Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LVI, Number 32, 9 August 1918 — HE MOOLELO NO TAZANA A I OLE Ka Hiena o na Ululaau Anoano o na Kapakai o Aferika [ARTICLE]

HE MOOLELO NO TAZANA A I OLE Ka Hiena o na Ululaau Anoano o na Kapakai o Aferika

L nana ana no o Miss Ikaika iwaho mai ka puka āniani p. epoe aku o kona rumi, ia wa i ike mai ai oia i ka haule ana iku o kekahi mea, ana i manao loa ai he kino kanaka, o ka poeleele nae, aole e hiki iaia ke ike aku. Ke hoolono la ia o ka lohe aku i kekahi leo kahea mailuna mai o ka • iK'ki o ka moku, no ka haule ana o kekahi mea iloko o ke kai. aole nae he mea o kela ano, nolaila koho loa iho la oia, h<- npala paha kela mea ana i ike ai i ka haule ana ma ka ! >m«> o ka moku, i kiolaia mai e kekahi mea, nolailo hoopau ae la oia i kona noonoo, no ka haule ana o kekahi kanaka il.iko o ke kai. MOKUNA XIII. • Piholo ka Lede Alika i ka Moana. Aole i ha'oha'o iki ia kela haule ana o Tazana iloko o ke kai ahiki ika manawa oka aina kakahiaka, aole i hoea ae o Tazana .ma kona wahi mau e noho ai; a ua lilo ia i kumu 'ia'nha'o no Miss Ikaika, oiai aole he manawa a Tazana i b...ca ole aku ai no ka ai pu ana tne ia ame kona makualiiue ma ko lakou aina kakahiaka. < >iai no nae kela mau manao haohao iloko o Miss Ikaika i)i> ke kumu i hoea ole aku ai o Tazana, ua hoopilipili aku la (. Nikola ma kona aoao, me ke kamailio ana aku ma na olelo lioomakeaka, a ma ka nana mai a kela kaikamahine i keia kauaka, me he mea la, aia na manao mahalo o ua kaikamahiue nei maluna o Nikola. Ma ka hapanui o kela la, ua inoino maoli ko Miss Ikaika uiauao i ka ike ole aku ia Tazana, a ia Mr. Kawela hoi, oiai ua lilo maoli ka lauua mau aku o kela kanaka me ia, i kuinu imna e makemake ai ia Tazana, e kamailiō ana 110 kana mau wahi apau i ike ai, ke ano o na kanaka, na holoholona ahiu ame kekahi mau mea he nui. Ma kela auwina la nae, ua hele mai la o Nikola Rokofa f hui pu me ua o Miss Ikaika, a mahope o ko laua noke ana ! ke kamailio no kekahi manawa, a no ka haohao no hoi o ua kaikamahine nei i ka nolowale o Tazana maluna o ka moku. ua ninau okoa mai la oia ia Nikola i ka i ana mai: "Ea, ua ike no nae paha oe ia Mr. Kawela i keia la maluna nei o ka moku?" "Aole au i ike iaia; aka heaha ke kumu o kou ninau ana mai nei iaia?" wahi a Nikola, me he mea la, o kela iho la ka manawa mua loa o kona hoomaopopo ana, no ka nalowale o Tazana, oiai nae o ka mea oiaio maoli, oia ame kona kokoolua, na mea na laua i kiola i kela kanaka iloko o ke kai. "O ke kumu o ko'u ninau ana aku nei ia oe e pili ana nona ea. o ia no ko'u ike ole iaia i keia kakahiaka iho nei, ma ka aina kakahiaka; a pela no hoi mahope mai nei. Aole keia <1 ka mea maa i kela keonimana, oiai iloko o na la aku nei i hala, e huli mau mai ana oia me a'u, maluna nei o ka oneki o ka moku, a hoohala i kekahi mau hora ma ke kamailio ana maluna o na kumuhana lehulehu." "Aole no au i kamaaina mua i kela keonimana, koe wale no kela wahi manawa uuku loa au o ka hoolauna ana mai ia'u; a ma ka'u nana aku i kona mau ano, he kulana keonimana maoli no oia." i pane hoolalau wale mai ai no o Nikola. "Malia ])aha. aia no oia maloko o kona rumi, ua loaa paha i kekahi ma'i, 110 ka mea pela iho la no ke ano o kekahi poe oluia, nolaila aole he mea ha'oha'o ka ike ole ia .ana o