The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-07-10

AS wy wv ule 70 DC hl.rC WIS no ProaV
person. ''Es aiis nothing, to, be sure,
Tor | hear lo is ever if0ot from morn
till evon a-search;ng hither and thither,
but more Govnhcarted, rueful looking
gentleman for his age l never see.
""wiXt you and me, sir, think he hath
lost his sweetheart, seeing I am charged,
with Sir Peters permission, to follow
and not lose sight of any lady who may
chance to call here for him "
walked back to Greenwich across
the fields, debating in my mind whether
| should tell Mol Of her husbands dis
tress or not, so perplexed with conflict
ing arguments that had come to no de.
cision when l reached home
Moll spying me coming, from her
window in the front Of the house, met
me at the door in her cloak and hood
and begged l would take her little
turn over the heath.
What have you to tell me?' asks she,
pressing my arm as we walked ON.
II have given your letter to Sir Peter
Lely's servant, who promises to deliver
it faithfully to your husband "
WELL" says she, after little pause
of silence, that is not all ~
"You will be glad to know that he is
we'll in health, says And then stop
again, all hanging in hedge for not
knowing whether it were wiser to speak
or hold my tongue.
"There is something else. see it in
your face. Hide nothing from me, for
loves sake, says she piteously. Where
upon, my heart getting the better of my
head, which, to be sure, was no great
achievement, told all as I have set it
down here.
my dear, dear love! My darling
Dick |" says she in the end, and then
she would have it told all over again,
with thousand questions, to draw
forth more, and these being exhausted
she asks why would have concealed SO
much from her, and if I did fear she
would seek him.
NAY, my dear" says l. IT'S 10th
er way about For if your husband does
forgive you and yearns but to take you
back into his arms it would be an un
natural, cruel thing to keep you apart.
Therefore, to confess the whole truth, !
did mediate going to him and showing
how we, and not you, are to blame in
this matter, and then telling him where
he might find you, if on reflection he
felt that be could honestly hold you
guiltless, but ere do that, as see now,
l must know if you are willing to this
accommodation for if you are not then
are our wounds all opened afresh to nc
purpose but to retard their healing
She made no reply nor any comment
for long time, nor did seek to bias
her Judgment by single word, doubt
ing my wisdom. But perceived by the
quivering of her arm within mine that
a terrible conflict 'twixt passion and
principle was convulsing every fiber Of
her being. At the top Of the hill above
Greenwich she stopped, and, throwing
back her hood, let the keen wind blow
upon her face as she gazed over the
gray flats beyond the river. And the ali
seeming to give her strength and clear
er perception she says presently:
Accommodation - And she repeat
this unlucky word Of mine twice o
thrice, as if she liked it less each time
"That means we shall agree to let by
cones be bygones and do our best to ge
along together for the rest of our live
as easily as we may.
"That's it, my DEAR says cheer
fully.
Hush up the past, F" continues she il
| thn f,a1 n,, 1ati tO,, sgrA,no,.1
from the world if possible. Invent som,
new lie to deceive the curious and hood
wink our decent friends, Chuckle a
our success and come in time" (here sh,
paused a moment) ito chat so light,
of our past knavery that we could wisl
we had gone further in the business.
Then turning about to me she asks, 81
you were writing the story of my lif
for play, would you end it thus?"
my dear, says 1, "a plays on
thing, real life's another, and believ
me, as far as my experience goes of rea
life, the less heroics there are in it tn
better parts are those for the actors in t.
She shook her head fercely in tn
wind, and, turning about with a brusqu
vigor, cries: Come on. III haYe no &C
commodation. And yet, ;" says she, stop
ping short after a couple of hasty step
and with a fervent earnestress in he
voice, land yet, if could wipe out TIL
stain, if by any act could redeem m,
fault, God knows I'd do it, cost VIVA
it might, to be honored once again d,
my dear Dick. "
"This comes Of living in theater al
her life" thinks l. And indeed in this
as in other matters yet to be told, tn
teaching Of the stage was but too evi
dent.
ITO be ontinued.]