The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-24
Commencement Time


all nothing forward to but
long long of eating despair and regret and loneliness
She had failed examinations spoiled her essay in
reading it, and tired and dspried that she Onged stop
breathing at and forever
laughed away fatigue smiled her
troubles accepted solitary phiosOph
a if he had back her. That her real trouble As
she sat there her hot little dsmaned OF all the bright ac
o waiting for her
trunk last Indeed she had been doing
nothing but 90 over it all ever since happened become
aware waiting through his letters they had
thinner and thinner until she dreaded to tear the enve
opes kept with the appearance At last
say that he could see her graduate And
when he had always promised her kee
sake ring And then lie had not written again
She sent him feeble acknowledgment And them
Bob Silver who orresponded girl
that all up with Just letter from Ernest
Eleanor. girl he said DANDY girl his employers
niece
"Oh, he's written about it, she lied bravely.
But she knew then everyhn And commence
ment had through somehow Looking back at it all she tet
and spoken in dreama bad dream AT u
But and she was going home Al nome were e
grandparents spnse who had approved OF her
spending little inheritance educate herself They objected
moreover to her dainty habits gh ideas higher
living And sometimes they objected much that she felt
as hardly while trying live She had worked hard
her when she seemed to be dong best
he appeared singled her from all the girls to go with She
proud and happy and aered 1t had lasted year. and
then he up city work That had been the beginning
ending also She could not blame him. OF
course falling in love with the beautiful city girl but yet
opened suddenly and the in whose house she ed
looked in at her.
Al Hes come your trunk Eleanor" the andady said
Eleanor hurry order to bey the weakness of
tears At the she looked back the
had been happy and miserable Something that
the baccaaureae to her. Here
lies across it you step to ifes battle"
had wait minutes She sat in kind of
apathy during her journey home Her aunt
waiting for blackboard and the old black horse
WeI we'll" greeting scarcely spoke again
the way sputered the sowgong horse
Her grandfather Imply Back be? he queried
E. And he humping the floor with his cane.
Her grandmother presented chill cheek be kissed my my,
decline
IF guess not" Eleanor said trying hard to be careful
"Chare HerOns just getting around from typhoid went on
all neighbOrhOOd Nancy
e been sitting with him. She's well beat out did hope you'd
p be able to take holt with the work, Elnor"
N 81 shall be-" Eleanor said.
day her said to her. "NOu with me and
Charlie you Eleanor. He's inquired about you
II time I've been there lately"
g 60" said she spoke reluctantly She had
brought side by side with Charlie Heron and therefore knew
" him too well to feel interested in him.
She found him sitting up looking he had been very sick
10 indeed.
"Oh Eleanor he said into his eyes.
held her hand than necessary then he made
e down by him and talk to him.
the days that followed she often him
he could he BY by
n began together Charles
1 him by his father, and his mother kept house for him.
1--WE found where FROM he said day.
from the swamp I've been thinking there's much there
be wasted buushe and frogs spawn with fever popping
out of it You father died with
I'm going drain the swamp" He silent moment walking
slowly Il used to think he went chat I'd like to be scholar