Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05

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saa and they are looking for a mas
ter for her. Could you see them To-
morrow"
His ewes met hers and she saw the
sadness hidden in their depths: aon,.
morrow? TIL try. ma'am. But don't
suppose it would do much good.
new steamer is too high for me 10
look. I'm afraid
Try" she murmured ana turned
her back. III. o-.-
dentia1s to the Arm OF Gmoal
White and found himself welcomed
with unusual civillty. "hi'e h''iiseiA
was the spokesm an.
Hang it all. captain ne sald, you
seem to be always off on some JOB
mr. other. We tried to find you week
ago You are tist the man in our
aSa-deen-sea, some creditable pa
ners. more than creditable stories
about you, and aAs nice woman a. as
q home for you We must keep an
ava On YOU. captain. Will you go as
ma+e of our Porpoyse till We have
shin for you? Not word! You have
exactly two hours to get aboard, ana
You'll be h Ha%Eiiaxl m''e Sorts IS sea Mr.
Wrhits shook hands and dismissed
him.
oursIDE the offi,se John Somers
~ stood in a daze. He tilted his
head and peered into vacancy through
half-shut eyes. Then he sprang into
activity and sought Angela GaskeIi
at her place of employment. She con-
fronted him coldly.
| 81 know just what you want to
say" she said. '-rhe fact Of the mat
ter is. nobody would have you with
out some kind OF recommendation.
! But it struck me as too bad you
couldn't get job"
"But they said-they think I'm 60
| ing to be maFfiNdr'
That's what + told Them" Angela
| returned quietly. Aren't your"
"But-they said-who do they think
the girl is?'
| Does it matter% she rejofned tsrt-
| ly. you have the job and you'll get
| a better one later-f you keep
straight I'm very busy. please"
| The Porpoise sailed and Angela
went about her work without any re-
Spouse to the sly jokes Of her fellow
| workers. When she read that John
Somers' steamer had arrived In Hilo
| she shrugged her shoulders. When
it returned to San Francisco and she
discovered that Somers had quit 1t in
Honolulu she bit her 1ip and became
only more thoughtful
! A later mail boat brought her q
letter from Sonfers. She read its hrief
message and laid 1T away with heI
Iother keepsakes. He wrote:
Dear Madam: couldn't come bach
and find that girl not waiting for me
!Resp'y, mo- 5oMERS."
A year later Angels got the infor-
nation she had paid to obtain. II
was q brief and businessIike report
of a discreet agency.
"TNe man John Somers Is now run.
lining a small schooner called the Maid
of BAH and trading among scattered
fislands to the east Of the Hawaiians
He is r.puted to be q morose. suller
man and his credit 10 poor. So far ii
we can a. scertain. he has no white as
sociates and keeps clear Of the ma
tives. He Is not sober. The only frn
that has dealings with him seems Il
regard his as honest but untrust
worthy. He has never changed hi
name, so far. as known. Our inquiries
into his past record seem to indicate
Ethat he Is wtal educated and comes o
la good family in an eastern state
Our agent believes that the MAI
. Somers has no intention Of returning
to America, though he 10 decided!
l taciturn aud hard to get Information
from He owns two-thirds OF tn
schooner Maid of Bath. which is val
; ued at $1,000"
While she was considering this II
her room Of evenings, and studyini
both herself and her future, Angel
J, found that a fresh problem had In
hterjected itself. She was. in spite o
IA erseff, beloved by a man whom sh
ia ed much and respected. He ha'
beo ,me imperious lately and he mus
he a aswered ittingly. What that an
swer might have been, had the &C
c,siort been propitious. Angela feare
"a .d,yAt to her self. As 1T chanceo
her reoo>'r came when she was iran
tic oveV n er problems, there was higl
lIanpuaxse And she dismissed him WIZ
tho nat statement that she was be
trotred t,x another. That lie she re
GREETED on hen knees In an agony
shame. c.
f,oad tha t,ntb;. She was forever boun'
tn tbe baeeard. cullen man OF the MAJ
Of Path. Youth vi and lovely she was
high-spirited an l:-rtspecting-an
she loved him: -" svo usa,s Of a stro On
and debonair ana careless hero ha
grown into a passion with roots deep !
her being. He was h srs. sue sdu -: 49,
ed for him and God Nad gwen nm :.
her. In the light Of tEs tszn. sTG ;,s
fact she laughed-and tn Se" he1sen 'no
the battle before her.
At the time she Kept sr secret W
First, newspaper print 20 Ine neN
that marriage license had "a "sn s
to JOAN Somers, aged THRIFT an
ty-two. Angela Herself called i've aaeen
ton of reporter nosing for .tAVs 2
this. and unblushingly related @ ni !.
the simple story Of a hasty Nsdd wa =
paragraph, appeared next day duly en-,
bellished by the admitting reporter. M
Angela received the pu4zled eonsfa. n
lations Of her friends With calm tincolN
Germ. Then she Quietly quit her posi-
brief item about her sailing shortly fo1
the South seas to join her husband
,capt. John Somers OF the Maid Of Bath
That paragraph. she knew. would some
|, day meet his eye. To anticipate IT she
fed southwark. a
II In HonoIulu she arrived quite Simply
/ as Mrs. Angela Sofners and got lodgings
/ to wait for the schooner. which WaA due
within fortnight. She kept to herself
and eschewed making any acqaaint.
. ances. But open ears could not he'll
hearing odd gossip about the master Of
the Maid Of Bath In the Httls island
life John Somers doomed large. He wal
, handsome. and the natives c0sld MOI
.. sufficiently express their admiration fol
him; he was daring. skillful and feetlest
men of all colors talked aboet hfs
mysterious achievements
or all she listened to. Angels found
the sidewise, idle and crooked gossip Of
women the hardest to endtre caIfnly