The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-15

have rttemoeed anything nat bore ths
smallest promise Of advancing the dsfs
u their marriage Besides. 1t tia,
moment the yorns Woman Of the libra
y. who. knowing them by sight and
Fdivining love affair. bad huHAne2y
Jeff them alone in the back room fer 6
few minutes. returned with an apollo
geftc and At the same tine decided eI-
preston
For one Of the results OF Lady ID
1ith's harsh policy In ordering TIA;
mot af home" was to be said To Mr..
Falk and In exercising strict censor
ship over the letters received by her
oiece was that Lydia had bit upon the
idea Of the library a. q meeting plice,
and Bob put messages IN the agony
column when he wished TO conmyni-
cate with her. Lydia Of course cSuld
write to him
'sIn consequence Of FORMATION re-
eeived." Is the police ~. Bob Falk
started In pursuit Of La : Judith par
tally disguised In q SUI, Of very old
clothes and a peculiarly ytllainous
cheap hat
BY the time the quarry had passed
the one hundredth milestone from Lop-
don Bob was unable TO resist an invol-
untary feeling Of admiration for her
pluck. She rode hills which mos. OF
her sex would have walked She took
no heed of the chat which from time
to time foated round the unsccustom-
ed spectacle Of her boomers She kept
up q steady pace and stuck to her ar
ranged route with an accuracy that
materially helped the pursuer.
At the close Of the third day. during
which she had beaten her previous rec
ord. Lady Judith stopped ut Q wayside
hosteiry. Hitherto Bob had avoided
the hotels which she favored with her
patronage, but now there was no help
for It He must either put up in the
same building or ride on five miles to
the next town.
He thought that II he avoided the
front Of the house and effaced himself
among the people In the bar parior she
would never notice him After all. II
she did she was scarcely likely to sup
pose that he was there on her account
He ioitered about for some little
while In order to give her time to settle
down in her place and then walked in
to the bar The next minute he emery
ed again with singular alacrity.
What the devil am l to do? sup
pose they won't have her In the best
rooms In that get up. and she's too tired
10 go on. II l interfere. 1t Is 10 to l
that do no good and 40 TO that she
only hates me all the more for seeing
her. It seems brutal to do nothing or
at least not to try, but no woman could
forgive q man who had seen her in
such a plight. By Jove. If there were
only some evidenced! Alrs fair In love,
especially In a case like this"
He prowled disconsolately to the
back Of the building. cursiDg his luck
and wondering what he should do.
There he hit upon an individual who
evidently combined cycling with pho
Biography.
a brilliant idea sprang up In his
brain He engaged the amateur pho
tographer In conversation and explain-
ed his desire. The kodak changed
hands, and so did cleaning yellow
coin. There was some shutting Of new
films Then Bob Falk took hasty snap
shots Of the back and front Of the
building In order to divert suspicion
from his real purpose. After that he
the kodak to the bar.
Some little time after her return
from Scotland Lady Judith received q
very singular letter. 1t ran:
Dear Lady judith have a dozen Of the In
closed- What should you recommend me to do
With themi Youn truly. RosERf FALk
The inclosure was photograph. She
the silver paper hastily and
saw. Well. you see. when the landlady
Of that hotel positively refused to ad-
NIT her to any Of the rooms used by la
dies on the ground that her costume
would do harm to the establishment
Dhe had consented to take her meal In
the barroom and put up with an attic
rather than proceed farther in her ex-
hausted state. She had regretted this
weakness ever since. She only hoped
that no knowledge Of the insult which
she had allowed to be heaped upon the
cause would come to the ears Of her
strong minded sisters.
Now she saw before her eyes a visible |
Of the scene-herself In
her semimanly garments seated at a
small table to the right discussing pro-
Visions, TO the left a knot Of common |
men and the apparatus of the bar 1t |
vas bad enough to be exiled from her |
proper place. There was the worse |
thought that BY her presence In the bar
he had given tacit encouragement to |
he curse Of drink.
Bob Falk married Lydia Darrell with
Ter aunts consent. and no one could
,vef make out why Lady Judith chang
d her mind 90 suddenly. least Of all |
Professor Fiebel-Jones. who thought
himself aggrieved.
Aunt and niece did not see much Of
ach other after neutrality-suspicious..
Gard P1aying IN O. urcA.
Frequent cases Of card playing oc-
uEred In churches In olden days in the
IfOh m rppfntnoA %,p,tly v,ax,a <h.<