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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-22

how said it, but when I had done she
still stood there pale and motionless,
the fan at her side, her gaze fixed on
the silver pathway that the moon had
patterned on an inky black sea.
"It's impossible, - she whispered,
"quite impossible
"Why3" I blurted holly. ssTell me
why; that is not your answer; it has
been taught you and it Is not sufficient.
Your father-oh, I know, but must
speak-he is no more an invalid than
am; there 8 some internal jugglery
somewhere and I mean to get to the
bottom of it before take that an
swer. Vera, will you tell me why it is
impossible, or must | go to himso
There were tears in her eyes and
her bosom rose and fell unanimously.
LISTEN she said gently, her hands
on my shoulders, her eyes full Of sad
ness. cit can never, never be. Won't
you trust in me and believe that ii is
so; explanations would only hurt him
they would make no difference. We
should never have asked you to stay.
It was my fault and / am paying for
it now; but I did so want some one'-
"vera.' / whispered harshly, "do
You care2'
For moment her eyes looked into
mine and / had nv answer. / turned
quickly and strobe from her. She
called my name, but ! took no heed;
straight through the little dining room,
past my own bedroom, past hers. At
the entrance of narrow corridor lead
ing to the back of the house 1 en-.
ba Koroan
HWhat do you WANT he demanded
suspiciously.
"Your MASTER" I snapped; "where
is hes"
"No can see-him busy"
I brushed him aside and passed on,
his iabbered expostulations following
as I went. At heavily curtained
door I paused. what 7 sought lay be-
hind it. I lifted the curtain and
knocked. 4 sudden scraping as of
chair pushed back came to my ears
through the paneling, to be followed
bv the clnk of glass. Again / knock
ed, A short pause. then the quick
turning of a key and the door opened.
T found myself in low, dark room.
sparsely furnished, but scrupnlously
neat, The floor. the walls and even
the ceiling were lined with finely WOW
en- mating. cleaning yellowy tints in
the light east from shaded reading
lamp on a small deal table.
The girl Is father shut the door and
crossed the room to an arm chair with
out speaking. Again my eyes were
attracted to his right hand. instantly
noting that two buttons of the glove
were unfastened. and again ] expert
eneed the wild desire to rush into the
! open air.
He seated himself in the arm char
and commenced to leisurely button the
glove.
"'You wished to see me, y he said
with studied Indifference, indicating
chair.
I declined the offer and stood before
| him. angrily conscious that his att1-
| tude disconnected me.
e'I have asked your daughter to be
nv wife, ] blurted suddenly.
''T know, know" he jerked out
with the first trace of nervousness
had seen him display. "but that does
MT prevent your taking char.
| Continued on Page Fourteen.)
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his right hand-it was neatly gloved
and had strangely lifeless appear
ance. This discovery, small in itself,
affected me more than I could have
thought possible; that hand drew my
eyes like a magnet, attracting yet re-
voting.
We entered a narrow pathway
bridging the swamp before either of
us spoke; then he stopped abruptly and
faced me once more with those pene-
trating eyes.
envy name is Horton he said in
the same colorless voice, "and yourga"
Winthrop said 1, extending my
hand mechanically.
The hard lines of his mouth set in a
travesty of smile as he indicated his
gloved hand.
ct IN afraid 7 can t shake he said:
ssmy hand is out of commission. But
he offered no explanation, and together
we passed on up a narrow avenue or
mangoes and cocoanuts to low, ram
bling bungalow spotlessly white from
roof to foundation, tucked away IN a
luxurious growth of tropical vegeta-
| ton.
The girl, in long white wrapper,
delightfully."- plain, rose from ham
mock on the lanai as we approached,
and her smile of welcome puzzled me.
| Behind the genuine pleasure of it Turk
ed evident anxiety, and her eyes never
| rested for long on any object without
| reverting to the tall figure of her
father. Again I marked his elean-cut
| limbs and healthy complexion, and
| wondered vaguely.
