The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-20

family at Waikiki, where the surf roll ed up to his door, and where could be
 found any attraction that might be
 lacking in his city house. And MT. An
 Fong was recognized as one of the
 wealthy men of Honolulu.
 Then one morning the isles of Hawaii
 awoke, and they learned that MT. An
 Fong was to be known no more for ever in the land where he had acquired
 wealth and position-not to speak of
 family. He had taken his eldest son
 and returned to the land of his fore
 fathers; to the fortune he had sent be- fore him, and-Hawaii whispered-to
 another family, which was though lost
 to sight, to memory dear" after the
 manner of the Orient.
 And Mrs. An Fong pursued the even
 tenor of her ways; she smiled as plac-
 idly, brought up her daughters as ad-
 mirably, kept open house as hospitably.
 and spent the Ah Fong money, settled
 upon her, as judlciously As the girls
 grew up they were brought out in turn,
 and it was a remarkable fact that nev-
 CT word was said against one of them
 in spite of their number and in a place where half whites or Hawaiians were
 so often open to suspicion and often the
 subject of gossip The girls would drive
 to the open-air band concerts Saturday
 afternoons, the carriage filled to over- flowing, and looking like an animated,
 brightly colored bouquet, its load of oc-
 cupants gay with their vivid pink, blue,
 green and yellow sashes and ribbons; fo, Ln A h eyiY di5
 pale colors. Their pinks were all nna-
 gentas and their reds were of scarlet
 hue.
 And the An Fong name became
 Along.
 The naval officer was sure of hear
 ty reception and an appreciative audi
 ence in the Along mansion; in fact, the family kept open house, and the officers
 were welcome to breakfast, lunch or
 dinner-or, if between meals, to cooling
 drinks, cigars and always warm-heart
 ed cordiality. There was sure to be a
 certain coterie of officers on each ship
 that were at home in the Along house, devoted themselves to the Along girls
 at dances, and escorted them to teas, tennis or wherever it might be.
 They were a nice, unaffected, jolly set of girls, admirably brought up, with
 well-bred manners, always ladylike and
 not at all boisterous or hoydenish. Ma
 rie, one of the older daughters, played
 the ulkulele and sang fetching Hawaiian songs, and she was always in demand | for moonlight boating parties; the oth-
 CTS were variously attractive by reason of youth and a warmth of hospitality | imbibed from the islands and alluring ! to the stranger.
 The Along girls were not beauties, but they were petite of figure and pi- quant of feature. They had not the brightness and quickness of the Amer ican girl. They were just pliable, ami | able, docle, well hammered and good | natured young women. They never | took exception at fancied sights. Their | position was assured, as far as it went, and they did not seek to penetrate into | the most intimate daily life of the "old | families" or the fashionable new ones. | They went to all the larger entertain | ments, and if they were not bidden to | exclusive lunches, dinners or other small functions it did not seem to trou- | ble their girlish hearts.
 None the less, It was an eye-Opener | to all the easy-going Isles of Hawaii, to 1 conservative naval circles and to Cap | tain Writings friends, when Etta, a round-faced, pink checked, almond l eyed bud of seventeen, just out of | school met and conquered the able off, | cer, gray-haired man of the world and | travelled gentleman, Captain Whiting. | Several of the Along girls had mar l ried by this time: one was the wife of | J. Alfred Magoon, an auctioneer, who | had settled in Honolulu; the eldest l married MT. McStoeker, a dry goods merchant, and the younger one was married to a dentist named Hutchinson | and left Honolulu with her husband for | a time. This was an unhappy match, | however, and Mrs. Hutchinson procur- ed divorce and returned to her home | alone. She has since become engaged | in Honolulu. Marie Along, who was | perhaps the brightest of all the girls,
 married young lawyer named Hum
 phries, newcomer in Honolulu.
 l All fair matches from worldly point of view. but upon Etta's young brow
 rested the laurel wreath; she was to
 marry in the navy-and commander at that. Speculation was rife as to the
 ultimate effect of this match on Captain Writings position in the navy, while it
 was openly wondered if Mrs. Whiting 8 | lot would be a happy one when she |