The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-24
THE STARS TEN minute STORY
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seat IN lnC tndI car sue uouru'
with a delicious thrill, that for one
whole month she would he away from
the strenuous lift at her brother Bobs.
Five children and delicate mother
meant hard work and Aunt Agatha
had begun to show the strain. Her
heart absolutely turned a somersault
when a letter came from her neice
Helen Dudley, inviting her TO spend
a month with them.
1t was two years since Helen's mar
riage. and Aunt Agatha had felt
trihe hurt that an inuta.ion had
not been forthcoming. True no one
else had visited Helen, but then she
had stood by Helen stanchly when OBJ
/ iections had been raised to her mar
riage to Herbert Dudley.
The fact was Aunt Agatha had a
sincere liking for Dudley She did
put the slightest stock in certain
stories about his wildness. She re-
peatedIy told her brother Bob there
was not one spot where malisners
could put their finger down firmly and
triumphantly say, There
As time went on everybody began
to believe Aunt Agatha was right;
the young people evidently were very
happy. But Aunt Agatha could not
help thinking that Helen might have
invited her,
She saw Herbert at the gate as she
walked along the platform, and it was
the same old smile that she had al
ways liked and, above all, trusted,
| that greeted her. Great Scott, it's
good to see YOU" he cried as he
tucked her hand through his arm. 1T
/ seems as though | was back in Graf
! ton, just getting a peep at you. Tell
me all about it-Helen? She's all
right. She had some meeting at the
house tonight a club she belongs TO-,
and-Oh, don't worry" he cried, see
| ing the crestfallen look, they'll be
/ cut of the way when we get there.
Helen met them at the door, and
at first Aunt Agatha thought it was
the loving, joyous Helen of old, but
when they went into the dining room
and she got a good look at her as she
sat at the head of the table she realiz-
ed that the girlish Helen Of two
years ago had disappeared In her
es under her eyes, a mouth that droop,
ed into fretful wrinkles in the corn
ers and eyes that had sharp, sus
picious CLEAN in them not good &c
see. Furtively she glanced at Herbert
A change there, too. His face wa
graver. and here were tired line
around his eyes, but in them shon
the same fearless honest look tna
had always made her Herberts friend
Aunt Agatha, that night lyinni
sleepless. knew that something wa
woefully wrong Herbert had gon'
when she came down to breakfast
Nothing was said during the day t.
lead her to believe that anything blu
the happiest relations existed be
] tween Helen and her husband.
= The first ray of light came after din
ner Herbert as he picked up th'
pink sheets of the evening paper
said: q don't believe the sportin!
> extra will interest you, Aunt Agatha
I'm going to have my smoke ana
will take it with me-
AS their apartment was not larg
and they were then in the divini
room, Aunt Agatha looked rattle
blank.
Don't you smoke here?' she asked
Herbert's smile was rather strained
THE smoke gives Helen headache,
he said, and"
:. Helen q headache" Aunt Agath
= exclaimed That's something new
isn't it, Helen?. At home-my good
= ness! your father and the boys USE
to have the air blue. You SCENE
to stand it all right then"
t "A house is very different from
= fiat" Helen replied, sharp edge i
o her vioce "When Herbert kept u
that everlasting putting after Dime
our rooms fairly reeked of smoke al
the time, the curtains were ruiner
p and so-there was only one thing t
do"
And So" Herbert put in, "tha
thing was done. I've fixed up quit
:, a smoking room in the basemen
y Aunt Agatha, and it goes great, | ca
tell you"
d q should think you would drop int
your club for your after dinner
smoke, Aunt Agatha suggested, or
it is too far?"
My club" he said as he left tn
room. You'll have to find it for me,
- The clubs in the city are altCgethe
too expensive" Helen explained, tiC
getting with the magazine she ha
! picked up, and what's more, the