A CARRIER OF TEARS,
MY HUSBAND IS GONE.

[Here is another death announcement for John Kaaeae, but this one is written by his wife. There is added biographical information in the prose as well as the mele.

From the prose portion we see that John Kaaeae died at 6 a. m. He was a member of the Kalihi Church [Ekalesia o Kalihi?]. He belonged to the organizations, Hui Alumni [?] and Hui Lunalilo. Here it says he was born on July 13, 1877. They were married on August 15, 1896…

The mele seems like a chronology of their lives together.]

…

My husband in the calm of Kihalani

Where we were together

There we were joined

In the sacred covenant of marriage

My husband at the bow of the ship

My husband on the Alenuihaha Channel

My husband at the shores of Lahaina

Beloved is the home of the parents

…

Turned back to the calm of Kona

My kane on the Alenuihaha Channel

My kane on the sands of Kailua

Aloha to that sand upon which my kane travelled

…

Left Kona

Turned back to Honolulu

On the restless prow of the steamship Maunaloa

Beloved are those seas

…

My husband employed as a stevedore at the docks

My husband working a pickaxe for the Government

…

Became a delegate to choose a candidate

For the Republican party

My kane, a voting inspector

For three terms

&c., &c., &c.

(Aloha Aina, 2/17/1912, p. 4)

Ke Aloha Aina, Buke XVI, Helu 7, Aoao 4. Feberuari 17, 1912.