kekahi mea ma kona mau wahi mau, ina aia kekahi pilikia i halawai aku me ia ma kekahi ano." "He mea oiaio no kena au e kainailio mai la e Mr. Kolu, aka nae me he mea la nae, e oiliili mau ae ana kekahi noonoo iloko o'u, ua halawai kela keonimana me kekahi poino, a aole oia maluna nei o ka mokuahi." Ma kela wahi, i noke okoa ae ai o Nikola i ka akaaka, a i mai la: "Pehea la i loaa ai kekahi nuoonoo o kena ano iloko <» kou poo, no ka mea. eia kakou iwaena o ka moana, e hiki ole ai i kekahi mea ke lele aku iuka o ka aina,"

"lie mea ano e paha keia ā kekahi poe e ike mai ai, no ke ano o ko'u noonoo no keia kanaka, aole nae att e noho malie wale ana, aka e ninau pono aku ana au, ina paha eia nn kela keonimana inaluna nei o ka moku, aole paha," alaila kahea aku la ua o Miss Ikaika i kekahi kuene o ka maalo ;uia ae. me ka i ana aku: "E oluolu oe e hele aku e huli ia Mr. Kawela; a ina no !.<>na l(»aa ia oe ea, alaila e olelo aku iaia, ua lilo kona ike < >le ia. i kumu e hoopilikia\ia aku ai ka noonoo o kona mau l:i >al« »ha." "Ma ka'u hoomaopopo aku, ua noonoo 'nui loa oe no Mr. Kawela." i hoomaoe mai ai o Nikola, no kona makemake e ike maoli i ka manao o keia kaikamahine no Tazana. "Ma ko'u manao, oia kekahi o na kg.naka maikai, a ua hilinai loa o mama, i kela kanaka 110 kona mau ano keonimana. Ma ko'u ike. aole he mea au e maka'u ai. ina o kela k«.ii hoa e noho ai. a e hele ai paha i ka holoholo. Iloko o na la kakaikahi a'u i hookamaaina aku ai me Mr. Kawela, • ka'u mea i ike, he kanaka oia i hiki ke hilinaiia ma na ano \« »lc i emo kela hele ana aku a ke kuene e nana ia Tazana. oili hou mai la oia a pane ae la ia Miss Ikaika: 'ilele aku nei au noioko o ka rumi o Mr. Kawela, aole oia maluko olaila, a ma namea a'u i hoomaopopo aku nei, aole "ia i hiamoe maluna o kona moe i ka po nei ahiki i ke ao ana ;u- nei i keia la. Ma ko'u manao, he mea pono no'u'ka hele <tna aku e hoike i ke kapena i keia mea." "Ir.a oe e hele ana e ike i ke kapena ea, alaila owau pu kekahi e hele aku me oe. O keia kekahi mea ano nui loa, no ka 111 ea ke hopohopo loa nei au, ua halawai kela keonimana nie kekahi pilikia arno nui." , t "Me ka hoohakalia ole iho, o ke ku ae la no ia o ua kaikamahine opio nei. a ukali aku la mahope o ke kuene, no ko kuia hele ana imua o ke kapena e hoike aku ai i ka laua niau mea i hoomaopopo no Tazana. Loaa aku la no'ke kal'ena maloko o kona keena, e heluhelu buke ana. a ia wa i l'ioakaka aku ai o Miss Ikaika imua ona, no kona hopohopo ī'-a. ua halawai o Mr. Kawēla riie ka poino, no ka mea !"le kela ohua maluna o ka moku; a komo mai la hoi ke kume ma ka hoakaka ana i kona hoea ana noloko o ka rumi " Tazana. aole kela kanaka i hoi maloko o kona rumi e hiamoe ai ma ka po a ao ae kela la. "Ua huli au ma na wahi apau oluna nei o ka moku no Mr. Kawela, aole oia i loaa iki ia'u, a aole ho hoi oia i ikeia ma k;i aina kakahiaka ahiki wale i ko maua hele ana mai la e iinike ia oe i keia mea," i hooki iho ai ke kuene i kana hoakaka ana aku imua o ke kapena. Ua lilo kela i mea ano nui i ka noonoo o ke kapena, oiai ua nanea maoli oia, me ka maopopo ole, ua nalowale kekahi 1 hua. a o ia kana i ninau mai ai i ke kaikamahine opio: "Ua maopopo pono loa anei ia oe e Miss Ikaika, ua ike i ka haule ana o kekahi mea mailuna aku o ka moku i ka po nei?"

