The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-06

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and % we were married and Ne
agreed that we were 10 study Together.
because w@ we're both % ambitious-
f< h.m. And perhaps ! ceoldn't hare
kept pace with him. 1t my best but
hAd to take In ewing to help him
along. 80 hadn't much t1me-and In .
little while be was away beyond me !
hare never caught up with him since.
but hare always gone on studying. %
that wouldn't quite Disgrace him
when he became distinguished man.
The woman In gray stopped to put .
delicate and tremulous hand To her
throat
when he was studying law" ale
went on presently, his eyes were trou-
bling him, and so I read alcud 70 him
for many hours every day Sometimes
l almost wished bis eyes would tail .
little more-a great deal more-so that
be could be more dependent on me-
for I was very young and ignorant
then, and. you see. thought I loved
him.
The woman In white did not speak
She was sitting quite stu - though
she were q marble woman
And even away back at the drst."
the woman In gray went on In that
desolate self communing. when we
were ignorant boy and girl together. We
had quite settled II with ourselves that
he was to be distinguished man We
even made q little play Of II. telling
one another that peopls would one day
point out with pride the poor little
house where we had lived and where
we had 50 much trouble paying the
rent, and then we would laugh 20 mer-
rily. Oh, where has the laughter all
gone? And so we went on looking Tor.
ward always to the day when he would
be famous and working and planning
for II. and always pictured myself so
proud-so proud Of his triumphs. We
cold blooded women feel very deeply
sometimes and think long thoughts!
And now he has won the honors we
dreamed of. and tomorrow am going
on long journey"
She slowly rose. and the marble wo-
man in white saw for the first time
that she had a little package in the
thin hand
81 have something to leave with
you" said the woman In gray. some
thing to give you. See, 1t Is little
bundle Of letters. he wrote them dur.
ing my mothers illness. They are the
letters Of an undeveloped and ignorant
boy to q poor little girl l have cher
ished them long time, but give them
70 you now. because-because they
have already gone out Of my life"
An hour afterward the woman in
white found that she had been alone
for long time and that the last Of the
poor little letters was open in her hand.
4 w1thered rose bad dropped from it
and lay In her lap among the folds of
Au6y white. The air was filed with
the fragrance Of the little old time
rose. which seemed to be part Of the
I'D time boyhA leve that was dead as
the rose Once, long ago. In her life
Also
The radiant face Of the woman In
white was pale and old and weary
looking as she tied the letters In the
packet again and laid this penciled
line upon them:
do not 60 on the long journey. for
I 60 on journey Of my own" Then
Dhe slipped the bracelet into It's velvet
case and sealed and addressed 1t and
called servant to 60 on two errands
II am going away tonight John"
she said as his foot hesitated On the
stair. Send Susan up to pack"
And then she stood in the middle Of
the room. her head dropped. pressing
back something that tried to come to
her eyes.
"And now for new fields" she said
land the life in them
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