Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XLIII, Number 26, 26 June 1908 — HE LEKA MAI IA JOHN BAKER MAI. [ARTICLE]

HE LEKA MAI IA JOHN BAKER MAI.

Aloha oe.—O ka iua iho la keia o ko'u hui kuka ana me ke Kiaaina. Ua hoike mai kona mau helehelena Ja'u 1 ke ano o kona puuwai, lie mau helehelena oiuoiu, a he minoaka ma kona mau papalina, a o kona mau maka e aka hauoli ana, kukaiolelo iho la maua, wahi ana. E Kiaalna Baker, e hele mau ana no hoi oe i ka makaikai, he mea malkal nae no ke kino ame ka hoonaauao ana 1 ke kanaka, ae, oia no hoi ko'u mea • hele nei i loaa ia'u ka naauao a e hull pu ana au e loaa ia'u he hana a'u e hoihoi aku al a ha'i aku i ko'u lahui, a pehea, ua loaa , ae; Heaha, ae o ka mua, o kuu hoomana me ke ao, 0 ka lua, e kukulu ia I mau kula a'o kanu ame huaai ame na ike huli honua. Nana ana i ka lepo ame kona waiwai io o ka mea e hoohana ai ma ia wahi, o ke kolu, aia ia oe, heaha? o ka alna, ala ia oe ia kuleana, oiai o ka ilihune ia o ka lahui i keia la, pela ko'u ike, oiai no makou keia aina, a o makou ka ke nele ana no kea"ha la? no ke aloha ole o ka poe ana i a'o i ka Mo\ Kauikeaouli e haawi i ka aina i na makaainana, a e hookuleana lakou, «laila he a'o maikai hoi ha, ae, koe keia, aole i a'o ia aku, e ke kanawai 1 like me ka hana a na poe Pelekane ia Nukilani. Ae, pololei kela, pehea la kou manao, oiai, he lahui makou aole i hanau ia mai ma ke ano he kauwa, aka, no ka :naha ame ka hauoli ame ke alolha, a 0 ka mea la i oi loa aku ai o ko'u lahul. Ae, o ka'u ia e noonoo nei, e hana a ke minamina nei au i ka uuku o na wahi aina I koe, aka e hana aku ana au ia hana, a e hooko ia ana ma Kapaa, Kauai, he elua apana o ke kanaka hookahi i kahakai, a hookahi iuka "he aina mahi kalo, pehea la ia 1 kou manao, a e paa keia aina no 999 makahiki o ko'u manao ia, a o ka'u ia e hana aku ana, a ina peia alkila he Kauikeaouli oe, aloha kaua, a na ke Akua no ia mau manao, no ka mea he hana aloha ia a he hana Akua, e puie mau no au e hoiopono kau mau hana aloha a kokua i ka lahul nawaliwMi a e pono no oe e i mau wahi kanu a hooulu mea kanu ma kela ame keia Mokupuni a e kanu ia na laau e like me ka raba ame na laau waiwai e ae, a e haawi ia aku 1 na kanaka, a e a'o aku (a iakou i ke ano o ke kanu ana ame ke ano o ka malama ana, oiai aole i loaa ia makou ia ike kanu ame ke ano o ka malama ana a he mea pono e a'o ia makou e Uke me na kula ana. Manao no anei oe e hana ana lakou? Ae, e paipai mau aku no nae a e pono hol oe e a'o aku a e paipai aku. E hele au e a'o a e hele au e paipai. me ka nana ole ae he uku a. he mea e ae, hookahi a'u mea nana, a e hauoli ai, 0 ko'u ike aku ua loaa ia lakou he home a he kuonoono i olelo iho ai lakou he loaa na ke kino, a lawe ae no ai hookano. "E3 lohi ana no nae keia hana a'u no ka mea, e heie kino ana au e nana 1 na aina mamua o ko'u hana ana i keia hana, aia oukou a kokua mai ia'u alaila hoiopono keia hana a'u e makemake nei e hana. Owau pu me oe, aoie anei ou manao ke waiwai loa nei ka poe waiwai, a ke ilikole ioa nei ka poe ilihune, ae, aole anei o ka aina pu kekahi i loaa ia haawina Ihe ilihune »e, oia no, aole anei ke hele nel lte ōala iwaho, a ua hoihoi mai kekahi dala i ka Ino. T»ehea la, ua l<>he au he waina kekahi ua kapaia kona inoa he oiai nae he wai wale no ia i pa'ipa'i ia e ka laau kauka, a o via ano ia 'he inoino, a ua ike au l ka poe e inu ana ia mau ano, he holulu a ano hepa a make, a pehea la ke Aupuni i nana pono ole ai i keia mea !ho, a pepehikanaka, paa aku hoi 1 na laikini, aole make haawi i ka poe kuai i na rama inoino. Ke hoomakaukau nei au i kanawai e , like me ko Amerika Pure Food Law, aloha kaua, aole anei ou manao, ua, Mhaai i ke ola o ka lahui, mamuli o nana pono ole ia o ka lakou mea « hana ai, ae e hana aku ana, aia a na ka apana e ae a e hoole I ka loaa ana aku o ka laikini kuai rama ,pono, he hana aloha ia, ua ike au i ka poino aka he ma'i ia i ulu iloko o ke kanakft, a ua kapaia ia ma'i he ake ona, E ka lahui, « ola ana kakou i keia Kiaaina a e kokua kakou'iaia a ke hiki aku oia ma na Mokupuni ame na apana e hele aku e ike iaia a e kuka i mau komike a e hoike aku 1 ia pilikia ame na makemake me ka manao maikai, me ke.aloha ame ka manao hoopono, a e noi a e manaoio e ioaa mai ana a e hookoia ana ia manao ma o ke Akua la, no lea mea he hookahi wale no manao, ola ka manao pono a oiaio maiuna o na mea apau. A 1 noi ae e kiola ia ka puu iloko o

ke kai( a kanalua ole ae, e ko ana no la, aka, ina he kanalua kekahl, he malama ia i na haku elua, he mea ioafkai ka lako, a mai hoolilo loa i ka *oonoo apau loa ilaila, eia ka loba. He mea e poino ai ke waiwai loa, pehu «oonoo, a poina na hoaloha, a waiho ia lakou i Puna, e hoomau no ! kela a'o a Paulo, e oluolu no i na mea 1 loaa mai. Hai pu aku la au 1 ke Kiaalna i ka'u 1 ike ai 1 Nukilani. Ua malama ke aupunl he hanako no ka poe ilihuno, oial a loaa ka aina aole hoi ke dala e hoohana ai, a pela ihoi na mea kuai, koapono mai la kela lie pono ia, koe

aku ka hana ia, a ina e hana ia alaila e maopopo ana ia kakou ke kumukuai o ka moa liilii ame ka hua ame na mea kuai e ae mamua o ka hoouna ana i ka makeke, pehea la kakou pono ai, e ala a e hana, e like me ka olelo ma loane 5:8 E ala a e hopu i | kau oo a e hana. [ (Aole i pau.)