The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-06-06
MY BET.

NJ L DEL.
At the little dinner Of three which
Alec Bradford was giving | hadn't
drunk more than three glasses Of wine
in all But have been a temperate
man throughout my life and possibly
even this moderate indulgence made me
unwontedly rash.
Perhaps my unstrung nerves had q
good deal to do with the matter as we'll
] had fed from the home of a tyrannic-
al stepfather here in New York about
six years ago. when the merest boy,
just after my mothers death. Count
less hardships had beset me since then,
but now had gained in the far west
at least a hopeful semblance of prosper
ity. had come back with only n single
purpose-to find my twin sister. Ruth
Amberley, and bring her to dwell out
there in Kansas with myself and my
beloved young wife.
fearful, yet striving to smile through
her tears, Clara had hidden me goodby.
''It's dreadful to have you go alone.
Frank" she faltered. "Still, you know,
you owe it to your sister. You never
wrote to tell her where you were for a
long time after you'd driven your tent
stakes here into Ashbyville.
II know-I know, Clara 1t was my
jealousy, suppose
Jealousy of stepfatheri And of
such shocking despot as you paint him
tool And how could Ruth have run
away with you as you proposed in your
madly boyish fashion? And as for her
not answering the letters you've writ
ten her since remorse has begun TO prick
you-why, there isn't doubt that she
never received them. Her stepfather's
probably moved away from where he
used to live, OF it may be that he's dieo
and"-
"That Ruth's dead, too" broke in
dismally, "or driven out into the bit
ter world by that same brute who drove
me there"
Twas destined to learn on my arrival
in New York that my stepfather had
died over two Yeas ago Concerning
Ruth no one could tell me. Our former
home held new tenants. l made count
less inquiries and oven put advertise
ments into newspapers My stepfather
had left all his money, discovered (no
great sum either. to certain relations
in Baltimore. These. answering my let
ters regarding the whereabouts Of Ruth.
could only tell me that she had left her
stepfather good while before his death,
and that they believed some kind Of
quarrel had caused the separation.
Some kind Of quarrelP' / forlornly
mused "Oh, how horrible to think that
the sister once so dearly cherished may
be In want and sufferingl But of one
thing am certain. Ruth could never
20 wrong, no matter what hateful crisis
ovsrteok her. She was and will always
stay purity and refinement to her finger
tips Our dear dead mother taught her
that and gave IL To her as well as the
strange and sweet sanctity Of inherit
nnce.
Iwrote to my wife several sad letters
aud one was so desperately repentant in
Its tenor that she answered it with a
kind Of sweet savagory.
"How dare you say, Frank, that you
feel as If you had killed Ruth?" ran her
response. "If you want TO make my
LONELINESS which / am irving TO bear a.
S-ava,,, as c.n still moro d;s,ress;no
to me, you will not write again in q
mood both SO morbid and so absurd. "
p~,ns,,.,oI ,,;th Az Rradfo,d and
Iohn Hathawav two friends whom
h.d mada in the west and who were 4,
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wrs,ohed,v honaless than I cared To re-
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