Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XLII, Number 49, 6 December 1907 — LEDEA ANOLA Ka U'i Hookalakupua Nana i Hoehaeha aku i na Puuwai Elua A I OLE Ka U'i i Molia laia Iho Iloko O ka Haawina Laahia O ka Mare ma ke Ka'e O ka Moe Make AOLE MA KE KUAHU. [ARTICLE]

LEDEA ANOLA

Ka U'i Hookalakupua Nana i Hoehaeha aku i na Puuwai Elua A I OLE Ka U'i i Molia laia Iho Iloko O ka Haawina Laahia O ka Mare ma ke Ka'e O ka Moe Make AOLE MA KE KUAHU.

; - MOKUNA XIII. KA WAHINE MALAMA I NA KEIKI AUWANA. "E oluolu anei oe e ha'i mai ia'u i kona wahi i noho ai?" wahi a ka malihini i ninau aku ai. \ "Heaha la, e manao ana anei oe ua loaa iaia?" wahi aka mea ninau me ke kahaha, me he la akahi no a lobaa ae kela noonoo iloko ona no ka manawa mua loa. "Aohe wau i ike, aka, ua manao wau aole no hoi he hewa o ka hele ana aku e nana malia palia aia īlaila. "Nawai i ha'i mai ia oe nona aia ilaila?" wahi a ka wahine kamaaina ka ona hoi nona kela hale hana. "Heaha auanei ka pilikia o ka hele ana aku ilaila e mnau ai; hc makemake \N'ale 110 wau e ike i kona wahi e noho nei," wahi a ka maiihini. "Alaila e lilo ana kela ike e loaa mai ana ia oe no kela wahi keiki : mea waiwai, ke hana nei o Granny Gwin no ke elala, ua ike no oe, wahi a ka wahine i panai mai ai me ka helehelena huhu. "Ua loaa ia oe ka uku au i makemake ai mai ia'u aku, e Mrs. Gwin." wahi a ka.pane oolea i ia aku. Ua uku.ia aku oe me kekalii puuelala nui i ka makahiki no umi-kumamakolu makahiki i liala ae nei no kau hana, a pehea ua malama anei oe i kau hoohiki?' Ke ike nei au aole oe i malama pono i„kela keiki a oia ke kumu-o kona auwana. . "A owai ka mea aa e kamailio mai aole i malama pono īa ke keiki?" "Mai huhu mai paha oe e Mrs. Gwin, no ka mea 1 mae hanaia mai wau me kela ano kolohe, a ke makemake nei wau ia oe e ha'i mai ia'u i keia manawa, i kahi e loaa ai ia'u o Auntie Dean ka waliine a'u i makemake ai," wahi a ka wahine malihini i koi ikaika aku ai; ame kekahi leo ku-e ole hou mai, ua hai ia mai la iaia kahi i noho ai o Auntie Dean, a hele aku la ka wahine malihini. Hele awiwi aku la oia a hiki i ke kihi o ke alanui, a kahea aku la i ke kaalio e nolo ae ana, a holo aku la oia no kekahi wahi mamao loa. A 1 ka hiki ana aku ma kekahi wahi ololi o ke alanui lele iho la oia mai ke kaalio iho, a iaia i huli aku ai e hele ma kekahi wahi alanui ololi, pa ana kahea a kekahi wahi leo kamalii mahope'mai ona: "E kela waHine, e kela wahine, e oluolu oe e ku īho!" Huli mai la oia, a ike mai la he wahi keiki uuku e holo aku ana i ona la ma ke alanui. "Ua hauleia ko ekeeke," wahi ana, iaia i hiki aku ai imua ona, a haawi aku la iaia, ua liaule iaia i lele iho ai mai ke kaalio iho. "Me ka mahalo ia oe e kuu keiki," wahi a ka wahine, iaia i lalau mai ai, a nana mai la i ka helehelena o kahi keiki maka hoihoi* nana pono aku ana iaia, me kona paha'oha'o nui o keia wale no kahi keiki ano maemae ana i ike ai ma kela wahi." E uku aku ana wau ia oe no kau hana maikai i hana mai nei ia'u," wahi ana i pane mai ai me kona wehe pu ana ae i kana ekeeke e hooko i kana olelo. "Aole, e ka leele maikai, aohe o'ti lawe i kekahi uku no ka u han'a aloha," wahi a kahi keiki i pane mai ai me ka pii ana ae o ka ula ma kona mau papalina. ... "E ke kanaka opio," wahi a ka wahine i pane aku ai, me ka minoaka ana iho, me he mea ua maikai maoli kou a'o ia ana; a ina pela e ae mai oe e lawe aku i ka'u hoomaikai ia oe a e oluolu