MÁ-IN I-SENG-TOĀN（9） (Duncan Main of China)
P. J. Doherty chok
Chiu Siok-huī e̍k
1964.02.15 928 kî P.8-9
Sī-ui ê hêng-lia̍t, sian-siⁿ, ha̍k-hāu só͘ ū ê lâng, lóng kia̍h kî hoah kóng: "Táⁿ-tó tè-kok chú-gī," "Koáⁿ-tio̍k goā-kok lâng. Lí bo̍h-tit chhut-khì koe-lō͘, kiaⁿ-liáu in sit-lo̍h lí-sèng."
Chóng-sī tng Má I-seng thiaⁿ-kì"(sic) Kóng-ha̍k-īⁿ ê Eng-kok kok-kî hō͘ lâng luī lo̍h-lâi, oāⁿ Tiong-kok ê kok-kî, i chiū ti̍t-chiap kiâⁿ chhut-khì mn̄g ha̍k-seng.
I khoàⁿ-kìⁿ Te̍k-jîn tī hia teh an-tēng chi̍t kûn lâng. chóng-sī tng in khoàⁿ-kìⁿ i-seng lâi, it-hoat háng-hoah tiô-thiàu, chhiú ia̍t kok-kî kap kun-kî kóng, " Kiù Tiong-kok! Goán boē thang lâu tī chia hō͘ lâng kiò tè-kok chú-gī ê cháu-kàu (sic). Goán iau-kiû chū-iû."
Má-in I-seng kia̍h chhiú, sui-jiân i oé-soè, iáu-kú ū bēng-lēng ê koân-ui. Tiap-á-kú hiah ê heng-hùn ê ha̍k-seng na-chēng(sic) lo̍h-lâi. I kā in kóng, "Lín sī teh hoat khin tō͘ ê jia̍t-kông. Lán lâi tiám tām-po̍h kng. Tàu-tí lín sī ài sím-mi̍h?"
In ná háng-hoah koh ia̍t kî, "In ài chham-ka iû-hêng. In tek-khak ài lī-khui ha̍k-īⁿ. Pa̍t lâng èng-ún beh hō͘ in khah koân ê sin-suí. Tiong-kok kàu-io̍k uí-oân iok-sok beh i-kho ê chèng-kiāⁿ hō͘ in. In tek-khak tio̍h pang-chān Tiong-kok.
Lâu Te̍k-jîn soè-siaⁿ tuì Má-in I-seng kóng, "In lóng chhiong-moá ài-kok-sim. Sui-jiân goá bô kap in tông-ì, iáu-kú goá oē thang liáu-kái in."
Má-in I-seng ê ba̍k-chiu tńg chi̍t-ē. Tuì thâu chi̍t hoê ê kek-bēng kàu taⁿ, í-keng keng-kè 14 nî, taⁿ Ko̍k-ke sī chi̍t ê kàu-siū lah. I khó-lêng ū liáu-kái, nā-sī Má-in I-seng pún-sin chit sî pí i khah liáu-kái. I kap i ê ha̍k-seng piān-lūn, i ài in oē kì-tit "Siōng-tè kok pí Tiong-kok khah chá chûn-chāi." Choè-āu i kóng, "Goá boē thang tī chit ê thoân-thê iông-ún pâi Ki-tok-kàu kap pâi-goā ūn-tōng. siat-sú lín tek-khak beh khì, chiū khì, chóng-sī......goá sī ǹg-bāng lín bô lī-khui."
Sui-jiân sī án-ni, iā iáu-kú kiâⁿ chhut-khì. Chhun chi̍t nn̄g ê i-seng, chin iu-siong ê khoán, saⁿ tuì khoàⁿ, che sī chin sit-bāng ê an-chēng.
Lâu Te̍k-jîn kóng, "Goá siūⁿ in oē koh ài tńg-lâi."
Má-in I-seng ìn kóng, "Goá iā án-ni siong-sìn, koh siong-sìn thâu-chêng ū koh-khah hó ê sū.
Chiah ê kian-kò͘ ê pêng-iú, hō͘-siong bî-chhiò chi̍t-ē!
Tē 8 chiuⁿ
Má-in I-seng, i-seng-niû: Kiám ū iáⁿ lín teh-beh lī-khui?" Chi̍t uī chá-chêng tī pīⁿ-īⁿ ê hū-jîn hoān-chiá, i ê kha pa̍k kah soè-soè, khiā tī kheh-thiaⁿ án-ni teh mn̄g.
I ìn kóng, "Sī lah!" 45 nî kú tī Hâng-chiu, in taⁿ chún-pī beh tńg-khì So͘-kek-lân. chin-choē Tiong-kok pêng-iú tī chit kuí ji̍t lio̍k-sio̍k lâi thàm-hóng, in chha-put-to boē thang siong-sìn, chha-put-to m̄-káⁿ sêng-jīn chit ê sū-si̍t.
