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

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CHAPTER III.
INTRODUCING JACK.
IT has been previously stated that
Aunt Mary's nephew, Jack, was
scapeerace and as delightful as scape-
graces generally are. 1t goes without
saying that he was good-looking; and
of course he must have been jolly and
pleasant or he wouldn't have been so
popular. AS a matter of fact. Jack
was very good-1ooking, unusually jolly.
and unconmonly pleasant. He was one
of zthe best-liked men in each Of the
colleges which he had attended. There
was something so winning about his
smile and his eternal good humor that
no one ever tried to dislike Inn; and
if anyone ever had tried he or she
would not have been successful for
very long.
Like all college boys, Jack had
churn. The churn was Robert Burnett,
a very charming young fellow of one
and-twenty, whose education had been
SO cosmopolitan in design and so patri-
otic IN practice that he always said
.sSacre bleu'' and Donnerwetter" when
ne thought of tt, and Gee" when he
didn't He and Jack were as ccngenial
a pair as ever existed, and they had
Just about as much in common az the
aunt of the one and the father of the
other had had to nay for.
In the February of the year of which
write, Washington celebrating his
birthday as usual, gave all American
students their usual chance to celebrate
with him. Celebrations were tempta-
lions incarnate to Jack, and he was
feeling frowningIy what clog Aunt
Mary's latest epistle was upon his joys,
when his friend came to the rescue
with an invitation to spend the doupie
holiday cit doubled that year-Sunday,
you know at the brand-new ancestral
castle which Burnett pere had just
finished building for his descendants.
1t may be imagined that Jack accept
ed the invitation with alacrity. and
that his never-downcast heart bound
ed gIeefuDy higher than usual over the
prospect of two days of pleasure in the
country.
II is not necessary to state where the
castle of the Burnetts wa erected, but
it was in a beautiful region, and the
monthly magazines had written it up
and called it an architectural triumph.
The owner fully agreed with the month
~ magazines, and his pride found vent !
In a house-warming which filed every
guest chamber in the place.
The festivities were in full swing be-
fore the youngest son of the house and
his friend got there; and when the dog
cart which had brought them from the
station, drew up under the mighty
porte-cochere with it's four stone lions
rampfng in four different directions,
lack felt one of those delicious thrills
which run through one under particu-
larly hopeful and buoyant circun- !
stances !
Its like walking in a novel," his
friend said; and then they entered un-
der some heavy draperies which the
footman pushed aside and found tiny
spiral staircase, which wound its way
alcft in style that Jack liked i'm
mensely.
Emerging therefrom on the third
floor, they found themselves in big
billiard room, with fire.
place at either end large enough to
put one of the tables in. !
ssAin.t 1t jolly?" said Burnett; and
then he exclaimed suddenly: by
GeorgeI I wonder If my sisters got
down vet
(which sister," Jack inquired; for
his friend was one of very large fam
lily, and he had met several of them
on their various visits to town.
"Betty-the one you've never seen"
replied Burnett; and just then they
were halted abruptly by the servants
opening a door, stepping just beyond
and opening another door, and thus re-
yealing to their gaze two model mems
rooms, exquisitely furnished, and with
windows that locked out, first on to a
stone balustrade, and secondly on To
a superb view over the river and the
mountains beyond.
The luggage was brought up a nil,
mute later, and the men unstrapped the
things and went away. They left a
plenitude of comfort behind them such
as led Jack to fling himself into the
arms of the most luxurious chair in the
room and stretch his arms and legs far
and wide in utter joy and contentment,
Burnett was fishing for hs key ring.
Its a great old place, isn's ~" he
remarked. parenthetically. Gee, but
I'll bet Wen have fun these two days.
And If my sister Betty Is here" He
paused expressively.