pu lioi oe e lia'i mai ia'u i kou inoa." . "O ko'u inoa o Bertie»Ta\n, eka lede maikai,' wahi a ke keiki 1 pane koke aku ai me ka hakalia ole, a welie ae la oia i kou papale, a kunou aku la me ka haahaa, e hoike aku ana i ka wahine i kona ano lie keiki oia 1 a'o pono ia iloko o kela kulanakauhale. * "O Bertie Tain!" a hulili ae la na maka o ka wahine me ka hauoli nui no kona ike ana mai i kahi keiki ana e ak<? nui nei e loaa, a nana mai la iaia me ke aloha nui maloko mai o kona uhimaka. ' "Ae owau no keia o Bertie Tain!" wahi ana i pane aku ai, no kona ike ana aku i ke ku kahaha loa o ka wahine me ke paha'oha'o nui nona. "Ehia ou makahiki?" "He umi-kumamakolu a ke pii awiwi aku nei i ka umi-kumama-ha," wahi a kahi keiki me ke ano hoomakeaka. - "Eia oe i hea e noho nei?" a leha mai la ka wahine 1 kahi keiki mailuna a lalo i ka paalole hou ana e komo ana, a ua hele oia a haikea i kona wa i lohe aku ai i 'ka lioike a kahi keiki he umi-kumamakolu ona makahiki. . . "Eia wau ma ka Howard House e noho nei! wahi a Bertie lain 1 pane aku ai, me kona mau maka e īmoimo ana no ka piha eu no. "Aia ma ka Howard House kou wahi e noho nei!" wahi a ka lede, me ke kahalia, a nana aku la iaia me ke ano hoohuoi nui no ka liiki ana i kela wahi keiki uukii ke noho iloko o kela hale hanohano. "Ae, aia wau ilaila e noho nei, a ke lawelawe hana nei wau no kekahi keonimana e noho nei malaila," wahi a Bertie i hoakaka aku ai me ka oiaio e hiki ole mai ai i ka wahine ke ku nana'iho a kanalua iho paha i ka oiaio o kana mea e hoakaka nei. "Owai kela keonimana?" "A, he keonimana oia i hek mai nei mai na aiha e mai, \vani a Bertie me ka' ehaeha o kona naau no kela ninau a ka wahine iaia, a lie hopohopo nui kona o oili hewa aku kekahi mea mai kona wana aku e pili ana ia Roe a lohe wale ia ae ko Roe hoi mai, a oia no hoi ka Roe i kauoha. paa mai ai iaia e makaala i na ninau o ia ano. Ike mai la ka wahine ua ano ululiua kahi keiki i kona ninau īa aku 110 kona haku, a nolaila hoololi ae la oia i ka ninau a ninau hou aku la: "Ua ike no oe ia wahine e noho nei ma kauwahi paha oonei, o Auntie Dean kona inoa?" . 1 1 "Ae, ua ike wau iaia ame kona walu e noho nei, a e hele aku ana 110 hoi wau ilaila," wahi ana i pane aku ai me'ka piha hoihoi. "E hele io ana oe ilaila? Ina pela nolaila like no ka kaua wahi e hele nei. Heaha kau olaila e hele nei?" "Kahaha!" wahi a Bertie, aole wau i manao he ko kekahi e ninau mai ai ia'u 1 ko'u kumu o ka hele īlaila, wahi a-Bertie ine ka pii ana ae o kona ula. Ua puka hewa aku la ia'u mamua o kou noonoo ana, ahe hana hewa toa paha la nau o kou hoike ana aku ia oe i keia manawa. .. ~ . "L'a halawai au me kekahi keiki palaki kamaa enohone..h,la l ka auwina !a onehinei, aua ha'i mai oia .a'u .ka ma. o Aunl.e Dean, he Rumatika a ua ma'i pilikia maoli ka o.a. ma i am a "Ilaiia pu no wau kahi i nolio a. mamua a ua ntu kpna ma ama ia'u, a o Ja keonunana a'u i hoike aku ne ,a oe, « a »' aa ™ ™ ia-u he ehma dala, i kela la aku ne>, . dala '. eaka " a "' "" a tioL manao wau he wahi kokua liilii aku paha .a . kela lede " aiacloaa ana iaia kekahi mau mea ai maikai, a pela wau . manao ai e hele aku ilaila a e haawi aku 1 kela dala nana. . , "Kulou iho la na maka o kaln ke.k. .lalo me ka hele a pua. ka ula iaia 'i hoakaka aku ai i keia .nau mea ika wahme t ne he mea la ua hilahila paha oia . kona hoike aku . ke aloha iloko o kona puuwa., no kana hana aloha i kela lede ma i.

