The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-07-05


culcd tHn0ly bourgeois do
hutuW enough %. Au Irist Is
nHn ll loved tine b'autIfui The love ~
oHWiW thing. us an expensive taste
Ono hturiuf asllcai fine antique tapestry
HOW h1r3 20 rosi.t the pleasure OF buy
Ing some Of III One reads the description
Of some wonderful monument recently
discovered Why not 20 TO see it' Study.
ing works Of art rs n duty with artists.
The most dangerous for thcm, however,
are the large advertisements posted ON the
walls and bearing Ia large red letters these
cthuhstlc words Thirty days tour In the
north Of Italy, with the privilege Of su,y.
ing over In any OF the principal cities, only
100 francs That sounds 80 cheap. Bnr-
gnlns arc always dangerous These large
advertisements are as demorulizing Us
pawnhrokors' shops and IL Is all tire harder
10 rrsist temptations Of this sort because II
seems ones duty TO succumh to them.
Our young couple, therefore, accumhcd
iD tlDu very often, and il you will reinem
bai lhat Henri WIS very fond Of his wife
and consequently wished her % be always
very vcll dressed and that 10 the course
of three years they had two children, you
win easily understand that when the SEC
ond half of'euch quarter came they were so
hard up" that they almost broke the
heart of good Mime Dcsgranges aud
brought down ON the head Of NJ Dcs
oranges @ torrent Of abuse and cntrcaties
N dear. bog OF you to increase their
iuc9mv'
shall certainty NOT do that, an
sWcrou No. DpsEraugcs II am only too
well pleased with tho way in which have
aotpd 10 Is too good to be changed. V
j. Ns TO pD
them aud 80 let Thorn he SO cnibarassud:.
Arc they in debit
'Tcrrihly so. my dear husband
nAI the better My son -in-law win
have TO try all the harder 70 get himself
moro work
But he does not seem to succeed in
Hudiu. IT,"
Al the more reason that he should
work hard to get it 80
.Thsr expenses arc constantly tncreas-
You mean their happiness
Then AS Nine DesgranEes raised her
hands toward heaven, Come, wife said
he. Dot US talk scuIbly. Let us suppose
that three years ago had given my daugh-
tor the extra 100 900 francs as you wanted
mc 10 do what would have been the re
sults
1.-THE result would have been, said
N1ur Dcsgrangus with mixture OF in
d.Enouon and tenderness THAT instead OF
their having to- suffer privations, as they
have been Obliged to do for the last three
years instead Of having been obliged to
give mp everything --
stop, stop, dear wife. 1t seems 70
me -
1T secms to you! Well, shall tell you
Q a. I s.N
dinner timc.-and see their little simple
dinner, one dish of meat, one kind Of veg
urahlc and mo- sweet dishes tho poor dcars
and when come home and find our table
Ioldpd with all mausr Of good things
roast chickens larded partridges-lur you
must have them lardod nowadays 49,
VOL my dear, why mott I'm growing
ok.
Wei, can only say it makes me sick.
J rcproach myself for every mouthfui l
cat'
"Wcn do not.
al think we arc disgusting"
"Wife, wife, be calm and come back to
the point. for you have wandered of from
it entirely Follow my reasoning if you
can. Ii b now the 9TH OF November Our
daughter, our sou-in-law, their two chill
dlon and their two servants have been
here i'm our country house with us since
the 18th OF August which is three months
and two days, and they expect to stay
with us until we Leave, on the goth of De
rpmhcr,
NNcll do you wish to roproach them foI
staying hcrcF Are you grumhling at what
they cost your Do you intend TO send them
away Come now; stop there.
DO YOU wish to deprive me of the sight
of my children, which constitutes my only
happucs7f'
Thank you, my dear!
Oh / know YOU You find that th,
children make zoo much noise. Poor dar
liug- THOR litrlc voices are SO sweet
their little ways so cunningV'
But who says anything to the contra
ryt' cried NJ. Dcsgranges impatiently
DO ler me talk, and once more beg o.
you 20 listen to my reasoning Why have
our daughter and son-in-law staid with rs
for thIte months and two daysy Anc
why are they going to stay with US unit
the goth of December
',Nlat "a question! Because they love
us and are happy with us. Because they
know that they give us pleasure Because
they are affectionate, tender hearted -
In fact, just the opposite Of what | am
Is it NOT soi' said NJ Desgranges, laugh
ing
Then going to his wife he said: Let m,
embrace you. l adore you, because yoJ
viii always remain O. child"'
What 4 childn
81 mean to say that you viii always b
the Same good, naive crcdulous, contldint
crcatur, that ! married with 30 mucl
pleasure.
What do you meant Naive, credu
lousy answered Nine Desgranges, slight
" offended do you pretend that on
children arc not '---
"No. my dear wife they arc all that yol
say. and more also But do you really bc
lieve Tint your daughter, who is so prett
that she loves to show herself because. pee
pie have pleasure in looking at her-tha
your sun-in-law, with his artistic taste
and his Imagination would leave Pari
and the first pleasures Of the winter an
mako the journey back and forth every da
to attend to his business simply for tn
p pleasure of playing game of piquet wit
3 n lather-in-l who Is beginning to gro'
deaf and mother in-law who is gettin
20 DO rather too talkatiyeY
But what do you think them Wha
Z do you suppose keeps them so long wit
9 usi"
Ny dear, said NJ. Desgranges laugh
inglg, do you remember that when yo
3 were young and had beautiful hair 70
were always delighted TO go to the countI
t In order not To have 10 part it, so rs TO pr
G vent it growing thin on the partY Wei
K our children are delighted to stay here
b urlH O. give thuir purse a rest.
shameful cried Nine DesErango
b do YOU really think -