The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-17

| Don't preach" he replied rudeIy,
| and turned his back upon me- 1t was
we'll he did or l should have laughed
/ in his face. Then he strobe away to-
wards the house, wounded dignity in
every line of his figure.
! He had just disappeared when DR..
| Felton's gig swept round the corner
| and came bowling along towards the
| house And then a wonderful thing
| happened. Instead of dashing past as
usual, it drew up at our gate. A sec
| ond later DR.. FELTON, himself hurried
| In and, catching sight of me. crossed
| the lawn.
Miss Martin. I regret to have to tell
| you there has been an accident-a car
riage accident-your father
| At his words the lawn and trees and
everything seemed to spin round me.
| He caught both my hands and gave
| me a gentle shake.
| Come, come, you must be brave"
he said with smile. tits pretty bad,
I'll own, but it might have been much
worse"
But 1 was not nearly so silly as to
/ faint. really.
| Have a room got ready for him at
|
| And then he was gone as quickly as
/ he had come, and 1 few into the house
That was the beginning of very
| strange time. Papa was in bed three
! weeks and I nursed him under DR..
| Feltons orders. and with the idol TO
assist. And, strange 10 relate, papa
! took violent liking to DR.. FELTON, and
/ never again referred to him as the
vulture" It is really wonderful how
! quickly a friendship can spring up
under certain circumstances.
One evening when papa was conva-
descent and sitting up again, he asked
me to sing to him. So L rearranged
| his cushions for him and went to the
piano. The French windows, that look
| ed into the garden, were open and
| could see the idol sitting under the
/ cedar pretending to read a book on
surgery 1t was beautiful evening
/ and the recent rain had brought out
| the scent of the flowers, making the
air delicious.
At the second verse of my first song
Wilfrid's chair was empty. With the
| last he lounged into the room. He IS
very fond of singing and likes to turn
over the music for me.
When 1 had sung all papa's favorite
| songs, we suddenly discovered he had
| fallen asleep, so Wilfrid snuffed the
candles. Then he leaned his elbow on
! the piano and stood solemnly staring
| at me. l had taken considerable pains
with my toilette I remember. Doctor
FELTON, had got into a way of dropping
| in to dinner-or just after-very often.
Papa liked him to come SO that they
| could talk over their patients. The
! idol was unusually serious.
You know. Kate" he began doubt
fully. Il think I make a mistake about
about Renee"
| 1 quite agreed with him, but thought
| it would sound rude to say so.
YES, 1 think didn't quite know my
own mind, you know, you know-that
i but I've learnt a great deal since 1
came down here
.'Oh. I'm so glad, wilfrid,', I said
earnestly, 'for I know how anxious
Aunt Adelaide is for you to get
through your final"
''Oh, but l didn't mean that kind of
thing" he replied quickly. Il didn't
Must then refer to medicine. What l
really meant is that I've learnt man
should not look beyond his own coun-
try for a wife. You've taught me so
much, Kate"
Poor Renee. In a brief six weeks 1t
appeared had, all unconsciously, sup
planted her. 1 am a brunette, five
seven in height, and generally con-
sfdered the reverse from plain. 1t was
the music, or the cream rose in my
IT know I've been Stacking, Kate
he continued penitently, and Sinking
nv reading, but when the beastly let
| ter came you know, it made me feel l
didn't care what happened. But now
! -now-Im jolly glad it did come. I
mean to work, to read at night and
day for my final I mean to get
| through for your sake, as well as
the masters s.
| Just then a tall figure appeared at
| the nearest window and after a mo-
ment's hesitation, stepped into the
room. 1 sighed with relief for this
| timely interruption. 1t was DR.. FELTON,
| in a macintosh from which the rain
was dripping.
Wilfrid muttered something which
| did not sound like drawing-room Ian
guage. and glared ferociously at him.
| why, Wilfrid!" 1 exclaimed, start
| ing up, Its pouring again, and you
left your books out under the cedar.
Then papa woke and asked DR.. Eel
ton to stay TO dinner. He did, and We
had a very jolly evening. The only
| discordant note was the idols be-
havior. He was not his usual good ma
tured self and exceedingly rude to Dr.
FELTON, into the bargain. Happily
however, he took himself off to bed
early.
It is the third week in October. and
this morning l had letter from the
idol. He says:
| Dear Katie.
You will be glad to hearI have Just
managed to scrape through my final
| and no small thanks TO you! The
| mater nearly had, Mysteries. one
would think / had been made Pres
ident of the Royal College Of Surgeons
/ Rv the by. I have just had a letter
/ from Bryan FELTON, asking me to be
1 his best man at the wedding
think it's awfully decent of him and