The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-03-09

"You have spent a full third Of IL
dangling after Tony Morris' the old
man went on.
II am glad to say you are right, sir. "
the son returned.
mo doubt you think yourself in love
with her?"
II know it," Curtis said.
'H-ml Do you not know also that her
father
Eyes. know everything, tho whole
miserable story" the son burst out, his
hands clinching ssvagely. 81 dare say
you'll disinherit mo for saying it," he
went on. perhaps deserve it anyway
for loving that mans daughter, but
cannot think it was right for you,
knowing all that had come and gone,
to live here among these people, where
all that old coil might come back upon
an innocent headp'
why, what's up? Has tho girl re-
fused youT' Colonel Cross asked, and
the moon rays showed him smiling.
Eyes. She has refused me-refused
me in such fashion that cannot misun-
derstand it for pretty maiden ruse. l
begged for the tiniest hope. l would
wait, do, endure anything. Then she
told me, as delicately as it might be
told, of all that lay between us, of how
impossible it was that you and my moth
er should not hate her, and how more
than impossible it was that she should
be willing to SOW division between them
and their only child"
conscientious, must sayl We ought
to be very grateful, l." Colonel Cross said,
drawing deep breath. MY lad" he
went on, fiinging an arm over his sons
shoulder, 81 will disinherit you if you
are such faint heart as to let that re-
fusal daunt you. Even if still felt bit
terly toward Antony Morris, poor fel
low, what other revenge could be sc
complete as to see his daughter my SOM
wifel As the case stands feel that
owe him great deal. Bitterly as | suf
fered at his hands, he taught me thai
chivalry is something more than {
name-that it is, in essence, the consid
Grafton Of the strong for the weak Of
helpless. More than that, he made me {
free soil man, and so gave me your moth
er and my after career. Say, youngster
are you ready to assume your fathers
debit"
"Yes, sirr' Curtis said meekly, but
wringing his fathers hand. 81 think
though, it will take lifetime to pay i
properly. "
mo doubt Of it, and you can't begii
too soon," the colonel said, smiling a
his hoy. You'll have pretty hard row
to hoe, though Tony is, l think, to-
gallant and sensible to be unreasonable
Nanny is the lion in your path.
But to the astonishment of everybody
most of all herself, Nanny surrendere,
without discretion. At the infair whicl
made the county open its eyes, she ad
mitted to Sis May johnson, between
mouthfuls of wedding cake:
II gut mo- finger an mos anybod.
in dis yere wedding pie Seem lex TIC
ny she DIES CAN'T gree wild herself to
say yes ner no. Den took an 'suad
my chile, an 'suade her, dough hit di
go 'ginst de grain. thunk erbout oil
marster an Marse John Ant'ny an al
dat; den thunk erbout Tony, gal born
J ed quality. dribin ole mules ter mill
wild no much ter cay, an singin cav
songs on de road. Pear lex dat WI
wusser'n chen ma'yin de Harp eros
boy. Marse John Ant'ny hisse'f woul
low he wus right likely an mon RICH
peart. Dee tells me, too, when Tony &
, wild i'm ter de presidents house, sh
gwine come way yander at de head o
} DIES de common sort. dunno bout dat
but does know dee amt gwine be ms
rybody nowhar wild mo- ter make de
hole dee haid up AN my gals gut. "
THE END.