"Malia," wahi ana i pane aku ai. mahope iho o kona noonoo ana | no kekahi minute, me ka ulu mahuahua ana ae o kona manao uluao';i. a oiai hoi oia e nanao ana iloko o kona pakeke no ke dala, "ina io oe e hele ana ilaila e haawi aku hoi ha oe i keia dala iaia no'u? Malu o manao mai oia he ano hooio au, no ka mea, e ike mai ana oia i ka nui loa o keia dala a'u e haawi aku ai ia : a, oiai i ko'u wa e noho pu ana me ia he kuai nupepa ka'u hana, he liilii loa kahi dala a'u e hoihoi aku ai iaia i ka la. aohe manawa i loaa ai ia'u kekahi huina nui e like me keia, a e lilo ana ia i mea hooluolu loa aku i kona noonoo me he mea la na'u ponoi 1 ha#wi aku iaia." Huki % ae la oia i ka hapaha kini a haawi aku la i ka wahine. Hopu mai la ka wahine i ka lima ame ke dala, a nana mai la i na maka o kahi keiki mamua ona me na waimaka e hiolo ana, a pane mai'| la: ! "E Bertie Tain, e ha'i aku au ia oe i ke kumu o ko'u hele i kahi 0 Auntie Dean, ea?" "Ina hoi paha oe e oluolu mal ana," wahi ana i pane aku ai, me ] ka leo paha'oha'o. | "E hele ana wau ilaila e huli ia oe." "Ia wai, ia'u?" "Ae, iā oe." "I keaha la?" <4 Ua nui ko'u huli hele ana ia oe no kekahi mau la loihi, nolaila, 1 keia manawa e hele kaua ilaila e ike ai i kela wahine, a nana īa e hooia mai ia .oe ia'u." 1 "Aole ona ike i ka huki niho, e ka lede ma'kai, he paa no ko'u mau niho e like me ka mahala," wahi a Bertie i kahamaha aku ai, me ke ano hoopaha'oha'o, me ka helehelena ehaeha, no kona manao e l#we ia ana paha oia e kela wahine e huki i kona nijio, no kona lohe ana aku i kela huaolelo i hoopukaia mai ai e ia. "Aole o'u makemake e huki i kou niho," wahi a ka wahine i aka īho ai, "aka, he makemake au iaia e hooia mai ia'u o oe io no o Bertie Tain; a na kou lima ponoi 110 e haawi aku iaia i kena mau dala —he hana maikai loa a i ku hoi i ke aloha nau e hana aku ai iaia a e hauoli nui loa ana oia i kona ike ana mai ia oe i kou e kokua maoli iaia oiai oia iloko o ka nawaliwali, a ia wa, ina lie makemake kou e hele pu me a'u, alaila ha'i aku au īa oe i ka'u mea i makemake ai ia oe.'' Ku iho la o Bertie gie ka nalu nui ana no kekahi mau minute, a i kona leha ana ae iluna i kona hoa kamailio pane ae la oia, me ka helehelena kuoo: "Ke makemake nei au, ina e oluolu oe e wehe ae i kela uhimaka ou 1 ike pono aku ai au i kou helehelena." "He makemake no au e nana aku i na maka o ka poe e kamailio mai ana ia'u." \ Me ka hoohakalia ole iho, wehe ae la ka lede i kona uhimaka, a ike aku la o Bertie i ria maka nunui mohaha o ka lede, h 4 e mau maka nae i piha i ka luuluu ame ke kaumaha, ua hele a haikea na helehelena, me he mea la ua piha i na luuluu he nui ma ka naau. MOKUNA XIV. r 1 HE HANA LOKOMAIKAI I MANAO MUA OLE lA. Nana pono aku la oia i ka helehelena o ka lede malihini no kekahi manawa, a pane aku la»: "Ua pono, e ka lede maikai, ua pono." Huli aku la oia a alakai aku la ia laua i kahi o Auntie