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


what they were saying ~ they ap-
prnurheSl These were the 6rSt words
she fully ErHsI'ed. and they CAUSED her
To prick Gt' her ears:
Il don't give hang. Edith. I'm Hired
Of being her prpther.iH-Iaw
YOU'RE tirtd Uf the. I!Oxbury that's
what Il Is" In plaintive tones
You're happy. you love and are loE-
ed. so please don't put IT that way.
It's not fair. Think OF the pitiab!e po-
sitiou I'm In" .-.. F..
I MY dear Roxbury." quite severely.
IF there's nothing else that will indu-
ence you. just stop to consider the
che-iId! There's Tooties, dear TootIes.
to think Of" ~ .,4.ss
OF course Mrs. OdeiI- Carney could
not be expected to know that Edith
was blitbely TESTING.
My dear Edith" be said Just as
firmly. ''TootIes has nothing to do with
the case. You know. and Constance
, knows. and I know. and the whole
world Will soon know that I'm NOT
even rented to her. poor little beggar
! don't see why she should come be-
tween me and happiness just because
she happens to bear q social resem-
blance 10 q man who isn't her. father.
Come. now. lets talk over the situation
sensibly." I'd r.. n $500. @as.:-. ls.
lust then they passed beyond the
hearing Of the astontshed earesdrop-
per. Good heaven. what was thisi
Not his child? Two minutes later alrs.
OdeIl- Carney was back at the spring
where they had left her sonnoIent hus-
band. who had refused TO climb bin
because all OF his breath was required
to smoke q cigarette. - r. y
Carney" she said sternly. her. lips
rigid. her eyes set hard upon his face.
bow long have the Medcrofts been
marriedf.' :.
He blInked heavily. -How the devil
should knowf Pom me word. itsr-i
-Four years. I think Mrs. Rodney
told me. How old Is that baby"
Pom me soul. Agatha. I'm as mueh
In the dark as you. don't know
little over year. I'D say. We'll.
/ Just heard Medcroft say that she
wasn't his child Whose ID It?.. she
stood there like an accusing angel. He
started violently. and his Jaw dropped.
An expression Of Alarmed protest leap
ed into bis listless eyes.
. Pom my word. Agatha. how the
devil should I knowi Don't look at
me IKE that Give you my word of,
honor. don't know the woman. Pom,
me soul. ! don't. my dear.
he was very much In earnest, thor
oughly aroused by what seemed to be,
q direct fnsinuntion ! 4
-Oh. don't. be stupid" she cried
-Good heavens. can there be q scandal
In that lovely woman's IIfe?" J.
There's never any scandal In q wo-a
mans life unless shes reasonably
lovely remarked he s
whose child Is she. IL she isn't Med
croft's?. she pursued Will, i perplexedl
frown. y. 81 5a
eIlemme. Agatha. don't ask ne. !. ne
said irritably. passing his hand oEer
his brow IRE told you that twice.
ASK them. Il dare say they know.
she looked at him In disgust AS X
I conld do such thing 40 thai. Dear
me. don't understand II at all Four
years married Yes. I'm sure that's Il.
Carney. you don't suppose, She
hesitated. II was not necessary TO-
complete the obvious question.
Agatha" said be. weighing his re-
mark carefully. "I.ve said oil along:
that Medcroft Is asfool. Take those
windows. for instance lf he"-
.'oh. rubbishi What have the wins
dows to do with It? You are positive
u stupid Andfd come to like her
too. Yes. I'D even asked her to come
and see me. She was really dis
tressed -, u
And why not r. he demanded. Hang
II all. Agatha. It's nothing unusual.
she's d Jolly good sort and sight too
good for Medcroft. He's a stupid ass.
I've said 50 all along. How the devil
she erer married him ] rant see, But.
BY love. Agatha. can readily see bow
she might have loved the father OF
this child. no matter who he Is. Take
my advice. my dear. and don't be harsh !
In your Judgment Don't say q word
about what you've heard. n they are
reconciled to the-er-the situation.
Why the devil should we give hangf
And. above all. don't let these Rod
neys suspect" Here he lowered his
voice gradually. They're pack Of
rioters and they couldn't understand.
They'd cut her. even II she Il cousin
or whatever II Is. I'D give year or
two OF my life to know positively
whether Rodney intends taking those
shares or not" He said II In coutem-
plative delight in, what be would do II
II were definitely settled. II. can't
stnnd them much longer, 10
'.What great variety Of Americans
there arer' she reflected. Mrs. Med.
croft and her sister are Americans.
Compare them with the Rodneys and
Mr.. Ulstervelt. No. Carney. I'll not
start scandal The iRodneys would
,,St' ,,ndarstood no rnn say Thpv'h