Iron County register., 1921-01-27
When the Ship
Sailed
By H. LOUIS RAYBoLD

(0. 1920. by Mcclure Newspaper syndieate')
Marian Wetherby sat crouched amid |
the lavish cushions on the broad lanai |
her face buried In her hands, her
shoulders shaking convulslvely. Above
and about her the soft Hawanan
night spread Its beauty, but Marian
had no eyes for the velvet-starred sky
ne ears for the droning chant Of the
Pacific beating on the reef beyond the
harbor. Rathers the loveliness OF the
surroundings accentuated her grief,
her loneliness.
"The last evening we might have
spent together, Jtm," she murmured
brokenly, "and you did not Gomez
For on the morrow the girl, obeylng
her uncle and guardians decree-and
whoever disobeyed even a wish OF
Henry @. Winthrop, millionaire sugar
planter and important citizen of Homo
lulu?-was to leave with her aunt on
the Esonia for prolonged trip In the
States.
Marian, resentful, already homesick
in anticipation, knew that her uncles
chief reason for banishing her was to
break up the friendship between his
niece and James Elliot Calendar.
The 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 lateness
of the hour rendered interruption un-
likely. 1t proved to be her uncle,
whom she had supposed asleep long
ago.
Up the step he came broad, mas
sive man, with a .-half-smoked cigar
gripped tightly between his teeth. For
a moment he regarded his niece, not
unkindly and vet without sympathy,
as she stood up making futile dabs
with her handkerchief at her wet eyes.
Should he tell her or not? 1t would
certainly be better for her to leave
hating that confounded Calendar in
stead Of fancying she was heartbroken
over him.
The sooner she got over her infatpa-
tion the sooner would she prove amen
able to his plans-plans eminently
well calculated to advance her inter-
ests-and his.
Resolutely he fiieked the ash from
his cigar and laid his hand on the
girls shoulder. "My, DEAR" he said
without preamble, "just where do you
suppose your precious Jim is wasting
his timer
He paused as the girl raised
startled eyes Of inquiry, then contin-
ued: "I had occasion today to ride
out to the Wailoa ditch. On my way
/ passed Calendar with one Of Sans
pretty half-caste daughters putting
wreaths about his neckw With a
gentle pressure of his hand, Winthrop
passed into the house.
Marian's first thought was that her
uncle. whom she knew to be be-
lever In the principle that any means
justifies a good end, had cooked up
the story as a final weapon against
q Jim. For well she knew her uncle was
bent upon a match between her and
the son Of w. Laurens, owner Of the
Oahu pineapple plantations. Such
marriage would effectively unite the
business interests of the islands twt
greatest corporations.
And yet-Jlm had not come to say
good-by. His absence in itself was al
most corroboration Of her uncle!
story. With heavy heart, the CIR
entered the house.
Meanwhile Jim, all too well awart
of the bewilderment his absence mus
be causing the girl he loved, sat flow
er-crowned among a group of dancing
chanting ukulele-playing Hawaiians
And with fierce hatred he hated hi
stolid, phlegmatic, half Chinese, par
native, part white, all heather host
who had steadfastly refused all da
to give his answer.
Yet Jim smiled and bowed and flirt
ed with the girls, knowing in his hear
that only by possessing his soul in pa
tience could he gain his ends. An
Just about the time that Marian wa
falling into troubled sleep wherei
she dreamed of faithless men, Jim ha
his reward.
"Sure ting, Mist Callen'-I buy
Tousan' dolla' down. Fixee up LEI
bime by"
The following morning the Esonia
smokestacks were ainging their sigma
of departure into the smiling Hawaiia
sky. Ropes of flowers stretched frol
the crowded dock to the decks whel
the passengers gorgeously wreathe
with leis Of brilliant flowers, smile
and waved farewells to those left b
hind.
Among them, standing silent, sol
ber-eyed, one slender girl waited u
smiling. But her glance wandere
searching continually. the people I
the dock. Nor did they brighten
they fell upon the complacent figu
Of her uncle, whose very attitude
dfuated satisfaction at deed W.
done.
land indeed he had cause to p
hfmselfs approvinsly on the back.
two minutes more the vast Paci