Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LV, Number 17, 27 April 1917 — KUU LEI ALOHA MRS. HEZEKIA UA HALA [ARTICLE]

KUU LEI ALOHA MRS. HEZEKIA UA HALA

Mr. Solomon Hanohano, Aloha nui' — E oluolu oe e hookomo iho i ka'u wahi puolo waimaka e kau ae la maluna ma kahi kaawale o ka kakou Hiwahiwa, ka Ipukukui pio ole i na kau a kau no kuu lei kaikamahine Heleue Hezekia hele loa. Me ka minamina pau ole; ua haalele mai oia ia niaua kona mau makua ame kona mau pokii kane elua e oia nei i ka la 22 o Maraki, hora 4:30 o ka auwina la. Ua hanauia kuu lei Helene mai ia Elia Kaaihue (k), ame Kekuialono (w), ma Opihikao, Puna, Hawaii, ikala 18 o Sepatemaba, 1884. Ua piha iaia na makahiki he 32, 6 mahina, o kona hanu ana i na ea oluolu a mauleule 0 ka noho ana o keia ao, he kupa a he kamaaina oia no keia aina. Ua mare aku oia i ke kane no Opihikao nei no. keiki a Hezekia ame Hiapo. Ua piha ia laua na makahiki 18, 11 mahina a haalele mai la oia i kana mea aloha he kane e uwe paiauma aiu nona. Ua hanau mai, mai ko laua puhaka mai hookahi wale no he kaikamahine e ola nei ame hookahi keiki hanai. Auwe ka mea ehaeha ame ka mokumokuahua o ka noonoo, wehe i ka pili hooko-o ialoko, lilo iho la ka mea aloha he kane, he kane wahinemake, pela hoi ka laua mau lei, i mau lei makuahine ole, ua nalo aku la, aloha, aloha wale kuu keiki ame a'u mau moopuna i ka hoonele ia i ka mama. He mau mahina loihi i haln ae nei mai kela makahiki 1916 mai, ka hoomailo ana a ka ma'i, aole no nae ikaika loa, he oluolu maikai no i ka hapanui o ka manawa, a ma ka mahina o lanuari, i ka Luaopele ma ia hoi ana mai i hoomaka mai ai ka ikaika loa o kona nawaliwali Ine kona hooikaika e auamo i na koikoi apau, a ka ma'i e kau iho ana maluna ona, e auwe mau ana oia 1 k.i po ame ke ao, ua lilo ka po i ao iaia. Owau o kona papa, ame kana mea aloha he kane, ka mea pili mau aku me ia i na wa apau, ahiki i ka holo ana o ka makehiamoe mai ko maua mau maka aku ahiki i kona haalele wale ana mai ia makou kona ohana. Ua huliia ke ola i ke kauka Akinawa he wahi oluolu no, no ka manawa, ahikt hou mai no, o ka luaikoko kona nia ī nana i hoopokole i kona ola ana i hui pu la me ke kunu, Auwe lihaliha wale au i ka hoomanao ana ae i ka haawina i kau iho maluna o kuu kaikamahine hele loa, ua pau, ua pau ko'u •ike hou ana ! kona helehelena ame kana mau hana maikai he nui n,-S 8 akU ? h K eahea ' he lokomaikai P>ha, he pukahale hamama kona, i kona am f i DUi ° kona mau hoaloha. ihn ha if ano ' e ho <>hilahila ole Lrln .r i ? hhini - He i 0 koL Fkn -° 0 na . hana pono, iloko h„V™ E \?lesia ponoi ma Opihikao he haumana Kula Sabati, a he lala no ko n,a koia 'i 1 ka oMo a ka Buke Nui, e ; 1 . ka le P<>, ao ka uhane 1 ka mea Nana i hana. E hoomaikai mai a Na a T,° Teho \ a ' Nana n o i haawi aai, a Nana no e law« aku. Ke homaikai pu ae nei au i na kini ona ame n a makamaka, „ a io a ?oha i .«koakoa pu ma i no ia mau po elua e hoohihiehu pu iho me na boke pua ame na lei rose. na lei lehua, maluna o'kona k,no leno i haalele mii ia makou?" kakou apau! * Mai mawaeoa 0 ia^kon^w^^P 01101 - 1 malam * ' . ai . ko " a anaina pule. eMr Kahan»- *•"!. oia kekahi lunakahiko iloko o keia n a P iVXh e ko,a,a ow knn 1.-o n • au manao paipai a hookuu ke anama, mailaila aku i maneleia , mi naniin a nui ame ke alohn loa U t P Z\\ k T h^ n ~.i kaaihue i Opihikao, Puua, Hawaii, # j