Little was said during the meal that
followed. An uncomfortable restraint
| lowered in the air that I tried in vain
| to disperse with a wanderers anec-
dotes. A stolid Korean. with the face
| of a craven image, waited silently and
well. his naked feet moving noiselessly
over the fine mating of the floor. The
| father, grave and silent, sat at the
! head of the table, eating with one
| hand and making no attempt to en-
| liyen a conversation that the girl and
| 7 practically dragged from each other
piecemeal. Long before the meal was
j over I became conscious of an unae-
couptable but overwhelming desire to
| rush into the open and breathe deep
draughts of fresh air in preference to
the excellent wine at the side of my
Mate. But then-there was the girl
T Toasted my eyes upon her and stitied
the impulse.
Looking back on it all now. it seems
Incredible that for full week | stayed
on in that mysterious house without
asking the question that rose to my
lips every hour of the day; but such
was the case. Even when alone with
the girl and we went where we wliled
together-s surfing. fishing by torchlight
or hunting for the delicate fronds of
coral on the reefs about the island
although 7 came to know her like a
book. a faseinatingly rare edition, no
chance reference to her father or his
| aiJment ever escaped her.
At last 7 could stand in no longer.
! Two questions had to be asked and l
determined to ask them, come what
might. We were on the lanai at the
/ time, watching a glorious moon creep
/ from the sea. The still air was OPP
pressively heavy with the scents OF
| hibiscus and night blooming cereus in
/ the garden below. and the girl stood
| verv near me slowly waving a native
! fan.
/ The words rushed to my lips in
torrent. 1 know not what said nor
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The Pariah's Dau9hter---A Pacific
Island Romance


was at loss to see the cause.
"May [ camp here?' 1 pleaded
humbly. cts getting late and 1 know
nothing of the reefs about here.p
Ye-es, [ suppose so,' she conceded
thong mean yes, certainly
she added quickly; "you will not be
staying longa"
81 shall be away at daylight to-
morrow-but what a heavenly place
you have here, +" I added, gazing away
toward the white line of foam that
marked the reef out at sea, the while
sweeping me from battered panama to
muddy ducks.
"Do you think so?'' she said alb
sently. =
"Who could think otherwise9" I de-
manded warmly "It IS a place-well
"a place to dream of. -
The girl smiled It was my first OPP
portunity of seeing her teeth; they
were even and white.
FPlaees that are nice to dream of
are not always so nice to live in,' she
said with sudden gravity.
"But not for a time,' I persisted.
"Surely after the din and hubbub of
the outside world this must he per-
feet haven of refugee
cit might admitted the girl
YEARLY; fbut You see have never ex-
perienced the din and hubbub, so the
contrast is lost on me''
"Then You have never been -
"I have not been off this island for
the last six years" she said deliber-
ately, "and-and I hate ito The con-
eentrated bitterness in the last words
left me speeehless. Ny eve swept the
mangrove swamp, the sand, the blue
Pacific, the reef, then back to the man
grove swamp, and I thought I under
stood
"But why"-T began namely, and
checked myself.
"The question is quite natural" she
said, smiling. EFMy father is an in
valid and I take care of him; it is
impossible for either of us to leave.
You must think me an extraordinary
person. she added with a humorous
twinkle in the depths of her dark eyes.
"Here am I, in bathing dress, unbur-
dening my family woes to a perfect
stranger inside of ten minutes ae-
quaintance; but perhaps You can make
allowances for hermits when they get
in touch with the outside world.
81 ask nothing better than the part
of father confessor,' I averred.
"Please go on.
The girl puzzled me. and + was fond
of puzzles. She neither gushed nor as
sumed unbecoming dignity, and she
was certainly not over nineteen. Con-
eeive naturalness at nineteeni I told
myself it was refreshing, and lay at
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By Ralph Stock.

more, the latter wore a trim blue bath
ing costume and pushed surfIboard
before her, and surf boards were surely
incompatible with mermaids.
I watched her transfxed. She waited
for a gigantic breaker that I thought
must surely catch and dash her bruised
and senseless on the beach, and then
leaped on to the board, first lying, then
kneeling, then standing, as she shot
like a meteor for shore borne on a
cascade of foam.
