Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LXVI, Number 3, 20 January 1927 — HE MOOLELO No FOLORA RIKEKONA A i Ole KE KOMOLIMA MARE POHIHIHI Ka Hoowalewaleia Ana-Ka Mare Malu Ana i ke Kanaka Malihini-Ka Holo Makaikai Ana i Europa-Ka Mare Ana me Kanaka Okoa. [ARTICLE]

HE MOOLELO No FOLORA RIKEKONA A i Ole KE KOMOLIMA MARE POHIHIHI

Ka Hoowalewaleia Ana-Ka Mare Malu Ana i ke Kanaka Malihini-Ka Holo Makaikai Ana i Europa-Ka Mare Ana me Kanaka Okoa.

Iloko o keia manawa ana e noho ana maloko o Parisa i ha-i lawai ai oia me Ineka Kini, he kaikamahine Amerika huapala Kaleponi aku, nona paha na, makahiki aneane e piha ka iwakalua-kumamalima, ua moa no ka pulehu a e kaahele ana no hoi'oia me kona hoahele, he wahine kanaka makua i hōouna īa mai e na makua o Ineka i mea kiai iaia, me kekahi kanaka opio, he kanaka helehelena o ke ano Paniolo a oia kanaka opio ke kakauolelo pilikino a keia kaikamahine lalawai o Kaleponi. Um kaulana o Ineka Kini he kaikamahine na kekahi makuakane -waiwai, a ua lohe mahui o Leikona i keia moolelo e pili nona, a no ia waiwai a huipu iho me ka ui, i lilo ai oia i kaikamahme makemakeia e kekahi mau kanaka opio lehulehu eia nae, aohe makahehi wale aku o Ineka Kini ia mau kanaka opio i hoopilipili mai ai iaia ahiki i kona hui ana me Leikona a o ka baroneta Walaka Leikona hoi, no k mea, oi 'aka inoa hanohano e hea mau ia mai ana ia Leikona, a ua makemake koke, a i ole ua haulehia koke o Ineka Kini i ke aloha ia Leikona. I ka lihilihi wale no lawe o Malio i ka la. I ka halawai kino ana o nei mau opua hiki kakahiaka, ua pipili loa ka naau o kekahi no kekahi, a na manawa hoi apau mahope iho o ko laua hui ana e hiki mau aku ana ke Sa Walaka nnua o Ineka, a o kona hoakamaiiio iho la ia i ka hapanui o ka manawa, a e hookuu mau ia ana o Ineka e hele i ka holoholo me ka. baroneta opio v no kona ikeia mai he keonimana oiaio, he kuhihewa nae ka manao ana pela nona. E hookokoke aku ana i ka pule ana e haalele iho ai ia Parisa hele ae la oia ma kekahi ahiahi a hui me Ineka, a hoakalea aku la e haalele iho ana oia ia Parisa ma kekahi pule mai, a e holo aku ana oia i kekahi wahi no ka hui ana aku me kekahi mau hoaloha ona. Ua hoohikileleia aku ka noonoo o ke kaikamahine Kaleponi ao ia hoakaka ana, a nana pono mai la iaia, a loli koke ae la no kona helehelena, me ka ike aku o Leikona i ka haale mai o na waimaka ma na lihilihi o ke kaikamahine, a eia nae, ua. hoololi koke ae la oia ia ano kaumaha ona a minoaka māi U. me ka i pu ana mai: "He keu aku no ka hikiwawe o kou hele aku, e Sa Walaka, no Roma. o maua no hoi kekahi la e holo aku ana no ia leulanakauhale ma na la hope o lanuari. Aole no hoi e hiki •a oe la ke kali a i hookahi ko kakou holo pu ana aku no Roaar' Ua hauoli iho la ka baroneta opio no keia hoakaka a kona koa a i aku la: • "A, he nuhou maikai loa ia i ko'u manao, no ka mea, aole au i manao e loaa ana kekahi mea hoowalewale e haalele koke iho ai oe ia Parisa nei; ke ike aku nei