Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-03

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mated all negotiations Afterward
/ WHEEL he learned that their client was
a lady be wrote conditional note Of
| aIplogy. but If he expected response
he was disappointed. A year went by.
and now with the beginning OF this
narrative two newly completed couu-
! try homes glowered at each other
from separate hillsides. one enyions
and kpiteful. the other defiant and a
bit satirlca
BazplhurSt villa looks across the val
ley and sees Shaw's cottage command
ing the most beautiful view In the
hills: the very eives OF his IadyShip's
houSc seem TO have wrinkIed into a
constant scowl Of annoyance SlIw'S
long. low cott;l-p seems TO smile lack
with tantaliZing security. serene ia its
more lofty altitude. in Its more soT
gpou< rainient of nature The brooks
laugh with the glitter of trout. the
trees chucke7 with the fight of birds
the hillSides frolic in their abundance
Of game. but tlie acres are. growing
like dogs OF war love thy neighbor
as myself" is MOI printed on the boards
that line the borders of the two estates
In bold black letters the Sgnhoards
laconically say: no trespasSing on
these grounds Keep off,"
"Y,~. fancy you'd better put him
off the place If he comes down here
again to fish, Tonpkins." said his lord
ship. in conclusion Then he touched
whip 10 his horse and hohbed or
through the shady lane in n most pain
fully upright fashion. his thin legs
sticking straight out his breath com
ing in asonized little jerks with ea h
succeeding return of his person to the
saddle
by Jove. Evelyn. it's most annoying
about that COMPOUNDED Shaw chap" he
remarked TO his wife rs be mounted
the broad STEPS leading to the gallery
half an hour later. walking with the
primncss which suggests pain. Lady
Bazelhurst looked up from her book.
her fine aristocratic young face cloud
ing with ready belIigerence.
"Reen fishing OF our property again.
that's ALL Tompkins says he laughed
AT him when he told him to get of.
say. do you know. think I'll have TO
adopt rough methods with that chap
Hang it all. what right has he to catch
our fish,"
"Oh. how | hate that man. ex.
claimed her ladyship petulantly.
"But I've given Thompson final In
structions."
And what are they?"
ITO throw him in the river next
time"
.Oh. If he only couldr rapturously.
could? My dear. Tompkins is an.
American He can handle these chaps
in their. own way at any rate. fold
Tompkins If his nerve failed him Mt the
last minute TO come and notify me. I'll
attend 10 this COMPOUNDED popinjayr'
Good for you. Cecilr' called out an
other young woman from the broad
hammock in which she had been daw-
ding with half alert ears through the
foregoing conversation. spoken like
a true Briton. What Is this popinjay
like!"
''Hullo. sister. Hang II all. what's he
like: He's like an ass. that's all. I've
never seen him. but if I'm ever called
upon to-but you don't care to listen TO
details. You remember the big log that
lies out in the river up at the bend?
Well. il marks the property line. One
half of its stump belongs TO the Shaw
man. the other half TO INTO US, Eve
lyn He shan't fish below that log-no.
sir" His lordship glared fercely
through his monocle in the direction of
the PARKWAY log. his watery blue eyes
blinking as malevolently as. possible,
his long. aristocratic nose wrinkling at
its base in fine disdain. His five feet
four of stature quivered with lily sub
dued emotion. but whether it was rage
or the sudden recollection Of the dog
trot through the woods it is beyond me
TO suggest.
but suppose our fish venture into
his waters. Cecil What then? Isn't
that trespass?" demanded the Hon.
Penelope Drake. youngest and most
cherished sister of his lordShip.
Now. don't be silly, PEN cried her
sister-in-law. "Of course we can't reg
ulate the fish"
.Rut dare say his fish will come
below the ldS. so what's the odds?"
said his lordship quickly. "a trout's
a lawleSs brute at best
is he big" asked the Hon. Penelope
lazily.
They vary. my dear girl"
81 mean Mr. Shaw"
"Oh, thought you meant the-but
i don't know What difference does
that make: Big or little. he has TO
stay off my grounds" Was 1t a look of
pride that his tall young wife bestowed
upon him as he drew himself proudly
erect. or was il akin TO pity: At any
rate. her gay young American head