The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-12-06

ly. Your hair has been dyed from dark
to gold Are you going to the ball in
that metamorphosis?"
"Assuredly l am. l think l look
charming. You shall see what a success
l shall makel'
But suppose you do not, suggested
her grandmother.
"What difference would it make? l
wanted to satisfy my within. Besides the
rolor of my hair was little faded,
thought, and in this golden tint there
is suggestion of gayety which pleases
me immensely.
Nine de Versac only kept on shak-
ing her head slowly
Take care take care, my child" she
| repeated
Albert waited for Therese and his
grandmother at tho threshold of the
ballroom. He was in hope that after
| talking with the old lady Therese
would appear dressed with simplicity
and taste, without the brilliance he
considered vulgar, and triumphant sim
ply in her youth and loveliness
But when he caught sight of her
leaning on his grandmother arm, with
her hair Dyed and in rich, snowy
toilet that would have been more suit
able for wealthy young married wom-
an, his face darkened under q blush.
Good evening, my cousin, he said
to her coldly.
And after few words of greeting
had been exchanged he moved away and
lost himself in the crowd.
Nine. de Versac pressed the girls
arm, and in low voice said to her:
"Was 1 right? Did you not see how
shocked Albert was with your frivol-
ity?"
Il don't think so, grandmother. He
will come back and ask me to dance"
But during the whole course of the
evening the little coquette saw nothing
of her cousin. He avoided her. When
the whirling crowd of dancers brought
her within his neighborhood, he moved
away. He danced a great deal. He was
charming and Impressed to all her
friends and with all the girls at the
ball who were not overdressed and had
not come there merely to show them
selves off. He flirted with some and sat
out with Others He was delightful to
all.
Therese, of course, noticed all this, and
affected on her side an unnatural gayety
that was intended to show how much
she could enjoy herself even when AL
bert was not by her side.
In her heart she was sad. She left the
ball early, saying she was tired and had
heaache. The young coquette under.
stood the lesson her cousin wanted tC
; teach her.
And as the days passed away change
began to be noticeable in her toilets and
/, finally in the color of her hair The tint
grew softer and began gradually to give
= way again to the natural color.
Was it the effect of love deceived ant
: of lost lover? Therese had sacrificed
her golden hair and her exaggerated
i dresses. She was gradually becoming
the excellent little manager that moral
= lists love to praise.
% She read good books, she knitted, sh
did embroidery work and engaged il
u such reasonable conversation with tn
grandmother that the old lady noticed
u with pleasure and surprise the chang
Il that had taken place in her protegee
. The grandmother was very happ,
over the transformation of her beautiful
o Therese. She wrote to her grandson t,
y say that she had changed.
g She wrote that she had never know
so reasonable a girl, so simple, natural
g reserved and with such simple tastes
I The best thing he could do was to COM
o and see her. He would see no more gold
u en- hair and no more exaggerated ant
q snowy costumes. He would find cir
who had sacrificed her coquetry to he
Q love, and girl who was ready to low,
him with all her heart
She also said in her letter that if thi,
were the test he had wished to put the
girl to she had come through it victori
ously
Albert did not wait to be told twice.
He had never forgotten his love for her,
and he came to Nine. de Versac with
confidence and joy. When he entered
the room, he saw Therese.
She rose to meet him lovingly, with
her hands outstretched. She let her head
; fall with a murmur of pleasure ON his
shou, Ter, and as he put his arm around
her supple waist he pressed loving
kiss on her parted lips.
"Albertl'
"Theresel"
You still love me?r she whispered.
> eyes, / love you'll / love you more
than ever, more than formerly, because
I your love for me is stronger than your
coquetry. Now have confidence in you.
You were pretty. very pretty, with YOU
fine dark hair. In order to move with
the fashion and to satisfy your coquet
fish fancy you made your hair golden
From that moment / have kept away
1 from you. Now that you have becom,
yourself again l give you back m,
heart. l love you more than ever. Whei
your hair turns golden again, / shall
know that you no longer love me. "
1T never will, " she cried, with pas
sion.
$ Never" he asked in low voice.
d "Neverl'
j Alas, the word "never" has no mean
u ing for the majority of womankind.
Two years later Therese was to
!, seen driving daily in the Bots with
mass of golden hair on the top of he
10 head But Albert was not by her side
n From the French
@ Positive Cases.
Bishop Wilmer of Louisiana once ha
Is d talk with a Baptist minister, who in
g. sisted that there were several places il
10 the Bible where immersion was unques
n tionably referred to. Yes, replied tn