The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-16

girls heart and to replace it with an alien
affection9 Could any tenderness atone for
such irretrievable treachery' But there
was his ambition, and there was PAUL
Must he abandon the one and yield to the
otherP Were his tolls, researches, persist
encies, successes, to become inane through
n ridiculous scruplep How could he expect
to hold that which he should take if In the
very outset he faltered' Come, now he
was master of himself, he would be master
of Alice-and of destinyl
David stepped lightly and steadily to the
bedside. He raised his hands with down
ward palms and made certain passes He
stroked the fair brow, and the great gray
eyes unveiled, but there was neither recog
milton nor memory in their aspect; naught
save dull fascination. His own black
orbs glowed in intense contrast to the
moonlight as he concentrated his powers
His hands moved more rapidly, from the
finger tips came sparks. The eyelids grew
heavy and dropped and fell. David bent
low and breathed into the nostrils.
He drew away slowly, weaving gradually
lessening spells, until as he stood upright
his hands formed an arch over her head.
Then he felt the virtue passing from him.
He knew that what he had willed had al
ready worked its mission on that uncon-
scious soul. His hands fell to his side. For
a moment he waited and watched. Again
Alice was sleeping, lulled by the wings of
Truth. Pleasantly, too, she was dreaming,
for she now smiles and murmurs as she
smiles. He listened, like one expectant at
the cave of the sibyl, and an exultant Joy
leaped within him, for from the sweet lips
came the words, David, dear Davidr'
And David as proud as Prometheus after
he had flched the fire from heaven, stole
through the moonlit corridors and up the
broad stairway to his room, and agar
noselessly paced the floor with slippered
feet. He could not sleep; who could, in
deed, whose blood was aglow and fesf
a-tingle with a supernatural ecstasy HI
longed for the morrow with an impatiencC
that seemed mighty enough to dismiss the
stars and irradiate the east. Yet why
should he be impatient when he could for
see Just what would happen? He saw him
self entering the breakfast room. Even hi
guardian and his dear old wife would star
in unconscious admiration of that majest,
which must surround one of the illumi
mated.
He saw Paul eying him uneasily, as /
recognizing a change, yet unable to analyz
| it. All, it takes knight to detect the gold
en- CLEAN of spurs hid within kniRhtl-
breastl He saw Alice approach Wher
now was the frank, careless association O
yorep Gone with the laughter of childhood
and in its stead ruled maidenly shynes
more potent than speech. He saw their in
| evitable meeting alone-he brave, yet ten
der. she timid. vet tender too. He hear,
his impassioned speech, her faint but fervi
resnonse. He felt the pressure of soft arm
aronnd his neck. of Inns clinqinp to his lin,
oh vision of ever increasing blissl He wa
beloved he loved
| cold tremor caupbt David as he rea-
ized this change in himself The few mr.
ments when he had paused nv Alice,s bef
side. abashed by the power of her Lowell
ness had awaited more than his entire nast
His dreams of ambition. of conouest r
| snccess conditioned on his union To he,
were now sbriveled into notbinpness nv tn
radiance of that revelation. All his facultie
seemed meaqer. all his SMELLS ineffectua
and he himself, who was to have been til
master now appreciated that he woul
willingly serve as slave. And he compr,
bended also the danger of this new emotio
and stroye to reinstate the SWAY of his II
tellect and to restore the bounds of h
Judgment But in vain.
He could no longer reason. The memor
of that dainty room, with its silvery illum
notion of that fair form hegirt with M,
itv like a nimbus. entbralled him. He hs
invaded heaven. What IL the knowled:
of its glories should paralyze his strength
What II In conouerinp he was yanouisbet
Too we'll he remembered the remorseles
absolute secret and condition Of his pow,
when IL now seemed a necessity of seem
Alice, to fall down and to kiss her feets
Alas for the attainments of scientif
research, at a touch of nature they +
coiled in confusionl But few hours sin,
David had vaunted himself as more than
man. He now tremblingly admitted
was less than boy. A false modest
seized upon him, and the fluent wor,
which he had imagined he would utt
acquired the difficulties of an unknov
tongue. And So torn by passions alien
his education and hence the more terrif
, he awaited the morning with far more
the uncertain dread of the condemned tn;
the confident bearing of the victor.
1t was late when David entered the brea
fast room. The family had already gather
around the board. He stammered 'Go
morning." which even to himself sound
laughably different from his ordinary cri
: greeting.
"Why, David" cried dear old Mrs Brow
ing as she handed his coffee to him, II fe
: you've had bad night, you look so pale,
distressed"
From his entrance David's eyes had be
set on Alice, not with the fiery force of t
: night, but inquiringly, beseechingly. S
, certainly had glanced for one thrilling
slant shyly, curiously, unwontedly iowa
him, but evidently what she had seen W
D not what she vaguely anticipated and p