The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-27

otBhlonB on the broad lanAd'
7 her face buried in her hands, her
kshouIdeFB shaking conVulstVely.
5.boYe and about her tho soft Har
&,aiian night spread its beauty, bat
IAN had no eyes for the velvet
s...Ied sky, no ears for the droning
mt Of the Pacific beating on the
i--i beyond the harbor. Rather,
the lovelinsss OF the surroundings
accumulated her grief, her loneli.
ness.
The last evening we might have
sbent together, JIM" she murmur-
ed brokenly, and you did. not
,aeon1eI"
For ON themorrow the girl, obey.
ind her uncle and guardians de-
CT, -Rnd whoever disobeyed even
lavish Of Henry c. Winthrop, mil
. tionRirs sugar planter and import
ant citizen Of Honolulu?-Tas TO
leave with her aunt on the Esonia
for a prolonged trip in tho States.
Marian, resentful, already home
sick In anticipation, know that her
uncla's chief reason for banlshing
her Was to break up the friendship
between his niece and James Elliot
Calendar.
TIE sound Of heavy footsteps
startled the girl. Jim? No, that
was not Jim's step. She had dared
give way to her tears, thinking the
Ea&anesa Of the hour rendered inter
ruptIpn unlikely. It proved to be
3 her uncle, whom she had supposed
Ssleep long ago.
Bp the step he came, broad
massive man. with q halfSmoked
Agar gripped tightly between his
afeeth, For q moment he regarded
his niece, not unkIndly and yet
without sympathy, as she stood up
mixing futile dabs with her hand
Rkhhief at her wet eyes. Should
he tell her or not? 1t would GER
family DO better for her to leave
hating that COMPOUNDED Calendar
iiI5tead OF fancying she was heart
bFoken over him.
The sooner she got over her in.
fatuation the sooner would she
prove amenable to his plaDB~-
plans eminently well calculated TO
,aISVance her interests-and his.
AeSolutely he flicked the ash
from his cigar and laid his hand
On the girls shoulder. my dear, :
J ne said without preamble, Just
}where do you suppose your pre-
rious Jim Is wasting his tlme?"
He paused a moment as the girl
raised startled eyes OF inquiry, then
continued: II had 4casion today
toN. ride out to the Wailoa Ditch.
On my way passed Sam LutonS's
place and there sat young CAllen-
lar with one OF Sans pretty half
caste daughters putting wreaths
about his neck!" With gentle
pleasure OF his hand, winthrop
ASKED into the house.
NIarian's first thought was Ahat
her uncle, whom she know to be
believer in the principle that any
means justlrles a good end, had
hooked UP the story as finai
weapon against Jim. For well she
knew her uncle was bent upon a
matt between her and the son OF
IN. lens, owner Of the Oahu
pine; le plantations. Such mar
Fiage would effectively unite the
business interests OF the Island S
Two greatest corporations.
And yet-Jim had not como to
say good.by. His absence III 1t.
Seif was almost confederation OF
gher uncles story. With q heavy
heart. the girl entered the house.
Meanwhile Jim, all too well aware
Of the bewIlderment his absence
must be causing the girl he loved
sat flower.CrOwned among u group
81 dancing, chanting ukulele-play'
uAfkEiaWRiians. And with q fierce
y iafsed he hated his stolid, phleG
Ima &c, half Chinese. part native
white, all heather host, who
hEd steadtastly refused all day TO
awe his answer.
& Yet Jim smiled and bowed and
Elirted with the girls, knowing IN
ais heart that only by possessing
his soul in patience could be gain
his ends. And just about the time
that Marian was falling Into a
troubled sleep wherein she dream
I'd OF faithless men, Jim had his
reward.
%sure ting, Mist Callen'-I buy
-Tousan' dolla' down. Fixee up
lest bime by"
r THE following morning. the
Y nsonia's smokestacks were flfnginG
their signals of departure into tho
smiling Hawaiian sky. Ropes oil
flowers stretched from the crowd
ed dock to the decks where the
passengers, gorgeously wreathed
with leis OF brilliant flowers, smiled
and waved farewells to those left
31bshind.
4fnong them, standing silent
! Somber.eyed, one slender girl wait
y d uusmiling. But her glance wan
!. III bred, searching continually the
Sdeople on the dock. Nor did they
brighten as they fell upon the com
placent figure of her uncle, whose
very attitude indicated satisfaction
at a deed we'll done.
And indeed he had cause to pat
himself approvingly on the back
In two minutes more the vast Pa
cIfic would begin to stretch be
tween his rebellious niece and the
man OF her choice-but not OF his
Yet great deal can happen in two
minutes.
Just as the native band changed
from its martial music into the
xpIaintiye Hawaiian Aloha, whose
fninor cadences never fah TO awak
a in the hearts OF those who Lis
len strange, melancholy regrets
L. N-aa9t