Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-01-06
When the Ship
Sailed
By H. LOUIS RAYBoLD
D 1920, by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.

the lavish CUSHIONS OH tHc urVuu ioho
her face buried in her hands, he
shoulders shaking cOnvulsively. Ab0'
and about her the soft Hawaiia
night spread Its beauty, but Maria
had no eyes for the velvet-starred SIX!
no ears for the droning chant OF tn
Pacific beating on the reef beyond tn
harbor. Rather, the loneliness OF tn
surroundings accentuated her grlel
her loneliness.
"The last evening we might nav
spent together, Jim she murmure'
brOkenly, land you did not come!
For on the morrow the girl, Obeyinl
her uncle and guardians decree-an'
whoever disObeyed even wish O
Henry q. Winthrop. millionaire sugal
! planter and important citizen OF Homo
lulu:-was to leave with her aunt OF
the EsOnia for a prolonged trip In tht
States.
Marian. reseDtful. already hOmesich
in anticipation, knew that her uncle's
chief reason for banishlng her was T.
break up the friendship between his
niece and James Elliot Calendar:
The sound q heavy footsteps
startled the girl. liinF No, that WA
not Jim's step She had dared give
way to her tears. thinking the lateness
Of the hour rendered interruption un-
likely. II proved to bp her uncle,
whom she had supposed asleep long
ago.
Up the step he came. broad, mas
sive man. v';i ~ half-smOked cigar
gripped tightly between his teeth. For
a moment he regarded his niece. not
unkindly sud yet without sympathy,
as she stMd up making futile dabs
with her hantit erehlef AT her wet eyes.
Should lie tell Ter or nOti 1t would
certainly he better for her to leave
hating that cotftrnded calendar in
stead Of fancying 81 q was heartbrOken
over him.
The sooner she got over her infatua-
ton the sooner would she prove amen
4ble TO his p'ans-plans eminently
well calculated to advance her inter-
ests--and h's.
ResOIutely hp tiicked the ash from
his cigar and laid his hand on the
girls shoulder. MY dear" he said
without preamble, lust where do you
suppose your precious Jim is wasting
his timer
He paused as the girl raised
startled eyes If inquiry, then cOntin-
ued: ~ had occasion today to ride
ont to the Wailoa ditch. On my way
passed Calendar with one of Sans
pretty half-caste daughters putting
wreaths about his neck I" With a
passed into the house.
Marian's first thought was that her
lncIe, whom she knew to be be-
lever in the principle that any means
ustifies a good end. had cooked up
he story as final weapon against
Tim. For well she knew her uncle was
,ent upon match between her and
he son Of w. Ilaurens. owner of the |
Oahu pineapple plantations. Such a
marriage would effectively unite the
usiness interests of the Islands two
reatest corporations.
And yet-JIm had not come to say
Ood-by. His absence in itself was al
lOst cOrrObOratiOn of her uncle's
tory. with heavy heart, the girl
ntered the house.
Meanwhile Jim, all too well aware
T the bewilderment his absence must
e causing the girl he loved, sat now-
among group Of dancing,
hanting ukulele-playing Hawaiians.
nd with fierce hatred he hated his
old. phlegmatlc, half Chinese, part
alive, part white. all heather host,
no had steadfastly refused all day
give his answer.
Yet Jim smiled and bowed and flirt-
with the girls, knowing In his heart
at only by possessing his soul In pa.
ence could he gain his ends And
st about the time that Marian was
Hing into troubled sleep wherein
e dreamed Of faithless men, Jim had
3 reward.
Sure ting, Mist Callen'-I buy I
,usan' dolla' down. Fixee up lest
me by"
The following morning the EsOnia's
were filnging their signals b
departure into the smiling Hawaiian b
Y. Ropes Of flowers stretched from q
3 crowded dock to the decks where e
, passengers g0rgeously wreathed o
tn leis Of brilliant flowers smiled a
d waved farewells to those left he q
Id. "
Among them. standing silent, SON. n
'-eyed. one slender girl waited I'M b
Hing. But her glance wandered,
rching continually the people on -
dock. Nor did they brighten as y
y fell upon the complacent figure
her uncle. whose very attitude in
ated satisfaction at deed we'll
le.
md indeed he had cause to pat
self apprOvlngly on the back. In
minutes more the vast Pacific
lid begin to stretch between his
ellious niece and the man of her
ice-but not Of his. Yet q great
can happen In two minutes. ~
ust as the native band changed
n Its martial music into the plain
Hawaiian Aloha. whose ca
ces never fail to awaken 10 the
rts of those who listen strange,
ancholy regrets and yearnlngs
as the last wreaths were thrown
tie sleek-hodied young Kanakas /,
lie ready at the rails for their bold mi
$ after coins thrown by the pas pe'
yers above; just as the deckhands ~
he'd for the gang-plank ropes. a.,