o ka makahiki holookoa maloko o
ke kulanakauhale kahi e lohe mau ia aku ai na nakeke a
hoouluhua o na ano like ole."
Nana pono mai la o Makoli ia Helena no kekahi mana-
wa a i mai la" "Aohe ka ou makemake i ka launa mau aku
me na anaina hoohauoli? Ke manaoio nei au o oe kekahi o
na kaikamahine piha hauoli loa ma ka la aku la i nehinei."
"o, he mea pololei ia au i olelo mai la. he makemake au
i ka hauoli me ka poe opio elike me kou ano, a no ka mea,
he manawa hoomaha keia no maua ma keia wahi, o oiai ua
lui ke Kino âme ka none no na hana âme na haawina
paakiki o ke kula, o keia kahi maikai loa e hoomahaia ae ai
na manao luuluu apau, a he mea pono e loaa kekahi mana-
wa hauoli maikai loa oiai e noho ana maanei.
"Ina no aole au e huikau pu aku ana me kekahi poe opia
a põe e ae paha, e loaa ai ia mea he hauoli ia'u, e loaa mau
ana no ia mea ia'u malohko nei o ko maua home, a no ka
mea, i loko o ko maua noho kookoolua, he hauoli mau no ko
maua mau noonoo i na manawa apau, ua nana aku au i ko'u
makuahine oia ko'u kokoolua maikai loa ma keia ola ana."
i pane aku ai o Helena me ka oiaio e hoike aku ana i kona
ano hoopono.
Piai o Miss Elawoka e hoolohe mai ana, eueu wale ae
la no kona mau lehelehe, me he mea la i ka Helena nana
aku he wahi ana hoowahawaha aia iloko on a, eia nae, ua
nalowale koke aku la no ia ano on a : alaila i ko Makoli apo
ana mai i kona mau lima ma ka puhaka o Helena, leha ae
la kana nana ana iluna i na maka o Helena, a pane ae la
me ka mahalo hookamani, aia nae i loko ka ino kahi i noho
ai:
"He kumu hoohalike maikai maoli no oe no kekahi poe
elike me a'u nei, mamuli o kou aloha nui no kou makuahine,
maikai ko lua noho ana, oluolu mau ko olua mau ano ke-
kahi i kekahi ; no'u iho la ea, aohe maikai o ko maua noho
ana me ko'u makuahine, no kona papa mau mai ia'u. "e
Makoli, mai hana oe i keia! No ke aha oe i hana iho nei i
Keia? No ke aha oe i hana ai i kela? Aole oe e lilo ana i
lede in a aole e malama pono ana i na rula no ka launa ho-
loha ana me ka olulu me na hoaloha. a ua hana mai no hoi
oe i ka mea hoouluhua a hoonaukiuki ia'u mai ke kakahiaka
a po ka la."