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these boys," commented Cameron to him- "Awfully, out-of-place subject for all sell. Poor old Whitehouse will be going off his head over this sort of thing
if he duesn't look out.”
The discourse, if it had not been so
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Mr. and Mrs. Jones!" And directly after tiffin, the gentleman had gone down. stairs with a "boy" carrying à suitcase which he had put into a ricksha, and tha stranger had been whished away to join in a few days, and that she would do the He said his wife would be following him one of the small northern-bound steamers,
Whether they had quarrelled and he pur. financial.settling up "when she left.
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were all miserable creatures like his own cost or wrap, was found at the harbour's silly little wife! It's perfectly saintly edge, washed down evidently by the of him to excuse her as he does, but in his | monstrous force of water from one of the effort to make everyone else excusa her overflowing nullahs, in the fury of the too, he is dragging all womanhood down storm. to the same weak level. Sauce for the
Enquiries were made at the various goose' is not sauce for the gandes hotels, large and small, since no local if women were not made better than men, resident came forward to claim the body and intended to remain so, there wouldn't and it was ascertained that at one of be much consolation for us in bearing them that morning a lady and gentleman all, we do for you stupid creatures !"' had booked a room, under the name of
Whereat Dicz would laugh. heartily and tall her she ought to take his pulpit for him the following Sunday, ・・
The Camerons as
a rule attended Evensong at the Cathedral. In the morn. I heard the story from Dick Cameron, foolishness of pandering to the varity of the churches or at his own school chapel, ings Dick preached at one or another of clergyman and schoolmaster, and he told women who were even greater fools than but he was seldom required in the oven- The simpler, homelier type ings, so they generally enjoyed themselves me that his wife, Bessie, at whom we themselves.
as members of the congregation then. always laughed for her trick of jumping of life, lived by such people as Dick Une early July evening, hat but temper.posely had deserted her, or whether she to hasty conclusions, sensed domestic Cameron and his wife, held no kind of ed by a gusty breeze that swept in the really meant to join him was a matter that would always belong to the great disaster the very day the Rev. Basil attraction for hor. And women like windows and helped the electric fans as
ix laughing at their artificial efforts, Certain it is that he never returned, and silences, for no-one would ever know, Whitehouse arrived back in Hongkong pretty, wholesome-minded Bessia wore Bessie settled herself back in her ear after his Home leave, and jatroduced to all merely "frumps" to her somewhat with a sigh of resignation as the Rev.
nc-one bothered to trace him, or, at last, them all his English bride, before he went erratic mental vision. So one thing led Basil Whitehouse ascended the pulpit | formality and officialdom, for the lady's not to any extent beyond that of mere on with her to their inland home. He to another, and long before their child looked particularly well that belongings covered, in value, her actual evening. His black hair was very grey expenses, though with very little surplus; had lots of friends in the Colony, for was born, she was spending nearly all her round the temples now, and there were and for certain reasons the affair was his work often brought him there, and island-city, and it was clear to all that But in spite of these signs of age be
time away from home, down in the many lines round his mouth and eyes quietly left alone. Sometimes, even while on the island be was always neither her husband nor his coming was, at fifty-six, a remarkably handsome actor, can be kind. The hotel was under natirely new management, and familiar gure in the pulpit of St. John's child had the slightest place in her heart, or the callously physical organ Cathedral.
The Cathedral was uncommonly well-be
rese people had ever been seea
"be
no one would have Alled for a July evening, especially as At the time of his marriage, the Rav, that served her as such,
After the baby arrived a beautiful the typhoon signals had been up all day, just two ordinary and very commonplace.
cient ce to recognise them.. Basil Whitehouse was close upon 30, and he never seemed to have bothered much little girl it was, too-she gave up much as if in reminder of the treachery of the locking travellers in erea to look at a woman before, except of her reckless rushing after mere sense island's good-weather smile; there were tourists comings and goings
the rush of the in a purely business-like way, as they less amusements, but the pleasures that soldiers and sailors and Chinese students lady had left the hotel late that night, served to help him in his semi-missionary, became hers instead were of a subtler, as well as the European civilians, so then the height of the great storm, and she semi-parochial labours. He was quite a less childish, more insidious kind.
visiting clergyman had quite a large had not returned. Her room-boy told his dhe type of man, with sound orthodox course, Whitehouse saw it all. What he congregation at which to hurt his usual opinions, which never inclined to ex- actually did not see with his own eyes, drastic sentences.
