Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-24
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In Which The Truth Tr.sps.s...

Ik A their party. spent the ,las IN
~ ~ rallied hurting exr,urSinn
10 tho hills south ~ ila villa Toward
nleliisail they returned successfully
empty handed aud ral'arions for
bridge Penelope fun OF smoIdcriug
anger. iEiJ sirnt the affernouH IN her
r,onl. ciSdaIniHg every '-Iil ~ .ps'i:'hl
ify sac had awakencd Ia the truth of
five situation In So far az she WIS con
etrned. She was M least seeing things
frsm s;l,aw'x Irplni of view Her re-
uiifnrnt WAS not against the policy
of her brother. hut the ovPrlRaring
lNfulnnt tyranny ~ her American sis
1eF-in-law. Frnrl tile beginning she
had dislikpd Evelyn. now she desTised
Der With the Ioynl simplicity Of a
ulster she nlDsolvssl Cecil ~ all real
hlaine IN the oitragr of the morning
nftribuiiny everything 10 The cruelty
md envy ri the dt.slWt who held the
riirse strings frnm wliis'h dangled the
Piiabie fortunes of RazclhnrSi The
l.azpi.inrsts. one and nIl-ancesfors
Thrown ln-swnng hack and forth on
ne pendulum " her capriti0sness
Penelope. povr ux n church mouse. was
slniosi wholly d.i~ndrnl mon her
brother. who III turn owed his present
eiiluentr TO tie more or less luckless
nlOvement of the matrimonial market.
The girl had small. Inadequate In
cpnle-so small that II was almost
worth iesiing about.
Here wis Penelope. twenty-five.
beautiful. proud. fair minded ard
healthy. surveying herself for the first
time from a new and an entirely diff
ferent puint OF view. She was not
pleased with the picture. She began
10 lonthe herself more than she pitied
her brother. Something like smile
tame into her ciouded face US she spec
1Iated on Randolph Shaw's method of
handling Evelyn Banks had she fallen
10 him as wife. The quiet power In
that mans face signified the presence
Of manhood that--ah. and Just here
4 occurred TO her that Lady Bazelhurst
lelt the force Of that power even
though she never had seen the man.
She hated him because be was strong
enough to oppose her. to ignore her. to
laugh ut her impotence.
The smoldering anger and growing
<cIise Of fairness combined at length
ID the determination to take her broth
II and his wife to task for the morn
inf's outrage. let the consequences be
what they might. When she joined the
people downstairs before dinner there
was red spot In each cheek and q
rfeady look In her eyes that caused the
duke to neglect woefuIly the conversa-
don be was carrying on with Mrs Cd
well.
Dinner was delayed for nearly half
IN hour while four Of the guests fin
Ished their rubber Penelope OBJ
served that the party displayed varying
emotions 1t afterward transpired that
the hunters had spent most of the aft
ernoon In her ladyship's distant lodge
D'iylng bridge for rather high stakes.
Little. Miss Folsom was pitifully unre-
sDonslve to the mirth Of Mr.. 0dwell.
she could III afford to lose 5000. Lady
86zeihurst was In frightful mood
Her guests had so far forgotten them
selves as to win more than $1,000 OF
the Banks legacy. and she was not
cheerful loser. especially as his lord
ship had dropped m additional $500
The winners were riotously happy.
they had found the sport glorious An
observer given TO deductions might
have noticed that half of the diners
were immoderately hilarious. the, other
half studiously polite.
Lord Bazelhurst wore hunted look
and drank more than one or two high
balls. From time to time be cast FUR
fIre glances nj his wife. he laughed
frequently at the wrong time and
mirthlessly.
"He's got something on his mind.
whispered Odwell in comment
-Yes: he always laughs when there
a onrthing on his mind" replied Mrs.
re Pcytou. That's the way, he gets
Il or"
After dinner no one proposed cards
The marty edged of into twos and
fllrpes and explained how luck had
bepn with or against them. Penelope.
Who could not afford TO play for stakes
and had the courage TO say so. sat
hack and listened TO the conversation
on her brother and the group around
h,m. The duke was holding forth on
fbe superiority OF the Chinese over the
1Spanese as servants. and Bazelhurst
WIS loudly defending the Japanese
navy.
-Hnng it all. Barminster. the laps
<<,,,d eat 'em MP" be proclaimed.
..r,ouldn.t theyg" to the crowd.
am talking about servants. Cecil"
observed the duke
and shooty Why. they're the great
=, runners in the world. BY Jove.
<ssd somewhere the other day that
,,,er h,,d hit what they shot at 100000
,,nes ont of-or. let me see. was 1t the
P,nsslans who fred 3.oOO.oOo rounds
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