Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-29


ed ont. And il Il ever do come back
Int politics I'll make my own terms y
| He nodded a careless goodby and
went slowly ont OF the Office. Appar-
emily he had forgotten TO shake hands,
Sackett did not remind him of the
emission. He remained with the i'm
preston of having. beheId q broken,
hence harmless. old man.
CHAPTER XIV.
History.
fAlY1T was characteristic Of Muir.
I&I III chell to give the world no ink
l6ezSnj ling of his illness. He was
/ s.s supposed to be sulking orer
his defeat. Not until after the fact did
the surgeons, unable to refuse fhe OPP
portunity for self advertisement. an
nounce that a critical operation had
been performed from which there were
hopes of partial recovery. Interest In
his condition persisted extraordinarily.
considering that be vas out of politics
When his convalescence permitted Ii
he was removed to New Chelsea. That
community. us you may believe. was
properly excited. intrusively interested
and somewhat apprehensive lest he
pass unseasonably into the beyond and
rob 1t of the. distinction of being. his
illegal residence. John Dunmeade.
as a collaboration in this disaster was
made to feel a sudden atmospheric
frigidity and was fed into further sor-
rowful reflections on the fckleness of.
the public MurchelI in very ungra-
cious fashion kept himself secluded
from his neighbors and the stream of
pilgrims that knocked at his gates.
Their plants were divers. Sherrod
was too arbitrary. be was too lax. be
permitted himself and hls-friends to
shake the plum trees OF the cities so
vigorously as to court failure of the
crop, he greedily refused to divide the
plums. From whiehit will appear that
Sherrod. even thus early in his minis
try, showed an incomplete mastery OF
the subtle science of suiting the word
to the man. MurehelI was urged to in
tervene, to resist, to destroy. For one
and all he had only the irritable re-
iteration. Il am out of politicsS But
the pilgrimnges continued.
In the midst ofsthis uncertainty the
Michigan railroad began secretly to
undermine the Steel City. that hither-
to impregnable fortress of the rival
monarch. And John Dunmeade.s an
nouncement was made that. whether
renominated as district attorney or not.
he would be a candidate, anti-Sherrod
and nti-Murchell. for the giiherna-
torial nomination. Jerry Brent was at-
ready we'll into a campaign for the OPP
position nomination. Heretofore re-
garded as an empty hanor.
We may not go so far as to declare
that. Miss Roberta turned the course
of history. But 1t is certain that she
was first to foresee. though not with
her bones. the fork of the road. So
touching were the pictures presented
to ,her of Murchelrs Illness that at
length. after a protracted struggle with
herself. her heart relented. She flied
a basket with homemade comestibles
designed to- tempt the appetite of the
most jaded invalid. This basket on
her, arm. she set out, on day when
the March wind clustered and stung
her face. toward Murchell's home,
She found MurchelI reading before
an open fire, his cheeks slightly pale
and sunken. but his eyes clear and
bright. He rose. with an ease that
did not betoken< approaching dissolu-
ton. TO relieve her Of the basket. shak-
ing hands warmly.
I'm very glad to see you. Roberta.
Take chair
She seated herself primly., You don't
look as bad as they say" .sShe observ-
ed him suspiciously. >.:,*.-'@
Roberta" be said lugubriensiy,
1.-The doctors tell me that even with
the best of care can live only few
years and that's thanks to my good
=.
!. :. = few years. she shifted What
did you expect. at your time of lifey
He Thought il wise to change the
subject and hurriedly leaned over,
raised the napkin and:peered into the |;
basket. = - i
WY, Did ron bring ailsthese. for
me. Roberta: That was very thought
full of YOU
3 Il guess yon don't need them. Pre-
tending to be- sick 10 get people'sesym-
patty because 5ou.re been beaten.
He smiled. not in amusement. at her
::It's like you to- cover up |
i Kind act with sharp words. Whit i
an. escape the men had that xou
wouldn't Marry -: 8: -. i
There weren't any to escape -
Yes. there were. | remember that |
You We're ~clat they call a beauty. I
weren't you: Why he asked in sud-
len curiosity. didn't yon marry some
5ne of thems"
'Reeacse.'. she said simply, .yoE