Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-03

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lost-very conyeniently-and you found
zach others society agreeable. You
kEept away for some weeks or months,
both Of you forgetting. It.was idyllic
Ideal. You were not precisely babes
in the woods. You were man and q
wopan. l presume you enjoyed your
selves after a very possible little fash
ion. do not blame you. say l
might have done the same. ! should
Ike to know it for time myself
freedom. l do not blame you. only"
she said slowly, lin society we do not
have freedom. Here it Is different.
suppose different laws apply. different
customs" D.. II -
aAiiss Grace." said /, 81 do not in the
least understand you. You are not the
same girl | left"
mo. am not. But that is not my
fault. Cannot q woman be free as
much as a man? Have I not right as
much as you? Have you not been
freeT'
lone thing only want to say" I re-
Joined. "and II Is this. which l ought
not to say at all. II you mean any
thing regarding Ellen Metiwether.
have to tell you. or any one. that she is
clean mind. body. soul. heart-as
clean as when / saw her first"
do you know. / like you for saying
that she retorted. Il would never
marry a man who knew nothing Of
other women-I don't want milksop:
and I would not marry a man who
would not lie for the sake of sweet
heart. You lie beautifully! Do you
know, Jack. believe you are bit Of
gentleman. after all!
But tell me. when is the wedding to
be-" This last with obvious effort.
t'You have not advised me-"
ooh. beg your pardon. meant
your marriage with Ellen Meriwether.
] supposed. of course. you had quite
forgotten me- -. n.y.. s..s
Ellen Meriwether Is already mar
ried. said to her. with calmness
which surprised myself. But what
surprised me most was the change
which came upon her face at the words
the fiush-the CLEAN of triumph. of
satisfaction. ] guessed this much aud
no more that she had had certain
plans. and that now she had other
plans. changed with lightning swift
ness. and by reason OF my words.
Lieutenant Lawrence Relknap and
Miss Ellen Meriwether were married.
I presume. some time after started
for the east" went on. "But they
were never engaged before our return
to the settlements It was all very
suddenly arranged"
How like story book! So he for
got her little Incidents with you--all
summer side by side day and night! 1
How romantic! | don't know that I
could have done so much. had l been
q man. and myself not guilty Of the
same incidents. At least. he kept his
promise = ~. rs .S.t =. /
There had never been any promise
at all between them.
Then Captain Orme was quite mis-
taken z. e. h5s'S
Captain ornne does not trouble him.
self always to be accurate" tt9.
At least. then, you are unmarried, /
Jack?' e., ,'.E5'.
yes, and likely to be for some
ye2rs." t,<.--s'.'''s# -s.-" -.
Now her face changed once more.
Whether by plan of her own or net ! 4
cannot say, but it softened to a more
gentle-shall say more beseechtng
look? Was 1t that again was. at her
side. that old associations awakened?
Or was 1t because she was keen,
sifewd and In control Of herself. able
to make plans to her own advantage?
l cannot tell as to that. But saw her
face soften, and her voice. was gentle
when she spoke.
what do you mean. JackT' she
asked
If there was not love and caress in
her tones then / could not detect the
counterfeit. / reiterate, If should live
a thousand years / should know moth
Ing Of women, nothing. We men are
but toys with them.
Had it been left to my Judgment to !
pronounce l should have called her |
emotion now genuine one. Mocking. !
cynical. contemptuous she might have |
been, and 1t would have suited my own |
mood. But what was 1t now on the |
face Of Grace Sheraton. girl of a proud |
family. woman once had kissed here |
at this very place until she blushed-
kissed until she warmed, until She
But now l know she changed once |
again. and / know that this time |
read her look Alright 1t was pathos on
her face. and terror. Her eye was that |
of the stricken antelope in dread Of |
the pursuer.
Jack" she whispered, don't leave |
me. Jack. shall need your
Before could resolve any questions
n my mind I heard behind US the
sound of approaching hoofs and there
ode up to the gate her brother, Harry
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