atory graphically. My gooom, makee bed ploper, eight clock-Missy have tremes in any direction, a little cold and through not being always with her, be formal in his discourses perhaps, a shade knew just the same everyone made sure
plenty cly." And the hall-bey told how talked no wazchee any dinner-Missy cynical on occasion, and again more than of that! The idea of the trustful hus
he had tried, though to no avail, to dis- A shade kindly in sorrow or distress. band's blindness in these cases has seem. His appearance, too, was in his favoured ever to me a keenly humorous and
suade her from going out in the wind and the rain. Their information could hardly well-built, with glossy black hair, only pathetic thing; as though any mortal
be relied upon, however, for a third just streaked with grey, keen brown eyes, mate, possessed of human passions and wearisomaly state, was a good one and
***boy and a generally well-groomed air that the natural gift of healthy suspicion the threads well held together, and it both confused
olemaly arowed that they hadTM
Mrs. Jones' identity made him look more suited to bo the could be really blind-unless bo be of
was eviuent that the preacher was just and movements with those of another priest of some fashionable city church the same brand as she herself, sad drawing to an impressive close, when he lady, who had left the hotel and the than in charge of an outside, largely will not trouble to glance in the direo suddenly paused, passed his hand over his Colony early on the Monday. But the native, community in South China. And, tion of her stumbles. But Whitehoa forehead, gripping the pulpit-rail with manager of the hotel identified the poor Patept in the matter of his wife, I always had always been an unrivalled genius at the other, and gazing, staring fixedly for drowned creature with the lady who had ard of him displaying a good stock holding his tongue, and what he thought a few odd seconds, right down at the door arrived on the Sunday morning, dress and of solid commonsense. But, in the matter about it, either then, before, or after, of the big west porch. It was broad day all, beyond a doubt, so that was all that of his wife! As far as general opinion was never more than a matter of con- light still, though the lights were on, and was needed. She had probably, he sug- went, she was about as inadequate bitjecture to anyone but himself. of so-called womanhood, especially for a
To aborten & dragging tale-a blasé evething could be seen as clear as noon-gested, set out to find a certain place that day, For nearly a minute the whole night, missed her way and her footing, clergyman's wife, as could be found in young man, who wore the uniform-more the proverbial day's march. A few loyal shame to bim of a Commander in His atmosphere was tense and strained. No and fallen into the rushing nullah, easy souls of her own sex, and a few disloyal Majesty's navy, strode at last into the one except those at the extreme back of enough in the wind and darkness, and son
the Cathedral could see what was going net er death. ones of the masculine gender, stuck to centre of the stage. And, after much pre.
on in the porch and open doorway.
And when Dick Cameron, with some of the commonplace vivacious modern sent quietly home by her much-enduring ed himself. Those in the front seats grey white face it was scarcely bruised it that she was passably pretty, though liminary by-play, Stella Whitehouse was
Then the watcher at the pulpit recover-plausible excuse, went to look on the type, and quite charming if she felt in husband, not do its paternity, poor any could hear distinctly his laboured gasp at all from its terrible death-journey-he clined; but of her one accomplishment, was born; and of its tiny of which, she was inordinately proud, 1 soul, with the tell-tale likeness of its for free breath, as he finished his sen- felt no shadow of surprise to see the don't think even her fondest admirers parent's folly on its face, the less said sinted and come short of the glory of he feel surprise when he clapsed the Land Remember, friends, all have features of Stella Whitehouse. Nor did had much opinion, except perhaps her the better. adering husband, whose ideas he was too Basil Whitehouse never divorced his God-not one, or some, but all-each of Basil Whitehouse, to find that he had She fancied she wife. There were some who said that be according to his or her own temptation! gone on the same errand. Nor yet when cautious to disclose.
Then be turned. could paint and she obtained a certain used his religious scruples as a cloak for the Father-but he said no more; in hotel manager, and knew quite surely "And now, to God he asked a few careless questions of that degree of publicity, she called it fame, his spiteful determination to deny ther over her pitiful daubing; but that was freedom and marriage with the man she stead be shipped down, fainting, and two from his description that Mr. Jones only through the strenuous efforts and loved. But there are always people to men from the choir, just at the back of was Stella Whitehouse's former lover. misguided assistance of someone who had give voice to those smart theories-as him,.aprang up in time to hold him as he pall with some professionals in the Cameron said- They had to say some fell. They helped turn out into the vestry Anyway, she went on living with very little fuss. And the resident artistic world-and that takes me abead thing!"
at home, maintained by her far-away, chaplain gave out the closing hymn, and of my story.
It was a glorious evening in-September hard-working husband, and pursuing her the service finished with no comicotion at whan they arrived, and quite a number ridiculous efforts as an artist, having all, only a feeling of sympathy for the of friends were there to welcome them, to got in with an artistic set, some of whom man whose strength had so evidently
Only a few months later, the Rev. Basil congratulate the fortunate man and wise were relatives of the aforesaid naval failed him through the summer heat.
