Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-25
The Right
OF Proposal
By SARA l. WHITING

OF those outSpoken. generous fellows
whom every one loves He was older
than his brother. WHO was selfish. poll,
tic and practical. When Charles had
finished his education his father. who
was manufacturer on q large scale.
offered his elder son an interest in his
business. The offer was declined with
the words: Father. would bring you
to bankruptcy within two years There
Is not q business hair in my head.
shall study art"
| Mr.. Dufield took his second son out
Of college. put him into his factory and
advanced him rapidly. He wrote
Charles. who was in Italy studying art.
| Since you have decided to spend a
dreamer's life perhaps you will be able
to live on dreams" To this the son re-
piled that he understood perfectly his
fathers life had been that Of a bust
ness man and it was natural that he
should look at things in a business
light He. Charles. was born with an
| artists temperament and would be
happy IN his work. .. ,*~,Aa. p =.
Both Charles and Edward Dufield
had been attentive to the same girl
Ethel Sanger was one to keep her own
counsel. Up to certain point neither
brother had offered himself 10 her.
though Edward had come very near 1t.
But no one except the lady knew how
the matter stood between the trio
Charles on going to Italy at the time
he declined his fathers proposition left
Edward master Of the Geld. @$A 4
Edward made an excellent business
man. He had q certain faculty that is
valuable In business. He would as a
buyer grind the seller and as a seller
get the best price for his goods. Be
sides. he could figure expenses down
to the lowest notch. He assumed first
place under his father and worked. 30
hard that he undermined his health.
His doctor ordered him away, and he
started on a trip around the world He
had been trying to induce Miss San
ger to engage herself to him for some
time. but without success. Just before
he started on his tour he made q last
attempt and succeeded Edward gave
her to understand that IL be could go
abroad with the anticipation OF claim
ing her as his bride be would have a.
better chance to regain his health. She
considered 1t under the circumstances
her duty to accept him. .ssas<s ..5sz.ii b.
While Edward was away his mother
pinned at the absence OF both her sons
at the same time and wrote Charles
begging him to return to America. 1t
was quite q backset toshim in his pro
fession to leave his Studies at that
time. but he listened to the call Of duty
and returned at once. He was receiv-
ed coldly by his father! who had not
forgiven him for thwarting his wishes
to take up a business career with q
view to becoming his successor. New
ertheIess. Charles was his fayorite son.
and no one doubted that he would IN
herit his share OF his father's estate.
Charles had NOT been at home q
month before Mr.. Duffield. after an
illness Of a few days. died. When the
will was opened it was discovered that
all the property except the widows
share had been bequeathed to Edward.
The Duttield family seemed doomed
to sudden and continued Affections, for
scarcely had the father died and the
will read when q cabiegram came from
Japan announcing the death there OF
Edward. This put q different COM
plexion on the Inheritance. Charles
would come In as bis brothers heir
and thus. after all. doubly rich man.
Charles wrote Miss Sanger that since
she would have Inherited his brothers
fortune instead of himself as Edwards
heir had Edward live to return he
proposed to make over Edwards in
heritance under the law to her. adding
that he (Charles) and his mother would
have left sufficient for both. After
the elapse Of some days he received
note from the lady declining the offer.
Surprised. he asked II she would &C.
cept half Of Edwards share. This she
also declined.
Charles was puzzled. He had loved
the girl and loved her still. but she
had accepted his brother. and he pre-
sumed she loved or had loved her
fiance. The idea entered Charles
mind that possibly after a sufficient
period had elapsed to enable her to re-
cover from her grief she might accept
an estate that she should have Inherit
ed from Edward by marrying Charles.
So he determined to wait awhile.
But the poorest man in the world to
wait Is one In love. One evening
Charles called upon Miss Sanger with
the intention Of proposing his plan by
which she might after all accept the
fortune she should have had. Miss
Sanger came into the room wearing
the serious demeanor of one who had
recently been bereaved. Nevertheless
there seemed to be an underlying
cause for pleasure. Dufield noticed
that she held in her hand a long, fat
uo ontored unon his proposition |