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

soul a r,uula,yc object lac certainly was
Co any fair young vottry vi love. yet deli
cate huuls seized him, beautiful form
bent aud strained aud dragged him 90 one
side gust Foo time.
Benjamin, ga-piug and giddy, lay prone
ia the dust. IL was comfortable there, since
one knew that Que could not fall any lower
and when trees and houses and sky wers
behaving In such an extraordinarily u.s.
natural fashion. such comfort was no
tride He klav, moreover, that It was
Ruth who stool beside him, aud be reached
out his hand and grasped her dress aud
pressed its hem TO his lips. The girl tore
from his clutch and fed into the house
out from the Loomis homestead poured
the devoted six They bore the stricken
man within, weeping over him as often
they had wept over naughty schoolboy
with a dirty face and tenderly ministeriug
TO him.
And when benjamin was fast asleep in
his bed and the girls had settled into six
accustomed chairs five inquisitive noses
and five expectant chins were turned to-
ward Abigail She spoke, and her words
were like the clip of the shears of Atropos.
Dear RUTH she said, II always did
love her How nice It is that she has grown
our Joint hand has formed her Girls, we
do not lose a brother, we gain a sister"
At this original remark there was pen.
tachord of signs, and then the six shared
an unalterable belief.
1--WE must go to her at once with our con
CALCULATIONS" continued Abigail
"Shall we wear the moreS" asked Eliza
| beth tlmidly
! "Certaiuly-out of respect to the head o.
| our house"
/ The girls, stiff with proportional shares
of that MORE antique whose wholesale pur
chase had been one of the last acts of thei
late lamented father and a viaticum to hi
departure, stalked across the street in orde
of age-that is, in an equal line The even
ing was balmy and the parlor window
opening on the porch were thrown apart.
I'VE mustn't stand on ceremony witt
relatives" said Abigail. And one by on
they passed into the room like camel
through needles eye The interior wa
dark; yet from the conservatory, in tn
rear there came glimmer, and thithe
they made their way. Before the broa
arched entrance they paused and reforme
their line with the precision of veteran:
Then forward! Through the clusterin
palms appeared "A glimpse of white. Yes
there was the sweet child musing doubt
less on the blissfulness of her lott lively
arms were elongated to fullest extent, 81
tongues lisped Dear sist-" and then GLOW
with horror to the roofs of six individuJ
mouths! For as Ruth rose to receive ht
guests the young doctor rose also, nor di
he deem it unbecoming to retain his Ell
thralling embrace.
"Hussyl" Kissed Abigail
well, never!' exclaimed the five. An
with vehement gyrations they swept bac
and away, and if any dust of that hou,
chung to their feet it was not from lack
vigorous shaking.
After this it was generally remarked tn;
the Loomis girls began to show their az
for ideality, like all other cosmetics, is on
successful through constant use.
As for Benjamin, when the news WI
broken to him, he became quite tremulol
of hand and pallid of lip. But later in Il
day at the club he regained his equanimit
and boosted that however sweet the song
the sirens there was no remedy so etfecti'
AS stuiling ones ars.-New York Times