The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-12-19

hyrocriucai couple stromod 10 n port /
folio " rare engnvings, the White
Mouse rotrcatcd behind the piano top
and playcd-vcry well, too some "
Mondclssohn's dreamy. moonlight-on.
the-mow music Sull the grandaunt
droncd her monotone about marriages,
gave me minute narratives Of all her
family's In the past, and. when my ieal-
Gus spite was rapidly yielding 10 slecpi
ness, came back 10 her pet theme Of the
White Mouse | had gone through all
the variations Of the fact that she, yield
ing 60 the anciont's will, had become
contracted in formal engagement TO
the man OF twenty thousand u year.
but now heard for the first time
that the marriage was to take place the
week after Christmas
"And there is IA serious reason, my
dear sir, to outweigh all sentimental
nonsense in Annals case AS You say,
sir, so Justly, there can be no happiness
without an income-nonc, sirV' The old
one laid her hand upon my arm; she WIZ
becoming so confidential she absolutely
yelled. "What becomes of love and sem
timent and all that trash, | should like
to know, when bakers and butchers bills
begin to come ing'
"You are right, madam-a thousand
times rightw grew fervid; glanced
at Jones. The engravings had ceased to
turn over now; his eyes were fixed full
upon his cousins, and his lips moved,
but inaudibly TO me. His gesture,
though was strong and ilnpassioned,
and even as looked those faces came
very close together. AT the moment his
was turned from me, but hers assumed
deep eunestness, the eyes filed and
gazed beseechingly into his; then his
hand pressed a moment the rose tipped
one that rested on the pictures.
God forgive me the bitterness that
crept into my heart then; but it were
hard to suffer more than | did at that
glance. When l spoke my voice sound.
ed, through the dead silence of the ROOM
harsh and grating even to my own ears
Eyes, it is more than madness, it is
crime for any man to drag woman
down to divide less than one could
starve upon with decency.
Tom had not one penny beyond his
pay. and that stipend from the fostering
government he was permitted to tight,
bleed and die for amounted to nearly
seventy dollars per month. l did not
stop at the moment to consider that my
income from legal pursuits Mt the bar of
Piketon was an average of some sixty
five dollars less than his. But why should
1? | could never have plead to the in
dictment as to any old mans daughter,
L. ,pht P,,t OH
fell harmless. He did not even hear me
and perditionl the fellow hand to tn,
one he pressed came to the front irlt
rested on top of his.
Meanwhile the ancient gal by mt
grew more and more concentrated from
my sympathy, and of course more ant
more hopeless in her effort to whisper.
sit is priceless treasure" sht
screamed, ''to have child like mine;
little self willed sometimes, perhaps
but combining affection with prudenc,
in a remarkable degree. She will be
picture of perfect happiness after he
marriage with Mr.. Goldwin"-the Moon
light Sonata stealing from behind TIN
piano top was cut short in mid bar
. "but fear, fear"-the eyes of the OLE
Argus peered over her specs in tn
direction from which l could not draw
mine--.smy old friend Blythe is very i'm
prudent, very, indeed. Those cousins
sir, are too much together
They heard this time. Dame Eleano
, Spearing would have heard.
. Tom looked up. His face wore tina
expression of mixed feeling and unXiet
his broken conference had left: but ye
the eyes that shot a glance at mine wer
T full of arch amusement. AS | droppe
my gaze and crimsoned to my ear tip
they again sought his cousins. Thi
z oval face was demure even to primness
Its expression never changed us Tor
muttered something of which | onl
caught deaf as BEETLE" and "eXpel
+ her to be blind as a bait" The eXprel
sion never changed, but the black eye
glittered and danced in that madness {
merriment had never seen in those
q any one else.
Anna, dear" she said, moving quie
r ly to the piano, sit is very late, and "
r are keeping aunty up"
8 Then. as it We're, she extracted I'll
4 blonde from behind the instrument an
4 luDNtu JoW We olOOu VI
D fire. We all said good night, but al
parently in very different mood an
certainly in very different manner. To-
q was peculiarly demure, but there WI
an odd twinkle in his eye as he wishe
the spinster pleasant dreams, l felt q
0 awkward consciousness that / had 1T
i acted too handsomely, and Betrie Blyth
r with what considered palpabe effron
) cry, offered me her hand. Had BEE
r the ice fiend, she would have fir
J. zen at the touch Of my fl
n gers; but she only smiled al
II kissed the Ancient. Finally, the Viii
Mouse chung about the withered neck
% her relative-who remained in blissf
l ignorance of having taken the who
It party into her confidence-with VIII
- appeared to me most unnecessary fervc
l. (To be Continued.)