Dean i noho ai, he wahi pupupu hale<kahiko nahaha ma kekahi aoao. Kikeke aku. la oia i ka puka, ā pa-e mai la he leo nawaliwali mai'loko mai: "E komo mai." Wehe aku la o Bertie i ka puka a komo aku la iloko a hahai aku la kona kokoolua, a lohe aku la oia i ka leo hauoli i ka wa a Bertie i hele aku ai a ku ma hai o ka moe, kahi hoi a ka wahine nawaliwali e lapee ana me ka wili no ka hu'i o na au i ka rumatika. O "Auntie Dean" keia, ka hoaloha haahaa a oiaio o na keiki kuai nupepa makamakaole, na keiki palaki kamaa, ame na keiki home ole, a he kakaikahi loa ka poe hiki ke koho aku i ka nui o na hana maikai i hanaia e kela wahine ilihune, haahaa Kristiano/oiaio. Iloko o na la apau o ke ola ana o kela wahine ua hoolilo loa oia i kona manawa ma ka hoakoakoa ana ma home i na keiki o keia ano, me ka hoolako ana ia lakou me kahi loaa uuku loa i loaa mai iaia mai na keiki mai pie na wahi loaa liilii i loaa i na keiki mamuli o ka lakou ma\i hana like ole, me ko lakou hilinai iaia no kanp. mau hana maikai me ka maemae, me ke a'o pu ia lakoli ma na ano maikai a hoopono apau e like me ka hiki iaia, e hooikaika maoli ana no hoi e lilo kela poe keiki i poe kanaka hoopono a hanohano mahope aku. A maanei no Ihoi i lulu ai kanuia ai. na anoano o ka oiaio iloko o ko Bertie Tain naau. He mea oiaio he keiki eleu maoli no oia me ka naauao a he kulana ano kanakamakua maoli no hoi kona i like ole me na keiki e ae o kona mau makahiki, he kulana hoi e hiki loa ai iaia ke hoolauna aku me ka poe maikai apau e halawai 'mai ana me ia. 0 keia ano maikai apau i loaa ia Bertie mamuli no ia o na alakai maikai ia ana e keia wahine "Auntie Dean," no ka mea, ina i nele keia mau hana ano Kristiano a keia wahine, ina aole oia i pua i na hana ipono iloko ona, a aole hoi i ninini aku i ka wai o ka noeau iloko o kona naau, ina ua lilo oia he keiki wale, a oia aku ana paha kekahi iloko o ka heluna o na kanaka ino. He kakaikahi loa ka poe iloko o kela kulanakauhale i ike i keia hana ko'iko'i a keia wahine i liana ai no keia "poe liilii," a 110 lakou hoi ka ka Haku i olelo mai ai, "e like me ka oukt>u i hana mai ai i kekahi o keia poe liilii ua hana pu mai oukou ia'u," aka, ua hoopaaia ua hana māikai la maluna, kahi "ma kela la nui weliweli," e alohilohi mai ana lakou e like me ka la, ma ke ano he kiahoomanao e hoike ana, "ua hana o Auntie Dean i ka hana e like me ka ike, ka ahonui ame ka īkaika i loaa iaia." 1 ko Auntie manawa i ike mai ai ia Bertie ua nui kona alolia iaia, no ka mea ua loihi loa kona manawa i nalowale ai me ke paha'oha'o nui ia, a ua nui kona ehaeha nona, me ka hopohopo nui ua loaa paha oia i kekahi poino, a aole oia e ike hou ana iaia. He punahele loa oia nana, no ka mea he wahi keiki oia e hoonana mau mai ana i kona manao kaumaha, a he pinepine kona manawa e hooluolu mai ai iaia oiai na keiki e ae e pakike a e hoonaukiuki mau mai ana iaia; ua makaukau mau oia