"Aole o'u wahii kanalua iki, no'ka haule āiia o kekahi hiea i ka po nei,: koe wale no nae kq'u hooiaio ana aku, o ua mea la, he kino ia no kekahi kanaka. Oiai no au e nana ana iwaho o ka moana mai ko'u puka aniani aku, ua ike au i ka haule ana iho o kekahi mea mailuna ae nei o ka oneki, a kakali aku la au, o kā lohe i ke kahea ae o na kanaka no ka haule ana o kekahi mea, aole nae, a manao wale iho la no au, he puolo opala paha kela i kiola maoli ia ae, nolaila pau wale ae la 110 ko'u noonoo." No kela mau hoakaka ma ka aoao o ke kapena, haawi koke ae la oia i ke kauoha i na luina o ka moku, e huliia na wahi apau oluna o kona moku; ua hala okoa he mau hora--0 kela huliia ana, aole he wahi mea a loaa iki o Tazana, aia .np o Miss maloko o kona keena, kahi i noho ai, e hoike o ka nuhou no ka loaa ana ō.lina ;a/loaa .oie paha. No ka fjoftihiHi ke kapeiia i ke ano o ka nalowale o kela ohua, hele hou mai la oia e ninaninau ia Miss Ikaika, he uuku loa nae na mea a keia kaikamahine 1 maos9po i ka, ii)oolelp o ke ola ana o kela kanaka, nolaila aole he mea hiki iaia ke hoomalamalama aku i ke kapena, e oili ae ai kekahi ike; me kona mihi loa ana iho, i kona niele ole ana aku i kela kanaka, e hoike mai i na mea i pili i kona ola ana. O kana wale no i hoike aku ai mua o ke kapena, ua hanauia o Mr. Kawela ma /\ferika, a mā Palani kona wahi i hoonaa.uaoia ai, aiiawalio 'ae' o kelā fnau mea aole he maopopo iki iaia. "Iloko o na manawa au e hookamaaina ana ine kela fyanaka, aole anei oia i kamailio mai ia oe, no kona mau enemi?" i niele aku ai ke kaf>ena. "Aole loa oia i kamailio mai i kekahi mea e pili ana i kona niau enemi," wahi no hoi a ke kaikamahine opio me ka hoike ana aku i na mea oiaio wale no. "A pehea, ua kamaaina no anei oia me kekahi poe ohua oluna nei o ka moku ma kau hoomaopopo aku?" "I kona wa wale no e hui pu mai ai me a'u maluna o ka oneki, ka wa ia a'u i hoolauna aku ai iaia me kekahi poe ohua i kamaaiha aole ma kekahi mau.manawa e ae." < ' "1 kou wa e launa pu ana me ia, he ike aku no anei oe, he kanaka inu. nui oia i ka waiona?" "Aole loa au i ike i kona inu i ka waiona, a ma kona mau manawa apau e noho pu mai ai me a'u e kamailio, lioni aku i ka hohono rania, a aole loa no oia i inu i ka rama, ma kela manawa a'u i haalele hookahi iho ai iaia maluna o ka oneki, a hoi aku ai au noloko o ko'u rumi, ma kela po o kona nalowale honua ana mailuna nei aku o ka moku." "He keu aku maoli a ke kupaianaha loa, ke ano o ka nalowale ana o kela: kanaka, a ma ka'u mau mea i hoomaopopo

nona, oia kekahi kanaka kino ikaika, i maa ole i ka loaa i na ma'i kuhewa. Ina no palia oia i loaa i kekahi hewa i kona manawa.e ku ana ma ka paehumu o ka moku, e haule anā oia iluna o ka oneki, aole hoi mawaho o ka moku. "Ma ko'u manao maoli e Miss Ikaika, ina aole kela kanaka maluna nei o alaila ua konoia mai au e hoike ae i ko'u manao maoli, ua kiolāia oia iloko o ke kai; a oiai aole oe i lohe i kekahi leo kahea, ma ka manawa o kou ike :.«ia i ka haule ana ae o kekah'i mea, mamua pono o kou puka aniani, me he inea la, ua pepehi mua ia oia, mamua o kona kiolaia ana aku," wahi a ke kapena. He hookahi hora mahope mai, o kela hoakaka ana aku o ke kapena i kona manao imua o Miss Ikaika, ia wa i oili mai ai ka malamamoku, a waiho mai la i kana.hoike, no ka huliia ana o na-wahi apau oluna o ka moku, aole nae he wahi moali no kahi e loaa ai o Tazana. "Ke hopohopp loa nei aii, aia kekahi mea i oi aku imua o ke ano ulia wal'e 110,," 'i pane hou ae ai ke kapena, a kauoha ?.ku la i ka malamamoku: "Ke makemake nei au e hele aku oe e liuli i na Ukana'apau o Mr. Kawela, malia o loaa kekahi mau. -law- okoa. ana ae o kela kanaka i kona