The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-06

s.e. e, e. e.. q. So CD e.s
shares. and fattering promises were OF
no avail to cover repairs.
"Pll have to run down to Sacramento
this morning" Potter announced sud-
| denly the next day to his wife, 1--WE
| only two minutes to catch the train.
By-by."
What time is it now?" Mrs. Jim
| asked him, not quite knowing what to
make of his manner.
I'll don't know he answered,
| avoiding her eyes. But one quick
glance was enough for her.
Take mine, too" she commanded,
handing him her watch and drawing
off her rings-all but one. sO'Rourke
has got toSbe paid in cash this time
She meant what she said, the need
was imperative and the game desper-
ate. and when the train pulled out it
was to Queen Isabella of the Ten
Strike Potter waved his adieu.
1t was August now. The Mariposa
lilies were gone, the hillsidesA We're
scared by the burning suns, the air
heavy with the red dust that chokes
and STILES, but hopes and prospects
We're still high, although the realities
had reached bedrock.
| Yes, an it's bound to git hotter be-
fore it gifts cooler Mrs. O'Halloran as
sured the Potters, consolingly. as she
put down her washing, IAN I'll be ask
in ye fer me money this wake, Mrs
Potter" she went on. My Kitty is
IT,, ~
to Pixies, an her paw can't raise
clint to git her dud to wear. An
thin dago girls stickin' up their noses
at her clo'es all the time anyways. An
its wake in an wake out I've been
washin' fer yez widout a. cint's pay,
an I was hearin' Mike"
How lovelyH' broke in Mrs. Jim's
ripping tones above the washerwom-
ans insolence. I'm so glad you told
me about the party.S You must let me
make Kitty little gift Darling into
the house she reappeared with a fluffy
heap of frills and ribbons in her arms
Kitty will look so pretty in this she
explained, while Potter turned his face
to the shadow. "And here are the
slippers TO match. I'm sure Kitty can
wear them, but the Spaghetti girls
couldn't begin to. And this bow is for
her hair, it will be so sweet in her
auburn curls.'
1t was too dark to see the falling
temperatureHin Mrs. O'Halloran's face,
but Mrs Jim had not miscalculated the
effect. And tell Kitty. she added,
that when she is dancing in that
gown she can have the satisfaction of
knowing she is wearing hundred doll
lars worth of frills. What will the
Spaghetti girls think now?" Then with
bold pass at her fiat little pocket
book: How much did you say I owe
you?'
Poor Mrs. O'Halloran! Hugging the
crumpled finery in her arms, she OPEN
ed her mouth to say the things she and
Mike had resolved should be said that
night to the "boss," but what she
heard was ooh, Mrs. Potter, it's too
good We are, an too kind, an TOO giner-
Gus, an >Kitty'll. be that tickled. an
that proud, AMI
And as far down the road as the
smiling faces in the doorway could see
her, the poor woman was running to-
ward home with her precious armful
of fripperies.
Jim Potter looked at his wife in Won
der ooh, woman in our hours of
ease he began, but Mrs. Jim, spring
ing up, stopped him: Don't! don't say
a wordi'' she cried. IT hate myself for
playing these tricks upon these poor
souls who need their money, but it is
only in order to hold on till we can pay
them"
~.we're near the end now!" Potter
called to his wife one morning, drop
ping in with the mail and finding his
wife on the floor surrounded by the re-
maining contents of the three great
trunks.
IF we can keep the thing going till
Hopkins gets here and then open his
eyes to the prospective value of the
Ten Strike, who knows but We'll be
able to pull out of here millionaires by
winter?''
st don't want to be millionaire,
Mrs. Jim declared. 'I would be sat
isfied if I could get pair of shoes
and good beefsteak.,p Potter looked
at her in dismay.s."Tve worn out every
POSSIBLE thing 1 brought, and now I'm
down to this, Look at these slippers!'
And Potter looked. We'll. they re
beauties he remarked, admiringly.
But don't you see I can't walk over
these rocks in French heels and beaded
toes ?"tshe almost wept. THE O'Rourke
baby is i'll, but can't get over to see
it in these things, and you know we
owe them the most of all"
.oThen listen to this letter" Jim
shouted. " Hopkins, our representa-
tive, will go up to see the mine Sun
day,'" he read. There now" he adj
ded, Hopkins will come on the ten
o'clock train. After dinner we will do
the mine and by Monday morning you