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indistinct。
;I thought you knew�察─ �said McVeigh�察 �who had been regarding him
curiously。 ;You�察 �of all men�察 �should have known。 I thought that was
why you were here。;
;I know now�察─ �Kersdale answered with immense gravity。 ;Where's
the carriage�拭─�
He walked rapidlyhalf´ranto it。 I had to half´run myself to keep
up with him。
;Drive to Doctor Hervey's�察─ �he told the driver。 ;Drive as fast as
you can。;
He sank down in a seat�察�panting and gasping。 The pallor of his face
had increased。 His lips were compressed and the sweat was standing
out on his forehead and upper lip。 He seemed in some horrible agony。
;For God's sake�察 �Martin�察 �make those horses go� ─ �he broke out
suddenly。 ;Lay the whip into them��do you hear��lay the whip into
them� ─�
;They'll break�察�sir�察─�the driver remonstrated。
;Let them break�察─�Kersdale answered。 ;I'll pay your fine and square
you with the police。 Put it to them。 That's right。 Faster� �Faster� ─�
;And I never knew�察 �I never knew�察─ �he muttered�察 �sinking back in the
seat and with trembling hands wiping the sweat away。
The carriage was bouncing�察 �swaying and lurching around corners at
such a wild pace as to make conversation impossible。 Besides�察 �there
was nothing to say。 But I could hear him muttering over and over�察�
;And I never knew。 I never knew。;
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ALOHA OE
Never are there such departures as from the dock at Honolulu。 The
great transport lay with steam up�察�ready to pull out。 A thousand persons
were on her decks�察�five thousand stood on the wharf。 Up and down the
long gangway passed native princes and princesses�察�sugar kings and the
high officials of the Territory。 Beyond�察�in long lines�察�kept in order by
the native police�察 �were the carriages and motor´cars of the Honolulu
aristocracy。 On the wharf the Royal Hawaiian Band played ;Aloha
Oe�察─ �and when it finished�察 �a stringed orchestra of native musicians on
board the transport took up the same sobbing strains�察�the native woman
singer's voice rising birdlike above the instruments and the hubbub of
departure。 It was a silver reed�察�sounding its clear�察�unmistakable note in
the great diapason of farewell。
Forward�察 �on the lower deck�察 �the rail was lined six deep with khaki´
clad young boys�察�whose bronzed faces told of three years' campaigning
under the sun。 But the farewell was not for them。 Nor was it for the
white´clad captain on the lofty bridge�察�remote as the stars�察�gazing down
upon the tumult beneath him。 Nor was the farewell for the young
officers farther aft�察 �returning from the Philippines�察 �nor for the white´
faced�察�climate´ravaged women by their sides。 Just aft the gangway�察�on
the promenade deck�察�stood a score of United States Senators with their
wives and daughtersthe Senatorial junketing party that for a month had
been dined and wined�察�surfeited with statistics and dragged up volcanic
hill and down lava dale to behold the glories and resources of Hawaii。
It was for the junketing party that the transport had called in at
Honolulu�察 �and it was to the junketing party that Honolulu was saying
good´bye。
The Senators were garlanded and bedecked with flowers。 Senator
Jeremy Sambrooke's stout neck and portly bosom were burdened with a
dozen wreaths。 Out of this mass of bloom and blossom projected his
head and the greater portion of his freshly sunburned and perspiring face。
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He thought the flowers an abomination�察�and as he looked out over the
multitude on the wharf it was with a statistical eye that saw none of the
beauty�察�but that peered into the labour power�察�the factories�察�the railroads�察�
and the plantations that lay back of the multitude and which the
multitude expressed。 He saw resources and thought development�察�and
he was too busy with dreams of material achievement and empire to
notice his daughter at his side�察 �talking with a young fellow in a natty
summer suit and straw hat�察�whose eager eyes seemed only for her and
never left her face。 Had Senator Jeremy had eyes for his daughter�察�he
would have seen that�察�in place of the young girl of fifteen he had brought
to Hawaii a short month before�察 �he was now taking away with him a
woman。
Hawaii has a ripening climate�察 �and Dorothy Sambrooke had been
exposed to it under exceptionally ripening circumstances。 Slender�察 �pale�察�
with blue eyes a trifle tired from poring over the pages of books and
trying to muddle into an understanding of lifesuch she had been the
month before。 But now the eyes were warm instead of tired�察�the cheeks
were touched with the sun�察�and the body gave the first hint and promise
of swelling lines。 During that month she had left books alone�察�for she
had found greater joy in reading from the book of life。 She had ridden
horses�察 �climbed volcanoes�察 �and learned surf swimming。 The tropics
had entered into her blood�察 �and she was aglow with the warmth and
colour and sunshine。 And for a month she had been in the company of
a manStephen Knight�察�athlete�察�surf´ board rider�察�a bronzed god of the sea
who bitted the crashing breakers�察�leaped upon their backs�察�and rode them
in to shore。
Dorothy Sambrooke was unaware of the change。 Her consciousness
was still that of a young girl�察 �and she was surprised and troubled by
Steve's conduct in this hour of saying good´bye。 She had looked upon
him as her playfellow�察�and for the month
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