Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-17

family" ! went on, Search yogr
own hearts. Put blame where
1t belongs. But don't think ,you {ean
crowd me or force me to do what !
do not freely offer ~ ~ RI
at is true" said DR.. Bond II tell
you. what he says could not by eany
possibility be anything else but tIae
He's just back home. He has been
gone all summer" e ~ xsfbs
Colonel Sheraton was proud man.
and one Of courage. II irked him 3ore
that revenge must wait
Now" said l.. ~ have soniefh No
add to the record. ! hoped that n T,fst'
of ms story could be hid forever. eS-
cept for Miss Grace and me, alone Z i
have not been blameless For thdttfea-
son was willing freely-not through
force-to do what could 1nJhet Vii
Of punishment to myself and saly:ifioti,
for her. But now as this thing. comes
up can no longer shield sher or .nY,
self. or any Of You. Wen have 10 90
10 the bottom now" ~. r.
flung out on the table .tte
roll which I bad brought wifi me to
show thar morning to Grace -Sieratcn'
the ragged hide, holding VIKINGS
placed there by my hand and that of
another. !,
This" ! said. must be st8Tfl TO
you all. Colonel sheraton. haSe .beal
very gravely at fault | was li6ns Tor.
some months in the Wilderness With
another woman, ] loved her, very
ffueh. ] forgot your daughtef dt ,tifat
time because found loved sBsf less
Through force OF circumstances,lif we'd
with this other woman very clQSklp tor
some months We foresaw. Id tnnle-.
Giste release. loved herb I'd She
loved me-tile only time | knew Eb&t
love really meant. ! admit Il; we
fnade this contract Of mafFi6pa 'hf-
tween us. 1t was never enfarFs |. We
never were married because f6at ron
tract was never signed bygrus Hbth
Here Il Isl Examine IT. "a ! 8 :
1t lay there before us. aIssaw Its
words agnin stare up at me- u sShw
again the old pictures Of tue gre6t
mountains and the cloudless sky and
the cities of peace wavering, on the !
far horizon. Eazed once pore uRan
Tint different ard more hafsy EwoTla..
when saw. hlurring before lnR eyes.
the words. II. John CowleSN Il len
Merfwether. take thee-taket heRr fer
better. for worse-till DEATH do as.
part I saw her name, "EIi'eynsslts'
Harry" said l. turning 'oni,shih
Cxy-fff 90 gcs oil - fC
FOR you and me. ] think. / shall ,be.at
yolir service soon" w..
Ills face paled But that OF bis IA
ther was now gray. very old ana cray.
''Treachefyr he mprmured. s,Frkaeh.t
cry, You sighted my girl. My. God,
Sir. she should not marry you though
she died. This He put opt hfs !
hand toward the hide scroll. -
No" l said to him. This IS 4irie.
The record OF my fault belongs tosmes
The question for you Is only In regard !
{ ~ the punishment. 80.
I'VE are four men here, added
presently. "ahd It seems to me that
FIRST or all we owe protectienl TO the
woman who needs 1t. Moreover. Il re.
rea, that. though her error Is not
mine. 1t was perhaps pride or sorrow
or anger with me which led her to- her
own fault. Ii was Gordon CrIne. who
told her that ! was false to her and
aided lies about me and this other
wrman. II was Gordon Ortne Colo.
NIL sheraton, do not doubt, sir. L
found him in your yard here at mid /
.I:iIt when last was here. And, sir,
there wRs light-a light I,agTeed
wiz your daughter that it wasarwitn. |
nnt question light that some servant
md left by chare at windowS'sz l. :!
4 wish ne"er TO hear again srieh a 8
gTIgn as broke from that old sTaapN Z;
llIrS He was Sunken and krokeh )!
when he put out his hand to SQf !
"Boy," said he, have mercy. 4-
give. Can you-causd you" E 4.
"Can you yourself forgive. tllAf' ! j
answered. pointing to the ,scra' 81
admit to you l love Ellen MeriS Lea Z
get and always will. Sir. IL IntHS
your daughter. II could only be II ~
her within the hour" ls11Fskl Z.
Colonel Sheraton said DnSkBof1, 4
1T seems to me that we have n3ql ~
rel here among ourselves, Me- "a
want to do what is best done Esao 2
make amends for what has not 9S5E Z
been best done. Mr.. Cowles has 90
every proof we could ask-we cdhldsS
not ask more of any man-you. 81 pp;S
right to ask so much. He wish Atsy
great cost to himself. 1 think. do I
what he can to save your girls 8pa1ia
ness aud honor He admits hiQt4
fault" He looked at me, say seiS
shaking finger. but went on: ksss =. q
chances. am curious in other BspfeS
sions than my own sometimes
In the law sometimes, again in Sf&psY
gy, literature wish to be an edt64
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