The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-22
JOHN lNGgRPIBLD Continued.

| nntry. Shc must he young ana bcautl.
! full and charming. am purely a bust
ness man. want woman capable of
conducting the social department Of my
life. l know of no such lady myself.
appeal TO you because you, know, are
intimate with the class among whom
she must be sought.
"There may be some difficulty in per.
suading lady Of the required qualifica-
tons TO accept the situation, " says Cath.
cart, with Il touch Of malice.
II want you to find one who will, y
says John hgerfield.
Early in the evening Will Cathcart
takes leave Of his host and departs
thoughtful and anxious, and John III
gerfield strolls contemplatively up and
down his wharf, for the smell of oil anG
tallow has grown to be very sweet to
him, and it is pleasant to watch the
moonbeams shining on the piled up
casks.
Six weeks go by. On the first day of
the seventh John takes Will Cathcart's
acceptance from its place i'll the large
safe and lays it in the smaller box be.
side his desk, devoted to more pressing
and immediate business. Two days later
Cathcart picks his way across the Shiny
yard, passes through the counting house
and enters his friends inner sanctum,
closing the door behind him.
He wears jubilant air and slaps
the grave John on the back. i've got
her, Jack, p" he cries. cts been hard
work, can tell you-sounding suspi.
cious old dowagers, bribing confidential
servants, fishing for information among
friends Of the family. By Jove, l shall
be able to join the dukes staff as spy in
chief to his majesty's entire forces after
this.
"What is she like?" asks John, with.
out stopping his writing.
Like! My dear Jack, you II fall head
and ears in love with her the moment
you see her. A little cold perhaps but
that will just suit you F."
"Good family?'' asks John, signing
and folding the letter he has finished.
so good that was afraid at first il
would be useless thinking of her. But
she's sensible girl, with no confound
} ed nonsense about her, and the family
are as poor as church mice. In fact
well, to tell the truth, we have become
most excellent friends, and she told mt
herself frankly that she meant to marry
rich man and didn't much care
whom. -
"That sounds hopeful, F" remarks the
would be bridegroom, with his peculiar
dry smile. when shall 1 have the
pleasure of seeing her?"
"Iwant you to come with me tonight
to the Garden, replies the other
"She will be in Lady Heatherington'
box, aud will introduce you.
So that evening John Ingerfield goe.
to Covent Garden theater with the blood
} running a trifie quicker in his veins
but not MUCK, than would be the cast
were he going to the docks to purchas,
, tallow-examines covertly the proposed
article from the opposite side Of tn,
house, and approves hers introduced
to her, and on closer inspection approves
her still more-receives an invitation tt
visit-visits frequently, and each time
is more satisfied of the rarity, service
ableness and quality of the article.
If all John Ingerfield requires for
wife is beautiful social machine, sure
ly here he has found his ideal Anne
Singleton, only daughter of that persist
emily unfortunate but most charming O.
baronets, Sir Harry Singleton-mor'
; charming, it is rumored, outside hi
family circle than within it's a state
ly, graceful, high bred woman. Her por
trait, by Reynolds, still to be seen abov,
the carved wainseoting of one of tn,
old city halls, shows a wonderfully
handsome and clever face, but at tn,
same time wonderfully cold and heart
} less one. 1t is the face of a woman hal
J weary of, half sneering at the world
One reads in old family letters, where
of the ink is now very faded ant
the paper very yellow, long criticisms
of this portrait. The writers complain
that if the picture is at all like her, sh,
must have greatly changed since he
girlhood, for they remember her then a
having laughing and winsome expires
, sion.
They say-they who knew her in aft
: er life-that this earlier face came bacl
to her in the end, so that the many VIII,
remembered opening their eyes and see
ing her bending down over them coult
never recognize the portrait of the beau
: tiful, sneering lady, even when the,
were told whom it represented.
, But at the time of John Ingerfeld'
, strange wooing she was the Anne Sin
gleton of Sir Joshua's portrait, ant
John Ingerfield liked her the better tina
she was
He had no feeling of sentiment in tn
matter himself, and it simplfied tn
case that she had none either. He Offered
her plain bargain, and she accepted it
, For all he knew or cared, her attitude
, toward this subject of marriage was tn
, usual one assumed by women. Yer,
young girls had their heads full of TO
mantle ideas. 1t was better for her ant
for him that she had got rid of them.
"Ours will be a union founded OF
common sense, " said John Ingerfeld.
Let us hope the experiment will