Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-12

! her fHtheT came in.
His face was ha@sard. set in m ugly
I bitter scowL The sympathy risat had
! Jagged as she READ OF the wiping nHt Of
a fortune leafpd wheR she Saw the
.nan who, had lost IL.
! Cleaned ont he said curtiy.
| Size went 10 him quickly. laying an
| imIulSiye hand on his shoulder. oh
well, dear. never mind 1t might be sc
much worse. You might tRaye been
taken sick or had an accident. or-or
anything. I've just been thinking how
nice it would be to 20 back home to
New Chelsea and start all over again
in-in something that wouldn't take all
your time. lid be so glad to get &C.
quainted with you again" She gave a
little laugh. ..
You talk like a fool he replied
roughly. What could do in that rube
town-run q grocery store? Here's
where / can make money. And / can
make all we need. once L get things
Strengthened out I've been broke be-
fore. The immediate question Is to
keep out of jail
She started back from him with a
gasp. "0ut-of-iail! Father
"Out Of Jail. 1 said. I'm into the
New Chelsea bank and I've nothing left
ito pay with"
isis it much?"
'1t wasn't. but 1t is now"
"But we must pay it back. There are
the bonds you gave me- And the New
Chelsea houses that mother owns-sheIl
give those up. And ... IT,
"Not third enough
She dropped weakly into a chair. star
Ing at him foolishly. She was very
pale, dazed by the sudden new calam-
lily that had fallen. ,'.. -. r.:
But surely" she insisted anxiously,
the bank won't press you They know
you'll pay it all back when you can"
What do you know about it2 It
Isn't the bank; It's the government that
will make the trouble. That fool Blake
is in worse than am, The banks gut
ted, cleaned out. And the bank exam
liner Is overdue. If he comes around
now With a gesture he sketched
the impending catastrophe. -:
Stephen. what is the matter now?'
came languid voice from the door
way. "And please, for my sake. lower
your voice. It's so vulgar to talk loud
ly before servants" Mrs. Hampden
entered and, with an air Of utter ex-
haustion. deposited her substantial
self in an easy chair. =.....
Father" Katherine explained, with
.cruel brevity. has lost his money"
1t was an unexpected tonic. The in
valid suddenly sat bolt upright and al
most shrieked. Lost our money? Do
you mean to say, Stephen Hampden.
that you've been selfish enough to gam
BILE our money away after all I've suf-
fered and denied myself ~
She threw her hands aloft and fell
back moaning. "Oh, In my weak con-
dition, when my heart .a
: Maria. you're fraud. Even with
your laziness and ,indulgences you're
the picture of vulgar health"
Mrs. Hampden rose. She managed
a stagger that would have done credit,
to Bernhard. clutching at tables and
chairs for the doubtfully necessary
support out of the room. Ill.,.
Hampden growled again, unintel-
lightly. =. - e.. ...~ ri.
Father, isn't there something to be
done?' .-.. ....
''Murchell. I've an appointment with
him in New Chelsea tomorrow. Some
Of his rascally politicians are in as
deep as Blake and l."
Gan he, help?"
"He can. And he's got to-
"Do you mind if T go up with you
tomorrow" ...--.
"All right And I WISH" he exclaim-
ed ENORMOUSLY, you'd go away and
let me alone"
In her darkened room Katherine sat
by the window for a long time, think
ing with feeling of sickening disgust
on the sordid scene between her par
ents just enacted. This was the other
side, the unlovely' other side. of that
splendid life of conquest for which she
had put the best of all aside Thus it
made victims OF its votaries. She
thought Of John.