au ia oe he maikai maoli kou ola kino ma Parisa nei me kou ano mau ma kou aina ponoi; a manao au ina no kou hiki aku i Roma, kela kulaaakauhale ano. pamalo a ku i ka hoihoi ole, elike me ko'u !ohe, e loli loa ae ana oe, no ka mea, āohe like a Roma me Parisa neu" "A pehea ana ee. e kuu koa kavalia piha hauoli? He makemake no hoi oe i ka lealea, a ina no kou hiki aku i Roma e hiki ana no anei ia oe ke hoomanawanui?" a nee ae Ia ke kaikamahine i ka akaaka. "Ae, ua loaa ia'u he manawa hauoli loa maanei, a no Roma 'a ea, aohe i maopopo," a nui iho Ia kona hanu me ke? kani ana iho o ke uhu me ka akaaka pu; "aohe au e hoopoina koke ana ia Parisa nei, aka, aole e lilo na manawa maikai loa i hoo- i halaia maanei i mea kaohi iVu, a no ka mea, ua koiia mai au bok> aku a e hui me ko'u mau hoaloha ma Roma/' * "°Owai ia mau hoaloha ou?" i ninau koke mai ai o Ineka Kini, me ka pii pu ana ae o ka ula ma kona mau papalina, 110 ka ulu koke ana ae o kekahi manao hoohuoi iloko ona he wahine opio paha ia hoaloha ona. "O Mr. ame.ilrs. Robaka Siva me ka laua kaikamahine hanai." "Aha, ka laua kaikamahine hanai: Owai kona inoa, a ehia ona mau makahiki?" i ninau mai ai ke kaikamahine Kalepōni me ka hulili anoe ae la o kona mau maka i ka ua mea o ka piha i ka lili. . : "O Miss Folora Rikekona kona inoa, he kaikamahine makua ole," wahi a Sa Walaka i pane koke aku ai me ka huna oie iho i ka mea oiāio. "A pēhea, he kaikamahine ui no oia?" wahi hou o ka Ineka nmau, oiai no ka ula e paani mai ana maluna o kona helehelena. "Ae, o kekahi ia o na opuu rose nani," wahi o ka pane a ka b*aroneta opio, "E ike maka aku ana no oe iaia ke hiki aku oe i Roma. ,> "Ahā! O ia hoi ha ka hoaloha maikai loa au e makemake la e ike a o ke kumu hoi o kou manao ana e holo koke; malia paha, ua holomua no ka olua kuka ana e hui aku oe me ia i Roma. O ia paha ea? E ae ana no anei oe e hoolauna aku ia'u iaia ina no ko kakou hiki aku i Roma a hui aku me kela mau hoaloha ou, wahl au?" a uumi iho la ke kaikamahine i kona hanu no ke kali ana o ka loaa aku o ka pane, a-aia no nae iloko ona ka hoohuoi kahi i hoopu ai. "Me ka oiaio loa, e hoolauna aku ana au ia oe iaia, ina he makemake oe." -"O ia ka'u e makemake nei, a e lilo ana oia i mea aloha na'u. A pehea, he waiwai no oia la?" wahi hou a Ineka. Aohe iho la he makemake o ka baroneta opio i nei ninau a ke kaikamahine Kaleponi, no ka mea, noonoo iho la oia. ina paha oia e olelo aku ana he kaikamahine ilihune aole ana ka paha oia e ike aku ana. 4< Ae, ma kona moolelo a'u i lohe mai ai he hapa miliona dala ma kona inoa." • Hoopinana ae la o Miss Kini i kona mau lehelehe, e hoike okoa mai ana no i kona konakona ia Miss Folora, a i mai la: "He haw miliona ka»a f a hp mau hoi ekolu ka'u,

