The Press., 1915-06-09

to rival her eyes? There was only one other man whom she had longed to see again-an English mate who sent her a perfect pair of pigeon blood rubics from Bombay. The jewels were torn from the eyes of Hindu god, and the Hindus tore the mates eyes from his head in revenge. But Pearl did not know this. She fastened Heine's gift on her bosom and put the other jewels away.
 Heine was discharged from the na- val service shortly after his visit to Hawaii, and, without informing Pearl he returned to Honolulu. He had sery- ed a jewellers apprenticeship before en- tering the navy and soon found en- ployment in a local store as an en- graver He purchased little bunga- low in Kalihi with the savings of his naval cruise and kept out of sight in Honolulu as much as possible, wishing to avoid meeting his sweetheart until he could surprise her with complete arrangement for housekeeping.
 One day as he bent over his engrav- ing tools his heart gave great bound as Pearls voice f1Oated through the lat tice partition. She was talking with the jeweler in the front of the store. Peering through the slats, Heine saw a number of jewel boxes spread out on the counter between them. The jewel CT was speaking:
 "Do you get all these as presents, Miss Smith?"
 "Oh, of course. The sailors-they are so good to me-" she laughed. But what are they worth-pins, brooches rings, watches and allT'
 The ex-sailor sank back, stunned. A look crept into his face that his com manding officer had seen when his boatswain's mate reported 'both an- chors carried away, sir" as the disa- bled Shark widowed with the wind to- ward the laundering rocks of Cape Flattery. Heine had trusted his an- chors. Now he thought of his early training-of his sisters and the girls back in the Kansas home-his stand ards of honor for women.
 The jeweler was speaking again.
 q will allow you $22O."
 "Will that buy a very fine watch, with diamonds?" she asked.
 "A very fine watch, but not with many diamonds" he replied.
 'Then I'll wait. More will come," and she walked out.
 The jeweler found his engraver sit ting listlessly, with idle hands, and eyes that stared into space. He sus- pected the vitiating influence of the tropics.
 GO out and get a cool drink" he called cheerily. Don't let the heat get away with you!'
 Heine thanked his employer and went out. He had a cooling draft and was soon back at his bench. The next day he saw a real estate man and tried to sell his bungalow, as he intended to sail from Hawaii on the Mongolia, which was due, homeward bound, in two weeks.
 A few days before the China mail came in Heine was startled again by his sweetheart's voice. He heard every word as she offered the pigeon blood rubies for sale. The jeweler was in ecstasies. The stones were fawless and perfectly matched. A deal was made for a beautiful diamond incrust- ed watch in exchange for a number of jewels, including the rubies.
 Heine had never seen the girl more beautiful. Her face, shaded by a wide ho+ oF o1; to ,,io CTS, seemed touched with the brush of melancholy. Her neck was bare, and the point of the low V of her white gown was secured by a ruby brooch his ruby.
 "I'll take this one," she was saying, "and you must cut these words in the heart'
 She stood there gazing wistfully at the watch for long time. When she had left the store the jeweler brought it back to his engraver.
 "Get this out as soon as possible" he said, depositing the watch with the slip of words to be engraved.
 Heine glanced at the slip. It read ''To Heine-from Pearl"
 Pushing back his stool, he sprang to his feet and faced the jeweler.
 ''I've been judging that little Kanaka girl all this time from a wrong stand point"' he shouted; then, hatless and coatless, he dashed from the building.
 Heats getting in its work" the jew sler mumbled to himself '"That's the trouble with these newcomers can't stand the heat,' and he shook his head sadly, for the newcomer was an excel lent engraver, and he let the gin alone
 Heine overlook the girl in front of the Young hotel, and there. utterly ob- livious of the staring public, he caught her again in his arms, kissing her per feet mouth, no longer bruised, but soft as a red hibiscus blossom