Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-11-15

I sumed name Of Dalton, for he never went 10
/ their Office nor was he ever heard Of else
where.
u hear,' said ono gentleman to another at
/ the club, shat Dangerfeds daughter has
arrived and taken possession
Miss Dhngerfeld, within a month after her
/ fathers death arrived in New York, attended
! by an elderly woman who had been her
nurse In earlier days and was now sort Of
/ duenna, chaperone and maid indeed, the
| only human tie she had was to this woman
who had nursed her as babe and cared for
and protected her in her girlhood. lmmedi-
ately on her arrival she went to hotel and
sent FOR Mr. sharp the following day, at
tended by him ~ her faithful nurse, she was
driven 70 her fathers house where the scrv-
ants who had not been dismissed
waited her coming with some anxiety.
The housekeeper, buxom little widov, over
whose head forty and five years had passed,
had held the reins Of government in the
household for Close on 10 ten years; she de
cided this morning 70 exert all the means in
her power 10 retain them indefinitely, yet she
waited the coming Of her late masters daugh
ter with many misgivings. The carriage
rolled up 10 the door, and the servants peeped
through the area blinds while Thomas, an
athletic butler, whose mission had often been
to carry Mr.. Dangerfold up stairs and his
guests 10 their carriage, threw open the front
as the carriage stopped. As they entered
Miss Dangerneld glanced at the hardy Brteon,
saying "Thomas-you are Thomasr
"Yes, miss
"Haye the trunks come'n hardly whiting
for his answer
ayes. miss he answered, surprised she
should know his name On the lower stairs
the parlor maid nudged the fat cook in the
side. whispering. "Lors, Mary, ye'd never
spose she'd never been ere TO which the
priestesi whose duties II had been to attend
the fires in the affairs Of the late and lamented
Mr.. Dangerheld replied; Lord, the missus
has come" My dear own child" said the
housekeeper. rushing forward from the back
entry, having first satisfied her elf with
look through the half-closel pnrlor windows
where she had decided upon the role she was
t. play when she could greet the new miss
tress. my own dear child, welcome to your
own home Miss DangerGeld had inherited
from her father that trait of being genial
and friendly without becoming intimate, and
she gave the housekeeper quick glance
which was not favorable. Imagine the
widows astonishment to find her effusiveness
rcpeled.
MY good woman" with slight emphasis,
"you are Mrs Brown, | believe, many thanks
please show Hannah TO her room, IL adjoins
mine Mr.. Sharp sent word, did you not,
Mr. Sharp. Thomas, take Hannah's bag
Oh Hannah she called to her nurse as she
went up the stairs "lie down and rest, per-
haps you had better take something" Mrs.
Brown mentally noted that "she for one did
not like the airy thing" Miss J IgerAeld
went into the drawing-room, followed by
Mr. Sharp, who she thanked for his great
kindness in looking to her comfort, while be
aid to himself, "Gad, you would suppose she
had lived here for years and had just come
in from q walk
That evening, after Mr.. Sharp had gone
for he stayed and dined with her--she sat in
q low arm eli air OF basket-work, thinking
over her affairs, and wondered what the fu-
ture had In ssore Beside her thora was a
tray sitA tea service on low table-also
bell She struck the bell, ard Thomas as
cended from the lower regions, where he had
i gore disguised with Mr.. Sharp, who had
! persisted in talk NJ commonplace at TIE
, table and II low voice in the drawing
, room.
Thomas, you have been in this house a
lorg time, have you notf
, ayes miss"
: "And you like the place. don't your
"Yes, mis-"
r well Thomas she said, stirring the sugar
3 in her tea, you seem TO be good man,
/ strong, honest, and, l trust, sober; if SO, you
r suit me Whoever have about me must be
r ready, reliable not inquisitive, and silent
1 tsat is, not given to talking Of my affairs.
r Can you fill the place, and do you want itf'
a Eyes, miss Thomas replied, fairly be-
a wildered, for he felt the reins,
4 "Then you shall have IS a month more than
$ you are now getting, and if you continue to
v assist me, in six months shall give you five
more
5 "Yes, miss"-the rcins felt easy.
v "You may go; oh, by the way, as was
o talking to Mr. Sharp, heard a noise at the
+ door. You must see to 1t, Thomas that there
o arc no rats or mice, anything noisy when
: have company, that Is all, you understand
Eyes, miss" Thomas felt the bit.
Tho advent Of Miss Dangerfeld into tn,
=, world Of folly and fashion had been ar
: event which would have been far NOR
a noticeable had she not been in deep mourn
a Ing. Had she always lived in New York PEG
"a pie would have said she had retired Temporal
n lily from society and would not have other
r. wise have talked of her, but, as it was, sh,
+ came q stranger and naturally desired to b.
: civil TO those OF her fathers and mothers oil,
Nv friends who called upon her From this peo
a pie judged that she sighted his memory b,
n mourning. Why she should grieve for a los
"a she could not possibly feel some who knev
N how little she had seen of her father con
"a stantly asked. However, little b.
/, little the rrimor got abroad that Mis-
"a Dangerhcld entertained great deal, an
r. that her guests were generally middle-age
: men. This, many said, was natural, becaus
: these middle-aged men were friends of he
father. They were all men of standing |
the community and represented tho world
!. greatest interests
n OF course stories got abroad about Mis-
r. Dangcrield, and people with very rigid nc
l. tons about other peoples morals and rule O
= life, intimated that it would b, better 70
: Miss DangerGeld to shield herself beneath tn
:, wing of some elderly virgin Or a matronl
D relative whose husband had long since passe
n on TO the pearly gates. But Miss Danger
10 field needed NJ such protection, for non
20 would have dared to treat her in any wa
u other than that of perfect respect
q became the fashion to drop in durin
m the afternoon at Miss Dangerfelds, an
4 many men often discussed grave matters c
Is Importance over an innocent cup OF ties
h, Frequently, and In fact almost every nigh
r some two or three gentlemen would stop I
o. dinner, and after dinner she wouli sing an
play. She often laughingly ,ad she pr
AZ ferred men to women, as the conye sation {
ih the latter wearisd her. Among those VIII
often called during tn, afternoon was Phil
~ Comerfori, indeed, II the truth was know
= Comerfori had fallen in love with Mi
n. pangeriield. and he only waited his time I
as male her his wife, knowing that she did nj
care enough for him to risk asking her.
Is he waited, and by every means endeavors
" TO win her confidence and affection, and Ina
0, succeeded in becoming very intima
od friend; but ST / he seldom had the chance
~ tee los alone, for I'll, always retired from Il
no diawing-room at IL. and persistentiy refuse
no TO DIR ve with any gentleman, whatever tue
ages,young or old. Comeriord was not the onl
Wv one OF Ler many admirers who would liked
al have married her. sle was young, preti