ola iho, m'a ka lele iloko 6 ke kai, a i ole, no kona pepehiia ana paha e kekahi poe maluna nei o ka moku. K noii pono aku oe i'na meā apau e 'pili anā i ka nalowale ana 0 keia kanaka ma ke ano pohihihi loa." Elike me ke a ke kapena, pela no kona malamamoku i hele aku. ai e. huli i na ukana apau o Tazana, aole nae he mea i loaa iaia, e.hiki ai ke maopopo ke ano o ka nalowale ana o kela kanaka, nolaila he hookahi mea hiki ole ke kanalua ia e ka poe apau oluna o ka moku, aole kela kanaka me lakou, aka ua haule aku oia iloko o ke kai, a ua make hoi i ka moana. No na la elua mahope-mai, aole e hiki ia Miss Ikaika, ke haalele iho i kona rumi, ua lilo ka nalowale ana o Tazana 1 kumu hoopilikia loa aku i kona noonoo. Me he mea la, i kona wa e ala ana, a e hiamoe ai paha, e kau mau mai ana iloko o kona noonoo, kela mea ana o ka ik6 ana i ka haule ana iloko o ke kai. . I ka hala ana ae nae o na la o kona kaumaha, a pii ae \a oia noluna o ka oneki e holoholo ai, o ka mea mua loa o ka halawai ana mai me ia, oia no o Nikola Rol£ofa, no ka mea e makaala mau ana kela kanaka i na la mamua aku no kona ike hou mai i kela kaikamahine, o kona manawa ia e hoopipili loā mai ai iaia, oiai ua kaawale aku kona enemi ino loa, ke kanaka hoi ana i kau ai ka weli, ina kahi e hiki hou ole ai iaia, ke hoopilikia mai iaia nei. "Ua'hoopilikia maoli ia mai ko'u noonoo e Miss Ikaika, no ka nalowale ana o ko kaua hoaloha, ma ke ano kupaianaha loa," i hoomaka aku ai o Nikola Rokofa e kamailio me ka piha maalea. "Owau paha ka oi aku o ka hoopilikia maoli ia o ko'u noonoo, a ua mihi iho au, no ko'u noho hamau loa ana, me ke kahea ole ae i na kokua, i ko'u wa i ike ai i ka haule ana iho o kekahi mea iloko o ke kai. Manao au, ina he leo kahea kekahi mai a'u aku, malia ua hiki ke lawelaweia aku na hana e hoopakeleia ai kona ola." "Mai noonoo nui oe e Miss Ikaika no keia mea, ina no paha owau ma kou wahi, pela ka ike ana i ka haule ana ae o kekahi mea, aole no.au e manao ana he kanaka ia, nolaila aole loa he hewa i pili aku ia oe. Ina no paha i loaa in (»e kela manao e kahea ae i na kokua, manao au, aole no ia e lilo i mea waiwai, e liala okoa ana kekahi manawa, mamua 0 ka hoopaaia aiia o ka holo o ka mokuahi, a hookuuia aku na waapa iloko o ke "kai, me ka hana nui no e huli hele aku ai iloko o ka pouli; a o'ka mea maopopo loā'. aole no e loaa ana kela kanaka, aka v e piholo e ana oia iloko o ke kai, mamua o ke kokpke ana aku o kekahi waapa, 1 kahi pololei 1 haule ai o'ia (d"mpku."_; ' No keia māii hoakalea a'Nikōla Rptcbf r ā me' ka 'pihā niaā- - Ir.a, ua hoomama loa. ia ae la na manao k'aumahā o Miss Ikaika, a nianao iho la oia i kona pomaikai i ka loaa ana he hoaloha māikai loa nona, oia keia kanaka, a ma ke koena mai o kela huākai moana, e hui mau ana o Nikola me kela kaikamahine, ahiki i. ko laua lilo maoli ana i mau hoaloha maikai. ; .. H .,. n , Iloko o keiā niau ''mānaiv•a.'•'ia'•;Nikola , hoopilipili nei me Miss Ikaikā, ke ninaninau U&';sei ll oia iwaena o ka poe i kamaāina i' : kona kulana oiaio rrtaoli, me ka loaa d na kaikamahine kuonoono. j ,§sn^/'ō'ōlailā, hooi': loa ia mai la ka :, Msk£tttalcs p jaa'jc£nāka ? ftplblfe.'ri£i,'e' hōopipili mau aku me ia, malia o.lioea mai i ke komohia ana aku o ka manao aloha iloko o kela kaikamahine nona-. o ko laua mare no ia, a lilo iaia nei jca hoohana ana i na waiwai nui hewahewa o kela kaikamaliipe Amerika. O ka manao mua iloko o Nikola, ma ka manawa e ku aku ai ka mokuahi 1 ke awa mua loa, o ia no ka haalele koke iho i kela wahi, a kau āku maluna o ke kaaahi mua loa e loaa ana iaia. a holo pololei loa no ke kulanakauhale poo o Rusia, no ka mea aia malalo o kona malu, na palapala ano

