The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-23
90 THE MAID AND THE WIDOW.

j Doesn't she live at homer" Jacl
asked.
i shes just come home; she's been il
= England for three years. Oh, but tel
you. she's corker!''
ST should think
The sentence was never completed be-
cause a voice without the not-altogeth-
enclosed door cried:
/ mo. don't think, please; let me come
in instead" And in the same instant
Burnett made one leap and flung the
door open. crying as he did so:
/ That's her!''
Then Jack. punching somewhat his
starfish attitude, looked across the
: room and realized instantly that it was
all up with him forever after.
! Because she who stood there in the
j door was quite the sweetest, the love-
Hest, the most interesting looking girl
whom he had ever laid eyes on; and
when she was seized in her brother >
arms and kissed by her brothers lips,
and dragged by her brothers. hands
well into the room, she proved to be
a thousand times more irresistible than
at first
IT say, Betty. you're absolutely pref
tier than ever" her brother exclaimed,
holding her little off from him and
surveying her critically; and then he
seemed to remember his friends exist
ence. and, turning toward him, an
nounced proudly:
My sister Bertha
Jack was standing up, thinking how
lovely her eyes were just at that in
slant when they were meeting his for
the first time; thinking that Monday
was only two days away Chang IT'D;
thinking that such a smile was never
known before; thinking that he had
years ahead at college; thinking that
the curl on her forehead was simply
distracting (whereas all other like curls
were horrid); thinking that he might
cut college and
My chun, Jack Denham." Burnett
continued. completing the Introductory
formalities.
ooh, I'm very glad to meet you, Mr..
Denham," she said, putting out ner
hand-and he took and held it just
long enough to realize that he really
was holding it. before she took it away
to keep for her own again.
I'm awfully glad to hear you say
bholt lie cdld, anu IL SuOulQ nave
the royal luck to be next to you at
my telling you why
She clapped her hands just as a very
little girl might have done.
IF that's the case I hope that they
will put you next to me at dinner" she !
said. gayly; but if they don't, you'll
tell me some other time, won't your
Burnett began to laugh. |
Jack he said, wed better have a
clear and above-board understandings
right in the beginning. This sister of |
mine, who appears so guileless, is the
very worst f1irt ever. She looks honest,
and she can't tell the truth to save her
neck She means well, and she drives
folks to suicide just for fun. Shed dol
anything for anybody in general, and
when it's a case of you individually she
won't do a thing to you. and you must
heed my words and be forewarned and
forearmed from now on Mustn't he,
Betty?"
The sister nodded, laughing herself.
It's awful to have to subscribe to-"
she said, with dancing eyes; "but I'm
afraid it's true. I'm really quite a re-
probate, and admit it frankly. But
everyone is so good to me that 1 never
get chance to reform. And so-and
So
I suppose I ought to warn her about
you, too said Burnett, turning sud-
denly toward his friend. .sWhv. Betty.
he's almost as bad as you are yourself.
He hasn't got his breach-of-p promise
suit all compromised yet Ask him to
deny if, if he CANT
The sister looked startled and curious
for an instant, and Jack felt himself
bIushing.
81 don't look as if you were lying,
do I?' he asked desperately.
mo, you don't" she said. you look
as If it WIS a very true BILL
1t is" he said; land an awfully big
one. too." -
81 wouldn't have thought YOU were I
such a bad man. said the sister; "but
like bad men. They interest me.
They
'.I see your finish,'' said Burnett.
That's one of her favorite opening
plays It's all up with you. Jack, and
your aunt viii have to go down for an
other damage suit when you begin to
perceive that you have had enough of
our family. But you'll have to spare
him now to get dressed for dinner.
Betty. Don't cry about it: he's even
more attractive in his glad rags-my /
word of honor on it,
7 look nice myself when I'm dinner
dressed" said the sister. $50 I sympa
thize with him. So, good-by"