And Whitehouse's maiden sister Dick Cameron slipped round to the Whitehouse was bravely attempting to the bride good luck, with the usual polite mau. assumption of doubt as to her wisdom of took charge of the upbringing of the two chair vestry immediately. They had been save the life of a little Chinese child who choice which that absurd observance of children; even that fact being accounted fanning the stricken man and giving had fallen or been thrown more likely, for by him with the excuse that his wife's him water, and had left him alone now, for it was a little girl-into the river from ettiquette implies
And it was after the little welcoming health was too frail for her to have the and he was looking almost himself again, a sampaa, up at Canton; he saved the save for a strange expression of perplex- | baby, but the waters claimed their toll; dinner was over, and all the good-nights strain of their care, and good wishes said, and Cameron and It was a very sordid story, I thought.ed wonder in his eyes.
and, like his wife, he was drowned. ... "I never fainted in iny «lile before," I asked Dick Cameron if he would tell his wife were having their usual chammy Any of the cheaply "up-to-date" tales chat on the verandah of their Peakside which we are in the habit of reading, and be said apologetically. It was a ridicu-me what was his real opinion of what had bungalow, that Bessie made the remark of condemaing, would have fitted in with lous thing to do. But there was some occurred that July.
one standing in the doorway, you know-- that betrayed the combination of pro-it. Except that Basil Whitehouse was so
very much the soul of convectionality and she looked up at me a woman in a phetess and private detective in her.
"Dick, I don't think I've ever seen and high morality where these things long, sweeping white dress." a more gorgeous sunset than we had to were concerned. He went on werking and glanced around, as if to make sure The Rev. Basil Whitehouse stopped, night.
Trojan, among English and "No," said her husband, It was une Chinese alike. He fought for all sorts they were alone. Cameron," he went usually fine. What else, Bess!" This of reforms to better the condition of the on in a queer half-whisper, "I know do you think it was only well-a vision,
lower class. Orientals. Indeed, be became you'll think I'm crazy, but I must tell you-know- -with-an-anticipatory smile.
"Well," said Bessie, and paused entirely
Dick smiled "I have always "de" missionary in his service to you, or my brain really will break; I Then When we were all coming, over them, and no work was too grimy or think. She looked up at me, and I saw nounced anything in the shape of a ghost story," he made answer, ao 1 from the ship on the launch, it was so gruesome or uninteresting to secure his her face plainly it was Stells, my wife
And Cameron smothered the ejacula- must stick to my principles. I think it heavenly-the whole beauty of everything, attention and devotion.
It was about then that he commenced tion that rose to his lips, and only said is likely they came to Hongkong out of I mean the clouds.and the harbour and
You'll be all right how sheer bravado romance she would the islands, and the "eak and Tai Mo to preach his famous sermons that an- soothingly, Shan sad Lantau-10 every directionnoyed Bessie Cameron so much. They you've told someone-have another go at have called it. And for the other ques tion-she probably strolled round to the that one could look that it simply took were sermons against divorce, and I call the water, old man 17 -
Dick and Bessie discussed the extra-Cathedral, having been there so often my breath away; and I know Molly them famous because his Hongkong Burrows and Mrs. Hunt felt the same friends became so used to them that they ordinary incident, but only in a very few before, wearing some sort of a white coat even though we are all used to seeing it learned to look for them every time be words, after they had made their way over her blue dress, and naturally kept every day. But Mrs. Whitehouse her preached at one of the Colony's European home, through the now quickly gathering out of sight of the congregation zo as not husband says she is an artist, you know churches. Someone would say genially storm, up in the Peak tram, and along to disturb things; but what she heard was so busy talking and enjoying the Whitehouse is down again-be's to the country road in chairs, and as they was rather too big a dose even for her- the closed in and so she-finished things up the way jokes of those two naval boys-Mrs. preach at our church to-morrow, so I aup stood, dinner over, on Newcome's brother and his friend-that pose we shall have another treatise on verandah watching the wonderful evening she did. sho didn't have time to look at anything the divorce laws!" And the supposition turn into a night of shrieking wird and
torrential rain. round her. So I just wondered - was, sure to prove rorreet. She stopped abort.