e kokua mai iaia ma na mea apau ana e makemake ai, a he wahi keiki eleu maoli no hoi oia me ka makaala a e hoolilo ana hoi iaia i wahi keiki waiwai nui mahope aku. Ua nui kana mau ninau i waiho mai ai imua 0 Be*tie ,me kona hauoli ntii i kona ike mai i kana wahi keiki hanai imua o kona alo iloko o keia manawa nawaliwali ona. Ua pane īa e Bertie na apau i waiho ia mai imua ona e like me ka hiki iaia me kona makaala loa no ka Roe mea i papa mai ai iaia aole e hoike iki i kekahi mea e pili ana iaia, aka i ka manawa hope lqa ua oih mai la kekahi mau ninau e nieniele ana iaia no ke keonimana ana e huna loa nei i kona inoa, a nolaila ua pane aku Ia oia: "Aole e hiki ia'u ke noho loihi a e ha'i aku ia oe i na mea apau i keia manawa —e hiki hou mai ana wau i kekahi manawa hou aku, a ia manawa wau e hoike aku ai ia oe i na mea apau 1* ka moolelo piha 'mai karmtia a i ka hope. Eia wau ke noho hana nei me kekahi keonimana i keia manawa, a ua nui ko'u hauoli i ko u noho pu ana me ia." A i ka pau ana o kana kamailio ana nanao iho la oia i ka hapaha kini īloko o kona pakeke a haawi akū la i kahi makuahine hanai nawaliwali ona, me ka pane ana iho: "Na kela keonimana a'u i olelo aku nei ia oe keia mau dala i haawi mai ia'u i mea kuai na'u e like me ko'u makemake. Uā ike oe- a ua lohe hoi i ka'u 1 kamailio mau aku ai ia oe, e haawi mau aku ana wau ia oe i na wahi peni liilii apau e loaa ana ia u no kou pohopoho ana i kuu mau wahi lole nahaehae. He wahi mea kokua liilii aku

Ikeia ia oe, a o ko'u makemake e kuai aku oe i mau mea ai maikai nau me keia mau dala, a mau mea e ae paha au e ike ai he kupono ia nou." • I keia manawa hookokoke mai la ko Bertie hoa i hele pu niai ai» oia hol kela wah ; ne malihini, a ninaninau mai la ika wahine ma'i he mau wahi ninau uuku me ka hoohuahualau ia ia, aka ua ike no nae oia aole e hiki iaia |ce hoomanawanui loihi i na manao pihoihoi, a wahi ana e hele hou mai ana no oia e ike iaia, a ia manawa unuhi ae la oia he hapaha kini a haawi mai la i ka wahine nawaliwali mai t like no hoi me ka Bertie haawi ana a ia manawa haalele iho la laua iaia, s. noho īho la ka wahine me ka naau hauoli no ka hoi ana niai o kana wahi keiki hanai nalowale ame ka loaa pu ana aku iaia o na kokna Jokomaikai ana i manao mua ole ai, i kela la. I MOKUNA XV. ' \ NA MAHALO KIEKIE I LOAA I KE KEIKI NO KANA MAU HANA MAIKAI. I ka wa a Bertie i hiki aku ai me kona hoa i ke alanui mahope īho o ka haalele ana iho i ka wahine ma'i, ua kamailio aku la ka wahine malihini iaia: "Wahi a Auntie i kamailio mai nei ua noho pu ka oe me ia ma kona home no na makahiki elima, a mamua aku o kela manawa me kekahi wahine e-ka oe kahi i noho ai, a he wahine hanaino ia oe aole i malama pono, a aole ka oe i ike a lohe paha i kekahi mea e pili ana i i<ou mau makua. Aole anei i loaa ia oe kekahi manao paha'oha'o e pili ana i kou .mau makua? Nana ae la o Bertie iluna me ke