a mawaho ae o ia he mau aina nui a momonaJ piha me kekahi ululaau alani nui ma ka aina mahiai ma Sanata Moniea. No'u iho, he konakona au i na kaikamahine hauli o ka ili." "He ekolu miliona dala a mawaho ae o ia he aina ulu alani nui a i kaulana hoi ma ka hapa loa o Kāleponi," wahi a Leikona i namunamu iho ai. . "He waiwai nui kela e nele ole ai kekahi kanaka ke kuko a e hoowalewaleia ai hoi ka noonoo, a he mea pono e lilo mai ia mau mea ke lilo keia kaikamahine waiwai," wahi ana iaia iho. ' Eia nae, oiai no ko Walaka Leikona noonoo maluna o Forola, o kona lilo wale mai no iaia kana mea nui e noonoo ana, aohe iho la ona nana i keia mau waiwai a pela hoi ka marc ana aku me ka ui o Kaleponi.. Ina nae i halawai mua ua o | Walaka me Ineka Kini eono mahina mamua aku, e okoa loa ana kona manao i nei manawa, no ka mea, he kanaka ilihune oia,' o ka waiwai kana mea nui e.kuko ana ia manawa, a e hiki ole ana iaia ke pale aku i ka hoowalewale. 0 kekahi kumu o kona makemake ole e mare me Ineka Kini he baroneta a he kanaka waiwai oia i nei manawa, mamuli o ka ili ana mai o na waiwai apau o Sa luliena ame kana wahine maluna ona, ua loli loa ae kona kulana i nei manawa mai kela kulana mua mai he kanaka ilihune, a o ka poe waiwai a hanohano kona hoa kamailio e kohu ai i nei manawa. Mahope o ko laua kamailio ana me ka oulolu.no kekahi mau minuke hou aku, noi aku la oia e hookuuia mai oia me ka hoopunipuni pu ana aku he hana kana ma kekahi wahi e aku a he mea pono hoi iaia ke hele- aku a e .hoopau pono 'ia hana me ka hoohakalia ole a kahi wa aku, oiai e haalele iho ana oia ia Parisa ma kekahi pule ae. 1 ka hala ana aku a ua o Sa Walaka, ku ae la o Miss Kini me ka lana' malie maikai ole o kona noonoo, no ka mea, uluku mai la loko ona i ka hana a ka makemake, aiwaiwa i ala i ka hoomahui, a he hiphiona o ka lili ame ka inaina kohu ole ke hana la iloko ona, hoomaka iho la oia e holoholo maloko o ka rumi, me ka wela o ka umauma ame ka hulili o na maka. '<Alaila, he apuhi wale no anei kana ia'u?" i nui ae ai. kona leo me ka nanahu o kona mau niho aiai i kona mau lehelehe; "o na pule kakaikahi a pau.ana i hoopilipili mau ai ia'u aohe iho la anei ia he nui iaia? Ua hooholo au e lilo aku i wahine nana a e ikeia mai hoi o ka Lede Laikona, eia ka he mea ole wale iho no ia. "Ua hoohiki au iloko o'u iho e.hana aku e loaa mai ai kekalii kulana kiekie mawaena o ka lahui Pelekane, a aole mea hookahi e keakea a e ku mai mamua o kuu alahele no ka hoohoka ana mai ia'u." He nui a lehulehu kana mau olelo iaia wale iho no, a eia wale no ka pio ana ma ka manawa o ka puka o kekalii aoao loa o ka hale i hemo mai ai, a komo ana no kekahi wahine kulana kiekie. 0 Mrs. Kelemona ia, ka wahine e hele pu ana me Miss Kini, ma ke ano he makuahine nana e malama iaia.. "E holo ana o Walaka Leikona i Roma ma ka Poakahi," i pane koke aku ai ua o Miss Kini me ke ano hoohuhu. "A pehea, aohe ana mea i kamailio mai nei ia'oe?" "Aohe; he oki loa." "Kupanaha no ka; aka malia e i aku no paha a kahi wa e hui hou ai oiua." "Aohe nianaolana ana aku i koe," wahi a Miss Kini o ka pane ana aku me ka helehelena a ka wahine e ike mai ana ua eha loko ona i ka makemake. "Ua maopopo ia'u he kanaka Pelekane