Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-12-30
CHAPTER XIII.
THE GAUNTLET.

cning. SIN months revealing 10 ncr
both In their own intimate relations
and In what size learned of his other
life the weak scnsuality OF her nus.
band. sufiiccd to transform her into
cold. self contained woman of an acid.
ulous cynicism startling in one Of her
years II was the weakness OF the
man more than his immortality that
repealed her She herself came Of an
active. sturdy stock whose virility and
power of resistance had not been de-
stroycd by generations of self indul-
cencc Her experience discovered to
her the existence of inlSrilcd ideals
heretofore dormant in her In the ap-
parent imposSibility of seeing those
ideals realized In her own life she was
becoming bitter and reckless when the
| incubus on her life was suddenly re-
moved. two years after her marriage.
by the pistol OF n Jealous Viennese.
When her uncle reached her he
| found stony eyed. icy woman who
laughed bitterly ut his profrcrcd sym.
| patty. but ncpuicsced indiffcrently In
whatever he proposed.
Then he atoncd in part for his un.
wise guidance of her youth. The man
| agcinent of his great business interests
/ he placed In the competent hands Of
| Henry Sanger. Jr.. Elcanor's brother.
and devoted himself entirely to her
For three years they Travelled as her
whlms dictated Mr., Sanger anxious.
lao Al
cy of youth gradually breaking down
her hardness Of spirit Selfish she re.
manned, rs was the logical result OF n
lack of definite purpose In life other
than to amusc herself and to forget
Then Mr.. Sanger died. leaving the
bulk of his fortune To Henry Sanger.
Jr.. to Eleanor comparative pittance.
This curtallmcnt Of her inheritance
was nj her request quiet yenr In
Germany. spent studying music. fol.
lowed. and then she returned TO the
Steel City to play her part In the max
Ing Of Robert McAdoo.
Late In the afternoon. the day OF
Bob's talk with Paul concerning her,
Mrs. Gilbert sat before n luxurious log
1 fro In bor nun po %, i,niar dan In a
ha, hr hor sido was nv nrmtr, y, roSos
which sho ros orr,n,ir,, l., a hrco
glass bowl. When the roses were he
slowed 10 her satisfaction sbc rcrcod
the note that had nccompanlcd them
smiling nj some sentiment expressed
by the writer.
"You moor. romantic boyr' she said
oloud "Ope expects every minnie tina,
vour conversation and ,e,,.rs vii,
bre,,, into blonI, verse, I wish don,
know wbot I wish" she concluded no
son,ful,y "Rpt whatever II is it's
fairly certain that I can't have Il Jus,
no !, ,bouybt I had ,cbi.ved content
mce, two mon absolutely out OF nv
snberc and tho ono s,irs nm tho old
uncertain Ioprjnps. which be can't SAT
isfv. and The other stirs I'm the old
wicked rcckI.ssncss that 7 had though,
dcod forever" She sighed impatiently
A half bour Inter she stood nv III,
u,ipdow bor .ves mach, nicallv follow
inc tho t,gure ~ n man walking nm IN,
street when the pedestrinn came I,
tho Sopyor entrance m. turped I'm nnt
walked with swift decided stems TO
word rho house Then Eleanor recog
nizcd him
.o,r ola, ,os,oa 4, os,o,,sbmo,,
aud with a hin, q, d,smav In bcr voice
sha has,,,, ,os, ,ho v,ndow Tbor,
r,o. r,oc,, n, tho door and tho I'm,
,er ontered
.Nr Nc,doo IN GOO vou modom"
.sh,w Nr NcAdoo into tho library
T,omos - oh. ronliod after a moment.,
b.si,,,ior .And shall not no n
home ,h, roc, NJ tho of,erpoon"
WIZ had Rob como IN 500 Mrs Gil
har,p po,, b;mse,f was irving 10 mn
suor tho soms ,u.s,io, RIipdIv n,
fe,t that one of his possessiops wa
Threatened and that he must fight will
n woman for supremocy over PsuI.
The porticres were parted. and SIN