Hiān-tāi Tàn-í-lí
1928.03.01 516 Koàn p.8
I ēng àn-choáⁿ lâi khiā tī sai ê tiong-kan? (Ū chit ê hiaⁿ-tī ê hui-siông ê thiàⁿ-thàng).
M̄-nā Tàn-í-Ií toà sai-hia̍t koè mê nā-tiāⁿ, tī bô kuí-nî chêng, iā ū chi̍t ê chám-jiân ióng-kám ê gín-ná ji̍p tī sai-hia̍t. Chit ê sū āu-lâi ū lâng kā Hián-lí tiān-hā kóng. Chit ê sū chiū-sī：－
Tī 1917 nî, ū chi̍t ê cha-bó͘ gín-ná miâ Í-sū-ta̍t (Esta Garcia), chhut-sì kha chiū phoà-siùⁿ. I ū chi̍t ê sin-chiūⁿ ê hiaⁿ, miâ Au-hut-lia̍t (Alfred) chin thiàⁿ i, iā ǹg-bāng i chit ê sió-moē bô loā-kú ē kap i thit-thò. Nā-sī chiām-chiām chai chit ê nńg-chiáⁿ sè-hàn ê Í-sū-ta̍t tek-khak liân kiâⁿ to bē.
Chit ê gín-ná lîn-bín ê sim, jú toā-hàn jú chhim, iā chīn i só͘-ē teh chò, beh hō͘ chit-ê phoà-siùⁿ ê seng-gâi khah hēng-hok. Nā-sī hit-sî ū chi̍t ê ki-hoē, chiàu khoàⁿ ē-thang hō͘ chit-ê cha-bó͘ gín-ná tit-tio̍h táⁿ-tia̍p.
Au-hut-lia̍t 12 hoè teh chò kip-sū lâi teh tō͘-oa̍h ê sî, ū chi̍t pái thiaⁿ-kìⁿ chhī-sai ê lâng kóng, Nā ū lâng káⁿ ji̍p i ê sai ê tû-lāi, beh 50 pōng (500 kho͘) siúⁿ lâng, sī in-uī bô lâng káⁿ ji̍p-khì. Hit-tia̍p chit-ê khiok-má-tiûⁿ oāⁿ lâi tī Sê-iá (Sheffield). Au-hut-lia̍t chiū chhut-goā khì hia, iā ióng-kám chiū ji̍p-khì sai-tû-lāi, chóng-sī iā bô siū hiah ê ok-béng ê siù siong-hāi. Só͘-í i chiū tit-tio̍h 50 pōng (500 kho͘) ê chhiú-hêng. iā i chiū ti̍t-thàu khì Ha-lia̍t-teng (Harley Street) chiū-sī tī Lûn-tun ê chhut-miâ i-seng ê ke. Chiong chiah ê chîⁿ beh lâi phèng-chhiáⁿ i-seng khì táⁿ-tia̍p in sió-moē.
Ū chi̍t ê chin gâu ê choan-bûn-ka, thiaⁿ-tio̍h chit ê Au-hut-lia̍t ê sū-chêng, chiū iok beh i in chit-ê phoà-siùⁿ ê sió-moē, chóng-sī tek-khak m̄ siu i chit 50 pōng. Gâu ê i-seng khah-siông chhin-chhiūⁿ án-ni, che chiū-sī in chong-kàu sim ê khoán; iā àm-chīⁿ chhiáⁿ chit ê gín-ná, jiân-āu hit ê i-seng chiū thè i siat-hoat, kiò in sió-moē tio̍h khì ji̍p Ông-li̍p ê Kî-hêng pēⁿ-īⁿ, tī-hia tit-tio̍h chiâu-chn̂g ê táⁿ-tia̍p. iā Au-hut-lia̍t chiū tiāⁿ-tio̍h ì-sù chiong hit 50 pōng the̍h hō͘ hit keng pēⁿ-īⁿ, kiò in tek-khak tio̍h siu.
Chit-ê sī iok 5 nî chêng ê sū, iā Í-sū-ta̍t chū hit-tia̍p chiū toà hia. Au-hut-lia̍t bē bián-tit ū-sî sim-koaⁿ giâu-gî i tī sai-hia̍t só͘ chò ê mō͘-hiám lóng kui khang-khang; chóng-sī kiat-kio̍k kho-ha̍k sī khah-iâⁿ pēⁿ-thiàⁿ. Hián-lí tiān-hā khì thàm i ê pēⁿ-sek ê sî, i ū kiâⁿ chhut-lâi kap i biān-hoē.
Ah! Au-hut-lia̍t ê bōng-sióng, kin-ná-ji̍t si̍t-hiān. Lán ài soà kā i kiong-hí, iā soà kiû ǹg-bāng siū toā tì-ìm ê I-sū-ta̍t ē tit-tio̍h hok-khì chiah tn̂g hoè-siū.