waiwai a hanohano oia, a oia hoi ka'u i noonoo iho nei ina no ko'u lilo nei iaia, ; e lilo ana au i na kekahi kanaka koikoi o Pelekane. "Hookahi a'u mea i ike, oia keia, ua hoohauoli oia iho me ko'u mau hoolilo; aohe o'u manawa i hoohokaia ai mamua, nolaila aole au e hookuukuu wale aku ana i kela kanaka opio e lilo ai kana apuhi i ka manawa hope i. mea no'u e ku ai i kahi o ka lioka. "E Mrs. Kelemona, o kaua pu kekahi e haalele iho ana .ia nei no Roma ma ka la hope o keia pule ae, nolaila, i loaa ai ko: kaua mau rumi maloko o kekahi o na hokele nani loa maloko o Roma ea, e hele ana au i nei manawa a kelekalapa aku ia Auguseto, e kelekalapa i Roma e hookoeia kekahi mau| rumi nani loa no kaua e hiki ana e loaa iaia maloko o ke 'Ku-, lanakauhale Mau Loa'. _ j MOKUNA XIV. Haalele koke iho la o Miss Kini i ka rumi me kona kali ole iho no ka pane mai a kona hoa, a no ka hapalua hora kona ; hele ana. . . . 1 kona hoi ana mai he helehelena hoihoi a lamalama nia kona mau maka a ka lede Keleiuona e ike mai ana, a he hoihoi hoi kana mau olelo o ke kamailio ana mai. "Ina e hoea hou mai ana o Sa Walaka ianei no ka ike ana ia kaua ea, mamua o kona holo ana aku, hoike aku oe iaia ua loaa ko kaua mau rumi maloko o kekahi o na hokele nani loa o Roma, oia ka Hoekle Cozitani. Ua laki no au i hele aku nei; no ka mea lohe mai nei au o ka ohana Kotene kekahi e manao ana e holo no Roma ma keia pule ae, a eia nae, ua ma'i ia 0 Mrs. Cotene, a ke kanalua nei au i ko laua hiki ke hele ma ia manawa, nolaila, o ka rumi i manaoia no laua; oia na nimi 1 lilo mai nei no kaua." • "Laki io no ka hoi oe; ua pono kela, elike me kou makemake pela au e hooko aku ai; e Miss Kini, heaha keia puapuahulu ou, ua hele oe a pihoihoi i ka'u nana aku?" i pane. aku ai ka lede Kelemona. "Eia no; ina he makemake ko kekahi e loaa ka holomua iloko o keia ola ana e eleu a e mikimiki oia ma kana mau hana a jpau e pono ai," i pane aku ai ke kaikamahine, me ka imo hookolohe ana iho, a haule koke iho la iluna o ka noho a.hopu iho la i kekahi buke a hoomaka iho la ka heluhelu ana. No kekahi mau mahina lehulehu ko Miss Kini'hoea ana ae i Parisa, a iloko o ia manawa ua hana oia i kekahi hana hoopihoihoi malaila mamuli o kona ui, ua lilo oia i mea nanaia mai e ka lehulehu, a ua nui kona mahalōia e-na kanāka, aole wale no kona ui, no kona lilo pu ana kekahi he kaikamahine na kekahi ohana waiwai loa ma Kaleponi, a ua Iu aku hoi oia i kana dala ma o a maanei ma ke ano uhaai loa me ka noonoo ole. laia maloko o ke kulanakauhale o Parisa ua nui a lehulehu na kanaka opio i makehehi iaia no kona ui, eia nae, ō ka hoopilipili wale mai no ka lakou iaia. aohe nae kekahi hapa o kona puuwai i lilo aku ahiki i ka hoea ana mai o Sa Walaka Leikona; i na minuke mua no o ko ana, me he mea la he makeneki ume kekahi iloko o ko Sa Walaka mau onohimaka, no ka mea, ua lilo koke aku kona noonoo, kona Uhane, ka makemake a pela aku, a o kona makemake mau e pili maū aku 'o Sa Walaka iaia.