nui loa, ana i makemake ai e waiho aku imua o ke aupuni, | 110 kona ukuia mai i kekahi mau dala mahuahua loa no kona luhi. O keia no hoi na palapala a Paulo o ka lawe aihue ana mailoko mai o ke kuka o Tazana, e kau ana ma-! loko o kona rumi maluna o ka moku, a kaua e ka makamaka heluhelu, i ike mua ae nei. laia nae e hoopipili mau aku la ia Miss Ikaika, a hui pu iho me kona maopopo ana, he kaikamahine nui kela o | kona waiwai, ila oi loa mai la kona makemake e hookolo-1 lohe, ma kahi e lele aku ai kela kaikamahine me kona *makuahine, a ilaila oia e lu aku ai i kekahi mau dala mahuahua,' ma ke pahele ana i kona noonoo ahiki i ke poholo ana mai iloko o kana umii, a e hoopanee no kana huakai huli hoi no Kusia, a kekahi manawa okoa aku, oiai aole he hopohopo ana i koe, oiai ua kaawale ke kanaka ana i kau ai ka weli, oia 110 hoi o Tazana. I ke ku ana aku o ka mokuahi no Cape Town, ua noho iho la no o Nikola,ilaila, no kekahi mau la, a oiai iīia kela kulanakauhale, e hele mau mai ana no oia no ka hokele i noho ai o Miss Ikaika ame kona makuahine. Ma kekahi la a ua o Nikola i hoea mai ai no ka hokele, hoike aku la o Miss Ikaika iaia, e holo ana oia me kona makuahir\e, no kahi o ke kaikunane o kona makuahine, he mau mile ma ka hema aku o kelā wahi, me ka maopopo ole nae o ka loihi o ko laua manawa e noho ai malaila. I ole ai e hoohuoi aku ua kaikamahine nei, ke hahai rhaoli aku nei keia mah'ope ona, hoike okoa aku la ua o Nikola. oia pu no kekahi e holo ana no kela wahi a Miss Ikaika ma e hele ana, nolaila ua piha loa ke kaikamahine opio me ka hauoli, me ka i okoa ana mai: "He keu aku ka keia a ka mea hauoli, a ke manao nei au, aole no oe e hoohala ana, ma ka hele ana ae e ike ia'u ame mama, ma ko maua wahi hou e noho aku ai." O ka olu ia o Nikola e noho aku ana, o ka loaa mai o na hooia ana ma ka aoao o ke kaikamahine opio, no kona hele mau aku e ike iaia; nolaila haawi aku la ua kanaka epa nei i kona mahalo no ke kono a Miss Ikaika iaia, a me na manao hauoli, i hoi aku ai ua o Nikola no kona hokele, me ke kakali ana mai o ka la a lakou e haalele iho ai i ke kulanākauhale, no ka liema. Ma kela ahiahi ana iho hoi, oiai ka makuahine me kana kaikamahine e nanea ana maloko o ko laua rumi, a i ka hoea ana aku o ka laua kamailio ana ma na mea ē pili ana ia Nikola, ia wa i pane aku ai ka makuhine: "Aole i maopopo j ia'u ke kumu o ko'u hoihoi ole i kela kanaka. Ma kekahi j ano ke nana aku, he keonimana no oia, aka nae aia kekahi j mau ano ma kona maka, me he rpea la e hoike okoa māi I ana, he kanaka oia i piha me ka epa ame ke kolohe, koe I nae ka hiki ana ia'u ke hooiaio aku i ka pololei o keia mau j mea a'u i koho wale ai no nona." Noke wale ae la no o Miss Ikaika i ka akaaka, me ka i ana mai: "He keu aku no hoi kou ano-e e mama. o kou I koho wale aku no i ke ano o kela kanaka." "Ina o Mr. Kawela kekahi me kaua, he oi loa aku ko'u makemake iaia, mamua o kekahi poe e ae." "Ua kulike no ko kaua manao e mama no kela kanaka, aka heaha nae ka mea hiki ia kaua ke hana aku, oiai aole oia me kaua," alaila hoopau wale ae la no laua i ke kamailio ana e pili ana no Nikola. He elua niau la mahope mai, ua haalele iho la ka makuahine me kana kaikamahine no ka home o ko laiia ohana ma ka hema, a ia laua hoi e nanea ana ma kela wahi, hoea aku la o Nikola, me ke kipa ana aku e ike ia laua, me kona hana j ana aku i na mea apau e hōoi loa ia mai ai ka hoohihi o Miss j lkaika iaia. I He mea oiaio e hoikeike ana.o NikoJa i kona kulana keo-j nimana ma na ano apau, e lu ana hoi i kana mau dala, maj na mea apau a Miss. Ikaika e.makemake ae ai, a no kela, hoea mau aku o Nikola a hookamaaina pu me ke kaikunane o ka makuahine