Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXIX, Number 20, 17 May 1890 — DRUNKEN CHARLIE. [ARTICLE]

DRUNKEN CHARLIE.

(Kai.e ka Mf.a Ona mau.)

Mai Enelani mai oia; he lawelawe hana, a he nui kona loaa, aka, ua mo'a oia i ka waiona. Komo oia iloko o kekahi halekuai a loaa he hookahi puolo paka no hookahi peni. I aku la o Nannie, ka wahine nona ka halekuai, iaia, fi Ke hoomanao nei anei oe e Kale i kou hale maikai mamua ? Pehea ina e loaa hou mai īa oe kela hale 1 lc aa ai ia ia oe ka olioli i na wa i hala ? " Aole i pane o Ka!e, aka, huli ae la oia a haalele i ka halekuai. K->hea aku la ka wahine iaia me ka ninau ana aku, U E ae mai paha oe e he!e i ka halawai hoole waiona, a i hoohiki oe ? In'a e ae oe, e ae no hoi au e hele pu kaua ?" Kani keia mau huaolelo īloko o na pepeiao c Kale ia la a po. Ua akaka la Ka!e ke ano pakiko o Nannie, aka nae ua olelo oia, "ina e ae oe, e ae au." Ia po aku ua hiki laua a lelua ma ka hale halawai; noho o Kale ma ke kihi i huna ia. Mamua o ka pau ana o ka haUwai ua mu ka poe i hoohiki; o Nannie kekahl Olelo oia, 4, Owau kekahi i hoohiki." Pau ia halawai, hoi o Kale i kona home me ke ano hilahila. Ia ia aku hele oia i ka halekuai i baka hou. 1 aku>o Nannie, "Ka i no e kakau ana oe i kou inoa i ka po nei? Ua ae oe ina i ae au T* "PeU no," wahi a Kale, **e ae anei oe e malama malu i keia no hookahi inahina ?" Ae aku la o Nanme, a hele o Kale i kahi o ke kakauolelo o ka hui hoole waiona a ae aku la oia e malama malu i ke na hoo hiki no hookahi mahma. Alaila, ua hoopaa oia i kona inoa malalo o ka hoo* hiki; eia nae ka mea kupaianaha, hele hou no o Kale i kela a me keia ia i kana hana me ka hikaka ana i o a unei, a pau ka manawa hana, hoi oia i kona home me ia ano hookahi na I ka hoopau ana o ka mahina, kamailio oia | me kon» haku hana no kona uku. Pa- | ne ka haku, "Ae Charlie, e uku ana au ia oe me ke koe ole o hookahi keneta me ke dala paa, he kanalima dala me eono hapawalu; pehea la kela i koo

