Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-14
CHAPTER I.

III StNlHuHI Coull nave NOlCeu HlS
thought he would have said that the
earth itself did not afford a fairer pie
ture than that which lay within the
level radius of his vision and which
had imprinted itself so powerfully up
on his impressionable and youthful
heart II WIS not the scenery of Nir-
pinia either. the landscape on the Po-
tomac, of which he would have spoken
we're a thing not to be disdained by
such lover of the beautiful as Sey.
mour had shown himself TO be-the
dry brown hills rising in swelling
slopes from the edge Of the wide, quiet
river the bare and leafless trees upon
their crests. now scarce yelling the
comfortable old white house. which In
the summer they quite concealed be-
meath their masses of foliage. and all
the world lying dreamy and calm and
still in the motionless haze of one Of
those rare seasons in November which
so suggests departed days that men
name II summer again. For all that he
then saw In nature was but a setting
for woman; even the sun itself, low
In the west, robbed of its glory and
faded into dull ball seeking to hide
its head. but served to throw into high
relief the noble and beautiful face OF
the girl upon whom he gazed-the girl
who was sun and life and light and
world for him.
The most confirmed misogynist
would have found it difficult to chal-
lcnge her claim to beauty.
The whole impression she produced
was one which charmed and fascinated
to the last degree, and Mistress Ka-
tharine Wilton's sway among the
young men OF the colony was well
nigh undisputed. a toast and belle
In half Virginia, Seymour was not the
first, nor was he destined to be the
last, of her adorers.
The strong, steady, practiced stroke,
dcnoting the accomplished oarsman.
with which he had urged the little
boat through the water, had given
way to an idle and purposeless drift.
' 'ns"' " ."'t "'inSei' uoNn osiore
the little feet, in their smart high
heeled buckled shoes and clicked
stockings, which peeped out at him
from under her embroidered camlet
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