The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-01-18
CHAPTER III.

CHATTER III.
Twas taking turn or two outside the
shed-for the sight Of Jack Dawson hug
cling poor Moll to his breast and trying ,
to soothe her bodily misery with gentle
words was more than l could bear
when a drawer, coming across from the
inn, told me that gentleman in the
cherry room would have us come to him.
gave him civil answer and carried
this message to my friends. Moll, who
had stanched her tears and was smil-
ing pitcously, though her sobs, like
those of child, still shook her thin
frame, and her father both looked at me
in blank doubt as fearing some trap for
further discontinue.
May" says Jack stoutly. Fate can
serve us no worse within doors than
without, SO let us in and face this gen
tleman, whoever he Is. "
So in we go, and, all sodden and be-
drabbled as we were, went to follow the
drawer up stairs, when the landlady
cried out she would not have us go into
her cherry room in that pickle, to soil :
her best furniture and disgrace her
house, and babe the fellow carry us into |
the kitchen to take off our cloaks and |
change our boots for slip shoes, adding |
that if we had any respect for ourselves |
we should trim our hair and wash the |
CRIME off our faces.
SO we enter the kitchen nothing loath,
where q couple of pullets browning ON |
the spit, kettles bubbling on the fire and !
o pasty drawing from the oven filed the |
-. al obi hot
drove us mad for envy. And to think |
that these good things were to tempt
the appetite Of some one who never
hungered, while we, furnishing for want,
had not even crust to appease our
cravingsl But it was some comfort to
plunge our blue, numbed fingers into a
tub of hot water and feel the life blood
creeping back into our hearts. The
paint we had put on our cheeks the
night before was strealed all over our
faces by the snow, SO that we did look
the veriest scarecrows imaginable, but
after washing our heads well and strok-
ing our hair into order with a comb
Mistress Cook lent us we looked not SO
bad, and thus changed, and with dry
shoes to our feet, we at length went up
stairs, all full of wondering expecta-
ton, and were led into the cherry room,
which seemed to us very palace, being
| lit with half dozen candles--and they
of wax-and filled with warm glow
by the blazing logs ON the hearth reflect
ed in the cherry hangings. And there
in the midst was table laid for supper
with wondrous white cloth, glasses to
drink from and silver forks all set out
most finely.
His worship will be down ere long,"
says the drawer, and with that he makes
a pretense of building up the fire, being
warned thereto very like by the land
lady, with ON eye to the safety of her
silver.
"Can you tell me his worship's name,
friendf" whisper, my mind turning at
once to his worship of Tottenham Cross.
"Not l, were you to pay me, " says he !;
" It's that outlandish and uncommon.
But for sure he is some great foreign
grandee. -
He could tell us no more, so we stood
there all together wondering, till pres
emily the door opens, and tall, lean
gentleman enters, with high front,
very finely dressed in silk stockings, a
long wasted coat and embroidered waist
coat, and rich lace at his cuffs and
throat. He wore no peruke, but his own
hair, cut quite close to his head, with a
pointed beard and pair of long mus
tachios twisting up almost to his ears,
but his appearance was the more strik-
ing by reason of his beard and mus
tachios being quite black, while the
hair ON his head was white rs silver.
He had dark brows also, that overhung
very rich black eyes, His nose was long
and hooked and his skin, which was Of
very dark complexion, was closely
lined with wrinkles about the eyes,
while a deep furrow lay betwixt his
brows. He carried his head very high
and was majestic and gracious in all his
movements, not one of which, as il
seemed to me, was made but of fore
thought and purpose. l should say hi
. age was about 60, though his step ant
carriage were Of a younger man. To my
eyes he appeared very handsome ant
pleasing, amiable gentleman. But
Lord what can you conclude of amaI
at single glance, when every line il
his face, of which he had score ant
more, has each its history of varying
passions, known only to himself and Sc
cret phases of his lifel
He saluted us with most noble bow
! and dismissed the drawer with wor'
J in an undertone. Then turning again t.
us he said, II had the pleasure Of see
! ing you act last night, and Dance" b
adds, with a slight inclination Of hi
head to MolL Naturally wish to b
better acquainted with you. Will
please you to dine with me?"
l could not have been more dun
founded had an angel asked me to ste
into heaven, but Dawson was quic
enough to say something
"That will we, cries he, land Go
bless your worship for taking pity o
us, for / doubt not you have heard {
our troubles.
The other bowed his head and set
chair at the end of the table for Mol
n which she took with pretty courtesy
y but saying never word for glee di
seem to choke us all And being seate
she cast her eyes ON the bread hungrily
as If she would fain begin at once, BIT
she had the good manners to restrai
herself Then his worship Gas we calle
him), having shown US the chairs O
either side, seated himself last of all, {
the head of the table. facing our Mol
whom whenever he might without di
courtesy he regarded with most scrut
nizing glances from first to last. TheI
the door flinging open, two drawer
brought in those same fat pullets we ha
seen browning before the fire and ais
the pasty, with abundance of other goo
cheer, at which Moll, with little ci
of delight, whispers to me;
IT'S like dream. Do speak to m
Kit, or l must think twill all fat
away presently and leave us in Il
snow.
Then l. finding my tongue, beggs
his worship would pardon us If OF
manners were more uncouth than Il
society to which he was accustomed.
May" says Dawson. "Your worsh
will like US none the worse, warran
for seeing what we are and aping none.
Finding himself thus beworshiped {
both hands, our good friend says