Ke hana maikaʻi nei nā keiki [nā moʻopuna ʻo Ella May (7) a me Mabel (3). ʻAʻole au i ʻike i nā keiki ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. ʻO nā mea āu e lohe ai e pili ana iā lākou he ʻoiaʻiʻo a ʻaʻole i hoʻonani ʻia. Ua noho pū wau me lākou no hoʻokahi pule a no laila hiki ke hōʻike nui. Hoʻopili maikaʻi ʻo Ella lāua ʻo Mabel a hana e like me nā lede liʻiliʻi ʻelua me ka nalowale ʻole o kā lāua aloha keiki.

E moe ana au ma ka sofa me ka ʻeha o ke poʻo. A laila, hele mai ʻo Ella May a ʻōlelo mai, "Makemake ʻoe e lomilomi au i kou poʻo, e kupuna wahine? Ua hana au pēlā iā mama a ʻōlelo ʻo ia he mea maikaʻi ia nona. I kēia manawa, e hāʻawi aku au iā ʻoe i kahi lomilomi.” Hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kona mau lima i loko o ka wai anuanu a kau ʻia ma luna o kuʻu lae wela a ʻeha. ʻO ia wale nō ka hoʻomaha. Akā, he mea leʻaleʻa i kona nīnau ʻana e like me ka lima kahiko, "Makemake paha ʻoe iaʻu e paʻi wale, a makemake paha ʻoe i ka haʻalulu māmā a i ʻole ka haʻalulu ikaika?" ʻŌlelo wau, "Auē, ma hea ʻoe i aʻo ai i kēia mau mea a pau?" Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, hana lākou. ia ia i kekahi manawa i kona mai.

I ka ʻike ʻana o Mabel i ka hana a Ella May ma ʻaneʻi, makemake koke ʻo ia e komo. Pono ʻo ia e holo i ka pamu a hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kona mau lima. No ka mea, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i mākaukau e like me ʻElla, ka mea i kālele nui i nā wahi e pono ai, ua hahau ʻo ia i koʻu ihu, nā maka a me nā papalina me kona mau lima liʻiliʻi, a laila nānā koʻikoʻi i koʻu mau maka: "Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kou poʻo i kēia manawa, e ke kupunawahine. ?” Ua hiki iaʻu ke pane ʻoiaʻiʻo: "ʻAe, e kuʻu mea aloha," no ka mea, ua maikaʻi ka wai anuanu i koʻu lae a ʻo ka paʻi ʻana o nā lima liʻiliʻi he hopena mālie.

Ua pili loa au i kēia mau kahu liʻiliʻi ʻelua, aloha a aloha a paʻakikī loa iaʻu ke haʻi aku. Inā ʻaʻole kēia mau keiki hipa a Iesu, a laila, manaʻo wau i hea mākou e ʻimi ai i nā hipa hipa o ka ʻohana a Iesu. He aha ka mea hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia ma ke aʻo ʻana i kēia poʻe liʻiliʻi mai ka wā kamaliʻi. ʻO ka mea āu i aʻo ai iā Ella e loaʻa nā hopena mau loa a e ʻike ʻia ma Mabel. ʻAe, ʻo ka hua maikaʻi a kākou e ʻike nei i kēia manawa, ʻo ia ka hopena o ka hua i lūlū ʻia e hāʻule ana ma ka lepo i mākaukau maikaʻi ʻia. E halelu aku i ka Haku no kona maikai. e halelu aku i kona inoa hoano. E Maria, ua maikai ka Haku.

Leta i ka hūnōna wahine ʻo Mary White, Letter 74, October 3, 1889, in Hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka manuscript 9, 44