Carrying the board high on to the
beach, she lay in the hot sand summing
herself, while for the third time I ask
ed myself what I ought to do, and an
swered the question by eraning my
neck over the log like a fool and re-
naming where [ was
There were palpably only two
courses open-to advance or retreat
and as. after due deliberation, I saw
no cause for the latter, I took my
courage in both hands and stepped
from shelter.
The girl turned quickly, and I shall
never quite forget the expression in
the piquant little un-kissed face that
looked up into mine. There was more
than surprise, even than amazement,
written there; sheer fright and dread
underlay both these as her hands leap
ed to the short skirt of her bathing
dress and tugged its damp folds to
greater length.
81 hope you'll pardon me,' I be
gan, 'tbut Ter -
"Who are youa" she gasped quick
ly, "and what are you doing here?'
ga wanderer, and searching for a
camping ground, - I replied, a trife
more easilv-she had the divinest of
brown eyes, with long lashes, still
glistening with brine.
"But-but how did you get here's"
"My CUTTER I explained, sis an
chored off the other side of the island -
she had a grave, rather large mouth
framed with full red lips.
''But this is my fathers property:
no one can come here.
81 IN sorry for Them said 1.-The
skin of her face, neck and arms was
burned to a delicious tint of creamy
brown and her figure-then the mute
trouble in her eyes sobered me.
81 hope I'm not seriously incon-
veniencing you'll mean my being
here I suggested. 81 assure you
I'm quite harmless and on a camping
trip through the islands; it was quite
by accident -
els any one with you9" she asked
suddenly. and there was a trace of IN
easiness in the voice.
"No one, fastened to assure her
A slight relaxation of the muscles
about the mouth and ewes told me that
my answer conveyed relief, though
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greater length in the sand. Metaphor
ically, I held out my hand and was led,
at first falteringly, then with greater
confidence, and finally almost hurried
through the highways, bypaths and
blind alleys; sometimes mystifying,
sometimes enlightening, always en-
thra1ing, that thread the mind of a
Young girl unspoiled by contamination
with present-day civilization; sweet
smelling avenues, whose very existence
after five years wanderings over this
terrestrial sphere / had never even
imagined. She had read, but chiefly
books Of travel. I followed her to the
wilds of Africa, Thibet and the frozen
North; to cities-London, New York,
Paris-dumbly demanding of myself II
I had visited these places bllndfold.
But most fascinating of all was the
return to little green island In the
Pacific, where a girl of nineteen with
the desires and ambitions of her sex,
kent patient watch over an Invalid
father while her soul few to the ends
of the earth seeking knowledge OF
lands it was ordered she should never
see.
/ Law in the sand drinking it in as
man diving of thirst. The sun was
sinking. blood red, lower and lower be-
meath the cocoanut palms that frlnged
the island, and save for the lntermlt-
tent boom of the surf out at the reef
the world seemed sinking into the
serene sleep of the tropics.
As though suddenly wakened from
dream. 7 discerned the tall figure OF
a man clearly outlined against the man.
grove bush behind us. I rose hastily
70 nv feet and the girl turned, the red
blood surging from neck to brow
aThera's father she said, hurried
", ri must go.'
A few wards away she turned and
held out little brown hand.
"Good-by." she said, smiling into
NV ewes fsI,m afraid I've done an
unconseionable amount of talking. - :.
uOniv enough to whet my appetite,
protested eagerly. "May L see you
again?' ~, ;,
~I'm afraid it's quite impossible, ;,
she said with a hint of regret that !
grasped as a drowning man would a
straw.
nWhv',-I began. but she was gone
watched the blue bathing dress
and those vile white ducks disappear
together into the mangroves and turned
to the Pacific for sympathy.
ssWhvq" T repeated. fercely--' why
in thunder is it impossible? What IS
father, invalid or no Invalid, VINO VINO
lveens-keeps tbat-caged in hole like e
this9 What is he but wretehed
misera A selfeentered -
s'Would you care to come up to the
houses'
The voice. ph1egmatic. deliberate
/ breaking on my fervid reflections ike
cold douche came from somewhere
above me. and 7 was on my feet IN
fash looking into pair of hard. cal
culating grey ewes that seemed to be
leisurelv but thoroughly searching for
nv very soul.
ssThank YOU" I stammered. This
then. was the father; 7 disliked him on
| the instant. Tall. broad shouldered,
erect. with sun tanned. virile face,
strikinglv set off by iron gray hair and
mustache. In vain l searched for
! traces of the invalid.