kana mau mea a pau i makemake ai e ike nona, e pili ana no ko Walaka kulana kiekie maloko o Enelani, mahope o kona kauoha ana i kana kakauolelo e hele a e ninaninAU 1 n» e pili ana ia Sa Walaka me ka malu loa, ua hooholo koke ©lft i kona manao ia manawa e lilo oia i Ledc Laikona \ kekahl la, a o kona ui ame kona waiwai oia na pohaku paepa© wua loa e loaa ai i kane a i kulana kiekie hoi nona iloko 0 ke ©l& kiekie ana o na kanaka Pelekane. L r a loaa ka manaolana iaia no ka hookoia o kekahl no kekahi manawa loihi mamua aku, aka no kekahi kumu, i'ae ka baroneta opio e haawi i kona puuwai ame kona uhane iaia aoi aku ma o ka palena. Lehulehu na manawa a M»*s Kini i hoolala ai i kona manao no ke noi okoa aha mai Sft Walaka i kane nana oiai ka makemake ame ka itni e hooktk{na mau ae ana iloko ona, aohe nae oia i hoike ae ia manao, uumi wale iho la no e pee maloko, no kona manao ua lilo no kona ui ame kona'waiwai i mau maunu e lou ai ka puuwai o ka baroneta opio. Aka nae, no ka baroneta op;o e hoao mau ana oia e aVo i na manawa a pau a laua e luana a e kaniailio pu a?, i kona manawa e ike ai o ka puka mai koe o ko Miss Kini manao no ke noi ana mai iaia, e Jioolalau aku ana oia ma o ka lawe ana t kumuhana okoa ka laua e leamailio ana. Ua maopopo ka manao o ka baroneta ia Miss Kini, eia nae, me ia loaa no o ka ike iaia aohe ona makemakeia hoomau no oia i kona manaolana ana e lilo ana ke Sa Walaka iaia, a me ia manaolana mau ahiki i ka hookahahaia ana o kona noonoo i ka manawa a Sa Walaka i olelo aku ai e holo ana oia i Roma no ka hui ana aku me kekahi mau hoaloha ona. No keia hoakaka ana aku a Sa Walaka iaia pela no ka hui ana aku me kekahi mau hoaloha ua loaa koke ka ike ia Miss Folora Kikekona ka hoaloha koikoi loa a Sa Walaka i make ai e ike; loaa koke iho la no ka ike iaia oia ko Sa Walaka •kumu o ke noi ole ana aku iaia e mare laua, a o ko laua hui mau ana iloko o na manawa lehulehu i kaahope aku, he hana hoohala manawa wale no ia; ua makemake wale ia no oia i.hoa| kamailio, hoahele pu, no ka hoohauoli ana iaia iloko o kona mau la hooniaha, a nb ko Sa Walaka ike i kona oluolu me ka ; haawi mau i kona noonoo ame kona manawa me ia i pili mau aku ai oia me ia. Mamuli o keia ike o ua o Miss Kini ua ala ae la na debolo a pau iloko ona, ka huhu kohu ole, ka lili, ka huahuwa a pela aku, nolaila hooholo iho la oia i kona manao ia manawa, e holo pu oia i Roma, i hui aku ai oia he' alo me Miss Folora Rikekona, ka ipo, ao ke aloha hoi aSa alaka ana no e manaoio loa ana ia manawa, alaila ia manawa e hookuku* ai oia owai la na mea ui loa o laua. Owai o Ineka Kini? Owai kona mau makua i puka mai ai oia, a pehea i lilo ai oia he ona no kekahi waiwai nui ma ke dala a ma na aina? I pane no keia mau ninau ua oili ae la kekahi moolelo pohihihi, me na mea hoopohihihi noonoo he nui, a e pono ai hoi e huaiia ae i piha pono ai ka kakou moolelo. O ko ua o Ineka Kini makuakane, oia o Kale Kini, he kanaka oia i hoonaauao oleloia o ke ano aeahaukae, a i noho ma Kaleponi Hema, a i nee hele mau hoi mai kekahi wahi eli gula a i kekahi ahiki i kona noho hana ana aku malalo o kona hoahanau hanauna ponoi, nona ka inoa o Uilama Kini. he kanaka hoi a ka haawina pomaikai i hoohanini mai ai i ka waiwai, a lilo oia ka ona o kekahi aina eli gula waiwai loa. He umi-kumamalima