The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-04-27

She lCuS on inc opposite StueUuh.
and did not look up. She would not
look at hotel ON Sunday. l asked the
landlord about her, and he told me all
there was to tell She was living in one
end of little wooden cottage over to-
ward Winooski, another factory woman
occupying the other part of the house,
They made home together. The land
lord said Lucy was an excellent woman
and might have married one of the over
seers in the factory any time she chose
for years back, but that she preferred a
single life.
"When l got back to Chicago, l kept
thinking about Lucy Cary. The old
times when we used to live in Whining
ton came back to my mind The truth
of it was was getting along little at
last in Chicago in the way of property,
and found myself all the while plan
ming how l could have Lucy Cary near
me. ;"
Ibid you want to marry her, Tim
othy?" inquired Mrs. Pember.
at was not that" he replied, "but
WANTED to become acquainted with her
again. l knew she was the best girl
rad ever seen. She was just as good and
pious as any body could be. We were like
brother and sister, almost, when young,
and when l thought of home and my
folks and old Wilmington and the col
lego days somehow Lucy was the center
of it all In fact almost everything else
was gone My folks were scattered and
Lucy and Uncle Jason were nearly the
only persons up this way that l could
lay claim to. There is kind of lone
some streak comes over man when he
has been grinding away in great city
for good many years and comes back
to the old places and sees them 80 fresh
and green and quiet, and he can't get
over it. He will cling to anything that
belongs to old times. was strongly in
f1uenced to write to Lucy, but finally
did not / determined that / would get
all / could for two or three years, and
then would come here and face things.
| would get something comfortable and
would have place of my own in Chi
cago. Then, when i had it fixed, !
would come and see Uncle Jason and
Lucy and stand the racket. OF course it
was nonsense to feel shy, but it seemed
to me that l could not say a word until
had something to brag of. They knew,
in general way, that l was in Chica-
go, dealing in pork or doing auctioneer-
ing or something, and that was as much
humiliation as / could endure. To be
sure 1t was nothing to be ashamed of, for
had been an honest, faithful man, but
to come back to my friends empty hand
ed, without money or fame, and gray
headed at that, was more than | could
stand. If l had had anything or been
anything, just to take the edge off,
could have managed it. As it was,
looked ahead and worked. If any man
in Chicago has tried and planned and
toiled during the last three years, am
that man. There has been q picture be-
fore my mind of pleasant home there. "
And have you calculated to marry
Lucy Cary?' inquired Mrs Pember in
an eager voice.
Perhaps it was not just in that way
l thought of it" replied the narrator,
very seriously. "You know, told you
that the landlord said she preferred a
single life. 4"
Timothy Tompkins, exclaimed the
old lady apprehensively, "don't deny it
-don'tl Think how dreadfully you
will feel if you know you have told
liep'
1T is nothing to be ashamed of, Tim
othy, " said Mr.. Pember in kind and
sympathetic voice.
IF you put it in that way" answer
ed my old classmate in strangely mourn
full tones. "all l can say is there was
never anything between us; nothing at
all :"
"And did you come here this time to
see her3' inquired Mrs Pember, almost
from her seat and with the
thrill Of sudden guess in her voice.
ITO be Continued.