The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-16


Ten minutes after the telegram came
Sir Philip followed Mr.. Carnegie to the
study-a study in which no book was ever
opened but that which he had gone TO
fetch Bradshaw. Mrs. Carnegie thought
she knew what Sir Philip had gone to do
and tried to be patient while she awaited
the result
In a quarter of hour her husband came
and said: "My dear, have had great
very great surprise-it almost
amounted TO n shock
"What nonsense, Charlesl You must
have known what was coming
"Why should II You didn't"
Indeed | did l have known for 10
days that Sir Philip wanted to marry
Evien
but he doesnt-it is Dollie."
Even il Sir Philip did happen to be in
love with the young daughter, he was still
Sir Philip So, after Mrs. Carnegie was
sufficiently recovered to fit new heroine
into the romance in which she was SO
much interested, she sent out emissaries
in search of Dollie. No one could find her,
until at last an under gardener, being
much pressed by Mrs. Carnegie herself,
said. with evident reluctance, that Miss
Dollie might perhaps, he thought, be paint-
ing in Ladywell wood.
To reach this wood cornfield had to
be traversed, and just as Mrs. Carnegie
was half across it she saw Dollie in the
distance, bidding farewell to n gentleman |
with sketching bag on his back. The
unhappy lady stopped short in horror.
"This must, " she thought, be that odious
artist Cecilia Mainwaring was so afraid .
Of How can Dollie dare to see him, when
| have forbidden herr"
"Dollie," she exclaimed, "this is shame
full, have been trusting you all this time,
and you, ii seems, have been breaking .
your word ~
ooh, no, have mott l have not been
near the glen, and have never seen Mr.. .
Fleming until this morning Don't look .
like that, mother, am speaking the truth. .
| was on my way to tell you all about il"
"Tell me nothing of that kind 1want
to know nothing
"I3ut you must know, mother-you will
be forced to know. Mr.. Fleming has ask
ed me to marry him, and l have said
will"
"You havel Well, girls do stupid things
sometimes. But the sooner you undo this
the better!"
"Ah, you are angry because you still
think that he and l have been deceiving
you, " said Dollie tenderly, but, mother,
! we have not We really have not seen each
other since you spoke to me, until today,
and how he found out where Twas sketch
ing | don't yet know"
"And you never will. You will not see
him again"
ooh, but let me tell you how it all hap
penCd, and you will see how different ev-
erything is from what you imagine. He
/ to I al, I
fuse to say a word to him once he was
there could Il Besides, think he came
on purpose to ask me to marry him"
"Say no more about that, Dollie; it only
veXes me- You must have known tEat
you would never be allowed to do 1t"
"Mother ''-Dollie began, but her voice
failed her.
"Make no appeal to me, Dollie. I am
sorry for you, of course, if you care, but
you won't care long Be a good girl and
do your best. to dismiss this from your
mind at once and forever, and go to your
room now and write and tell that man
that you intend to do So"
"Where is Dollias" asked Mr.. Carnegie
when he and Sir Philip came.
"She was here few minutes ago. but
she has been sketching in the sun, and it
has been too much for her She had to
ache"
"Then l shall not see her unless l stay
till tomorrow" said Sir Philip after eX-
pressing much sympathy.
sob, you must not do that-you must
not offend your uncle. Besides, Dollie may
not be well enough to see you tomorrow. "
Sir Philip sighed woefully.
''She is not seriously i'll. If you will
take my advice, you will go today, as your
uncle wishes. You will stay at Glenfndie
as long as he stays-I think you said he
would be there n month-and when you
| have done that you will do us the great
pleasure of seeing you back here. Don't
distress yourself about seeing Dollie. 1t
| Is much better that you have not seen her.
! You would not have been able to get her
! to say what you wish without great deal
of ersuasion-certainly not in one day
even if she had been well. She has not
| the slightest idea that you care for her,
and she is very shy and timid."
Sir Philip departed, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Carnegie repaired to the study to write to
Mr.. Fleming. Their daughter they said,
might have hSrn temporarily led away by
persuasion, but now saw, as any one with
any Judgment must see, that marriage
with him was out of the question. They
| inclosed a letter from her which would
inform him of the true state of her feel
| ings and trusted that he would see the
proprety of leaving the neighborhood at
once.
"But can you get her to write that let
teri" asked Mr.. Carnegie.
"Oh, yes" replied his wife and went
to Dolie's room, which she did not leave
until she had succeeded.
Two tears had fallen on Dollie's paper
while she was writing Mrs. Carnegie had
seen the blisters which they raised, but
Dolly had suffered SO cruelty while writ
ing the letter that it was impossible to
insist on her making n clean copy. So 1t
wxtt with is blisters 70 Fleming and
sty~ngthened his conviction that Dollie
wsa acting under coercion.
lie wrote to her, but his letter was re-
turned by Mr.. Carnegie unopened. with
the words: "You have Lad your dismissal
from my daughter, and you have had it
from me. | request you at once to leave
this neighborhood. Should you persist in
remaining, steps will be taken to enforce
this request"
Fleming became desperate, and being
pOwerless in other ways called the wisdom
of the serpent to his aid and wrote: 90
find it so hard to believe that your daugh
ters nsind can have changed so suddenly
that entreat you to let me see her alon'
for 10 minutes. II you permit this, ant
she then speaks as she has written, Civ
you my word of honor as gentleman tt
accept her decision as final, and to leav'
this place at once"
"What nuisance the man is!'' exclaim
ed Mrs Carnegie "We shall have to lie
him come. Sir Philip returns next week
| We can't have this kind of thing goinl
on then"
, So, with great reluctance, Mr.. Carnegi
replied: "Since you refuse to believe tn
truth and insist on giving my daughte
: this pain, you may come tomorrow at IL
when she herself will tell you what he
wish is, You may see her for 10 minutes
but her family will be present
: "But he is a gentleman, thought Mrs