The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-03

fellow who lal been che Hre.t Hl a.,.
efHl ulhpa .u tHe seur. OFF Dol. we'll known
unsuccessful suit udIr'y turned m
anger
% c.1ll marry hyf tomorrow o. bod
m0uU,. ha exclaimed. vItlu u.Hr.
"p-h.h.h' You'd N.,. tu G.l % now
hD. .H you 0r-t' umo quick r..rt
o think my face BE- iuf as pretty
ola p.airl ~ocaIHs and she tried hard
enough t0 got him. a'l .bs mU"
"luu better Say hc tried for nor, yes.
was tine reply
Pat. although talkur quietly aside,
caught and understood every word.
Tried uothiug' continued Tramonot-
ii. However wanted her. Married her
rich cousin, yes! But Carlotta tried
pretty hard 60 get him. Myself saw her
every minute pass before him in the shop
and make sheep eyes"
Pat could stand no more.
can I say we're a liur" he exclaimed,
rising and facing the speaker
The effect of his words was magical.
A stiffness fell upon the assembly. Aft
er an interval an old man, Tramonettis
uncle, broke the silence.
"Wath-a youlnowce 'bouth? he asked,
turning languidly to the Irishman with
/ that apathetic manner beneath which
anything may Turk.
sure an do iist happen accidentally
| to know that that young man is Il liurH
| The object Of his accusation quietly lit
a cigarette.
How ees-a you l5nowce? Socola selve
ees-a tell everybody neva ees-a Iowa tall.
Wath-a you knowce"
And now another spoke-a cousin OF
Tramonetti.
"Socola ees-a tell ALA mans on Plea
yune tier she ees-a try for 'eem ALA
same
Grunts of assent in several directions
testified that the story was familiar.
AN he's another liur, an Id tell ut to
is gums, the toothless ould macaroni
suckeri Sure an I've had me two GERS
pricked for this same lie this twelve
month. an bedad I've laid low an KEEP
shtill for ut! An did e say she thried to
catch i'm, the contimpuble little river
shrimp--he that had is two eyes set ont
like yung telescopes afther err
/ troub' B'lief SOcola ees-a just talk TO
/ play!' suggested another.
Thin I'm playin when l tell We that
he thried wud all the Eloquent perrsua-
sion av his money bags to buy 'er!-of-
fered the ould man a thousand dollars
down for 'er, an pitched imself i'll at
the end o the thrade, like a punkin col
ored chrome for laguiappe, but the girl
sure do raise me hat whin do spaie
er name"-every hat followed as he
lifted his own-"but the girl wudn't
look ut 'um! An the night he married
'er pug nosed cousin sure he KEN in the
kerridge wud all is crowd for 'erself, an
she shkipped out the window an hid
So whin he cudn't get CORN e took
shucks, as mony O. yen do afther i'm!
Now putt thatin yer pipe an shmoke ut!'
He turned now again to Tramonett.
AN this yung gas chandelier heer,
who SEE e seen 'er wink at i'm, is dirty
black
"Ah-h-h-h! Ged out! NJ iust-a mague
lila fun, drawled the boy.
IAN We take ut back. wul YEP
The men We're all laughing now at the
new version of the Socola marriage.
80 the oil man got fooled, chr said
one.
But say, dye take ut backT" per
sisted Pat.
'Ain't sayce was-a plan? Fo' Goo
sague, how much-a mo- you wan'?" AnC
he rose to go.
The storm was past, and by twos and
threes the men dispersed, laughing and
talking as they went.
As Pat moved away an old man, who
had sat apart in the shadow, stood up,
and the light from the gas at the corner
fell upon visage sinister, one eyed and
lowering.
Pat instantly recognized it as the face
of man who had been present at the
Di Carlos on the night of the Socola wed
ding. Indeed it was he who had been
sent to Pat as interpreter on this occa
sion of the Malta anathema. Pat thought
of this. but he did not care.
AS he turned his back another man
arose out of the shadow at the other end
of the shed. He, too, had been guest al
the wedding.
The two Sicilians, who We're now left
alone, regarded each other in silence fol
moment, when the last to rise made
the sign of the Malta The answering
motion was given, and the two, still
silent, sat down together again in the
shadow.
They were bound by oath to report
this disclosure to Socola, and they knew
what the inevitable result would be
The Irishman's words would prove hi
death sentence.
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