The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-05-28
MISS O'SHEA.

N@CWer balcony or the casino was crowded,
sSd even ON the broad stretch of stone
Placement the chairs were so close that
The passerby had to pick his way, po-
litely RGndful of women's trains and
mems Feat. Outside the sea wall the
ocean lay lcecg and level, part of it paled
by ynoonlighf.A and here and there ON its
darker expanse hpecked with the small,
steady lights Of anchored yachts. The
scene was i,icturesIue-a black arch
spanning "a niooniir roadway, a gate
tower, dark against tee sky, with
round, bright moon shining over its
shoulder, q glinlmering on white waves
soothing about broken rocks. From the
cmner OF the balcony where S,se must
clans sat hoated the strains, OF VOL
fraiR's s.Song to the Evening Star, "
with it's undertoue Of ineHable, piecc
ing sadness.
I5 was Just at this propitiouS moment
that the crowd ut the far end Of the bal
.cony became aware that the crowd Mt
tho end near tae main entrance were
.easoying Il sensation. There was a rns-
tie OF crushed silk rs the women moved
IN their CHAIRS, q universal turning Of
beads, raising Of girls lorgnettes, an
adjusting Of men y glasses. q 1nurInur-
Gus interulingI;ng OF queries and then "a
running FIRE Of comment, not too care
fully suppressed: Wen, did you eTeri
Who are they. fo- pity sake? Has She
ever been here before? Where are they
FROM Did you say it was an actress?"
And 81; tho heads slowly reyoived or
the criined necks IA all the eyes turned
to follow three Dsw arrivals walking
down the balcony.
Miss ESperanza O. Shea had often been
stared ut, but never to this extent. rs
Il Californian, beauty and al heiress,
she had known what it was to bedooked
upon with curiosity, admiration and
envy. But she had never before left her
native state; hence she had never been
subjected TO fhe broad, bold, r,iwinking
stare Of the cultured east. Nevertheless
she bore it with the impassive apiomb
OF one born and bred IN its fierce, bright
glare, and at the head of the family
walked slowly down the long varanda,
tie little eortege trotting ut her heels as
it had done, fgtuativeiy speaking, ever
& ssiace she had been old enough to walk
at all.
\ Miss O'Silea invariably led her faant-
81 IN all things. She had done so since
p er :euderest years Her papa, q big,
A. Drii, grizzied man. III high gray hat
a. Il q loosely hanging gray suit, always
OF kyed Esperanza. As TO her mamma,
shy Mas q Mexican, and though she had
lives. for 90 years under the shadow Of
our hos. Sitablo flag she had never been
able ~ Master the intricacies OF our
complicated t-s-...<uags and could tho-r-
fore hardly te shec,>..ad 20 guido the s'.gs..~
of Der extremely self ~H.i.s'it s'..-- ~ -
Close upon the zlltsi cialis,>+s -'5..as |
paused, her darlly circles. eyes faiting !
upon three vacant chairs. She indicated ,
them with the gesture OF one used to |
command, and her obedient parents ST. |
lensly seated themselves Mr.. O'Shea |
took of his hat, ran a fat. short finger |
sd hand through his grizzled hair and !
respired the sea air, then turned his |
eyes inward AID made no sound. Mrs |
O'Shes. whom the lights revealed to be |
q dark, fat, WHISTLES, formless lady, |
with ink black hair and nlustache, the |
possession, of which would have made |
the heart of a sophomore sing, in6ulged !
III soft Spanish mutterings and went to !
sleep with the promptitude OF one who
knows what is expected Of q we'll train
eli Spanis, mother. Miss Q Shea alone
remained alert aud watchfUl and gave
the crowd stare for stare.
E was not Surprising that 81 crowd
should stare at this brilliant young lady.
She was made mp with an open and IN
bIushing frankpess That bespoke igno-
rance OF tie popular prejudice against
this; form OF decoration. Rice pow
der was thick on the bridge OF her
nose. There was pink on her cheeks
and red on her lips. Her hair,
carled down TO her eyebrows, was
bleaehed bright bronze red. She was
tail and we'll formed, with square, broad
shoulders and a tiny waist. Her foot,
peeping from the hen, Of her skirt IL .
white Esa slipper worked with gold, was
z,y no means small Neither were her
hands, bIt they were white rs MIX,
beautifully shaped and covered with
superb rings. As for her dress, Jt was
an indeseribabiy gorgeous creation OF
white and gold, with q bodice Of dead
white suede braided from neck &c waist
sine In gold arabesques- But neither
paint, powder nor bad dressing eSuid
hide that she was handsome AID yonng
Where On earth mas she come FROM"
Ereathed tho crowd. with the VIDE eyes
OF lively atnazeIneEi-
II. Had this query been put directly 20
Miss O'Sbea she would have answered
with u,arufEed good hu1rW that she had
como straight from California Tor the
purpose OF having good tin,e." Her
father, tSo, had thought that she ought
to have a good time, she would have
continued VIII. the charming franlness
Of 10, not New York or Boston or
even Chicago -. but 3 California IS.
an Is that had glas1icd its experience OF
men and manners flora life on a ranch
near MERGED, varied daring the last two
years by winters in TIE town house III
Sacramento.
After serious perusal Of the papers
Esperanza O'Shea had come "a lao con-