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  • Aia hoi e hoomau ana ke anuenue e like me mamua, ma ke kiekie iki ana'e o ka la, aia e pio ana ke anuenue i kai o Keaau, ua hala ae la o Laieikawai i kai.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A no ka mea, ua ike o Kekalukaluokewa i ke ko mau o kana mau wanana mamua aku, nolaila, ua pale kela i ka olelo a ka luahine.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ia Hauailiki ma i hiki aku ai, aia hoi ua nui na mea i hele mai e nana no keia keiki oi kelakela o ka maikai mamua o Kauakahialii a me

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • I ka manawa nae a Laieikawai i wehe ae ai i kona mau maka, ike aku la ka mea waa i ka oi kelakela o ko Laieikawai helehelena mamua o na kaikamahine kaukaualii o Molokai a puni, a me Lanai.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Hoole aku la ua wahi kanaka nei, me ka i aku, "Aole au i ike mamua, akahi no wau a ike, a he mea malahini ia i ko'u mau maka."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Kauai a puni, pii hou oia iluna o Kalalea, a ike hou no oia i kana mea i ike mua ai, aia no e mau ana e like no me mamua, alaila, hoi hou keia a hiki i Anahola.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Aka, o Kahalaomapuana, aole oia i ae aku e hoi iloko o Kealohilani; no ka mea, ua oi aku kona minamina i ka hanohano mau i loaa ia ia mamua o ka hoi ana i Kealohilani.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Kau koke mai la nae iluna o ke Alii ka halialia aloha o Laieikawai, me he mea ala ua launa kino mamua.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ia laua ma kahi kaawale, ninau pono aku la ka Makaula i ua wahi kanaka nei, "Ua ike no anei oe i kela kaikamahine mamua au e kamailio nei i ke alii?"

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ia po, hoomanao ae la o Hinaikamalama no kana kauoha ia Hauailiki, mahope iho o ko laua umeia ana, a mamua hoi o kona hoohui ana me

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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