7 followed him across the sand noting
| the elastic step, the easy swing from
| the hips; then suddenly my eye fell on
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It was entirely my own idea. Why,
indeed, swelter in Honolulu for the
three mortal weeks that elapsed before
the arrival of the next boat when one
could sit in the stern sheets of trim
little cutter with the blue Pacific be-
meath, the bluer heavens above and the
velvet breath of northeast trade fan
ming his jaded cheek.
Oahu, with its iron-bound coast of
jagged rocks, hurled from the sea by
some mighty convulsion Of the earth s
past to guard the gentle green terraces
that lay behind, slipped slowly by to
port like the unrolling of some ex-
quisitely tinted canvas. To starbOard,
nothing but shimmering blue waters
parting now and again to release for
a brief fight the glistening blue body
of flying fish
was awakened with a guilty start
by revolver shots-no, only the violent
Tapping of the sail; the breeze had
stiffened and I had dozed, that was
all, perhaps minute, perhaps two, yet
the coast line looked unfamiliar, and
ahead tiny green islet rose abruptly
from the sea like some enchanted land
of fairy tale. Ny watch told me that
I had slept an hour, and it was only
by the luck that seems to follow babies,
drunkards and fools that 7 had es
capped rasping the bottom out of the
cutter on the nearest reef.
AS it was, I mathematical myself
for sleepy headed fool. anchored a
few lengths from the island and rowed
ashore in the dinghy.
The. search for a suitable camping
ground was harder than I had expected.
The shore of the island seemed sur
rounded by an almost impenetrable
mangrove swamp, through which [
crashed ankle deep in ,ooZing brown
mud. but at last the bush ended abrupt
" and I staggered out on to tiny
oval beach of ghstening white sand.
I have no distinct recollection of how
] got irto such an extraordinary posi-
ton, but the next moment | found my
self living full length behind a fallen
tree trunk weakly demanding if I
were still asleep or had stepped out of
n humdrum 1908 vear-old world into a
Jules Verne romance. Was I dream
ing, or was that a neat little iettv
running into the sea with an equally
neat little steam launch moOred at its
side, rising and sinking on the bosom
of a drowsy swellF And was that a
mermaid or one of human flesh and
blood Snortirq in the surf not fifty
PAGES distant7
Picking up shell I dug it violently
into my left leg, but the wharf and the
mermaid still remained What was
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gear three speeds forward and
REAR AxLE-Drawn steel transmission incorporated ir
same, similar to EMF single universal joint, enclosed
oil and dust proof.
WHEEL BASE-Ioo inches-mark that.
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WHEELS-Artilery type, 32inch diameter larger wheels
long guarantee easy riding toughest roads
pavements Compare with dinky that go bobblng
inequalities like lame jack rabbits.
FRAME-Pressed steel.
BODY-Pressed steel made types; wopassenger
about with large deck for trunk packages; add two
seats and have natty suburban.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-01-08
GARFIELD SUBMITS
HIS ANNUAL REPORT
Head Of Interior Department Calls
Attention to Attorneys Desbarr-
ed for Unprofessional Acts
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press
Washington, D. c. Jan. 4-fhe improv-
ed methods or administration instituted
by Secretary Garfield, having for their
purpose the simplfcation Of business
without any loss in accuracy or response
bility, have proven Of great value says
the head Of the Department Of the. Inter
ior in his annual report made public to-
day. The report covers a wide feld,deal-
ing as il does with the work of the various
bureau embraced within its management
the territories, national parks and reser-
yations, District Of Columbia corporations,
etc.
