Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 140, 16 January 1893 — ROMELIA [ARTICLE]

ROMELIA

MOKUNA XIII HOPU PIO IA KK ALAKAI OXA 1*0 E POWA. -He oiaio, ua kuhihewa maoh no ka iunupaahao ia Nina he kahunapule i hele mai no ke kala ana i na hala o ka paahao, . a nia la auo i ae la ai oia e komo e hui nu me Alefonzo Mataloni. He elua la uiahope iho o kela meu i hoike ia ae la maluna, ua hoomakaukau ia ae la na mea a pau uo ka hookolokolo ana i ua aliipowa nei, o na kanaka a pau ua nui ko lakou makau no ka lele kaua mai o na powa. O ke keikialu Karofa ka mea ioi uku o ka hopohopo ne ia mea, ine ka hoouna pu ana inai o ke aupuni o Sicilia i mau kokua noua, aua iini ia hoi he poe hoike me ka lakou mau olelo e ahewa aua i ke alakai o na powa. Ma kekahi la ae, oia ka la e lawe la aku ai ua aliipowa la no ka hookolokolo ana imua o na luuakanawai kiekie, a ilaila hoi e ike la ai kona pono a me ka ole, a ine ka hoopai e kau mai ana maluna ona. Aole he mau mea eae e kamailio nui ia ni ina Paremo, o ka paa pio wale ana no o Mataloni, a ua kukulu ia na koa aupuni no ke aiai ana i ka maluhia o na mea a pau, a no ke pale ana aku nc hoi kekahi i ka lele ana mai o ua powa o ka moiwahine Mariana. He hapalua hora pana inuhope iho o ka waenakonu po, oiai hoi o Malaloni e hiamoe ana, aia hoi, puiwa ae la ia i kepahu ana ae o kekahi mea iloko o ki rumi paahao, a hoho ae la ka makani mai lalo ae o ka honua, aole i liuliu, oili ae !a kekahi kanaka me ka ipukukui mei lalo ae o kekahi lua, ma ka papaku ponoi ae hoi o ua hale paahao la. Me ka leo haahaa, pane mai la ua kauaka la: £ A!efonzo M&ta!oui, e haalele i kou wahi moe a e ukali mai mahope o’u. £ ukaii uku mahope ou iheaf wahi a ka paahao i ninau mai ai. He hoaloha au nou, a i hele mai nei au no ka heopakele ana la o«. Ma ona lani la, nawai oe i hoouna mai nei mahope o’u? Mahope kaua e noonoo ai ia

mea, oka haua pono wale no i keia nianawa, e hahai niai oo mahope o ko’u melieu ī loaa ia ioe ka lauakila. He uuku ka ma uawa i koe, a e pouo kaua eeleu 0 hoea koke uiai ka pomo. Ae; wahi aua paahao la, ke kamailio nei oe e ka makamaka 1 ka mea pololei, ake hilinai nei au maluna o kou hoopono no ko’u palekana mai keia poi- ‘ uo ae. E hele mai, wahi a uamalihimlao ka waeuu po. E iho oo ma keia alanui, a na'u uo au e iiio aku mahope nei, no ka mea 1 o ka hoopaa ana i keia paiu po- ! haku, he mea huna loa ia. Me ka uhaue hauoli iluko o ka puuwai malule o ka paahao, uooko koke mai la ia i ka Jeo kauohu o kona hoapakele, helo aku la oia a >ho aku la ma keka hi alapii e kamoe ana iloko o kekahi alahunu maialo n ka lionua. Ma ke kumu o ke alapii, loaa hou aku la iaia he alahele hou, a iie pani puka mamua pouo o kona alo, aka, ua hoomaka aku la koua hoopakeie e alakai ia laua no kahi e loua ai ka malia iuia. Hoomau aku ia laua i ka hele ana malalo o kekuhi alahele oioii, a hoeu aku lu ma kekahi wuhi kikeekee, a pela ko laua helo ana a h.ki i ko laua oiii aua ma luna o ka houuu, a ma ia wahi, haawi mai ia kona kokooiua laia he elua pu pauapanu.