The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-10
MRS. A. FEATHERST0NE.
SHE WILL LEAVE HAWAII AND
HER TROUBLES.
A Character with Remarkably Fine Sem
timeDts -stilI Ciings to Her
False Husband.

MTf. Alice featnefstOne, tne nttle
/ lady whose expe riences of the past few
months would afford Hawthorne
a theme for pathetic novel, will leave
by the next Australia for California.
The circumstances of the assault upon
her by her husband, with knife in hand
ostensibly to take her life, while under
the influence of liquor, his arrest, trial.
conviction, sentence to the penetenti-
airy, escape and disappearance are
familiar to everyone.
Singularly enough too through the
dismal days of the trial, during which
Mrs. Featherstone evidenced great suf-
fering, ply steal and mental, the cruelty
injured wife chung to the ashes OF the
trust she had reposed in her unfaithful
husband and even on the stand stated,
in defense of the man who had sought
to take her life, that he was not in his
right mind when the assault was made.
After Featherstone had been in Jail
for several weeks he made his escape.
| The police succeeded in tracking him
several miles down the coast and then
lost their clue. Some natives, however,
stated that the refugee had taken u boat,
put off from shore, had gotten caught in
a dangerous current among the rocks
and had probably been swallowed up by
the waves.
Weeks have gone by and nothing has
been seen or heard of the man. This
island has been searched and the chances
are against his having escaped to the
other islands or to some foreign coun.
try. 1t is possible that he has found
haven on Oahu and awaits an opportu-
nifty to escape; but it is more than prob
able that recklessness has driven him
to the course presumed above.
In the meanwhile, during the suspense
between his escape and the present time
and the uncertainty of his fate, the little
woman who once chung to him as her
strong lord has remained close at home.
And, too, singular as it may seem, the
love she once had for Arthur Feather
stone, instead of being crushed by his
cruelty and unfaithfulness has been
quickened by the fearful circumstances
of his fate. Her own terrible grievances
have been lost sight of in her anxiety
with respect to him, and this in the face
of the protests of friends who have con-
stantly tried to tear her mind from the
subject.
"When lie assailed me he was not in
his right mind" she continued to say.
"Many years ago he sustained spinal
injuries from fall and il frequently
effected his mind, more especially when
drinking, People have abused him,
censured him aud the newspapers have
said much. Truly his crime was ser.
ious one; the suspense and uncertainty
is terrible affection | would know
the truth however bad or pleasant, it
might be.
She leaves four weeks from today and
may not retun. She said last night she
was going away from the Islands and
would strive to forget. "But." said she,
81 can hardly bear the idea of leaving
without learning something of his fate
| Whether he lives or does not and have
no means OF ascertaining; but | who
know him best can say they knew him
none too well.
''He was not in his right mind wher
he assaulted me with the knife. 1t was
foreign to his nature to do such thing
and it was all simply cruel mistake
My trials have been great, my suffering
almost unbearabe and perhaps to leav,
the SC, mes of our trouble will be better
Mrs. Featherstone has proved herself
a remarkable woman in her trouble
She has gone through the fire, if the
worst test to which woman can be pu
may be SO called, and has certainl,
come out faithful to the man in whom
she trusted and upon whom she relieC
for her happiness through life.
In Thursdays STAR is to be found
beautiful poem from the pen of the sub
ject of this article. In its six verse
she betrays more of the feelinl
to which much OF the above refers thai
any other person treating the case coul
cmbody in small volume. In tn
second stanza, for instance, the pitifu
truth breaks forth in the followin,
words:
Oh, beautiful isle in thy presence I've born
Such sorrow that words can ne'er tell;
My heart is crushed down by its might
5 weight,
D For love him yet-all, all too we'll
3 The story from beginning to end is
pathetic one and may continue so to b
for many years; but it illustrates
3 devotion more pure and lasting tina
: the pen can describe and the narratio
of "a Wife's Devotion" in real, practices
n life.
SCHOOL HOUSE BURNED,