The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-25

her at once. l saw the lamps of the H
doctors carriage 1t was ten o'clock
and quite dark. The boy stayed with \
me- He went and sat in my big arm
chair-the chair that faces the cot
tage across the lawn. He cried like
a BOBBY He kept the blinds up and
watched the lights fitting about in
his own house until | myself was
nearly distracted with anxiety. Now
and then 7 spoke to him, even tried
to get him to talk about the fire, and
his running away and things like that,
but he did not seem to hear me.
even asked him what his business
, was
Heavens! man." he cried, rudely,
what does that matter now?'
But all the time he was listening,
all ears as I was, for any sounds OK
cept those usual to the night. A boot
owl settled in a reee nearby and he
got up and opened the window and
shooed it quietly and angrily until it
went away. 1t was the only time he
moved I brought him some coffee,
which he drank eagerly, with my arm
over his shoulder but his hand shook
and his eyes never left the windows
of the cottage. So it went until abon
three o'clock was in the other
room when l heard a great shout
rushed in, but he met me half WAY
and dragged me to the window.
Look" he cried, "look-the sig
nall"
saw candle set in the lower win.
dow opposite.
He seized a hat and slapped it on
my head 1t was his and large for
me, but We took no note of that My
wife met us at the cottage door and
whispered something to him.
Hush she said seeing in his eyes
the wish to make a noise. For an in
slant the great big boy stood still and
then, before she could escape, he
flung his arms about her and kissed
her. Together they tiptoed into the
house
, Well, my time was to come. In two
weeks from that very day | tiptoed
into semi-darkened room where the
little woman lay, and two white arms
stretched out and clasped themselves
about my neck.
- Have you seen it?" whispered a
I weak voice.
SHOW it to me- | said craftily
o and she did | kissed them both,
l. When the spring came they left MS
f A sign was put on the house, but they
: would not tell anyone, even us, whore
i they were going. ! was afraid he ha1
? lost his position, whatever it was.
II spoke to Dobbs about it, but he only
shook his head-then | spoke to Per
Il riwig.
Y 81 am not afraid of the future sale
the boy bravely-then he looked "a
Helen and the baby and laughed.
n lew Nttho ulltl lltg lllh sum
Il my wife received this letter from her
There had been some letters before
e. but mostly about the baby.
It My Dearest Aunty:
" $50 they called Mrs Burden.)
BERTHE says | must write and tel
d, you he didn't run away He was il
t the cellar all the time. We fitted up
D. table and sofa for him, and he stage
to there writing all day. And he set tn
" packing-boX on fire himself You see
h he is an author and editors had writ
id ten him the incest letters, sending
r. back his stories, but saying the
81 would like to see more of his work
5t He went to see some of them ant
N they We're awfully nice, but they sal,
ID his stories lacked realism. We an
10 city people and when he wrote abou
le people living in places surrounded b
Gods green earth, natural people, liy
I'd ing natural lives, he didn't know wha
y. he was talking about. They didn'
er say that, of course, but 1t is what the
ID meant.