The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-06-01
ADAM AND EVE IN THE ORCHARD

slunber. Hastily she reused it up and
took her leave with it,
He eyed her retreat with diSmay.
Its abruptness perpleNed him TIL ne
recognized the trail Of the serpent
u hat your pets" he called after
her; they leave sting behind.
Her quick wit marked the play upon
the word. and brought to birth smile
that bore her company upon her home
ward way.
The fourth day found them under
the apple tree talking glibly of the
fruit. She knew little more OF il than
its name began with IL and ended
with an ''E. .
He might have told her OF its origin
had he felt so inclined; also something
of its true translation
The circumstances were favora BILE
to discussion; by the end of the morn
ing Eve was alive to the fact that for
hidden fruit had taste that was easily
acquired, while Adam felt it was fit
for the table of an epicure.
The evening post brought twin ex-
plantations and apologies from the rival
agents
The fourth day was stormy; panic
fell on both their souls lest they should
lose their Eden. 1t had grown so dear
that neither could contemplate expul-
sion with any pretensions to calmness.
Once more the garden was the scene
of meeting: this time Greek met Greek.
She retreated. not beaten, but firm
" convinced Of the failure of fireworks
as Examinations for Eden
He left her. swearing that every red
haired woman had d spice of the devil.
but he did not forget to add the re
mainder of the quotation that put
that spice down as being worth all the
prettiness in the world.
The next day both learned of the
leisure of repentance. Alone they
walked within the garden, once so fair
its charm had vanished. Again il
was waste around ruin. Eden no
longer, now the other was not there.
'Tis yours" he wrote at close of
day. Eden without it's Eve could be
no longer paradise"
THE garden was given first to Ad-
am," she had penned in her gen
crosby. yours is the prior claim
leave it to you. Guard it we'll Fare
well. Farewell
Her note came to hand on the even
ing of the sixth day; all desire to visit
the garden now that she had gone was
dead.
It's emptiness Knocked him; unlit by
her bright hair, it lay in lonely shad-
ow, under cloak of silence drear as
death
But on the morrow a melancholy at
traction drew him thither He chose
high noon, and FASTENED to the apple
tree where first they met, possessed of
a hope that she insight come to him.
But disappointment ruled his day.
Sadly he plueked the perfect fruit that,
alas, had ripened all to late.
1.-THE fruit of knowiedge," he said,
bitterly surveying the golden bah:
then tossed it from him with an i'm
petuous motion. as he rounded the cor
ner of the. south wall. nova mass of
tender green and bIood-red fruit.
But beauty of the picture was lost
upon him; all his eyes saw was slen-
der patch of purple. Viewed from
a distance, it might easily have been
mistaken for mass of clematis.
The fruit he had flung from him was
checked by the folds of her gown. She
stopped TO pick it up, and rising. met
his glance, her own full of inquiry.
1.-THE fruit of the tree of knowledge"
he said, answering her unspoken
query.
Us it sweet?" she faItered
at tasted to me of the bitterness
of death a while ago. he said
Once more she raised her arm above
his shining head, and pIueked gen
erous branch of the passion-painted
fruit. Silently she held them out as
an offering to him. A whisper broke
the silence of the garden.
Apples of love"
The words foated from her to him;
t broke the spell. \ gentle love wind
rose, and, whispering 10 the garden.
woke the flowers. And the lost Eden
was restored to them.-Chicag Trib-
une.