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Bessie's indignation towards these But Dick was in an uncommunicative tirades was not because she favoured a He dissolution of the marriage-tie as an easy mood-or possibly & shrewd one. only laughed, and rose lazily from the way out of troubles quite the reverse. depths of his rattan lounge chair. What she objected to was his attitude Come along, my lassic, it's time you towards what he called the injustice of were asleep when you start romane the old law, whereby a man might obtain ing" he said lightly. But he also won a decree against his wife for the sin of dered.
adultery, while she had not the same However, it was not left very long advantage regarding her husband. He # question of wonderment either to said, in effect, though he used more romantic Bessio Cameron, or to any nicety of expression, that what was aauce Father of Basil Whitehouse's associates, for the goose was sauce for the gander; what manner of woman it was that he and this moral levelling of the sexes burt bad married-Once or twice the remark Bessie's high feminine pride. Of course, was made that she was too young to be had her own husband been inclined to bis wife. Be that as it may, she was wards atraying in that direction she twenty-eight or thereabouts, and behaved might have felt differently!
tence."
ba dut bere.
They buried her in the wonderful beauty of the cemetery at Happy Valley, among the magnolias and bibiscus; and someone-it mattered little who put up a plain, simple, cross of grey Hongkong. granite, with nothing on it whatsoever but the date.
"Of course, I know, from what you've told me," said, that they had bolted together. But I mean-why should they she really was there at the wast porch. return to Hongkong? And do you think in a long, white dress, as he said Or
There was a pause. And then he went on in a rather lower, graver tone. "But "It seems incredible that his wife that wasn't what Whitehouse thought, yOU should be here," said Dick thoughtfully know. I hever could determine to myself “And I asked young Dawson, who was which was the greater fool she for giving sitting right next to the open door, if he him up, or he for keeping to her. But, saw anyone there (of course, I didn't anyway, be always seemed very contented say, what Whitehouse told me), but he after it was all over; and he never said he felt pretty well sure there was bothered preaching about divorce again. I know he held to it that the third hotel no-one at all."
He might have been mistaken,” said boy was right in saying she wasn't Bessie. And she might it's possible the lady who stayed in her room at dia
It isn't either of those ner time and cried, and then went out doubts that makes the thing seem-queer in the storm. He thought she had broken in my eyes.. It's the fact of his descrip with the other man because the sight of tion-a leng, sweeping white dress her old home had brought repentance, like she wore when he met her first. I and remorse. That she had slipped away suppose. Now Dick, could you imagine to walk by herself on the millside and any ordinary white woman a long, sitting down, at sunset, had fallen asleep, sweeping white dress' in theso days of and so into death. And the flooded as though it might have been eighteen. You see," she would contend (she was flapper frocks and bare knees?!!
nullah had carried her body away hours after the soul had left it. But as they She made use of her over-rated talent supposed to be arguing with Dick, but
night 1 for depicting weird and impossible cari as he really only listened in good That was a terrible night! The typhoon parted, soul and body, she had gone, in catures of scenery on scraps of chavas, natured toleration, her opponent was an broke on a small island just off the the graceful sweeping dress of the old to take fortnightly, if not oftener, trips imaginary one f), it's quite as horrible Colony, so all but, its worst force was days when she had at least pretended to to Hongkong, and she was soon as well for a man to fall as for a woman, but I spent on Hongkong The wind bowled love him, to smile at him from the Cathe known as Buy of the regular Peak re-think God really did give us women alike demons playing hide-and-acek among aral perth in gratitude for his childlike sidents a great deal-more so than the higher standard to uphold than men, and the banyans and bamboos and the massive, excuses for her weakness and his more I couldn't imagine majority at any sort of upper-class" in giving it He made it easier in some city buildings; the rain fell in a blind than earthly love.... entertainment that was given or indulged ways for us to hold it. The world sheet, as though poured from some mam her doing anything so decently human, in. Dancing, bridge, tennis, launching, always looks on a woman's fall to be a moth bucket; and the waters tore down myself, either in life or death," he finishi bathing she Aung herself into them all, worse drop than a man's-that is where the swollen nullahs on the hillsides, turned, resuming his more natural tone. whether good, bad or indifferent in the it pays a cuch a wonderful piece of ing them into rushing, thundering rapida. But, there you are There are accomplishment of the pursuit, provided homage, in acknowledging that we have And the next day a short paragraph in more things. in heaven and earth, etc.- there were always men of a sort so much farther to fall, Mr. Whitehouse the account of the typhoon in the local you know making a pretence of joining too, for the pretends to stick up for us women papers bad a tragic little tale to tell. A "I know I desented."Our philo sake of indulging their own vices, which that is what annoys me, just as though white woman's body, clad, in a dark blue sophy only carries us a very little way, were usually born solely from the cheer we wanted to be stuck up for and silk dress, spoilt and, torn, and without after all!"
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