o Miss IkaiKa ame kona ohana, me ko lakou ai pu i kekahi manawa, ua ku a makehiake maoli keīa ohana ia Nikola, 110 kameaua nana wale mai no lakou i keia Jkanaka ma kana 'mau hana, o ke kulana keonimana oiaio, aole hoi he epa kekahi iloko olaila. Ma na wahi apau a Miss Ikaika e hele pu ai me kona makuahine i ka makaikai, e kono mau ia mai ana o Nikola, a o ka hiiluaa hoi ia o ua kaaka nei, hakalia no a loaa mai ke kono iaia, no ka hele ana aku i ka holoholo, a i ka makaikai paha ma kekahi mau wahi, oia ka hiki mau aku i ka me ka ! hāo ana mai no hoi iaia a paihi, e hoohihi maoli mai'ai no na wahine opio ke ike mai iaia. Iloko o keia mau manawa a Nikola e hele mau aku ana e hui a e holoholo nle Miss Ikaika, ke pii mahuahua mau mai la ka makemake iloko ona no kelai kaikamahine, a rio ka hiki hou ole iho iaia ke uumi, nolaila i kekahi la. ua uoi okoa aku Ia oia ia Miss Ikaika, e lilo mai i wahine mare nana, he manao keia i noonoo mua ole ia e kela kaikamahine, a i ka wa i lohe mai ai i ke noi ana aku o Nikola iaia e lilo mai i wahine nana, pane māi la oia i ka i ana mai : "Aole au i mahu'i mua, he wahi noonoo kekahi iloko ou o kena ano, no ka mea, ua nele loa ko'u nana ana aku ia oe, aoi aku, mamua oke ano hoaloha. No keia noi nae au, ua hiki ole ia'u ke haawi aku i ka'u pane i keia manawa, e loaa he wa nui no'u e noonoo ai; o ka'u wale na e noi aku nei ia oe, e hoopōina loa oe i ka noonoo ana, he mea kekahi o keia ano au i hana mai ai.

"E hoomau aku no i ko kaua ano elike me ia mamua, he mau hoaloha, a malia paha.no kekahi manawa kupono, elike no hoi me ka nee ana o ke au o ka manawa, ia wa au e nana aku &i ia oe, ma ke ano au i makemake ai, a no ka mea, no keia manawa, ua nele maoli au i ke aloha ia oe, e kupono ai ko'u haawi ana aku i ko'u ae, e lilo aku i wahine mare nau." Ua maikai no keia i ka noonoo o Nikola. me kona mihi ana iho nae i kona pupuahulu loa, o ke noi koke ana mai ia. Miss Ik'aika e lilo aku i wahine nana, o ke kumu no nae, mamuli mai no ia o ka nui o kona aloha i kela kaikamahine. "Mai kela manawa mai o ko kaua kamaaina ana kekahi i kekahi. i haulehia ai au i ke aloha ia oe e Miss Ikaika; aka hoi elike me kau e nonoi mai nei e hoomanawanui au no ka wa kupono, ke haawi aku nei au i ko'u ae, me ka manao maikai, no ka mea e ike iho ana no oe, elike me ka loihi o kou hookamaaina ana mai me a'u, aole he mea e ae iloko o ko'u aloha nou, ua piha ia i ka maemae'ame ka a kekahi wahine e haaheo ai." "Aole loa au i haulehia i ke aloha no kekahi mea, mai ko'u wa kamalii loa mai ahiki wale i keia manawa a kaua e kamailio nei maluna o keia kumuhana," wahi no hoi a Miss Ikaika i pane mai ai, aia no nae iloko o Nikola ka ma-, naolana, e hoea mai ana no i ka la ē hookoia ai ka iini a kona puuwai. I ka haalele ana mai o Nikola ia Miss Ikaika, a huli hoi aku la oia no kona hokele, aole he mea nui e ae iloko o kona noonoo, o ia ncr ka hoolala ana e kuai i kekahi mokuahi holo lealea nona. a e kukulu aku hor i kekahi home nani, i ike mai ai kela kaikamahine, oia kekahi o na kanaka waiwai malia, he kumu ia e haawi koke mai ai i kona ae, e lilo mai i wahine mare nana. Ma kekahi la mai nae. oiai o Miss Ikaika i hele aku ai maloko o kekahi'halekuai o na lako gula, a iaia i oili mai ai nowaho o ke alanui, halawai mai la oia he alo a he alo me Miss Jene Pota, a o kela kekahi o na manawa i loaa ai ka hauoli i kela mau kaikamahine, no ka mea akahi no laua a halawai hou, mahope o ke kaawale ana no kekahi manawa loihi loa. "Auwe no ka hoi e!" i hooho ae ai o Miss Ikaika, i kona wa i ,ike aku ai la Miss Po 4 e hele pololei mai ana ma ke alanui ana e hoi aku ana no ka hale. "Ea, he keu aku maoli a mea ano e. o ko kaua halawai ana ma keia aina malihini, i manao ole ia, o keia iho la ko kaua wahi e ike hou ai kekahi i kel<ahi." "Heaha mai ka'u e olelo ae i ka piha loa me