A nakahiki mamua aku, he wahi kaikamahine hele wale iho no o Ineka aohe kamaa o ka wawae, I he kaikamahine i hoopalalehaia ka malamaia, ana e na mai kua, he kaikamahine huapala nae, a e paani ana hoi maluna |o na alanui o ke kulanakauhale o Mekiko me na keiki i like na makahiki me kona. No Kalo Kini ame Uilama Kini, ua-kamaaina laua kekahi i kekahi mai ko laua manawa mai he mau keikikane a e paani ana maluna o na alanui, eia nae, no ka hapanui o ka manawa, no ka mea o na inakua o Kalo Kini he ilihune a he nele loa ia niea he ulakolako, a e ola ana hoi mai na loaa liilii mai mai ka lima no a ka waha pau iho la, aohe no hoi he iini e pii ae ma kekahi kulana iloko o ke ola honua ana, a i ole ikaika la

hoi ka manao no ka hoonaauao aku i ka laua keiki 1 mea e loaa ai ka pono tna ia mua aku. 0 kekahi oliana hoi> oia ko Uilama Kini, he home maikai ko Jakou, he hui mau me na anaina a ka poe kiekie, he iini e loaa ka naauao a e hooikaika hoi i loaa ai kekahi inoa kiekie a kulana iloko o .ke ola ana. No ko Kalo hune e ohumu mau ana oia iloko iho ona me ka lili a huahuwa no ko Uilama Kini ulakolako, a 110 ia kumu i kaawale mau ai laua a ua haalele like laua i ka home a aole laua i halawai hou ahiki i keia hoea ana aku a Kalo Kini, a hui me ka hoahanau, a nonoi aku la i hana nana maloko o na lua eli gula. . Ma keia manawa ua mare like laua i na wahine. Ua loaa }a Uilama Kini he kaikamahine ui, a nee aku la oia me kona ohana i ka hapa Hema loa, kahi nui ole o na mea hoopilikia mai ia lakou a e loaa ai hoi kekahi holomua ma kekahi mau hana. Maanei i hanau hou mai ai he kaikamahine na laua a laua i kapa iho ai i kona inoa o Manika, a maluna 0 ia kaikamahine ke kikowaena o ko laua mau aloha a pau. Ua mare pu o Kalo Kini 1 ka wahine; he kaikamahine, hapa Paniolo a hapa Amenka, a ua loaa pu ia laua he kaikamahine a kapa iho la i kona inoa o Ineka; no ka makuahine o ke kaikamahine, me ia kulana haahaa loa ona a i hoonaauao ole ia, he oi aku nae kona iini e loaa ia laua ka waiwai ame ka lako o ka noho ana, me ka iini pu e hoonaauaoia ka laua kaikamahine, a i mea e loaa ai kana mau mea i makemake ai ua hoohana aku oia iaia iho ma ke ano he wahine holoi lole a aiana no kekahi poe, a o na <lala apau i loaa niai iaia mai ia mau hana mai ua hoolilo aku la oia no ka hoonaauaoia ana o kana kaikamahine i koiia manawa e nui ae ai. 1 ka piha ana ia Ineka elima makahiki, loaa iho la kona makuahine i kekahi ma'i, a i kona manawa i hoikeia aku ai e ke kauka ua heluia kona mau hora e ola aku ai, noi mai la oia me ka ikaika e hoohiki aku ke k%ne imua ona e pono e hoonaauaoia o Ineka i kona manawa e nui ae ai. I mea e hiki ai iaia ke hana pela, e lawe oia ia Ineka i kekahi wahi, kahi e hiki ai iā Ineka ke hoonaauao maikai ia mai a e hooikaika hoi ma na ano a pau e loaa aku ai kona makua mahope; ina hoi no kona noho mau iho maloko o na kauhale 0 na kanaka eli gula e nele ana ka loaa o ia pono iaia.~ Ua hooko ke kane i keia manao maikai o ka wahine, a eia nae, no ka nui no o na mea hoowalewale mai iaia, oia no na mea e hoopuni mai ana iaia a kona mau maka no e ike aku ana, ua nele oia i ka mana hoonee, a e halawai mau ana oia me na popilikia ahiki i kona hoi ana ae a.komopoo malālō o h<ahanau ; me kona hQpp,au loa i kona in^-

