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She      laughed      aloud�察   �hysterically�察   �at  the   recollection。      With     such 

expression��when he had been pouring his heart out in his voice。                      She 

knew   now�察  �and   it   was   too   late。  Why   had   he   not   spoken�拭     �Then   she 

realized   that   girls   of   her   age   did   not   marry。 But   girls   of   her   age did 

marryin   Hawaiiwas   her   instant   thought。        Hawaii   had   ripened      her 

Hawaii�察  �where   flesh   is   golden   and   where   all   women   are   ripe   and   sun´ 

kissed。 

     Vainly   she   scanned   the   packed   multitude   on   the   dock。      What   had 

become of him�拭        �She felt she could pay any price for one more              glimpse 

of him�察�and she almost hoped that some mortal sickness would                    strike the 

lonely captain on the bridge and delay departure。                For    the first time in 

her life she looked at her father with a          calculating eye�察�and as she did she 

noted with newborn fear the            lines of will and determination。          It would 

be terrible to oppose        him。    And what chance would she have in such a 

struggle�拭    �But why       had Steve not spoken�拭        �Now it was too late。        Why 

had he not spoken        under the hau tree at Waikiki�拭�

     And   then�察  �with   a   great   sinking   of   the   heart�察  �it   came   to   her   that   she 

knew   why。      What   was   it   she   had   heard   one   day�拭  �Oh�察  �yes�察  �it   was   at 

Mrs。   Stanton's   tea�察  �that   afternoon   when   the   ladies   of   the  ;Missionary 

Crowd; had entertained the ladies of the Senatorial                 party。   It was Mrs。 

Hodgkins�察  �the   tall   blonde   woman�察  �who   had   asked       the   question。     The 

scene came back to her vividlythe broad lanai�察               �the tropic flowers�察�the 

noiseless Asiatic attendants�察�the hum of the              voices of the many women 

and   the   question   Mrs。   Hodgkins   had   asked   in      the   group   next   to   her。 

Mrs。    Hodgkins      had   been   away    on   the  mainland      for   years�察  �and   was 

evidently inquiring after old island friends of             her maiden days。        ;What 

has become of Susie Maydwell�拭─�was the                question she had asked。         ;Oh�察�

we never see her any more�察�she married                Willie Kupele�察─�another island 

woman answered。          And Senator        Behrend's wife laughed and wanted to 

know why matrimony had affected               Susie Maydwell's friendships。 

     ;Hapa´haole�察─�was the answer�察 �he was a half´caste�察�you know�察�and we 

of the Islands have to think about our children。; 

     Dorothy turned to her father�察�resolved to put it to the test。 

     ;Papa�察�if Steve ever comes to the United States�察�mayn't he come and 



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see us some time�拭─�

     ;Who�拭     �Steve�拭─�

     ;Yes�察�Stephen Knightyou know him。              You said good´bye to him not 

five minutes ago。        Mayn't he�察�if he happens to be in the United               States 

some time�察�come and see us�拭─�

     ;Certainly     not�察─  �Jeremy     Sambrooke       answered     shortly。    ;Stephen 

Knight     is a hapa´haole and you know what that means。; 

     ;Oh�察─  �Dorothy  said   faintly�察  �while   she  felt   a   numb   despair   creep   into 

her heart。 

     Steve was not a hapa´haoleshe knew that�察�but she did not know that 

a quarter´strain of tropic sunshine streamed in his veins�察�and she                  knew 

that that was sufficient to put him outside the marriage pale。                   It was a 

strange   world。      There   was   the   Honourable   A。   S。   Cleghorn�察     �who   had 

married a dusky princess of the Kamehameha blood�察�yet men                     considered 

it an honour to know him�察�and the most exclusive women of                       the ultra´ 

exclusive   ;Missionary   Crowd;   were   to   be   seen   at   his     afternoon   teas。 

And   there   was   Steve。    No   one   had disapproved   of   his     teaching   her   to 

ride a surf´board�察�nor of his leading her by the            hand through the perilous 

places of the crater of Kilauea。         He could      have dinner with her and her 

father�察�dance with her�察�and be a member             of the entertainment committee�察�

but   because  there   was   tropic    sunshine   in   his   veins   he   could   not   marry 

her。 

     And he didn't show it。        One had to be told to know。           And he was so 

good´looking。       The picture of him limned itself on her inner vision�察            �and 

before she was aware she was pleasuring in the memory of the                     grace of 

his magnificent body�察�of his splendid shoulders�察�of the              power in him that 

tossed   her   lightly   on   a   horse�察  �bore   her   safely through   the   thundering 

breakers�察�or towed her at the end of an           alpenstock up the stern lava crest 

of the House of the Sun。          There     was something subtler and mysterious 

that   she   remembered�察     �and   that   she   was    even   then   just  beginning    to 

understandthe aura of the male           creature that is man�察�all man�察�masculine 

man。     She  came   to   herself    with   a  shock   of   shame   at   the   thoughts   she 

had   been   thinking。     Her    cheeks   were   dyed   with   the   hot   blood   which 

quickly receded and left         them pale at the thought that she would never 



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see him again。       The    stem of the transport was already out in the stream�察�

and the     promenade deck was passing abreast of the end of the dock。 

     ;There's     Steve   now�察─   �her   father   said。   ;Wave      good´bye     to   him�察�

Dorothy。; 

     Steve was looking up at her with eager eyes�察�and he saw in her face 

what he had not seen before。          By the rush of gladness into his own            face 

she knew that he knew。         The air was throbbing with the song ´ 

       My love to you。 My love be with you till we meet again。 

       There    was   no   need    for  speech    to   tell  their  story。   About     her�察�

passengers   were   flinging      their  garlands   to   their   friends  on  the   dock。 

Steve   held   up   his   hands   and   his   eyes   pleaded。 She   slipped      her   own 

garland   over   her   head�察  �but   it   had   become   entangled   in   the   string   of 

Oriental pearls that Mervin�察�an elderly sugar king�察�had              placed around her 

neck when he drove her and her father down to the                steamer。 

     She  fought   with   the  pearls   that   clung to the  flowers。     The  transpor
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