Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-09

than one OF mere dependence; il was
as IL she were absolutely dominated.
She was also dependent on him, too.
1t seemed as il he had taught her to
depend upon him for every thought.
| could not tell whether Thelma want
ed to go to Paris or not She said
practically nothing, and her face was
just blank. That was the way she
impressed me whenever saw her
aside from this visit. She was like a
person who had been in solitude.
Thelma never saw the X-ray plates.
They were developed and Mr.. Smart
came into my Office and sent him
over to Dr. Davenport to have the
plates read to him. ! urged him
again not to take the trip to Paris.
The day the plates were taken l went
up with Thelma to DIR. Davenport's
Office and Mr.. Smart waited outside.
! told him to call on me the next day
or the day after and would tell him
about them. He came in and told
him about them and | said you go
over to the laboratory and see them
told him that the plates
the necessity of his stay
ing in California, but l wanted him
to see the plates himself. You can
say a great many things to person,
but it is more convincing when such
things are absolutely demonstrated. |
not only explained the nature of the
plates to him, but told him to go and
look at them himself. He came in to
see me another time after that but
said nothing more at all. He came into
see me if there was anything further.
I think Thelma had a little cold at
that time, or the little baby had one.
II was insignificant. He came in to
see me several times. and each time
he came we would talk about the Pa
ris trip. My mind was not at all at
rest in regard to the matter. can
not remember anything that he stated
beyond his statement about having
That impressed me very
definitely, He never challenged my
opinion nor questioned much about
the matter, and ! felt that his attitude
was merely the headstrong self will
Of undisciplined youth. i could not
believe that he was deliberate in the
matter. 1t seemed to me that he would
have to be too much of knaye in
the face of what told him to deliber-
ately do what he did could not
believe il. ! believe he was abso-
Iutely obtuse to what told him, and
that he had a natural Indifference that
enabled him to dismiss 1t as amount
ing to nothing. ....- .... 49,. H.,
Smart Little Affected. ..
When they came back from Paris
was called in Immediately on their
arrival, and / attended her until her
until toward the last, and on several
went twice. During Thel-
mas last illness l did not notice in
Mr.. Smart any sign of anxiety or re-
morse. His cruelty towards his wife
Turing her last illness was negative.
! will not say that he wished to be
,ruel, but he was indifferent, and did
not seem to care one way or the,
,ther. She realized his Indifference
md it struck her to the heart She
realized that he was indifferent to her.
could tell tbs from things that she
laid to other people. l could also see
myself, however, that he was indif-
'erent. He showed no affection at all,
ae never offered anything in the way
If a caress while was there. was
stirred at that time as | have never
been stirred in my life because of his
allure to respond to the advice given
him in the islands and here, to keep
Ter in California. can never get over
hat ..>.~.-a - 3d.: .....
Yrs. Smart Troubled.
During the time was at the house,
Turing Thelma's illness she never ask
ID for the baby. She never seemed
% ask questions or anything. Her
Illness would account for some mat.
ention to the child, but to my mind
t did not account for the whole of 1t.
She seemed to be troubled about some,
hing, and ! thought part of it was
lue to Mr.. Smart's indifference.
Miss Hale told me that Mr.. Smart
elt the responsibility of Thelma's i'll
less tremendously. She said that he
vas weighed down. by it and nearly
beside himself; very much upset She
llso told me that Mr.. Smart was very
oath to spend money. She said that
when she was dismissed from the case
The did not feel at all sure that she
would be paid for her trip across the
,cean and her passage back, because
Mr.. Smart, as she expressed it, was
yery tight. When / first saw Miss
Hale she seemed to have gone to
pieces nervously over the strain in
New York and the baby's illness and
leath. She said to me, Il was very
much afraid that Mrs. Smart might
lot live in coming across the CONT
lent from Norfolk" She said the doc
or there had prepared her with things
o be used in case of pulmonary. hem
,rrhages. She told me that inasmuch
Is she was the only one with whom
Mr.. Smart could talk of Thelma's con-
lition, he used to unburden himself to
Ter. could see that Thelma objected
% Miss Hale, and asked her if she
Wished her to go, and she said yes;
The did not tell why. l understood
rom Mrs. Knight that she showed too
much familiarity when with Thelma.
should say that Miss Hale was over
10 and had very pleasing person
llity. Miss Hale seemed to be hurt
when she was discharged, and she
aid when I came tn Thelma 7 was