Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-22

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beesme the conviction that he did not
care as much for her as he professed.
Che began To detect a decided falling
on IN his artlOr. II was no u<e trying
to hide the fact from lIer<elf that Con
stance WIS the most disturbing symp-
tom In evidence. jealousy succeeded
Speculation. Katherine decided to be
hateful. She could not have helped II
IL she had tried.
1t was very evident. to her at least.
that Freddie was not to blame. He
was being led on by the artful Miss
Fowler, There could be no doubt Of
it=-none In the least. declared Miss
Rodney IN the privacy Of her own mis-
cradle reflections.
Just as she was on the point Of car
rying her woes to her mother an
astounding revelation came to her out
Of clear sky: an entirely new condi-
tion came into the problem. II dawned
upon her suddenly. without warning.
that Roxbury Medcroft was In love
with bis sister,in-Iaw.
When she burst In upon her mother
half IN hour later that excellent lady
started up from her couch. alarmed by
the excitement in her daughters face,
Mrs. Rodney. good soul. was one OF
the kind who always think the world
II coming 20 an end. or the house IL
on DIRE. or the king has been assassinat-
ed. II any one approaches With a look
OF distress In his face.
"My dear. my DEAR" she cried as
Katherine stopped tragically In the
doorway. "What has happened to your
father7 Speak,
''Mamma. It's worse than that! -
"Mercifui heavenr' The good lady
blindly reached for her smelling salts.
I've made n dreadful discovery"
went on Katherine 10 suppressed tones
1T came to me like fash. couldn't
believe my own brain. So watched
them from my window. There's no
doubt about II. mamma. It's az plain
as the nose on your face. He
'.My dnrling. what are ron talking
aboutl Is my nose-wbat II the mat
ter with my nose?" She vaguely felt
OF her nose. In horror -...
Hes In lore with her. There's no
mlstake. And. will you believe me.
mamma, she In encouraging himi Pos-
itiveIyi why-why. It's utterly con-
temptible. Oh. dear. what are We
to dor. 49, -.
Mrs. Rodney looked blankly at her
daughter. who had thrown herself in
4 chair. She gasped and then gave
vent TO a. tremendous squeak.
'in lore! Your father? With whom
who is shei', .-. =.
"Father7 Oh. Lord. mother. didn't
say ANYTHING about father. Don't cry!
It's another man altogether" ~...
Not Freddie Ulsterveltg' quavered
Mrs Rodney. pulling herself together
AFTER all he has said to you''- - .
NO. no. mammal cried her daugh-
Tor irritably. Freddie may be In love
with Der. but he's not the only one.
Man5mag She sstraightened up md
looked az her mother with wide. horror
struck eyes ,.IsOxbiify Nedcroft q
padlyin lore with Constance Fowler..
Mrs. Isodney did not utter o sound
for fully a minute and a half. She new.
er took her eyes from her daughters
distressed face. The color was coming
back Into her own. and her lips we're
setting themselves into thin red Hines
above her rigid chin. \ T.
'l'm sorry. Katherine. that you have
seen 5it too hare suspected It for
several days But ] hare not dared to
sneak 1T seemed too improbable. What
are we 10 dor She sat down sudden
Ii. eFep weakly,
She's not only leading Freddie on.
but she's firting. with her OWN broth
ef.in.law-her own, sisters husband
her-her,- =
Her own niece's father! It's afro
ciousi'' ss 81, :. &C.,. I
sShe's q horrid beast! And I thought
! loved her, Oh. mamma, It's just
dreadfuii'.. -. .~",.- =!
: -Katherine. control yourself. l. will
not have zoe npsetting yourself like
this You'll have another OF those aw'
fui headaches. Leave 1t af to me.
dear. Something must he done. We
cant stand by and see dear Edith be-
trayed. She's so happy and so trust
ing. & And. besides all that. we'd be
dragged Into the scandal. r.
aAnd the odell- Carneys too Heav-
ens!' l.. =. .
ut must be stopped! I shall so at
once to Mrs. OdelI- Carney and tell her
what we have discovered. 1t will pre-
pare her. She Is the best friend have.
and know she will suggest way to
put a stop to this thing before 1t is
too late. We must
why don't you speak to father
about It 6rst?"
Your father! My dear. what would
be the use? He wouldn't believe It
He never does I wonder II dear Mrs
ell-Carney is in her room" The es-
Unable lady huttered loosely toward
the door, Her daughter called to her.
'If were you Id wait a day or
two. mamma" She was quite cool