The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-05-05

because she had some writing to do.
Poor Ella" said Mrs Beckett, with
sympathy. Poor, dear girl I'm
really dreadfully fond of hey You must
give me your advice, Mr.. Marchant, con-
corning her at dinner. feel already
forgive me for saying SOL feel already as
though you were one of the family"
Mrs. Beckett gave her little cackle of
self approval and general satisfaction and
went on as they seated themselves at table.
II have noticed 1t all along, do you
know, and l am so delighted; quite en-
chanted really. And my influence with
the dear girl will make her like you.
dare say you may have thought her little
what shall l say coldP But, as a mat
ter of fact it has only been--oh, bless my
soul, thick soup, please-what is the ex-
pressionS 1t has only been-it has only
been
"Maidenly reservef' suggested Mar
chant.
Precisely, precisely what 1 was trying
TO say. How clever of you, dear Mr.. Mar
chant. / can understand now how it was
you got on so well in South Africa And
your assertion that you had come home
with very little was, l could see, only a
pretensc to try us. Yes, sherry, please.
IL want to speak to you about that, Mrs
Beckett. I'm afraid you don't realize
what l mean when say that l haven't
brought much home with me.
"Now, my dear Mr.. Marchant''--
"You must allow me, please, to tell you
exactly my position. Unless l work and
earn money we shan't have"-- N H. .u
MIR. Marchantl This elaborate ruse is
one that / have heard of before. A wom-
an like myself doesn't live in this world
for-well, a certain number of years for
nothing"
NO." said Mr.. Marchant. 1T costs
money, l know"
"That is not at all what mean. But
when you came back from the Cape few
weeks ago and limited that you had only a
few hundreds, l could see through it at
once 1t was-this is dreadfully slangy
representation thin. But the dear girl,
of course, didn't see through it, and conse-
qucntly you may feel quite sure that she
will love you for yourself alone That's
all you wanted, isn't it?''
"That certainly is all that l wanted,
butt
"And, fortunately enough, to confirm
my suspicious l came across a letter ad-
dressed to a friend of mine-she didn' t
know that l saw it, but l managed to do
co all tb, con,o from, xo,,r ,,rtnor p,r
cbiso,, ;,
tRool,,9, Mr. J,nos Morohart ,,oS
s,ddorI, i,tornstod
HAnd NJ Rnycbison s,id tbot rou md
be had made , nile--sncb an odd exnres.
sion ism, it-of goo ooo And no said that
he thought you would both stay on for q
fo,y ve,rs lint ne wo tnoIy Ion sersiblv
enough came home"
Nc RooLott lool,od +r;r,,rbor+,,, ooross
,+ bor a ngnlor d.ugbtor onndsita Who yas
Lo,r1in,, ;nfor,,,otio,, oho,,+ tba ,,oatbor En-
n doaf orchdonn"n and tbou NJ Marnbart
She shook her head waggisblv at the man
fro,,, tbo Ca,,o
uCanJ cee that letterY,, be asked sbarn,v
"FortnnatoIv 7 have II in NV nocict
bu+ 7 ro,lly dcr,t Lno,v ,rbotbor I on,ht
~ Chow, - % nn,, Yn,, soo - ~ ,,r;,nto ,,
"IS that ,ybv Won tool IL Mrs Roctotts,,
uCon,o cove NJ Norchorti ME- Iva
too severe One has IN keen ono,s owes
ono, in thie world -
Shc found tho letter with Soma dificult,
for tbe rockets in ladies' dresses are re-
,notc and Gifficult Of access--and nnde,
o,,,h,sh Of his ,l.ta N,rcb,nt road IL
"Mrs Beckett - he said excitedlv ..vor
bavc. without knowing IT, done me a very
preot service Burcbison declared to me
that he had invested our paips. and that
all tho money had been lost II seems
from this letter that he has behaved shame.
fullv. and I sbnl make him disgorge every
penny that belongs 70 me. 7 shall 90 hack
TO the Cane bv the next boat.
"Tbis is very unsatisfactory - declared
Mrs Beckett opgrievedlv lyon can,t
very well Get married before next Satut
day. ="
1.-THE dear girl will wait - he answered
confidently
"I,m not 90 SIRE Of that - said Mrs
Rockett with some snannisbnese sDea,
Madeleine is not 81 voung os she was -
$50 7 sbould iudge Rnt what has chs
Tn do with the nffoirP Is she 70 he brides
maidp"
"NIade,oine has been bridesmaid offer
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