Secretary Garfield calls attention to
certain unscrupulous and unproiessional
acts upon the part Of a number Of attor-
neys practiclng before the department.
which resulted in their disbarment Some
of these have brought mandamus suits
for restoration Of their names TO the list
Of those entitled TO practice The cases
are now pending, but in the meantime,
the secretary says, attorneys viii be no.
tilted. heard and dsbared in all cases
where am satisfied beyond a reasonable
doubt that their conduct as attorneys has
been disreputable. fraudulent Illegal, OF
undoubtedly unprofessiOnal The recent
/ Patent Office fraud, resulting in the con-
fession OF one defendant the conviction
Of another and the aoquital Of the third
are touched upon, and the statement is
made that it was the first case Of the
kind that had occurred in the one hun.
dred and eighteen years Of Patent ofiios
history. The Commissioner Of Patents
il is stated. has taken steps TO provide
additional safeguards around the filing o
patent papers.
Regarding the movement for the em
servation of the natural resources Of th'
country, Secretary Garfield says that /
shows the people Of the country haQl
fully awakened TO the vital necessity 0
caring for what is left Of the public 60
main.
The pension roll, as usHal. piled up al
enormous death rate, 50.675 names hEg
ing been removed on this account o
these 34.339 we're soldiers and sailors a
the civil war During the entire year th
total number Of pensioners Gu the roll Ssis
l1,008.053
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-01-08
TWO HIGHWAYMEN
ROB TWENTY-FIVE
Oh Well Rig Men Held-up and Rob
bed in Out Skirts Of Tulsa
Two Men Captures

Tulsa, Okla Jan. Two masked men
last night held up twenty-five men, most
" oil workers, in relays Of from enc to ten
men, on the road from the oil fields at the
edge Of the city The robbers stopped
teams as they came along and demanded
vauables Of the occupants Of the rigs
One wagon, containing six men, was
stopped and the men lined up in the road
and relieved Of their watches and money.
Other rigs drove up and we're stoppe, ten
men being lined up at one time.
Thesrobbers escaped on two stolen horses
before the officers could get 10 the scene.
The losers are out about $500 dozen
watches and some jewelry.
Sheriff Newblock and posse tracked the
fugitive highwaymen to the north side Of
town where the street pavement blocked
further trail Later, however, the sheriff
and posse surprised the two robbers at an
old hut on the bank of the Arkansas
river and captured them. They were
brought here and placed in Jail
The prisoners were identified as Her
schaIl-Wolfe and Chas. Haubaueh. well
known men Of this city
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-01-08
PORTION
HAS ADVANTAGE
East and West Sides of State Are
Dependent on Each Other
Says Hutchinson

Norman, Okla Jan THE eastern
and western parts Of Oklahoma depend
upon each other for developement' said
Mr., L. l. Hutchinson assistant director Of
the Oklahoma geological survey in an
interview today, "0f course at the present
time the west is the more dependant
The west depends upon the east for fuel
TO develop its vast deposites of gypsum.
salt, clay and shale while in a few years
the eastern part should get her supply of
wall plaster and salt from the west. The
western part Of the state should also de-
velop the brick and tile industry 10 a
great extent provided only that fuel from
the eastern part of the state can be had
there at reasonable price. Besides fuel
the eastern part of Oklahoma has the raw
materials TO manufacture inexhaustabig
supplies of Portland cement, brick tile
glass and lime.
Il know Of no reason why the two sec.
tions Of oklahoma shonld not supply eacf
other and keep the maney in the state
that is now being sent to other states fol
these products
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-01-08
THIRD FIVE PER
Gent DIVIDEND
First National Bank Makes Remark
able Showing in Profits for
Year Just Closed

AT a meeting Of the directors Of the
First National bank, hello Thursday. O
dividend of FIVE per cent was declared
This is the third FIVE per cent dividend
declared during the year 1908 Also at
this meeting three per eeRt was added to
the surplus fund thus showing an actual
profit to the capital stock Of eighteen per
cent for the year just past This in itself
is a remarkable showing for any financial
institution. In speaking Of the business
of the year, this morning., Mir Churchia
the cashier said that 1908 was one Of
the most successful years in the banks
history, and that the Individual deposits
were larger during that year than ever
before lie also stated that he felt that
the First National bank, Of Vinita. is on
an even more solid footing than ever
before.