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

ted that she had heard something OF
the surgery which had thus left its
mark Harry seemed puzzled, so
saw r. was news to him. Miss Grace
relieved the situation somewhat by
turning toward the house.
IL am sure you will want to talk
with Jack" she said to him. And lis
ten. Harry: you must have him and
Mrs. Cowles over here this very even
ing. We cannot think Of her living
alone at the old place"
was still an engaged man. Evil
IDENTITY nothing otherwise had been dis
! cussed in the Sheraton family coun-
! ellis, If any such had been held. II never
sutton in Old Virginia rode mp in sor-
| rier case than mine that morning as
came to call upon my fiancee certainly
| did never one depart In more uncertain
] frame of mind than mine at this very
moment. presume that young Shera-
ton felt something of this. for he began
awkwardly to speak of matters related
! thereto.
Its awfully hard" he began. ''to see
strangers there in your own house. l
know it must be hard. But say. your
| father must have plunged heavily on
those lands over west in the noun
tains. I've heard they're very rich In
coal and that all that was necessary
| was simply cash or credit enough to
! tide the deal over till next years
| crops" -..-.
My father always said there was
great fortune in the lands" l replied.
.Yes, think another year would have
seen him through, but that year was
not to come for him. -" 49,
"But couldn't funds be raised some
how, even YETI" I shook my head.
"Well. I'm not so sure" he went on,
! embarrassed. MY father and have
been talking over these matters. and
we concluded to ask you IL we might
not take a hand in this. At least, we
have agreed all along that-in this case
you know--you and my sister-we have
planned definitely that you should live
In your old place. We're going to take
that over The redemption time has
plenty of margin, and we can't allow
those people to I'm here and steal
one of the old Virginia places In that
way. We are going to arrange to hold
that for you and my sister, and we
thought that perhaps in. time some
thing could be worked out of the rest
Of the property In the same way. That
is. unless Coi2nei Meriwether. your
fathers partner. shall offer some bet
ter solution. suppose you talked 1T
over with him?'' .. ..@ .
II did not talk with him about II ut
ALL" said duly. Fer many raasons I
did not care TO repent all Of MY story
TO liIn,' None The less. II seems very
generous of you and your father to
take. this Interest in me. II would be
very thursiSh Of ne If I'D NOT APP
freeiate It. Brt trust nothing has
beel done as sct"-.'a~ .:.*.5Es. ...,t>
"Yoa trust mo- ? Why. Cowiea. son
sneak as though you did not want tus
e., % ~ S7ss C@E:f 5t ..us: -, -.
II C. rot safd /. p =. a'@,I a7207f..~
"Ch. then -.......
,"Yuu i:ilov, our fatri:y vel enough"
5gThat's true. But you won't be of
Tended If / suggest to you fiat there
are two sides TO th.E, t:sd two tprides,
All the country knows Of your en-
&. gesiient. ami nov TIL Fo1 hayeJre-
iurhed It VIII be expected taat my SIS
Ter viii set the day before hong! OF
course. we shouldn't want my sister
to Begin too far dov.nLAoh, dish 1t,
Cowies. you know what n1ean."
Il ptesan.e SO" said to him slowly.
"Dut sunRose that your sister should
offer to her friends the explanation
that the change in my fortunes no
longer leaves desirable this alliance
with my family?''
"Do you suggest thatT'
81 have not done So"
HAS she suggested it?"
= I'VE have not talked Of it, yet it
might be hard for your sister to share
a lot so humble and so uncertain"
''That presume will be for her to
decide" he said slowly.
. "By lover he broke out at length,
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hard for a fellow to tell sometimes
what's right, isn't It? Jack, you re-
member Jennie Williams. across under
Catoctin"
II thought you were going to make
q match Of it some time" said.
"Prettiest girl in the valley" he as
scented. but her family is hardly what
we would call the best, you know"
Then why did you go there so often |
oil last year?" l asked him.
Jack" he said. Its all through. I
want to ask you. / ought to marry /
Jennie Williams. butt
Now l locked at him full and hard /
and guessed. Perhaps my face was
grave. / was beginning to wonder
whether there was one clean thing in
all the world
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