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

Five thousand dol1ars!" she said,
with a bitter patience. II can see that
this is goin' to be an awful bad busi-
ness. Five thousand dollars! Dear,
dear! 1 must say that that wife sets
a pretty high price On her husband
at least. a'cordin' to my order of think
in. she does. From what I've seen
of cabmen, I'd undertake to get her
another just as good for a tenth of
the money, any day"
Arethusa was silent, staring thought
fully at the newspaper cuts of Corbett
and Dick Croker. which had been Ia
beled as the principals in the family
tragedy.
Aunt Mary turned over another of
the many papers received. and scam
ned it's sensational columns afresh.
"Arethusa," she exclaimed, suddenly.
do you know what bet anything,
strikes me that he's trying to give the
impression that our boyd been drink
i'm
Perhaps so,' Arethusa screamed.
well. I don't believe It," said Aunt
Mary, firmly, land I amt goin' to be-
lieve it. And amt goin' to pay no five
thousand dollars for no claimants
brains, neither. You write to Mr..
Stebhins to compromise on two or may
be three"
She stopped and bit her lips and
shook her head. 81 don't see why
Jack grows up so hard she murmur-
ed, half In anger and half in sorrow.
Edward and Henry never had such
times. Oh, WE'LL she sighed, boys
| viii he boys, suppose; an IL this all
results in the boys settlin' down it'll
be money well spent in the end. after
ALL Maybe-probably-m likely.
The days that followed were anxious
days. but at last the cabman rallied
and concluded not to die, and Jack
went Off yachting with a light heart
| and choice collection of good advice
from Mr.. Stebbins and Aunt Mary.
Nothing happened to mar his holiday.
He ran a borrowed steam launch on to
some rocks with rather heavy conse-
| quences to his aunt's exchequer, and
returned from the West Indies SO late
that she never had a visit from him al
all that summer; but, barring these
slightly unwelcome incidents, he did
remarkably well, and when he return
ed to college in the fall he was re-
stable proposition.
''I wonder whether our boys comm
home for Christmas?" Aunt Mary
asked her niece. Mary, as that happy
period Of family reunions drew near
Mary had come up to stay with ner
aunt while Lucinda went away to bury
a second cousin. Mary was very diner
ent from Arethusa, having voice that
when raised, was something between
an icicle and a steam whistle, and
temperament so much on the order O
her aunt's that neither could abide thu
other an hour longer than was aoso
lutely necessary. BUT Arethusa hat
sprained ankle, so there was no nell
for existing circumstances.
ssNo, he isn't said Mary. who ha'
no patience at all with her brother
and showed it. Hes going West witt
the glee club"
; with the she club" cried poor Aun
Mary, in alright.
Mary explained.
ST don't like the idea," said the oil
lady, shaking her head. "Somethini
: will be sure to happen. can feel
} runnin' up and down my bones tnl
minnit''
.'oh. If he can get into trouble.
course, Jack WILL" said Mary, cheer
fully.
!. Aunt Mary didn't hear her. becaus
she didn't raise her voice particular!
| Besides. the old lady was absorbed 10
, the nonce in the dismalest sort of prog
nostications.
And they all came true, too. Some
thing unfortunate beyond all expecta
tions came to pass during the gle
clubs visit to Chicago3 and the resu
was that, before the new year was we