The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-06

meaning Zoo his bow, aud bic very glance |
seemed tospg1k. Porhup- It cried, "Lord, |
how lungN' .lr the mate prayers OF friends |
Tor dplivpr1uCu ure sometimes personal in
their upplic1tiou)
Perhaps as Judith, who was poetical,
once hreathpd ia suggestion, perhaps he
can't determine which posy to pluck"
Perhaps, on the other hand. had he consid-
cred, he would have judged the "posy" to
be an old fashioned aud withered flower
But sentiment has no business with proba-
bilities; they concern its enemy, sense. The
girls were well content to uourish this in
noceut flame until Rachel the blunt
spoken, CAUSED it to assume forked
tongue,
"Oh, girls" she cried one day, what do
YOU thiuk2 Our young doctor takes that
little mink across the way driving with
him and actually lets her hold the reus"
Then hatred swelled the common heart and
flashed from the collective eye. "lnsatiate
archer, could not one sufIiceW jealousy
can twist the hands Of the clock in any di-
rectiou give infancy the arts of maturity
aud bedeck age with the charms of youth.
1t can, and IL did. Twice wounded, the six
vowed that never, never would they forgive
their unsuspecting and guileless antago-
mist.
Then came change and decay, Change
for Ruth, aud-well, it were uugallant to
comment on the ravages OF time. Mr.. At
kins. Ruth's father, had business abroad
and took his family with him The gold
en-" house was closed, and the little mink
across the way disappeared from view for
many year. From view, but not from
mind. for the six now lived in "reminiscences.
As they themselves did not change, so the
young doctor remained the young doctor;
Benjamin, in indulgence at least, the little
lad, and Ruth that chit of the pointing fin
ger and prOtruding tongue. Each day they
discussed her, but they never added hem
to her dress and never, never did up her
hair.
Constant inspection of an undeniahle
mustache at length caused 'the girls" to
jump Benjamin from 10 years to 90 in
which niche he was sure to remain for the
rest of his life. He was too alive to his own
dignity for them not to yield in this respect.
An occasional oath drove from him the de
lusous which could easily enwrap the
young doctor and Ruth, alike distant. Ben
iamin had put on manly things in an I'M
manly way. The girls could cuddle him,
but only on his own terms cash down. He
viewed himself with the eyes of faith, and
!
/ for"
/ In reality he was puny and meager, with
| a bicycler's back, but without the compcn.
sating muscle. He made no mistake about
/ Ruth's age and appearance She would be
altogether adorable and desirable. The
mistake be did make was in thinking that
such perfection could be for him But then
he plumed himself on being a young man
Of the times, and young men of the times
are satisfied with Nottingham is, with
themselves. He was a young man of the
time. All, well, the times must then be out
of joint
Matthew LOOMS, the father, had long
/ since passed into another sphere, there 10
atone by an eternal contemplation of the
| Malthusian theory. The gentle mother
! had sunk into that state where every day
is Saturday evening. The girls managed
the household and Benjamin managed the
girls. They and be shared everything in
common-that is, they held and he enjoyed
! As he told the boys at the club he look ed
after the estate" He did, after its in
crease, and when he had finished there was
| no need of any one else doing so, for there
remained nothing to see. But he satisfied
the girls, and what more could n brother
do2 Since they proclaimed him the flower
/ of the family, he would accommodate them
so far as his attributes permitted by com
placently abstaining from all manner OF
toilng and spinning.
One day Elizabeth, the enthusiastic
came to the assemblage of her sisters in {
great excitement. The house across thu
way was opened. The family had evident
ly returned. She had seen grand beauti
full young lady at the parlor window
/ - l. ~, - chit fra mt
had been so transformed by foreign travel
Nonsense" said Abigail, and sibilan
echo arose from the four. You do imagine
such extraordinary things, Elizabeth. w,
haven't changed; why should she? Likel!
you saw her governess.
Poor Elizabeth, she thought of so man,
arguments she could advance had sh
dared. But suppose she deserted this com
munity of thought, oh, where would sh
beS Wandering through a thicket witt
the glimnAer of one poor light, instead 0
the glow of six. Oh, no, spinsterhood re
quired support. ut must have been tn
governess," she assented.
But the next morning Benjamin declare
the unfolding of the hated chrysals. -
made "a call last EVENING" he confided t
them generally as they witnessed the opeT
ing of his eggs. "A most charming cree
ture, by Jovel Ny old friend, Ruth Atkins
was quite taken off my feet" Luckil
the six were seated, else they might hay
followed his example.
Creature" snapped Abigail. she wa
always that" and there was an attempt d
contemptuous laughter. Yet how coul
one laugh contemptuously when one wa
inclined to cry and to scratch' The idei
What right had that chit to gain form an
| it no Of inn
, dence and shamelessness to thus acquir
foreign graces for the undoing of youn
menu Thank God, the good, old fashione
way yet sufficed for them, nor were the
without honor either. Did not the youn
doctor still maintain his respectful admire
tiong There was comfort in this commo
thought which covered over, though
could not deaden, their fiery rage againS
Ruth.
And the next day they met her face I
face, or rather six faces, and such flint
. ones against, ali, such a tender one An III
, equal combat, yet the weaker force with
drew the fresher. Ruth smiled as she ar
preached and blushed little. Her eye
were raised almost imporngly as sh
bowed. The six, in n serried column, glaI
ed, with glances rs cold and eXpressionles
as bosses on a church window. Oh, the de
light of such II triumph For once six dis
Greet dresses were tritle tight across ST.
eXultant breasts. For once there was
break in old time "reminiscences, I'VE hav
taught her her place" said Abigail. Am
Benjamin lesson" responded the five.
All, the confident bliss Of ignorance! A
that moment Ruth's place was by the youni
doctors side, rehearsing her encounter t,
their mutual amusement. At that momen
Benjamin at his club was assuring some O
the boys that he was ''gone coon" an,
about to do the great act and to put hi
head in the moose. 80 let's have on
more for a send off" A pleasing habit i
is to thus substitute flushed fancy for sobe
fact-a pleasing habit, but a dangerou
one especially if the next day continue
where the day before left off.
1t was nearing the dinner hour on tn