The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-12

He took the door-key from his pocket
and clinked it on the table.
Il trust he added, that | may nave
tbe pleasure of conhding this little trim
ket to your care for the next SIX
months
nection with a house OF her own aodeo
fuel to Mrs Wonderman's eagerness-
"Telephone for a carriage at once,
Harold she cried, and be sure and
take YOUR check-book.
With corrugated brow, and chin grasp,
ed in one hand, Mr.. Jernyngham museo
! for a few minutes and then broke 81
"A check" he saio. would, l am
afraid he inconvenient. By the time
Won have seen the house, the banks VIII
he closed. and / shall be well on my
/ wav tomorrow before they open. l had
not foreseen that difficulty.
"But we can drive round by your
hank, Harold, on our way, and you can
cash a check" suggested Mrs Wonder
man. "And if we should not like the
house, YOU can put it back -,
MADAM" said Mr.. JernynghamI with
a low bow, Il have always sald' ana
shall always maintain, that IN an elliel
gency woman WI -
any two men,. 49,,
RED awav to attire themselves and were
coon driving to Penobscot Avenue with
+be;r benefactor, who beguiled the way
With an outline of his projected Euro.
nean tour and a description OF some OF
The cities of the Continent, which dld
n,ore credit to his imagination than 10
his erudition. ,r. Wa
derman's bank, and Mr.. Jernyngham
:: e,,es eyIistened as he watched his pros.
nective tenant tuck away number OF
, rrisn bank notes in his pocket-book-
The house through which Mr.. JeF-
7 nvngban ush red the young coupls
7 6iled their simple souls with oellellt
l and they were loud in their expressions ION.
Of admiration. Even the arch-decelNel
. himself was amazed at the splenuol -.
the furnishings, and bitterly Ie1el'ee
,, that he had not raised ms PI.0e ,os,
At times he was somewhat al los
: 90 answer the questions propounded
y hut acquitted himself, on the W ,n-
I With great self-possession, and piaye'
{ The role of proprietor with ease ali'
. dignity. l;aIf n
= x,.e carelessly stirring up an ornaments
1t clock on the upper landing to show M
: Familiarity with the surroundings, whe'
vociferous cuckoo appeared within
'e Tow inches of his nose with such starr
& iinq suddenness that he sprang pac
and uttered an exclamation, tor Wnic
- he was obliged to apologize
He explained that the clock was
- -ecent acquisition, and that he had ne
vet been able to familiarlze. h1rnse!
- =, With If. His nerves, he added vert
- disorganized condition from UNI ' el,il,
- ting attention to business, but ne u"s
ed that his vacation would entlieiy -
~ store them. .,:o,h+ ~
IT, = b,,t Mr. birmingham, in rep
IN 70 question by Mrs. Wonderfnaii' al
. . ~ that it led from his wite,s boz
doi- and firmly negatived the iany
H. c c,1goestion that they should try an
E onen il with one of the other Key
H. L. IT, was pressing. he said. ana tl'
ile ,,are o,1ite welcome to open It, OF pre-
= omen. after they had taken posse
I'd I'd soy "Who is that" asked Mrs. W0nde
NAH Tbev were standing in the dinln
icy -oon and Mr.. Jernyngham haVh
srs+ onened the sideboard drawers
'ea ascertain what they contained Wa =
ing I I1 an euIogy on the quantity a
Eye nnaiitv OF the silverware and cuIle1s ),
-ou He followed the direction OF
adj ladv's index finger. and saw. hanging sans-
on an a1cove. an almost hie-size poI;.
ipt' Of the rightful owner of the pTeIrls
W. So naturally had the artist PoiG f ~
red the broad red face with its little II, iIin
an o al, gray whiskers, and so tlerceIy oid !
tly' small ewes glare from the canvas, u
Mr. Jernynghan experienced air nc :
APP severe a shock as if the Original mao
the oeared before him. H1s. e,noaFra
the r7er1t. however. was short-bveo'
,.r THAT he said is Uncle MeI
H. dow Poor old boyl u-
i ~. darT1,an in chastened tones g,
i IN. No replied Mr.. BIRMINGHAM
IL to dead" He sighed heavily i.,,d max
vi; II secret OF Of it. he added. after few n
VIII ,'fez OF reflection The fact, OF
OVID mater Is. he is in the asylum