The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-04
A physician is privileged with

A physician is privileged with
drew.
''Come, comet he cried in a Joyous
tone, after few moments had passed.
we ara all right now-we shall
get of with nothing worse than
a fright! Why, you old coward,
have not already told you so. Here!
let me see a happier face on you"
on the shoulder.
Then, suddenly turning to me, he
asked:
But you-where are you from! /
don't remember ever seeing you here be
fore"
81 came from Brittany, doctor, by
way of Paris and Port Louis.
Look. look!p-he had already turned
his back upon me she is opening her
eyes,
NJ. Rabut involuntarily seized my
hand, and dragged me to the sofa.
She opened her eyes. They were
blue the eyes | always liked best
''Helene: my poor Helene" muir
INJURED the poor father, STOPPING to kiss
her forehead.
tor, pulling him back. ''Let her have
air, if you pleasep'
Mr.. iiabut drew back, without letting
go my hand.
Myrtil returned from the stable.
Myrtn!-Myrtl!-w how about
that breakfast Is it going to be ready
to-day, or Tomorrow"
Ma fol! I'm ready for itl'' cried the
doctor. THAT gallop gave me aferocious
appetite"
"Why, Myrtil!-serve the Madeira to
those gentlemen
This time Myrtil obeyed.
1t was in the afternoon when | left
my pavilion to return TO the house NJ
Rabut came to look for me on the
verandah. "Come," he said, "You can
see her now.
lie brought me close to her bed. Her
dear, big blue eyes still had dark cir
cles about them; but the blood was cir
culating under the clear skin, for she
blushed at my approach.
This is he, my Helene; if it hadn't
been for him and his voice choked.
"Don't fret any more. papa. I am
only sorry about my lOcket. Do you
think they viii ever be able to find iti''
The locket contained her mother s
hair
Ii was barely daylight when Preached
the river he negro who had taken
her out of the water had shown me the
evening before the precise spot where
the current had carried her away, and
also the place where he found her, about
fifty yards further down. 1t was a long,
narrow basin, shut in by great jam
roses, whose tufted branches met above
and stretched from one bank to the
other. he pale light, tiltering through
the leaves, made CLEANS here and there
upon the W ter like the reflection of
molten lead beyond the darkness was
complete; it looked perfectly black
there.
dived, and brought up three fat
pebbleSl But breakfast would not be
ready until 10 o'clock; had plenty of
time
By o'clock, the bottom of the basin
had no mysteries for me. There was
not a single cabot-fish that l had not
disturbed beneath his rock; not single
camaron that had not compelled so
crawl backward into his hole But the
locket Was not there; accordingly it
must be further down. left the basin,
and followed the course of the stream,
inteTrogating all the roots, exploring
all the boulders, questioning evrey tuft
Of grass ! was about to pass on, when
/ saw little black serpent, like thin
silk string, caught upon the root of
wild strawberry plant, wriggling in the
current. seized it; it was the locketi
She would not come down to break
fast; but n. Eabut told me she would
certainly come down to dinner. She
was still little weak; but that was all
Man is a selfish creature; the me-
dallion remained in my pocket.
While they were laying the table that
evening, / stole softly into the dining
room When her father had led her to
her seat, and she unfolded her napkin,
she found little box in it.
''What is this, another of your at
tempts to spoil me, papa9'
But the astonished look of M. Rabut
must have con inced her more than his
denial
She opened the little box.
my locket! my locket, she cried,
putting it to her lips and kissing it
over and over again 1 watched every
kiss / looked at her out of the corner
of my eye. Finally her eyes met my
own; sha understood. But the little
mysterious beauty did not even say
Thank you.
And the long and short Of it is, dear
sir. that never gave my wife a single
lesson
An, yes, parbleu. I taught her how to
swim.
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