Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LXI, Number 35, 31 August 1922 — HE LEKA HAMAMA. [ARTICLE]

HE LEKA HAMAMA.

E ka hoaloha oiaio "Ko Kuokoa" —E ae ae mai ia'u i mau lalani iloko o kou kihapai. He mau lota lehulehu e waiho nei ma ko*u pakaukau, e noi mai ada ia'u e holo h°u i lunamakaainana no Hawaii Komohana, a no ka lehulehu o keia muu ua manao au ma ka "Hoku ,, ame kou ahonui, e lohe si k a poe na iakou na palapala e komo nei ia'u, i ko'u kumu e waiho nei no ka' manawa ma ke aoo hoomaha i ka hana a ka lehulehu, a' u i- auamo ai no aneane he 20 makahiki.

Ua noonoo nui au i ka'u e hanft ai i keia kau koho, oiai ke kokoke mai nei ka wa no na hana kalaiaina, a ua hooholo au, mahope o ke kuka maikai ana rao ko'u lunaikihala, he mea maikai e waiho au i ka hana ma ke ano e hoomaha no kela kau, oiai ua loihi ka wa i ai i ka hana a ka lehulehu, a tla hoao me kuu ikaika no apau, e hoj>ko i ka makemake o ka lehuleh|», nana au i hoohanohano aneane iw|tkalua makahiki iioko o na paia o lolani Hale. . Nolaila aolo au he moho i keja kau, aka o nana aku nomua ijo ka wa e hiki mai ana. Maaniei no paha kaua 6 pau ai, aka aole pela, no ka mea hoomaikai i na pouhana o ka aoao ame na hqnloha he lehulehu, na lakou au i kc»ho a hoohanohano no keia mau fcau holo baloka mai ka 1905 mai, 3ca hana i a no lakou ka'u e hf»omaikai nei, me ka olelo aku ia 3akou, ua hana au i ka hana a oulfou i hookau mai ai maluna o'u, no ia mau makahiki loihi, a ua hoaa e hana me ka ewaewa ole, elike me ka oukou i makemake ai, a p»ela no i loaa ai ka hilinaiia. Ua ake au i ka hana, aole o ,ka hoolaha, i ka hookoia o ka met i makemakeia, aole o ka pai a pela au i hoao ai e hookaa i ka makemake o na haku ma na wahi apan o ka aina aloha». Ke hoihoi nei au i na jnakaain:jna na lakou au i hookohu, i ka haiiohano a lakou i hookau ai mahtua o'u, a iloko o keia mau hoomailai' palena ole i na mana koho o ljawaii Komohana, aole loa au e i»oina ia lakou, a na na Lani e hooipomaikai i ko'u apana koho alojha, eliko me, ka loihi o ka welo anj, o ka Hae Hoku. H. L. HOLSTEIN, (Linekona) Kohala, Aug. 25, 1922.