The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-07-26

Them f1r enough Into tHD f1rkf g. G.
how frr outlines OF Dab bf .iu#
Hyru au u'd poi board big cHIf.
bash. and string of drying 1aH
which was stretched across from t.H
branches uf mango tree To- nrl #
the side ~ the hut
Mary Who Deb now known a- 'Snuu
my" received me cordially. ana iret0ld
the story now and then lapsing into
"a succession ~ vowel sounds a4 h.r
ENGLISH became difficult, to clear tho
fdaa I'm her own mind.
was accorded a seat on a tHrea-log-
ped stool, from which I changed 10 IN
upturned washtub ~ the third tipping,
and listened with interest, as she went
again over her story.
II not remember when | born" said
she. II born when before the mission
airy come. ! little girl, so high, when
missionary come. go I'm boat with my
uncle: five other men: we go Molokai
look see. Big storm come-wind blow
big wave-boat go out sea. No eat.
no drink; ten days. ten nights. little
girl, I cry very much. ! like eat. I
want some water We have NOTHING.
The boat leak; we dip 'am out we
have culabash to dip. one man dip,
dip, All time. Some man get sick, NO
can work Some man go crazy, pupil;
no see any ship ten day ten night; I
no remember. sick, I crazy, too /
think so on" moro Gay we have no
boat boat 60 break up into pipc..
Some man s.- sail; ne holler. Ny
urrIe take nm shiny mo ship. Man Iift
mn hande ia maxi tbar, 500. tbAn tb.,.
rot MS. take no an shin Art,r vhiI1
inv fed ms littIa hit. No Give no murh
cat-makc us die; give little drink, too;
bIneby get well. / nurse little paby.
he belong to captain wife. no KNOW
name of chin. no know name of CAP
tain TOO little. | seyen-cight wears
old I 20 china: NV uncle come China.
100 Other man-other five man bo 20
T.Ydrnna. native man emf h,r-you can
him cannibals.
"I 90 Macao China NV uncle come.
too MISSIONARY tak6 me learn ta,k
ENGLISH. take care oy hnhv. Miss
EnlIie good TO me--Iika m. very much
After while nv ur,l. die. I l,r, ali
,Ionn 90 Cantor f,n Hwuirhan
Win Miss NeIII, Mister Rrown ~.
come foo. he Mis-. Nellie husband. I
90 shanghai ,,n. I 20 evervwhera 7
mink So st,v china 6yaEsix year.
me- big pirl Miss Nellie saw she 90
New York take me TO 90 to school I
come New York with Miss Nellie nv
ervbodv lool, see They IKE tam IN
me. they write me in paper. make Dic
ture. All limo Ike come hack Ia
wait Miss Nellie die feel very had.
cry ali tt..e. Miss Nellie good TO me,
Then I - Miss Bates Mister Rates
ne missionary | take care baby Rima-
nv .,.r,,bodv On California get gTld
nancy Mister Rates ike go. Miss
Bates and baby come. I come too we
come shin Hone Wen come round
Horn. have nIentv trnI,bla. bfn storm
came. t,,ls. long lime we ston Va,-
paraiso. we sion perm. we ston Mexino
we ston cvervvhere We come ALrn-
trrey. two house: everybo,Iv HINT god
We stav two thrao months We 80
mother Mace ali lime travel IN lana &.
Mister Rates ne missionary
II Xix. come Hawaii Mister Bates he
say he come here After while we
take shin come hack here h,g pirI
nov hin vahina. when / go WY T Ill
tie girl Long time / be away, like
come back. very pleased when I get
back.
Il came Honolulu I stav here Miss
Bates: | send letter nv mother INV
sister. have brother FOO. thav no
die. NV father die. no see him. NV
relative think | die long time. They
surprise All come see me. Have big
luau. Everybody come. All Kauaka
he come: everybody come look see
four, five hundred Kanaka come.
stay Miss Bates; Miss Bates like me
stay; no go back Kauai; my mother,
my sister go back. | stay Miss Rates
maybe one year; then l go Kauai see
Continuing, Mummy" related the
story OF her various unfortunate matri-
monIal ventures reckoning the time nv
such events as "one big smaIpox
come; two big smallpox come, " Her
last husband she voted a good man.
ana her features softenca M the men
ton Of him. The particulars of his
death were learned from Mrs West
who lives next door ana whom, "NTum-
my" has taken into her confidence
The. old woman has face of the bit.
ter type of Hawaiian. and as she re-
lated her remarkable story I'm the liglt
Of the old barn lantern sGuattinr there
on the doorstep of her tumble down
old hut. she presented such a weird
and striking picture as would have
furnished an artist Win an onnortIni.
~ for rare study
In concluding mr. story rho white.
haired old woman expressed her con-
N'llA WIN ll''l lbIs an lllllt 20 every