| manao e Chariic P-ine o CharīiC, \ "Ae, na hoohiki poiolei oe e uku nial iuama ke d >!a paa." Pane Ka haku, j "Aole anei he pono ia'u e malama i ikekahi hnu o ia mau djU nou, e !chari;tf ? He mak.-u au o pau loa t.i I mau kU\a ia oe ika inu rama »a ?*' P!neoCh*rlic, au i ; karaka hoole waiona » keia manawa, a • a -e e ae e inu heu » heokahi kulu j waiona iloko o hookahi mahinA !" Nir.aa hou ka haku, "Aole anei au e pono ke ike aku ia ee e hele niai ana i ka hana i ke kakakiaka o ki U apepo me ka hikaka ole ?" u Pono no, wahi a Charlie. AlaiU, hoike aku la o Kale i ka mea i huoa ia, a haawi kona haku iaia he kanalima kumamahma dala me ka hooniaikai pu ana aku i kona inoa. Pau ia. hele o Kale i kahalekuai a kuai ia hookahi hapa buse!a jxilaoa a me na turnipis * *nc na carrots, me ke kauoha e lawe ia mau mea i kona haie. Alaila, hele oia i ka haiekuai bipi a kuai la i ka bpi; hele hou aku ia i ka 1 halekuai [>aUoa a kuai oia he umikumamalua jopo berena a me elua mau j>opo palaoa ono, elua paona palaoa paa, a me umikumamalua mau mea ai ono; alaila, hele aku oia i ka pa kuai lanihu a kuai oU he hookahi tona laoahu. I kona hoi ana a hik» i kauhale, menei kona noonoo ana : "He is ka nui o na makahiki i hala ae nei aole he loaa iki o ka papale hou kuu wahine." Nolaila, hele koke oia i ka halekuai a 1 kuai i kekahi papale maikai loa, alaila, hoi aku oia ka home. Komo malie k oia ma ke keena mahope me ka huna 1 ana iaia iho, a lohe oia i ke kamailio ana o kana wahine menei : "E kuu mau keiki aluha, e heie oukou i ke Ku U Sabati i ka U ap {> >, ua paa na pu- , ka o ko oukou inau l<»!ej he inau lole , ino no nae, aka, o ia wale no na aahu . o na keiki oka makuakane ona." Lohe o Kaie i keia mau oieio a kana wahine, kulu koke kona mau waimaka ma kona mau papalina a uwe Iho U oia me ka ehaeha nui. Ia wa ua loheia he kikeke nui ma ka puka komo, a komo mai la he kanaka me na mea-ai he nui wale 0 kela a me keia ano a ninau mai U, "Mahea kahi e waiho ai o keia mau mea ?" Pane ka wahine, "Aoie noonei kena mau mea." I mai ke kanaka, "No keia wahi no;" a ninini no oia 1 na mea-ai ma ke kihi o ka rumi a puk;t aku ia iwaho. laia i pulea aku ai, komo mai la ka mea lole hipi a mnau mai ia, "Mahea kahi e waiho ai keia pauku hipa ?" Pane ka wahine, "Ua kuhihewa paha oe, aoie au i kauoha hij)a aku nei." "Aeie au i kuhihewa," wahi a ke kanaka, "na Charlie, keU kanaka onn, keia bipa i knai a kauoha oia e iawe mai i kona honie nei;" wailio iho la oia i ka hipa maloko o ke keena a puka aku la oia iwaho. laia i puka aku ai, komo mai ia ka mea pulehu paiaoa a ninau inai la, "Mahea e waiho ai keia ?" Pane ka wahine, "Aole na makou kena j)alaoa." I mai U ke kanaka, "No oukou no keia." la wa ku mai ia ke kaa lanahu imua o ka puka, a ninau ke kanaka, "Mahea la e

waiho ai keia lanahu ? Olelo ka wahine, "Aole no keia wahi kena lanahu; ua kuhihewa ia oe." Pane ke kanaka, "Aole paha, no ka i«ea, o ke kpuoha no keia o Charlie, ke kanaka ona;" alaila, lu no oia i ka lanahu mamua o ke alo oka hale a hele aku la. "HeaVa keia !" wahi a ka wahine, "Ina no'u keia mau uala a me keu io hipa, alaiia e hoomakaukau au i mau mea ai na kuu kane, a e haawi au i kuu mau ke iki i mau mea ono." Ia wa komo mai ke kaikamahine mai ka halekuai mai me kekahi papale maikai, a olelo mai la, M E hoao mai oe i keia papale." Pane ka wahine, "Aole no-onei kena papale; he 15 ka nui o na makahiki a'u 1 noho ai me ka papaie ole, a akahi no no a loaa a kau hoi ka papale maluna o ko'u poo; he mea hou loa keia ia'u!" Ia wa puka mai ia kana kane mailoko mai o ke keena ana i pee ai a apo alo* ha mai la i kana wahine me ka helelei ana o kona mau waimaka, a olelo mai la, "Nou a me kuu mau keiki aloha keia mau mea a pau; a ke hai aku nei au nei au me ka oiaio imua ou, aole au e ona a hana hou e like me mamua ma ma keia hope aku." Uwe waimaka pu laua, hauoli pu, haipule pu a heluhelu pu i ka ke Akua olelo; a hoohiki o Charlie e haalele loa i waiona a a pau, a ua lilo kona home i wahi e hookipaia a» na kukuna malamalama o ka ke Akua olelo a me ka olioli a olu olu o ka noho'na.