The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-06-06

mat charming Johanna a sweet child
she really is, and l can't do less after all
their kindnesses. I'll take her every
where, and show her everything. She is
too good for that lout of Frank. I'm
not sure that I won't marry her myself.
Have you ever seen tiny cloud,
reader, rising over the sea, or over the
hills in a mountainous land2 Up and up
and up into the blue sky, getting bigger
and wider and darker every minute, till
at length the storm breaks and the
thunder roars, and all is chaos and de-
struction. Just such little cloud began
to rise between Frank de Vaud and
Johanna on the very day that Poddlesby
commenced paying attentions to our inno-
Of rare fruit. more lucious than
any which Johanna or her parents had
ever eaten before 1t must have cost
| golden guilders. She couldn't offend by
| refusing TO accept It
This was the thin edge of the wedge.
After this Poddlesby asked Johanna's pa
rents-snd he asked so prettily-if she
| might be his guide among the hills now
and then; he was studying botany, he
said. Old fraud that he was, he did not
| know a fircono from a hazel catkinl
l have now come to the disagreeable
! portion Of my little tale, and viii hasten
over It. Poddlcsby made himself a very
|
! and they always thought their child safe
| when with him. Meanwhile the cloud
| grew and grew 'twix Frank de Vaud and
| his betrOthed, for he was jealous of the
| insinuating Saxon; and at last the storm
burst and-the lovers quarrelled and
| parted
Frank spent most of his time among
the mountains now. He loved that some
/ what ancient gun of his more than ever.
| But Frank seldom sang. The JOY and
| the happiness seemed clean gone away
| from his big heart forever and q day.
| He gave little chalet, at which he had
| spent so many pleasans evening, very
wide berth indeed. He could not bear the
sight of it. He would not have gone near
| it for worlds He dreaded to look upon
Johanna lest the old love should return
! with such force that he might be con-
strained to make a fool of himself-that
| was how he phrased it-make a fool of
himself, trample on his pride, and own he
had been wrong and unjust in his jeal
Ousy.
But was he unjust? He often and often
| asked himself that question. What right
had she to accept the gifts of that hateful
| Saxon? How dared she-the afianced
bride of Frank de Yaud-accompany
| POddlesby in his wanderings among the
hills, and on excursions with him on the
lake? Nay, he had been wrOnged; he
never, never, never would forgive her.
Simple minded, innocent Johanna, she,
and even her parents, had accepted presents
| from Poddlesby, but she did not like to
seem ungrateful What harm could there
be-, she often asked herself, IN acting as
| guide for the poor little EngliShman In his
rambles over the hills and In his studies?
Ali but many and many night for
all that, Johanna sobbed herself to sleep.
One autumn day, Frank, lying on his
side on a bank Of snow, upon which the
sun was beating so warmly as almost to
soften it, spied something black in a
crevasSe far down beneath him Presently
he saw the something move, next he
heard it b Hoo.
at is, cried Frank; "no, it can't be
but, by everything that is remarkable, it's
| nobody else but Poddlesbyl Ay, scream
away, my little man. I took you out of
one crevasse; now. indeed, you shall be-
come food for the eagles. Revenge IS
| sweet
Yes, reader, revenge is sweet, but
vengeance does not belong to man. Frank
lay there for two hours watching Pod
dlesby, then, his better nature pre-
] vailing, he went straight away
| and got assistance, and in q short time the
| Englishman from Ealing was out Of dan
ger. When he saw who had again res
cued him, Poddlesby positively burst into
| tears. Come With me, come with me, )"
he cried, II shall die else
And he led Frank straight to Johannes
cottage and dragged him Ia, and took
! his half.unwilling hand and placed it in
blushing Johannes.
Il have done you both an injury, he
said, 81 have now to crave forgiveness,
which I sincerely do.
| Well, there was some good in little
| Poddlesby's heart after all.
need not say that Frank and Johanna
were married Yes, and Poddlesby was
| aft the VVnddiuO fO0 and the most charm
ing gift that Johanna had was Poddlesby's