The Washington times., 1935-01-19
CHAPTER XVIII

whirl of kaleidoscope color, filled
with signing harmonies of steel
guitars and plaintive voices of
brown singers, and a swift, surg.
ing commencement Of haole hos.
pttality. Stuart spun ceaSelessly
again, but now in spinning he
was learning to arrest his mind
and contemplate things, as he
did on his Hollywood hilltop.
For one thing Stuart was In.
creasingly grateful: Sharlene did
not loathe him when she awoks
to the full realization of her pain.
When that tortured look came
into her eyes and her gaze
sought the eastern horizon, she
crept into stuart's arms and d.
lently asked for help.
Sharlene rushed Stuart to q
cocktail party up Moana Valley,
They were late, of course, the
party being cocktails and cock
tails ahead of them. Stuart was
not even allowed to look at a
perfect rainbow which Spanned
the valley higher up, where the
rays Of the setting sun struck
through the rain mist on the
mountains!
"Thash a rainbow" said his
host. Millions of 'em all the
time. Look-1 aged thish okole.
hau m'Self-in charcoal-whash
rainbow"
But the colors are more
clearly defined than any I've ever
SEEN" said Stuart going to q
window. See, Sharlene, there
are two"
Here" insisted the host,
when you've had coupla these
you can see three rainbows.
Guarantee it,"
I'VE can't stay long enough to
see three rainbows." Sharlene re-
gretfully told him. We're due
pretty soon at a japanese din.
ner."
Well, saki on top of this-and
you'll belong to the Rainbow Di-
vision. Ha! Hal" There was
much laughter :.
Spinning Top
And so the top spun. Stuart
found himself in a frail, Jap
aneSe tea-house above a noisy
stream. his shoes discarded at
the door. They all donned kimo-
nos. and knelt around a low
table, consuming delectable clam
soup and a noble dish of chicken
and vegetables and eggs cooked
on a charcoal brazier at the
table by little Japanese maid.
Hot saki to drink. Sharlene's
face across from him, a little
hazy through the smoke of many
cigarettes, but a flushed, ami
mated, laughing Sharlene. His
head began buzzing with the
queer high Sing-song of the local
patois - japanese and Hawaiian
and Observation-Disclosures in by
some of the guests and the Jap.
anese maid, as she stirred the
sukt paki. Plainly pupule," gig.
Cling. "Pla-anty vahine like
hGole-" To Stuart this became
the whine Of the top which was
himself, spinning. Spinning on
and on, being very gay for Shar.
lene.
Whirling to Waikiki, the whole
party, for a moonlight swim,
Everybody piling out Of the three
taxicabs, laughing and chatterin9
and Scrambling for their bathing
togs.
Stuart took out his wallet. It
had been getting thinner and thin.
ner. Just tips and things like
taxi fares and the clothes for him.
self that had become imperative.
The hotel bills had been paid out
Of Mrs. Standings generous let.
ter OF credit which she had called
a wedding present in her note to
Stuart. Sharlene flung money
ABOUT reckleSSly, paying by check,
and seldom had any cash in her
purse for small things. She had
uSeo Stuart'S funds unthinkingly,
Stuart joined the others in the
warm. soft water, swimming in
the moon path toward Diamond
Head-under the Southern Cross.
he could not summon any more
gayety. Humiliation was washing
over him with every lazy waye
OF the sea. He was going to hav0
to ask Sharlene for money!.
Not only was it impossible for him
10 pay for things for his wife, but
MS wife was going to have to nav
for things for him. Food. shaves
-ye gods!-shoes shines, pin
money. Even the flower leis he
mad ordered for her daily. She
would have to pay for her own
tlowers-if she had any. His lit
tie notes: "A Camelia Lei, this
morning, Sharlene, because they
are like your throat" Yes, and 4
sweet little bill enclosed, too.
Tomorrow he would have to ask
Sharlene for money. There was
no reprieve.
Come on, Stuart! Don't be 80
exclusive! Race you out to the
float!"
He reused himself to accept ths
challenge, then drove through the
water with keen, powerful strokes,
But the taste in his mouth was
very, very bitter, more bitter than