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


her claim he HE'D himself to the city
at once. and wrote back that the claim
could be settled for three hundred dol
lars.
And enough. 1 must say, Aunt
Mary remarked 10 Lucinda the morn
ing after; three hundred dollars for
one Gator, after all, Jack blstmes the
whole on the cat, an he didn't hit II,
even then"
Lucinda did not answer.
But if the boy settles down now
I shan't mind payin' the three
Where are you goin'?"
For Lucinda was walking out of the
room.
I'm goin' to the door, she said, rasp-
ingly. THE bells ringin'."
After a minute or two she came back.
telegram" she announced, handing
the yellow envelope over.
Aunt Mary put on her glasses. open
ed it, and read:
Cook has blood poison. Sues for a
thousand. Probable amputation.
STEBBINS.
Aunt Mary dropped the paper. with
gasp.
Lucinda looked at her with interest.
It's that same arm again. said Aunt
Mary "just as 1 thought it was settled
fort" Her eyes seemed to fairly crackle
with Indignation. why don't she put
it in a sling an have a little patience? ?"
Lucinda took the telegram and read
it.
"'Pears like she can't" she COM
mented, in a tone like a buzz saw;
"'pears like it's goin' to be took of.
Aunt Mary shook her head in way
that, if her companion had been
globe-trotter, would have brought ma
tadores and Seville to the front in her
mind in that instant.
Il declare" she said, seems like /
had enough on my mind without
cook too. What's to be done now ,
only know one thing! / amt goin
to pay no thousand dollars this week
| for no arm that wasn't worth but three
hundred last week. Stands to reason
| that there amt no reason in that l
guess you'd better bring me my desk,
Lucinda; I'm goin' to write to Mr.. Steb-
| bins, an I'm goin' to write TO Jack,
| and I'm goin' to tell 'em both just weat
| I think I'm goin' to write Jack ti9t
| he'd better be lookin' out, and m goin
! to write Mr.. Stebbins that next time
| he settles things I want him to take a
1 receipt LOT IndC dTIIl III
| Mr.. Stebbins, upon the receipt of this
| letter. redoubled his efforts, and did
succeed in permanently settlir THE cook
| for seven hundred and fifty dollars
| After which the family enjoyed peace
/ until after Easter; but the Easter vaca-
| ton took Jack TO town for a. s1ittle
| time" and the little time" ended III
| the station house at three o'clock on
Sunday morning.
Accusations: producing concussion OF
the brain on a cab driver.
CHAPTER II.
JACK
THE news was conveyed to Aunt
i Mary through private advices from Mr.
| Stebbins (whc had been hastily sum
ruoned to town for purposes OF BALD
she was very angry, indeed-primarily
| at the indignfty done her flesh ane
blood by arresting it. Then. as she re-
read the lawyers letter, other refiec'
lions crowded to the fore in her MIND
ssFunnyi Whatever could have made
i the boy get up and go downtown q
II three in the morning. anyway. sn'
II said. Seems kind of queer, don't yot
II think. Arethusa? Do you suppose ID
was i'll and huntins for drug store?"
Arethusa had been sent for the sec
4 ond day previous because Lucinda
youngest sisters youngest child haf
come down with scarlet fever, and fh'
family wanted Lucinda to enliven thu
quarantine Arethusa had had invita-
lions out for a dinner party, but sh
had recalled them and FASTENED t
obey the summons. It was an evi
! hour for her, for she loved her brothe
and was nightly distressed at the ba'
news.
'I don't believe he can have been ILL.,
she said, at the top Of her voice: i
he'd been i'll he wouldn't have had tn
, strength to hit the cab driver so hard.
) ST don't blame him for hittin' tn
, cab driver said Aunt Mary. warmly
, '.As near as I can recollect, I've ofte
, wanted to do that myself. But I can
make out where he got the man to hi
) or why he was there to hit him.
can't make rhyme or reason out Of 1
Y I wish We knew more. Well, I pre-
sumo we will. later"
n Her surnise was correct. The
q knew much more later. They kne'
more from Mr.. Stebbins. and the
: knew profusely more from the evenin
: papers.
q ST think our boyd better have CON
r home for his Easter" Aunt Mary tt
: marked, with a species of angry VI
: dertow threading the current of he
: speech. There's no saying what tn
: will cost before we're done with it. :"
d Arethusa choked; it was all so ver
r terrible to her.
). "What is it that the cabman want
: anyhow" her aunt demanded, pre-
emily.
: .He doesn't want anything" yelle
e. the unhappy sister. Hes going
die"
s well. who is going to sue m
IS them"
Y Its his wife; she wants i've thou
and dollars damages"
n Aunt Mary's lips frightened.
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