The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-30

''Why?''
Because he does such mean things
I just know Bob must have told you
how he treated me. Bobs always tell
ing it. Bob thinks it's so funny he's
always telling it. Surely he's told you"
mo, never said Jack, his eyes
riveted on the staircase; The never told
me. But do tell me. I'll enjoy hearing
your side of it,
But 1 haven't any side. It's just
Horace Holloway's meanness. There's
nothing funny
But tell me anyway"
DO you really want to hear?"
Indeed I do"
We'll, it's just that We were up in the
mountains, and I was rowing myself
and the boat didn't go well, and Mr..
Holloway came down off the hotel
piazza and called to me that she needed
ballast, and-and I said: Is that the
trouble?' And he said: Yes. row
ashore, and I'll ballast you And so,
of course I rowed ashore to get him,
and (of course, supposed he meant
himself). and when I was up by the
dock he picked up great stone and
dropped it in. and showed me of, and
called after me: She'll go better now,
and-everyona laughed
Miss Lorne stopped, breathless.
tI never would have believed it of
him." Jack exclaimed, turning to see
where Holloway kept his sense of
humor; but just as his eyes fell up
on the latter the latter's altered and
suddenly became so bright and intent
that his observer involuntarily turned
his own gaze quickly in the same direc-
ton.
It was Mrs. Rosscott who was ap-
preaching, all in cerise with lines of
Chantilly lace sweeping about her. It
seemed a cruelty to every woman pres
ent that she should be go beautiful.
Jack wanted to fly and fail at her feet.
but he couldn't, of course-he " tied
to her hyphenated cousin.
But Holloway went forward and
greeted her with all possible empresse-
melat ard the man who was SO much
his junior felt an awful weight of youth
upon him as he saw her led out of his
sight
CT think dear Betty will marry Mr..
Holloway" her cousin chirped, blandly
(thus settling her hash forever). HE /
came over in her party, you know. and
she's always been fond of him.
Rosscott had commented on the terrible
dered why he had never noticed before
how disagreeable said tendency was.
(Going to marry Holloway
But, then, dear Cousin Betty's such
a coquette that no one can ever tell i
whom she does like She's very insin-
cere.''
oz
any comfort to be derived from Miss
a most chilly sort
probably going to marry Holloway!)
Now, I think it's too bad. when there
are so many simple, sweet girls in the
world that men just adore
He stood up suddenly. He couldn't
help it. He was crazed. maddened,
choked, stif1ed. The fates must inter-
vene and rescue his reason or else
There was a blessed ,sdund-the an
nouncing of dinner.
Later there was music in the great,
white salon where the organ was.
Maude Lorne sang, and the man with
the monocle accompanied her on the
organ. Mrs Rosscott sat on a divan
between Holloway and General Jiggs.
Jack was left out in the cold.
(Surely in love with Holloway
It was only twentysix hours since he
had first met her. and he hated to con-
slider his life as unalterably blasted, or
to even give up the fight. Nevertheless,
whenever he looked across the room he
saw fresh signs of the most awful kind.
Even the way that she didn't trouble to
trouble over the one man, but devoted
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