The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-04-18

Of rivals to wander abroad in disguise,
taking for evidence the very facts which
had lately led her to condemn him,
pointing out that whereas those young
gentlemen who courted her so persist
emily did endeavor ON all occasions to
make their estate and natural parts ap-
pear greater than they were, this Dario
did not. showing that he had no such
need Of fictitious advancement and could
well afford to let the world Judge Of his
worth by his works, etc. This point we
did not contest, only we were very well
content to observe that he introduced no
one into the house, had no friends in tho
village-to our acknowledgement that
naught was lacking from our store Of
plate.
She never tired Of watching him at
his work, having the hardihood to
mount upon the scaffold where he stood,
and there she would sit by the hour on
little STOOL chatting like any magpie,
when the nature of his occupation al.
lowed his thoughts to wander, silent as
a mouse when she perceived that his
mind was absorbed in travail, ready at
any moment to fetch this or hold t'other
and seizing every opportunity to serve
him. Indeed believe she would gladly
have helped him shift the heavy planks
when he would have their position al
tered had he permitted her this rough
usage Of her delicate hands.
One day, when he was about to begin
the foliage upon his balcony, he brought
in spray Of ivy for a model Then
Mol told him she knew where much
better was to be found and would have
him go with her to see it, And she
coming back from this expedition, with
her arms full of brycr and heritage, rich.
ly tinted by the Fl frost, perceived
that there was ne " kind of beauty in
her face, radiance of great happiness
and satisfaction which had never seen
there before
Here was heritage enough for week,
but she must have fresh the next morn
ing, and thenceforth every day they
would go out ere the sun was high, hunt
ing for new models.
To prepare for these early excursions
Mistress Moll though commonly dis.
posed to be abed late in the morning,
must have been up by daybreak. For,
despite her admiration of Dario's sim
plicity in dress, she showed no inclina
ton to follow his example in this partic
ular, but, on the contrary, took more
pains in adjoining her person at thi,
time than ever she had done before, and
as she would dress her hair no two
mornings alike, SO she would change the
fashion of her dress with the same in
constancy until the sly hussy discovered
which did not please Dario's taste Thei
word of approval from him-nay, {
glance-would suffice to fix her choic,
until she found that his admiration
needed reminding. And so, if her owl
imagination was not sufficiently forci
BILE, she would talk of nothing but thu
newest fashions at court with hel
friends, with the result that her maid
were forever a-brewing some new wash
for her face, which she considered to,
brown, compromising charms to remov,
little mole she had in the nape Of he
neck, cutting up one gown to make an
other, and SO forth. One day she pre-
sented herself with black patch at tn
corner Of her lip, and having seen naugh
Of this fashion before l cried out il
alarm:
Lord. child Have you injured you
face with that mess Betty was stewinI
yesterday"
"What an absurd, old fashioned crea
ture you arer' answers she testify
"Don't you know that tbs the mode nov
for ladies to wear spots? Signor Dario,
adds she, her eyes lighting up, finds i
: mighty becoming"
When l saw her thus disflguring he
pretty face, as 1 considered it then
though l came to admire this embellish
ment later on, to please Signor Dario,
began to ask myself how this bushes
was likely to end.
To be Continued