Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume I, Number 22, 26 April 1862 — He Kaao Nane I MEA AO MAI IA KAKOU. [ARTICLE]

He Kaao Nane I MEA AO MAI IA KAKOU.

E noho ana kekahi wahine ilihune me! kana kaikamahine uuku, iloko o kona| hemahema, aohe ona inanao nui e ne, ol ka loaa inai ia ia na waiwai he nui. I iho; la kela, " Ina paha e loaa wale mai ia ? u . na dala he nui, e pau no ko'u mau pilikia j a me na poino a pau.' J He liuliu wale j kona kuko ana pela, me ka loaa ole. A lohe mai kela, aia no maluna o ka pali e ulu ana kekahi lau nahelehele i ike oleia kona inoa. Aka, ina e oki kekahi i kona lau a lawe ilalo ; alaila, e hamania ae ka pohaku pali/a e komo aku ka mea lawe ia lau iloko/o ke ana nui, a e ike aku ia i na kanaka mea waiwai ehiku e noho ana ma ka papa, i kaumaha i na apana gula. A e haawi mai lakou ia ia i na gula e hiki ke lawe mai. Manao iho la ua wahine ln, he oiaio ia olelo, a hoomaka kela e oki i na lau nahelehele o ka pali i mea hanai i kona bipi waiu. I kela la keia la, pii aku la ia me kana hinai, e alakai ana i kana kaikamahine, ohi iho la i ka mauu a piha ka hinai, hoi mai la e hanai i ka bipi. Loihi kona hana ana pela me ka loaa ole o ka lau ana i iini ai. Aka, i kekahi la o kona iho ana mai me kana hinai maluna o kona poo, a e alakai lima ana i kana kaikamahine, ike ae la ia i ka . pohaku nui ma ka pali e hamama ana, me he pani hale la, a nana aku ia iloko, j aia hoi, he ana nui me na kanaka ehiku je noho ana a puni ka papa, a maluna o | ka papa e kau ana he puu apana gula. Ninini aku Ia i ka mauu ma kona hinai, hoomaka aku la e komo iloko, a hoopiha i ka hinai i na apana gula, a hoi mai la j iwaho. I kona hoi ana inai me ka waij wai, kauoha mai la kekahi kanaka mea j umiumi ia ia, " E ka wahine, mai poina j ia oe ka mea maikai loa." Aka, no kona olioli nui ana, aole ia i lohe pono i ke kauoha a ka elemakule, a puka aku la ia iwaho o ke ana me ka manao ole i kana kaikamahine inaikai loa, ana i kauohaia mai ai. Ua hahai aku kela iloko mahope o kona makuahine, u nanea iho i ka milimili i na apana gula. A puka aku la ka wahine iwaho, pani koke ia ae la ka puka pohaku mahope ona, a paa, a nalowale loa iho la i kona mau inaka. Alaila, hoomanao ae la kela i ke kaikamahine i waihoia maloko. Haliu ae la ia e imi ia ia, a he pohaku pali wale no ka mea i ikeia, aohe puka, aohe kana kaikamahine, ua i nalowale loa. Nui ka uwe kanikau o ua wahine la i ka lilo aku o kana kaikamahine. Waiho iho la ia i kana gula ma ka hale, me he inea minamina ole la, a hele aku la i kona kahuna e hoike ia ia i kana hana ana pela. Ilai mai la ke kahuna ia ia, t{ E kali aku no ia a hala na ehiku ; no ka mea, aole e hamama hou ana ka puka o ke ana a pau ia mau makakiki ehiku. ?? Alaila, hoomanao ae Ia ia i ke kauoha aj ka mea umiumi, " Mai poina ia oe ka mea maikai loa." E ao mai aua kela* olelo ia ia, aole o ke gu!a ka niei maikai, loa, a he hewa kona manao. Haiho wale iho la ia i kona puu gula iloko o kona paiiu, me ka lawe ole iloko o ia mau makahiki, no kona minamina i kana kaikamahine i nalo, a me ka mihi i ka hewa io o kona kuko wale ana. Ua maopopo hoi ia ia, he nui wale na mea maikai e ae iloko o ke ao nei, aole o ka waiwai wale no. Hooinanawanui iho la ua wahine ilihune !a. e waiho wale ana i kona waiwai i loaa, a loaa hou mai paha kana kaikamahine. Pela kana liana ana a hiki i ka pau anaona makahiki ehiku. A liiki mai la ka la a me ka hora o ka makahiki i nalowaleai kana kaikamahine.

liele houaku ia ia i ka pali, sia hoi I E hanuinm ae ana ka puka o ke ar«a. a e hiamoe ana kana kaikaniahine mawaho mai oka puka oke ana. Ao!e ia i konio maloko, lalau aku la ia i kana kaikamahine, a honi iho la me ka uwe aloha, a; hoi mai la me ia, me ka manao ole i ke gula maikai maloko; no ka mea, aole ia. o ka mea maikai loa. Alaila, hiki no ia ia ke lalau iho i ke gula maloko o kona pahu. Noho pu iho • la ia me kana kaikamahine, a hoonohoia . ia ma ke kula ao, a e hoonaauao ia ia. i ike ai o ia, aole o ke gu!a wale no ka mea e pomaikai ai.