ina mnmua no ka hoahanau, aohe no hoi hc ku-e ana mai Uilema Klni i'aia, no ka mea, noonoo iho la oia, "Hc oi aku kft muHMAoa o ke koko mamua o ka wai", nolaila haawi mai o|ft i Imn» na Kalo Kini ma kahi eli'gula, he kanaka eli gula O Mr, UlUma Kini ia manawa a ua nui kona waiwai. halekula maloko o ia kulanakauhale, nolaila hoouna aku 1» 0 Krlp Kini i kana kaikamahine ia kula; aka nae, o ka wahiiie J hoolimalima ai i mea nana e malama i kona hale he melow» a he hiki ole ke malama maikai ia Ineka me-ka hooliemahema a ole iaia a e hookuukuu mau ia ana o liieka e hele e paani me ka nahaehae o ka lole ame ka holoi ole ia o kona maka, ahiki i ka piha ana iaia o na makahiki he umi. I kekahi la, hele 'ae'la o Uilama Kini i ka hale o Kalo Kini no ke kamailio ana no na mea e pili. ana i ka.hana, a ike aku la oia i ka malama maikai ole ia o Ineka; ua hoopiha koke ia kona naau i ke aloha no ke kaikamahine uuku; iloko o ka nahenahe ame ka lepo o ko Ineka aahu, eia nae he ui kona helehelena, a komo koke no ka manao iloko ona e lawe ia Iheka malalo o kana malama ana ina e aeia mai ana e Kalo Kini. "Ehia o Ineka makahiki i nei manawa?" i ninau ae ai o Ui» lama Kini i ka hoahanau, oiai kona mau maka e haka pono aku ana no maluna o ka helehelena o Ineka ana e minamina loa ana ia manawa, no ka mea, ina no ka malama kupono. ia o ke kaikamahine a hoonaauaoia e lilo aku ana oia he watline a he makuahine maikai. "He umi-kumamalua," wahi a ka Kalo Kini pane, me ka makue nae o kona mau maka no ka nemaia aku paha o kana kaikamahine, no ka mea he lepo maoli kona mau aahu ia ntfrnawa; no Monika, kahi kaikamahine uuku a Uilama Kini, he maemae mau kona mau aahu, ua make kona mahuahine. aneane e piha ka makahiki niamua aku o kona make ana, ka mea kupono nana e malama. "Alaila, elua makahiki ka oi aku o ko Ineka nei mamua o ko Monika, ka'u kaikamahine. ?Ie hele no nae paha oia ike kula?" i ninau aku ai o Uilama Kini. "I kekahi manawa hele oia, a i kekahi manawa aohe; o kela wahine e noho mai la ma o, ka mea a'u i hoolimalima ai no ka malama ana i ka hale nei, aohe ona makaala ia Ineka, e hele mau ana o Ineka me ka lole lepo i ka hapanui o ka manawa, a no ka lepo o kona mau wahi aahu, ua hilahila au i ka hookuu aku iaia e hele i ke kula; no ia kumu maluna o na aVanui oia e holoholo ai i ka hapanui o ka manawa." "O, he mea kaumaha no kela, a he hana maikai ole hoi ma kou aoao ka hookuukuu wale ana iaia e holo hele maluna o na alanui me ka hoouna mau ole iaia e hele i ke kuk. 4< He kaikamahine naauao kela ika nana aku ahe hana pono nau ka hoonaauao ana iaia i nei manawa, mahope oia lilo i kaikamahine naaupo," i pane aku 'ai o Uilama Kini. Mahope o kona noonoo iho no kekahi mau minuke, i aku U: "E hoolimalima ana au i kekahi wahine no ka malama ana ame ka hoonaauao ana ia Ineka no keia mau maleahiki aku; pehea kou manao, e ae mai ana anei oe e hoihoi ae ia Ineka me a'u a e a'o pu ia oia e kela wahine, me kona malama pu ia. mai ma na ano kupono a pau?" Kulou iho la ko Kalo Kini mau maka ilalo a nui iho la ka hanu. O kana e noonoo ana ia manawa he aloha no oia i kana keiki mamua o na mea e ae ma k'eia ao, no ka mea, o kana kaikamahine hookahi wale no ia, a ina hoi no ka hoihoiia ana aku a noho me ka wahine malama keiki a Uilama Kini e Itlo ana ia i mea mehameha loa no kona hale. 1 O kekahi