KA HANA KULA. KE KAHANA I KA WAHINE ANA O NA AFTERLIFE

ʻO James L. Chaffin o Mocksville, Karolina ʻĀkau, kahi mahiʻai. Ua male a makua kāne o ʻehā. Ua lilo ʻo ia i kuleana no kekahi punahele i ka wā o ke kākau ʻana o kāna palapala kauoha, i ka makahiki 1905: ua hoʻoilina ia i ka mahiʻai i kāna keiki ʻekolu ʻo Marshall, a ua hoʻokohu hoʻi iā ia i luna hoʻokō. Ma ka ʻokoʻa, ua haʻalele ʻo ia i kāna mau keiki ʻē aʻe ʻo John, James a me ʻAbenera, e waiho ana i kāna wahine me ka ʻole o ka hoʻoilina.

Ua make ʻo Jim Chaffin ma ka lā 7 Kepakemapa 1921 ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana o kahi lio. ʻO Marshall Chaffin, ma hope o ka hoʻoilina ʻana i ka mahiʻai, ua make ʻo ia i kekahi mau makahiki ma hope mai, a waiho i nā mea āpau i kāna wahine a me kāna keiki.
ʻAʻole hoʻokūkū ka makuahine a me nā kaikaina i koe i ka makemake o Chaffin i ka manawa o ka hope, a no laila noho mālie ka mea no ʻehā mau makahiki, a hiki i ka puna o 1925.
ʻO ke keikikāne ʻelua o Jim Chaffin, ʻo James Pinkney Chaffin, i hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā hanana ʻano ʻē: ua ʻike ʻia kona makuakāne iā ia i ka moeʻuhane, ma lalo o ka moena, e nānā ana iā ia e like me kāna hana i ke ola, akā i kahi ʻano kūlohelohe a kūmau ʻole hoʻi. ala.

Ua hele kēia no kekahi manawa a hiki i ka mahina ʻo Iune, ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Chaffin kahiko i kāna keiki e ʻaahu ana i kona kapa ʻeleʻele kahiko. Ke wehe nei i mua o ka ʻahuʻula a ʻike maopopo ʻia, ua kamaʻilio ʻo ia i kāna keiki no ka manawa mua: "E ʻike ʻoe i koʻu makemake ma ka ʻeke o ke kapa komo."

Ua nalowale ʻo Jim Chaffin a ala aʻe ʻo James me ka manaʻoʻiʻo e hoʻāʻo ana kona makuakāne e haʻi iā ia, ma kekahi wahi, aia kahi palapala ʻelua i hoʻokahuli i ka mea i hala.

Ala ʻo James i ka wanaʻao e hele i ka hale o kona makuahine a loaʻa i ka ʻahu ʻeleʻele o kona makuakāne. Minamina, ua hāʻawi ʻo Ms. Chaffin i ka ʻahu i kāna keiki hiapo, ʻo John, ka mea i neʻe aku i kahi kalana ʻē aʻe.

Me ka hopohopo ʻole, ua holo ʻo James i iwakālua mile i mea e hui ai me John. Ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka hanana ʻē i kona kaikaina, ua ʻike ka mea like i ke kapakomo o kona makuakāne e nānā. Ua ʻike lākou i, i loko, aia kahi ʻeke huna i ʻoki ʻia i mua a paʻa pono ʻia. Wehe lākou iā ia me ka wehe pono ʻana i ka uhi a, i loko, ʻike lākou i kahi ʻāpana pepa i ʻōwili ʻia a nakinaki ʻia me ke aho.

Heluhelu ka pepa i kahi leka, i ka kākau lima lima ʻole o Jim Chaffin kahiko, e kono ana iā ʻoe e heluhelu i ka Mokuna mokuna 27 o kāna Baibala kahiko.

Ua hana nui ʻo John ma ka hana a ʻaʻole hiki ke hele pū me kona kaikaina. No laila hoʻi ʻo James i ka hale o kona makuahine me ka ʻole ʻo ia. Ma ke ala, ua kono ʻo ia i kahi hoaaloha lōʻihi, ʻo Thomas Blackwelder, e ukali iā ia e nānā i ke kaʻina o nā hanana.

ʻO Mrs. Chaffin, i ka manawa mua, ʻaʻole i hoʻomanaʻo i kahi āna i mālama ai i ka Baibala a kāna kāne. Ma ka hopena, ma hope o kahi hulina kikoʻī, ua loaʻa ka puke i loko o ka pahu i ka attic.

