The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-04-09
By awENDoLEN ovERroN.


he<was in love with Tilted him, out of
hand, for richer fellow. and he was
very hard hit. He went west and was
lost TO sight. and the places where he
had been knew him no more. If any
one CHANGED to mention him to the girl, |
she smiled the smile of plying CON
tempt. which is most women's tribute /
to the memory of man they have |
treated abominably, and said: Poor |
Dick" She was as mean she was |
beautiful-which is not the fairy-tale |
formula; but she got her punishment |
in the end-which is.
This is how it came about:
Circumstances and physicians over
which she had no control sent the rich
man she had married-whose name was
Kent-to spend season on the Pacific
coast. Kent's fancy lighted upon a sea-
port town, the only objects of interest
in which were a break-water, in course
of construction, and a spit of land
upon which, tourists were assured, the
skeletons of dead and gone pirates
might yet be dug up. Neither these
nor the adjoining shipping village,
which only awaited the appropria-
ton of a delinquent congress to
slope, offered to Mrs. Kent that
variety and excitement which alone
. could make existence paiatable 10
J her. So she decided that if there
were to be any such, they must come
from within herself. Therefore, as the
most unlikely thing that she could
happen upon, she determined to try
what it might be like to lead that
4 nr,6h hoo nv
life-going to bed when the frogs be-
gan to sing in the dismal marshes
about, and getting up with the sun. i
will take plenty of exercise, she ex-
planned to her husband; Il will row for
a couple of hours before breakfast on
the lagoon, L think"
She experienced some real enthusi-
asm about it at this point. Kent cid
not He foresaw the disturbance OF
his own comfort, which was not great
ly considered at the best of times, and
he tried to discourage her; but with
out success.
At daybreak she made her way across
the strip of land that divided the Ia
poon and the sea. The hotels and cot
tages faced the sea, but the lagoon was
the inner harbor, and there were upon
it only wharves and rlckety poat-
houses and fishermen's huts. 1t was
not exactly picturesque outlook or
dinarily but the sunrise 1ghts cast
sort of glamour over it now. Even the
deep. loose sand was cool and tinted
and all traced over with fine caballsue
line. where the lizards had dragged
their tails and no one had as ye'
stepped Later on, it would be oister
ing hot and the marsh weeds woule
give out a choking smell; but tins early
their stunted yellow anu pink blossoms
had a fresh and pungent scent.
She followed path that led to rough
hoard shack, standing on stills Owe
the ebb-tide mud, where a sign adver
Eised that boats were builded and 10
rent when she stopped in the small
doorway. her figure shut out most o
the light, and she coulo parely oisceI
the man who was moving about inside
He came toward her. Her back was t
Iowravs of the sun, so her face wa
in the bla ckness, and only her form WI
as g.istening white as the Angel G
Apocalypse.
Had he row-boat, she asked; on
ottoo heavy, and with oars of moo
crate sweep? He was taclturn-
,1onp-shore character, probabiy-1o
no did not even answer, only took
n.;r of spoon oars from their rack G
tho wall. and led the way out to tn
I,n5ino pier. She followed, runnln
ao.inSt strange shapes of wood, an
.4umbIipg over piles of lumber in tn
Gloom. When they were out on III
1sndino he turned about and face
ber suddenly. She was quite close
h;nd him and she gave quick sta
back
thought the voice was like yours
He had had that much warning, o,
~be had had none at all, and 1t mig
have been full two seconds oefol
she got control of herself. Ihen u
beauty of the situation and all us Pc
.;bilities foated upon her suodehl
and she decided that her movement
;,n,,Ise had been the best she cou
msde So she followed 1t L
She shrank back into the doorw'
t.rSber still. Richard" she sa
covering.
10 stood resting upon the oars a
orutinizing her stolidly. He natter
himself that he was calm, not to S
.ooI hut Mrs Kent had deeper tn
surface sight. She knew that he
D.ared cool for very much the sal
reason that a circular saw aPPea
stiI when it is going fast enough +
herself and for the major part OF ma
lind she was a very light SCORER
love. but she was no such fool as
% know that the heart which has tr'
loved and never forgets does ~
ire existence in the flesh as well as
the lines of Erin's bard So, SUNNI
up the situation with the aid OF obs
vations upon his character, made "a
er exhaustively some five years g
by, she came to the conclusion IN
when she should be ready, it wo
take perhaps half an hour at the
eide to have him at her feet IS a u
l. at the feet of trainer with o W.