kumu o kona kaumaha ahiki i keia manawa aole oia i hana i kekahi hana e«hookoia aku ai kana hoohiki i hoopaa aku ai me.ka wahine mamua o kona make ana, oia hoi, e | malama maikai loa oia ia Ineka a e haawi hoi iaia i na hoonaauao ana a pau ahiki i' kona nui ana, i loaa ai kona makua i ahiki ai hoi iaia ke liuli aku i kona mau pono o ke ola ana; aka i nei manawa eia ke haawiia aku nei iaia ka manawa kupono loa no ka hoonaauaoia ana o kana kaikamahine mai iaia aku, eia nae, i mai la, niahope o kona noonoo ana: "He wahine malama a a'o mai paha kela me ke dala nui, a e ike mai no hoi oe he uuku ka'u wahi daJa e loaa nei e hiki ole ai ke uku aku i kela wahine," wahi ana o ka namunamu ana iho. "O, aohe au kaumaha ana iho no ia mea. aohe au hoolilo ana i keneka hookahi, e Kalo," i pane ae ai ka hoahanau Ui-

lania Kini, me ka leo oluolu loa. "Mai ka manawa mai o ka'u wahine i make aku ai ua mehameha loa o Monika, nolaila au i makemake ai e hoihoi ae ia Ineka malalo o ka malama ana mai a ka wahine, i loaa hoi kona hoa e paani ai. Ona mea a pau i loaa ia Monika e loaa pu ia ia Ineka nei, a elike me ko Monika a'oia mai me ke kupono no hoi paha e loaa ana ia oe hele ae no hoi oe e ike iaia. oiai eia no hoi kakou ma kahi kokoke e noho pu nei, i na manawa a pau au e makemake ai.'' ' O, ina pela ua pono, a ke haawi aku nei au i ka*u hoomaikai ia oe e Wile, eia nae, e ac mai oe e noonoo au no hookahi a elua paha la. a i ka manawa e loaa ai ia'u o ka'u olelo hooholo alaila, hoike aku au," i pane ae ai o Kalo, alaila hopu aku la ia Ineka a hoopili mai la mamua o kona alo, a kulou iho la e nana i kona helehelena, no ka mea iloko o keia manawa a pau a na kanaka e u kamailio ana ke hoolono loa mai la 110 o Ineka, a ia maiiawa ke hauoli pu la oia ina e laweia aku *ina ia manawa. I ka hala ana o na la-elua ma ia hope mai, a mahope o ko Kalo Kini noonoo ana, hooholo iho la oia e hoihoi aku ia Ineka' malalo o ka malama ana mai a ka wahine kumukula a matama keiki. He hale nani ko Uilama Kini aeku ana malalo o ka *wawa, a ilaila o Ineka i hoihoiia aku ai, a ua lilo aku Ia hoi-ma ke ano oia ka elua o ka Uilama Kini mau kaikamahine, a oiai, he kanaka eU gula waiwai loa oia ia manawa, a e pii mau aku ana kona waiwai i na manawa apau ua helu pu ia oia Jiie na onamiliona maloko o Kaleponi ia mau la. I ko Ineka noho ana aku maloko o ia home, u«i kaana lHee ia na mea apau mawaena o Monika ame Ineka. No Monika, he kaikamahine uuku ui oia, mohaha kona mau maka apiipii ; lau nui kona mau wili ohō, a he ooi hoi kona mau lihilihi-ma- ! ka, aua ka P a mau ia mai oia, 'Ka Liiia oke Awawal' | No ka laua mau mea paani ua hoolako like ia kekahi ame kekahi pela me na aahu, ame na mea hoonani e ae, a ua na* jnaia mai keia mau kaikamahine e na kanaka e noho an a ma ia wahi he mua a he hope, koe wale no ka like ole o ko laua mau helehelena, no ka mea, he kaikamahine hapa Paniolo o Ineka, o he kaikamahine Amen'ka piha hoi o Monika. Ua like loa ko Ineka kahikoia me na lole nani mē ke kaika* mahine a ke kanaka waiwai, a i na manawa a pau a Uilahia Kini e nana aku ai ia Ineka aia ka hoihoi ma ko«a mau maka a ua ulu mau ae ka manao iloko ona nana ponoi no ia kai- * kamahine a o kēkahi hoi o kona ohana a e malama a e pulama ma.u ]a oia me ka maikai loa e pono ai. f 1 (Aole i pto>)