fke kahaha, i keia hui hou ana o kaua," i panai mai no ' hoi o Jene Pota. "E manao ana jio au, aia no la oe i Bolatimoa kahi i noho ai ,eia ka o kaua 110 keia a elua e hele nei ma na alahele like ole, a hui iho la i kahi hookahi," i pane mai ai no hoi o Miss Pota me ka apo ana mai i ka a-i o kona aloha a honi mai la elike me ke ano mau o ke aloha ana a na wahine mawaena o lakou ilio. | Ke ninau aku la, ake ninau mai la laua iko laua manawa i hoea ai no kela wahi, a ma ia hoakaka pakahi ana a laua i ko laua inau mōolelo ma ke ano nui, akahi 110 a loaa aku ka ike ia Miss lkaika, eia ka o ka hoea ana mai no ia o kona hoaloha, maluna o ka mokuahi o ka Haku Tenikona, l a e noho ana kela moku malaila no hookahi pule, alaila hoomau aku ma kana huakai au moana, no na kapakai o ke Komohana, a i ka wa e huli hoi hou aku ai kela moku no Ladatla, ia wa o Miss Jene Pota e mare ai me Mr. Kelekoha. "Alaila aole ka oe e Miss Pota i mare?" i ninau mai ai o I Miss Ikaika me kona piha loa me ke kahaha. "Aole au i mare i keia manawa, a ina aia o Ladana ma kahi o rta iniliona mile ka mamao mai ia kaua aku, he kau a * ka nui o ko'u hauoli." No ka piha hauoli loa o Miss Ikaika, ma ka halawai hou iana me kona hoaloha, ua kono okoa aku la oia ia Jene | Pota e hoi no ka hale o kona makuakane hanauna, a oiai ' ua kaniaaina loa o Jene Pota i ka makuahine o kona hoai loha, haawi koke mai la oja i kona ae, me ko laua nei hoi pu ana aku 110 ka hale. Ma na la mahope māl, e hele mau ana o Miss Pota me kona mau hoa no ka honte o Miss Ikaika, pela 110 hoi kela ohana o Miss Ikaika, e hele aku ai no ka hoohala ana i kekahi manawa maluna o ka mokuahi, me ka liaawiia he m;ui }Vaina hookipa 110 na malihini, a he mau huakai makaikai h(>i ma kela ame keia wahi, a iloko o keia mau anaina apau, n Ntr. 'Nikola kekahi i konoia, me ka hookamaaina pu ana mi i keia poe malihini. Iloko o keia manawa e hookamaaina nei o Nikola tne keia poe hou mai Ladana mai, ke halawai mau 1a oia me ka Haku Tenikona, a i ua mau keonimana nei wale no o laua, e nanea ana i kekahi la maluna o ka moku. i pane aku ai o Nikola i ka i ana aku: "He meahuna keia, a ia oe wale no hoi ati e kamailio aku nei, o ia hoi, ua loihi loa ko'u hookamaaina pu ana me Miss Ikaika, a ma ko maua manawa e hehi hoii ai ma ka lepo o Amerika, ia wa e hoike akea ia ae ai ko maua hoopalau» nolaila o ka lohe no kou, a mai hoike wale ae hoi oe i keia mea imua o kou mau hoa." . "Ke haawi aku nei au i ko'u hoomaikai ia oe, 110 kou laki. ke lilo mai kela kaikamahine he wahine marc nau, e kuu hoa," me ka haawi ana aku o ka Haku 1 enikona, i kona lima imua o Nikola. "Elike me kau noi, pela no au e hooko aku ai ,aole e kamailio i keia mea imua o kekahi poe; ao oe kekahi kanaka laki, 110 ka mea ua lohe au o keia kekahi o na kaikamahine niii o kona mau waiwai." Ma kekahi la mai, ua konoia inai la o Miss Ikaika, kona makuahine ame Nikola, e lilo lakou i mau malihini hanohano na ka Haku Tenikona maluna o kona moku, a oiai e nanea ana, a e luana ana no hoi maluna o ka moku, i hoakaka ae ai o Mrs. Ikaika, i*) kona piha hauoli iloko o 1( na la. ana ame kana kaikamahine e hoohala ana ma kela wahi, a o kana mea kaumaha wale no, o ia ka hiki hou ole iho ia laua ke hoomau aku i ka noho ana malaila, oiai ua loaa mai he leka' mai kona foio mai ma Bolatimoa, no ka huli hoi koke aku i Amcrika. "I ka manawa hea oe e huli hoi aku ai 110 Amcrika e Mrs. Ikaika?" i ninau mai ai ka llaku Tenikona. "Ina e loaa ana he inokuahi, e haalele iho ai ma ka