kahaha no keia ninau, me ka pii ana ae o ka ula ma kona mau papalina, a ia manawa pane ae la oia, me ke ano paha'oha'o a kaumalia, me he mea la aole ona makemake i kekahi mea e manao aku he iini nui kona maluna o kela manao: "Ae,.e ka lede maikai, he oi aku ka oluolu o ka naau mea ina oia e maopopo ana i kona wahi i oili mai ai i keia ao, e like me a'u e ha'oha'o nui nei no ko'u mau makua. He ano kupaianaha no hoi keia—aole anei ou manao pela?—i ka noho huikau ana ona kanaka i kekahi manawa, a aole i maiopopo pono i na kanaka ko lakou wahi kupono e pili ai/' "Ae he pololei kau," wahi a ka lede i pane mai ai me ka piha aloha i ka olelo a kahi keiki, me ka pii ana ae o ka ula ma.kona mau papalina i kela manawa; aia manawa pane mai la oia: "E ae mai ana anei oe e ha'i mai ia'u i na mea apau au e hiki ai ke hoomanao ae no na la i hala o kou ola ana?" "Aohe no he nui o ka'u .mau mea e hoike aku ai ia oe, e ka lede maikai; no elnku a ewalu palia makaliiki ua nolio pu wau me Granny G\Vinn, oia ka wah ; ne nana e malama ina keiki liilii, a eia nae pehea la wau i hiki ai ilaila oia ka mea paha'oha'o loa īa'u." % <4 He malauia maikai no nae paha oia ia oe?" wahi aka wahine i ninau hou aku ai iaia. "O ka'u i ike hoomaopopo ai he malama no oia ia u," wahi a Bertie i pane ae ai, me ka hoekeu ana ae o kona poohiwi, me ka hoawihi ana ae o kona wahi maka kolohe. "Heaha kou manao ma. ka hana ana mai me kela?" "Eia ka manao, i kekahi manawa ua pena mai oia ia'u a uliuli." "Pena ia oe a uhuli! Ma ke.ano hea?" wahi aka wahine i ninau aku ai me ke paha'oha'o nui i kela hoakaka a keia wahi keiki piha eti. "A eia o ka hapanui o kana hana e haawi mau mai ana oia ia'u i 1A puupuu ame ka laau a eia nae, ua nalowale no hoi ia wahi eha Ina 'Uahi lole pahonohonoia, nolaila aole e ikeia mai aole no hoi wau i manao nui no ia mea, he nui na manawa ana i hana mai ai i kekahi mau hana lapuwale maluna o'u, uliuli ko'u maka me ke kahe o ke koko o ko'u ihu—a nolaila ua oi aku ka pono no'u e hooka'awale ia'u iho." Ua piha loa kona hoa kamailio i ka akaaka no ke ano hoomakeaka o ka olelo ai\a a keia wahi keiki ame kana hoakaka ana i ke ano o kona hanaino ia e kela waliine oiai ua hoomaopopo aku la no ,oia 1 ke ano o kana mea e kamailio ana. "Ae, he oiaio keia mau mea a'u e hoike aku nei ia oe, a i kekahi la ua holo wau a oia ko'u kumu i hoi ai e noho me kela wahine ma'i a kaua i ike mai nei, o Auntie Dean. "Alaila ua holo malu oe?" "Aohe wau i holo maoli aka ua hele mama loa no hoi wau a hiki i ko'u nalowale ana mai ka ike ia ana mai eko ka hale poe. Na Toma i hoike mai ia'u, he walii keiki palaki kamaa oia, a e noho ana oia 'me kela wahine i kela manawa, a no kona hahai ana mai ia'u he wahine maikai loa kela, nolaila ua hooholo iho la wau e hoi au me ia e noho ai, a i kela la a'u i holo ai ua aie aku wau ia Toma i kenikeni. liele wau e kuai nupepa, a ua kuai ia e a'u kela