The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-03-15
Dada F1lrElnS' Wedding
3, VIOLA R19GsC 70.

AMI tnOlr thuCluRi ny WV way, thOubh
q triio mora energetic than Is faGhiona-
bic, was not bad.
For time all went swimmingly,
though the damoralizing features Of so.
cial democracy grew upon Harry when
he asked Charley to dance with him,
ONLY TO be told that she had already
promised more dances than she expect
ed to perform.
a new quadrille was just forming
when somsthing happenod-in fact. a
good deal happened all at once. or SO
near it that the effect was the same, and
now | synpithize with Carlyle in his
dospairing sense Of tho inadequacy OF
narration, which must proceed 10y Sc
uuences, to the task of portraying his
tory, where things are always happening
simultaneously 1t is like trying to
| draw house with one line.
Mrs. Peytee was standing up to dance
with the bridegroom and was near the
open door As the neutrality-suspicious.
squeaks issued from the fiddle a man,
in her own phrase, ''lunged" through
the door, threw an arm violently around
her waist and-was knocked down by
the bridegroom. Mrs. Peytee was not
| tho woman to throw away ANY cards fate
/ in the course of the game put into her
hands She flew into the arms of the
colonel, who had risen precipitately from
has seat by the fro, crying pitoously up
OH him, her Cousin Charles, for protoc-
sion. One of the young Hardness, not too
sober himself, alasl recognized in the in
toxicated intruder his long lost brother
in the Texas penitentiary he had been
when last heard of-and, suddenly fired
by that ardor of blood relationship al
ways SO easily awakened by those intrud-
ers known as kin by marriage" he
fell upon the bridegroom with blows.
The brotha' rose and proceeded to take
his own pa as well, and in seven Sec
onds from MS entrance all the men in
the place were in one wild melee, and
the women were huddled together as far
off as they could get, some screaming,
some faiIting, while Mrs. Harkins and
Dade, stirred by different spirit, loud
ly called upon Art and Bill and ''you, Fl"
Hank, to be ashamed of themselves, and
to stop their "scandalous" behavior, in
terspersing their adjurations with severe
comments Oh the male sex generally and
individually apd with some very sound
abuse of tho whisky, which was indeed
1T the bottom of the trouble There was
something comforting to the other wo.
men in their accustomed air through all
this, but even their wrathful equanimity
broke Gown when the sound of pistol
shot rang out. 1t was fred by the youn'
ger Hat liins boy, who only iineC Mt the
wall aIil was merely carry ing cut his
yuutaf il IDEAS o. whit was tittiD
\ few minute before the row OeG'.r
Cllrloy had stepped out of doors witt
the other young man to look ut tle
moon. Sho was 50 tired OF lin that She
had then invented an errand to get rio
of him for five minutes and had SEN
him to look in the buggy for suppositi
tious fan. Just as the shot was fired sht
appeared, white faced, in the doorway
much nearer the indistin2uishable com
batants and peacemakers than any of thu
other women:
, $50 back. Miss Charley! For God
sake, go awayv' Harry cried out, hi
voice saying deal more t'in his words
but Charley didn't 60 back She OIL,
dropped on her knees and screame'
"Harry, HIarry!" and Harry let 90 tn
Harkins he was holding AMI sprang to
ward her ana lifted her away from tina
doorstep. and with that they both dis
appeared.
1t is to be supposed that Charley ha'
, not noticed that her father was in quit
as much danger as her lover To tell tn
$ truth, of course both she and Hairy ha,
+ each whipped up the sense of the 9th
er's danger for their own dramatic pur
poses | have no doubt but the colone
objected to Charley being shot, but h
kins boys hand and did not feel con
strained to abandon the business in han
for her sake.
By the timo she and Harry We're seat
ed OH the wood pile-and it was yeI
short time-peace was restored and til
Improbable prodigal sent Off 10 a rri
| vate apartment in charge of his mis-
| guided brother, but Mrs. Peytee's agi
tation on this occasion, like Charley
own, was of an uncommonly endurin
nature She had too much astuteness
make nuisance of herself, and as ev
} cry one else Strengthened up and trie
to pass over the late unpleasantness a
e the most natural thing in the worle
preparatory to getting away as soon u
possible. she, too, seemed to strive t
appear ut ease, but she kept near til
colonel with an air Of dependence upo
' his protection and subtly conveye
sense of safety in his shadow which h
found very touching. She showed dis
eliminating judgment. too, as to wher
to turn, that pleased him and raised hi
idea of her intelligence. Evidently sh
did not make the mistake of consider
ing little rheumatic stiffness as helI
less old age. The colonel conceived tn
notion that it would be pleasant thin
to do the driving himself OH the wa
, home and to have Mrs. Peytee ON til
seat beside him. The reprehensi Bile fla,
was that the bit Of tussle had stirre
= the colonel's blood and made him fe,
10 years younger.
Harry, too, was considering the poss
III
er young man was q gentle, good nature
young fellow Harry resolved to NAL
col tldant of him ard beg him 70 SUI
re ldtr the trg';y md Charl y to l'Cr b.
trI il I'd, The ut. ar young man i;nin'
dia-ey y. blu lli.ltiy ~ / wit. the cage
ness II enllar asmeLt consented. |.
} h; { 10 soon .r doie SO than he was troI
biz for fear his surrender WIS unworil
/. properly high spirited man. He l:ne'
he had heard of blood flowing abol
# smaller matters, but he realized his ow
incapacity for living up to some hia
ideals and was helpless against his ow
human sense and sympathy.
Though quite in the dark about son
trifles whose amazing potential impo
lance We have seen. Mrs. Peytee cont
IDENTIFY and correctly announced tho el
gaRellent of his daughter 10 the colon