Ma ke ʻano maikaʻi ʻole ka Baibala, akā ua ʻike ʻo Thomas Blackwelder i ka ʻāpana o kahi Genesus a wehe ʻia i ka mokuna 27. Ua ʻike ʻo ia ua hoʻopili ʻia ʻelua ʻaoʻao e hana i kahi ʻeke, a i loko o ua ʻeke lā kahi ʻāpana pepa i hūnā pono ʻia. . I loko o ka moʻolelo, ua kākau ʻo Jim Chaffin i kēia mau mea i kona lima:

Ma hope o ka heluhelu ʻana i ka Kenese mokuna 27, ʻo wau, ʻo James L. Chaffin, e manaʻo e hōʻike i kaʻu mau makemake hope loa. Ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i koʻu kino i kanu kupapaʻu, makemake au e mahele like ʻia kaʻu waiwai liʻiliʻi i waena o kaʻu mau keiki ʻehā, inā e ola lākou i kuʻu make; inā ʻaʻole ola lākou, e lilo kā lākou ʻāpana i kā lākou keiki. ʻO kēia kaʻu kauoha. E ʻike maka i kuʻu lima e sila ai,

ʻO James L. Chaffin
Ianuali 16, 1919.

Wahi a ke kānāwai o ia manawa, e noʻonoʻo ʻia ka makemake inā kākau ʻia e ka mea hōʻoia, me ka ʻole o nā mea hōʻike.

Ke haʻi nei ʻo Genesis 27 i ka moʻolelo e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana iā Iakoba, ke keiki muli loa a ka makua kāne o ka Baibala ʻIsaaka, ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana a kona makuakāne a me ka haʻalele ʻana i kona kaikuaʻana ʻo ʻEsau. I kāna makemake 1905, ua waiho ʻo Chaffin i nā mea āpau i kāna keiki ʻekolu ʻo Marshall. Eia nō naʻe, i ka makahiki 1919 ua heluhelu ʻo Chaffin a lawe i ka moʻolelo Baibala i ka puʻuwai.

Ua hala ʻo Marshall i ʻekolu mau makahiki ma hope aku a ua ʻike ʻia nā makemake hope loa o Chaffin ma hope. No laila, ua waiho aku nā kaikunāne ʻekolu a me Mrs. Chaffin i ka hoʻopiʻi no ka wahine kāne make a Marshall e hoʻihoʻi i ka mahiʻai a hāʻawi like i nā waiwai e like me ke kuhikuhi a ko lākou makuakāne. ʻO Mrs. Marshall Chaffin, ʻoiaʻiʻo, kūʻē.

Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka lā hoʻokolokolo no ka mua o Kēkēmapa 1925. Ma kahi o hoʻokahi pule ma mua o ka wehe ʻana o ka hoʻokolokolo, ua kipa hou ʻia ʻo James Chaffin e kona makuakāne ma ka moeʻuhane. I kēia manawa ua ʻano huhū loa ka ʻelemakule a nīnau huhū iā ia "Aia i hea kaʻu berita kahiko"?

Ua haʻi aku ʻo James i kēia moe i kāna mau loio, e ʻōlelo ana ua manaʻo ia he hōʻailona maikaʻi ia no ka hopena o ka hoʻokolokolo.

I ka lā o ka hoʻolohe ʻana, ua hiki i ka wahine kāne make a Marshall Chaffin ke ʻike i ka mea i hānai ʻia i 1919, e ʻike nei i ka kākau lima a kona makuahōnōwai kāne. ʻO ka hopena, ua kauoha ʻo ia i kāna mau loio e kāpae i ka hoʻopiʻi hoʻopiʻi. Ua haʻi hope aku nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua ua hiki lākou i kahi hopena leʻaleʻa, e pili ana i nā kūlana i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka palapala kauoha ʻelua.

ʻAʻole i hōʻike hou ʻia kahi kahiko o Jim Chaffin i kāna keiki ma ka moeʻuhane. Ua loaʻa paha iā ia kāna mea e ʻimi nei: pololei i kahi hewa ma hope o ka heluhelu ʻana i ka moʻolelo o kahi ʻatikala laʻa.

Kaulana ka moʻolelo ʻo Jim Chaffin ma North Carolina a kākau maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike ia i kekahi o nā hōʻike kupaianaha loa e pili ana i ka noho ʻana o ka hope ma hope a me ka hiki ke kamaʻilio pū me ka poʻe make.