mau nupepa apau loa, nolaila ua loaa la'u kekahi wahi mea e aku ai no'u iho i kou hoi pu ana me ia i kela po. , "Ua ha'i aku wau ia auntv i kela po he hana mahiai ka'u mamua aka ua hooholo wau e hoololi i ka'u hana jne ko'u wahi nolio, itm oia e ae mai ana e apo aku ia'u iloko o kana mala|na ana. "A wahi ana ua liiki no ia'u ke noho ke makemake wau, a mai ia wa mai, ua noho pu wau me ia me ko'u hoolohe pono i kana mau a'o apau, a ua nui kona hilinai ia'u no ko'u hojhoi mau aku i ka'u mau Kvahi loaa liilii ke loaa mai ma ke kuai ana i ka nupepa i na la apau. He mau pule uuku wale no ko'u o ke kuai nupepa ana, a iho ua kuai au he pahu palaki kamaa, a ua hoao wau e palaki kamaa ma na wa kaawale o'u a mahope iho o kekahi manawa pokole wale jio ua laweia wau e Holwell & Collins i keiki elele no lakou. Ua nui loa ko'u makemake i kela hana, aka—" *\\ mahope mai o kela manawa heaha kau hana ?" "O ,he -nioolelo loihi loa kela a'u e haha'i aku ai ia oe i keia manawa, e ka lede maikai," wahi a Bertie, me kona noonoo ana iho ua nui aku la no kela niau mea ana i hoike aku la e loaa ai ka ike iaia i kana mau hana i hana ai, a aole ona makemake e hoohele hou aku i ke kamailio ana imua no kona maka'u o oili hewa aku auanei kekahi mea e pili ana ia Roe, aole ona makemake e ike wale ia kona hoi ana mai a hiki i ka manawa e hookoia ai o kana mea i makemake ai e hana a nolaila ua papani loa oia Y. kona lehelehe aole e owaka iki i kekahi mea. "A nolaila ua hoopokole* aku la no oia i ke kamailio ana," ua nui no ka'u wahi i hele ai mahope mai, a eia nae ua hoomamao mau no wau mai na walii poino mai a e hele mau ana wau i na manawa apaa ma ke ala o ka pololei. "He hoomanao ae no anei oe me ke paha'oha'o a haupu ae paha no kou makuahine?" wahi a ka wahine i ninau aku ai me ka leo malie. "I ko'u makuahine?" wahi a Bertie i pane mai ai me ka leo haalulu ana no kona lohe ana mai i kela ninau hoomaopopo no kona ma•kuahine, a o keia hoi kona manawa mua loa i noweloia aku ai e pili' ana i kona makuahine. "Ae e kuu keiki. E hauoli ana anei oe ina e loaa aku ana ia oe ka ike e pili ana i kou makuahine?" Kani iho la kana uhu i kela manawa me ka nanaina paha'oha'o no keia ninau a ka wahine iaia. A i kela manawa pii ae la ka ula ma kona mau papalina, pupuku ae la kona mau maka me he mea la he ano hoowahawaha kona i kela wahine i kela manawia, aneane loa oia e olelo aku i kela wahine he hoopunipuni. "Ina hoi ha he makuahine ko'u, he makuahine ponoi aole hol oia e hoouna 'ia'u e hoi mai a noho pu me kela wahine lapuwale me Granny Gwin!" wahi ana i uwa ae ai me ka leo ha'uha'u. Pupuku ae la na maka o ka wahine, a eeke mai la oia me he mea la ua eha mai oia i ka olelo a kahi keiki. "A pehea ina aole oia ka mea e ahewaia no ia mea?-<-p|hea ina o oe ame ia ua hana ia mai olua i kekahi hewa nui e kekahi mea e ke kumu hoi i laweia aku oe a hoonoho ia ma kela wahi." Aole i pau.