The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-05-31
MRS. STEWART JUST
HAD To HAVE HER
BEAUTIFUL JEWELS
(From Wednesdays Advertiser.)

(From Wednesdays Advertiser.)
Mrs. Archie Stewart simply had to
have her fnery. 1t may be all right
to let the family jewels, the big
diamonds and big sapphires repose in
a bank vault on Kauai when one is
living on Kauai where holoku is just
as au fait as a ball gown and there is
nothing speedier than the trade wind
and the plantation locomotives, but in
Honolulu where there is real glitter
and glare and splash, its different.
Mrs. Archie was inspired with a de-
sire for those sparklers which blazed
into a passion of yearning, turned to
a passion of wrath and eliminated in
the public beating which she admins
tered to her brothe-in-law, William
Stewart, at the Kinau wharf yesterday.
While the jewels are the motif of
this little domestic tragedy and Will
liam IS drubbing the dramatic climax,
the story in its proper sequence begins
In Hongkong, involves a romance, a
beating, which Archie himself got and
other miuOr novelties,
Archie Stewart came to Honolulu
from Hongkong little more than a
wear ago. His brother William was in
business here at the time. Then came
Mrs. Archie, also from Hongkong, in
pursuit of Archie. Here they were
married and from Honolulu removed to
Kauai Over there Mrs, Archie found
it rather dull listening to the signing
of the palms, the lisping of the sea,
the barking of the poi dogs and all
the other omens of animation which
one encounters in a rural. Hawaiian
community and she longed TO come
back to Honolulu and have just one
big splash in the social puddle.
After some family dissension the
trip was agreed upon. 1t was to he
a short visit and even Mrs. Archie did
not realize that she could "come
back'' with sufficient vim to warrant
taking the jewels out of the va1lt, but
she was not here long before she felt
the burning need of them. She asked
Archie to send back for them and he
agreed, but Just about this time he be-
gan to think that Mrs. Stewart was
padding around in the mad metropoli-
tan whirl of Honolulu in a fashion
which even the eNtenuating circum-
stances did not warrant, so ON second
thought he refused to send for the jew
elry and delivered a lecture instead.
So peeved was Mrs. Archie at this un.
reasonable conduct that she first ad.
ministered a thorough beating with
seathing language for trimmings and
had him arrested as well.
Then she appealed TO William, ap-
pealed to him pleadingly over the tele-
phone. He was going TO Kauli,
wouldn 7 he please bring those lowels
back with himl She did need them
awfully to give the final bit of sparkle
and color to her social career in Homo
lulu, wouldn't William please be a
good boy and bring back the jewels 7
William would not promise and prompt,
ly the honoyed measures were turned
TO measures of wrath and she told Will
liam what she thought of him. vii.
liam says that it was awful for min
ute or two. But he hung up the re,
ceiver and went down yesterday to
take the Kinau for Kauai There Mrs
Archie found him and she made a
descent upon him and created furol
on the pier, drew n crowd of eager
spectators and was by no means short
lived for it took quite a deal of per
suasion to get Mrs. Archie back into hel
automobile and William safely bidder
in the steamer.
Incidentally the jewels, which ac
eording TO latest advices still repos,
in the Stewart vault, consist of one
sapphire ring set with diamonds, one
pair of earrings, diamond pendants, one
gold watch, one gold fob, one golC
purse and minor trinkets the least OF
which would bring tears of joy to the
eyes of Mrs Archie in her present dis
traction.