Poakahi o keia pule ae, manao au, o ko'u manawa ia e haalele iho ai i keia wahi, me ka'u kaikamahine." "Ina hoi ha pela, ua laki maoli, no ka mea owau no kekahi i konoia mai mamuli o ka nui o ka'u mau hana, e huli hoi koke aku no Amerika," i komo mai ai o Nikola ma ke kamailio ana. "Oiai hoi e huli hoi koke ana olua no Amerika, nolaila e ae mai i hookahi o kakou moku e kau iike ai, i hiki ai ia'u ke makaala aku i ko olua mau hemahema ma ke alahele moana." "Ina pela ea, alaila ua pono, e nana aku au ame ka'u kaikamahine maluna ou, no ko maua mau pono," walii a Mrs. Ikaika, aia nae iloko ona ka hoowahawaha no ka uliai loloa o keia kanaka mahope o laua. "Ea, akahi au a ike i kekahi manao maikai loa!" i hooho ,ae ai ka Haku Tenikona he mau minuke mahope mai. "Pela i'o ka hoi, heaha keia inanao maikai e kuu Haku Tenikona?" i komo pu mai ai o Mr. Kelekona ma ke kamailio ana. "He kono anei kau i keia mau malihini, e holo pu kakou no Kina, malalo ae o ke ka*n hema^" "Eia ua manao maikai nei a'u i noonoo iho la. o ia 110 ka lawe pu ana ia Mrs. Ikaika me kana kaikamahine ame Mr. Kolu, me kakou a hoea loa i Ladana, manao hewa anei ia la?" "Akahi au a ike aku la. o kena kekahi manao maikai loa, a pehea nou ponoi no nae paha kena manao ea ,a i ole, na kekahi mea okoa aku i hookomo inai iloko o kou poo?" wahi hou a Mr. Kelekona. "Owau ponoi no ka mea nona keia manao, a ma ka 1a mua o keia ])ule ae kakou e haalele iho ai i keia wahi, me ka lawe pu ana ia Mrs. lkaika ame kona mau hoa, ma ke ano he mau ohua hanohano na kakou, pehea la ia i kou manao e Mrs. Ikaika?" "O, e kuu Haku Tenikona, ua oi loa aku keia mamua o ka mea hiki ia'u ke olelo ae, aole ka i loaa he martawa no'u ame ko'u niau hoa, e haawi aku ai i na hoomaikai ana, 110 kau'mau mea i hana mai ai no makou, ke pahola hou mai nei no oe i keia kono, me kou kakali ole, a haawi aku makou i ka ae, e lilo i.mau ohua noluna o kou moku," wahi a Mrs. Ikaika.

"Heaha auanei. e ae mai oukou, e lilo i oluia lianohano noluna o ko'u moku nei," i pane hou mai ai ka Haku Tenikoiia. "Ua like no ka holo o keiā moku, me na niokuahi e ae, a he oluolu maikai ka noho ana* o na ohua, no ka mea aole he lola nui o keia moku ke loaa i kekahi ino, nolaila aole he mea hou aku i koe e noonoo ai, o ka hoomakauJ kau wale no, a haalele iho kakou ma ka !a mua o keia . pule ae." l Ua niaikai kela manao oka Haku Tenikona ika noonoo Mrs. Ikaika ame kana kaikamahine, aole hoi he olelo ana no Nikola, o kona pili mau aku no me ke kaikamahine opio. i kana mea i makemake mau ai, me kona nana ole, i ke ano o ka moku, nana e hoihoi aku ia lakou no Atnerika. I ka hoea i'o ana mai i ka Poakahi. ua haalele aku la ka moku o ka Haku Tenikona, nona ka inoa ka Lede Alika i ke awa, a au mai la i ka moana. a i kekahi la. ua konio aku la o lene Pota noloko o ka rumi o Miss Ikaika, no ka mea ana, a no ka nana ana i kekahi mau kii, a kona hoaloha o ke i pa'i ana. laia i haalele aku ai ia Atnerika ame kana mau wahi apau i kaahele ai. Oiai no laua e noke ana i ka nana i na kii o kela ame keia ano, lālau iho la o Miss Ikaika i kekahi kii, a hoikeike mai la imua o kona hoaloha. me ka pane ana mai: "He kii keia no kekahi kanaka au i-kamaaina ai, aole no J au e kala i makemake ai e ninau aku ia oe e pili ana nona, (e poina mau ana no nae. O ka inoa oke kanaka nona keia kii, oia o Keoi Kawela. Ke hoomanao Ia anei oe i Ikou wahi i kamaaina ai iaia? Ma kana kamailio mai ia'u, ua kamaaina loa oia ia oe ame kou makiiakane ma Amenka. He kanaka Pelekane oia." Lalau aku la o Jene Pota i ke kii a nana iho la me kona pane ole ae i hookahi huaolelo, oiai 110 nae kona hoaloha i hoomau mai ai i ke kamailio ina: (Aole i pau)