"Lín beh chē toā chûn tńg-khì hit ê goā uī ê ông-kok mah?"
"Pí toā ūn-hô só͘ ū ê chûn khah toā chiah ê."
Lāu hū-jîn-lâng kóng, "Nā-sī án-ni lín su-iàu toà chin-choē ê chia̍h-mi̍h," i koāⁿ chi̍t nâ koe-nn̄g kóng, "Chiah ê, iā chng lo̍h-khì, bián-tit lín tī lō͘-tiong iau-gō."
I bô kū-choa̍t, chhiò-chhiò, ba̍k-chiu kâm ba̍k-sái kā i siu khí-lâi. I ê lé-bu̍t lóng sī 1925 nî 12 ge̍h só͘ sàng lâi ê lé-bu̍t ê tāi-piáu-tek ê chi̍t hāng. Má-in hu-hū kám-kak lī-pia̍t ê kan-khó͘. I choè-āu khì hóng-būn ta̍k keng pīⁿ-īⁿ, lâm--ê, lú--ê, jî-tông téng pīⁿ-īⁿ. I-seng choè-āu lâu hō͘ in ê oē iā sī kóng, "Kè-sio̍k pó-chhî chhiò-iông."
Jiân-āu in kiâⁿ kàu Se-ô͘ piⁿ ê sió-soaⁿ, chiū-sī keh-lī ê pīⁿ-īⁿ, sin-sian khong-khì ê liâu-ióng-īⁿ kap chēng-ióng-īⁿ.
Tuì hia khoàⁿ lo̍h Se-ô͘, tī n̂g-kim sek ê ji̍t-kng hoán-chiò ê ē-bīn, hián-tit te̍k-pia̍t bí-lē. Má-in I-seng niû siū kám-tōng kóng, "Goá oē éng-oán kì-tit chit ê kong-kéng koh ài i."
I ê tiōng-hu ê ba̍k-chiu koh chi̍t pái thêng tī hiah ê pīⁿ-īⁿ jiân-āu i-i put-sià（依依不捨）lâi lī-khui hit ê só͘-chāi.
Tī in lī-khui Hâng-chiu beh khì Siōng-hái hit ji̍t, só͘ ū ê chit-oân chhut-lâi hoan-sàng kóng, pêng-an. Ū pīⁿ-pâng ê i-seng Lí Sian-siⁿ choè thâu chhoā io̍h-kio̍k ê lâng, koh ū hō͘-sū, kang-ia̍h. I-ha̍k-īⁿ ê chit-oân kap ha̍k-seng iā lóng chū-chi̍p chē chhia kàu chhia-chām. Ū chin-choē kî, iā ū ga̍k-tuī toâⁿ Tiong-kok tiāu ê lī-pia̍t-koa kap lāng-sai, chit ê khái-soân ê hêng-lia̍t keng-kè pí Má-in I-seng lâi ê sî khah khoah ê Hâng-chiu-koe. Chin-choē tiàm-bīn taⁿ ū an-siat po-lê-thang, lō͘-piⁿ iû-goân ū khit-chia̍h teh âu-kiò.
In kuí-nā pái âu-kiò kóng, "Má I-seng" liân i iā bat i ê miâ.
Ki-tok ê kok-bîn í-keng cheng-ka kàu án-ni. Tng in keng-kè chá-chêng chí-ū sī kán-tan ê chhù ê soan-kàu-su toē-khu ê sî, Má-in I-seng án-ni kóng: "Taⁿ hiān-chāi iā pau-koat boē sǹg-tit ê Tiong-kok lâng ka-têng lah."
In kàu chhia-chām lah! Ū chin-choē ha̍k-seng, soan-kàu-su, pêng-iú, koaⁿ-oân tī chhia-chām beh hoan-sàng in.
Lô tân lah, hé-chhia teh-beh chhut-hoat. Hiah ê khah sio-bat ê tông-liâu Lâu Te̍k-jîn kap kî-û ê lâng, oá-kūn tī Má-in I-seng thàm-thâu chhut-lâi ê thang-á-piⁿ. Chit ê nî khin ê i-liâu soan-kàu-su Sú Tek-tun I-seng (Dr. Starton) kap i ak-chhiú kóng, "Goán sit-lo̍h lí chin m̄-kam."
Má-in I-seng chhiú kí hiah ê Tiong-kok ê i-kho ha̍k-seng, koh hoāⁿ chhiú tī Ko̍k-ke ê keng-thâu kóng, " Lán teh hō͘ Tiong-kok ê, sī pí lán pún-sin khah ū kè-ta̍t ê mi̍h."
Chiah ê nî khin ê i-seng, io̍h-che-su, hō͘-sū oē tī "Hâng-chiu pó-chhî chit ê thoân-thóng, lí kap in lóng thang khoàⁿ-tio̍h sū-sū kè-sio̍k chìn-hêng."
(Thāi-sio̍k)
