The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-12-24
CROSS PURPOSES
Bu n 10 DE LEON,
Author II "lC'colt and Puritan" "7h
Rock or the Rye" -Four Years
IN lhebeI Capitals" etc


from the Bu.ll-SRye,' Miss Bette chirped
out with peItI,en Composure, while the
still silent 'Den helped the blonde to
alight, "HnilgUn may be sure we man
aged IL in Irury, Mr.. Lindsay. had
TO make tiIglnTiUl love to the old clerk
almost kiss ultirm--hefore could get the
paper"
And Miss. Battle actually laughed
softly while the wicked black eyes
rested for al aInJle second upon my own
was Absolutely struck dumb-motion.
less--with @ns leg over the scraper and
one to the hlgn Ia snow drift. The
GOODNESS Of ullat young woman paralyzed
me. The WI1 gentleman laughed.
"You are "a woman of business, Bet"
he said
Woman ,Uts busi nessl Did ever bride
before rum AWAY with lieutenant of
Boomcrangs and then boast her proves
to the pai-a0at Woman of brass. he
meant butt he.o1ly added:
THE pan@.r is little irregular after
all, but I'LL make it do. There's nothing
l wouldn'tlo for the daughter of my
dear old frih.hh.
Phoebus and Cupid He'd even help
her to AM ,t1opelnent with penniless
boy! Some brilliant reflections upon
the corrupStSOin ,Of the church popped into
my mind, tus before could frame them
into portable shape they were cut off by
the clear, sharp voice of that inscrutable
bride elecua
''And This, off course, Is Miss Bolton,
and this orn first and only groomsman."
So was II itnHroduced to the Rev. DR..
Lindsay.
l shook iaHyds very lnistily and uttered
something n'ni.ntelligible. Then before
the awk@nra boy from the rectory
stables hall persuaded himself to take
the horses h'=lds in charge the doctors
wife appeIr-sd on the steps in the neatest
of morning. toilets, She kissed Tom
and the girls with the most motherly
empresseuuenH.
Il have heard of you from Bette" she
said pointeG1y to me, and then glanced
at that wicked young person.
Once pHpue Tine dark eyes flashed into
mine for second, and they so magne-
tized me tnat ! could scarce resist knock
ing the hNaIdt that contained them against
that of ttie reetors wife. By huge
effort, ho'w'ever, 1 mastered the impulse,
and left tba't lady free to say:
do ta!ze.a cup of coffee, my dears. 1t
is hot anuluesluly. You will wait break
fast till after the ceremony, but you
really messed something hot after your
long ride"
Bette looked at Tom, Tom, who by
this time, YVES very white and immensely
solemn, umly shook his head shortly
Then he. G1ew the arm of that blonde
waterspOour~-ler eyes We're running like
rnillra'ces again-tenderly within his
own. ASS ret- me, stood knee deep in
the SNOWY wIacre | had alighted. My
head seesIEsd phirling round, and the
people na:Gr lae looked dim and misty.
Tom tuIunaa shortly to me.
''Iou tnke Bet" he said in a hoarse
whisper.
Before lHOu-ld recover from the strange
ness of 'tlsa arrangement and obey, that
wonderful y o'an5 person had slipped her
arm qUigTllT into mine and said, with a
trelnor lin ler voice:
"IhamEs- dear Mrs. Lindsay, but we
prefer tm9 marriage first, and then we'll
all feel lrrU~s comfortable to enjoy your
nice thin n"
Feel ,r1lNre comfortable Could she
feel uncomfortable? | didn't wonder
any longeu that Tom had yielded when
"she plaaHr1ad the whole affair" Such
coolaessINUnld overcome any man. But
/ couldn't bulrt admire her pluck, though
The or tucked his wife under his
arm and Asel the way over the crisp path
We folIUa,edl into the side door of the
church, glAe-= Two candles blinked upon
the reading desk and threw the rest of
the builaln Sc INTO still more disnal dark
ness.
just betOre we reached the door, Miss
Blythe pressed my arm half nervously
and looked into my face with more Of
hesitation. THAN she had yet shown al
anything,
81 oussn- ITO explain" she said softly
"Tom tOOdl Rme how you"--
! looApll at that girl. There was nj
need foou speech-that look was enough
With sort of half sob her face dropped
in her mammals ia what / could only fee
was becunnflag shame
In Tine sisle Tom stopped, turned 8
CHASTITY tlGe TO me, while his white lips
moved in a sOundless effort at speech
He extaaiaed something in hand thai
shook Bdainly. Miss Blythe held Out
hers-itt wss steady as that of a practicet
duelist--uOok the something and pressed
it into nug Fingers.
"The ming" she whispered
took iii passively BY this time | wa
compleusly conquered. A young person
who COULD plan an elopement, arrange
every DETAIL herself, choose her avowed
lover four sole witness, and finally wake
the grONn at midnight, had power tc
startle ymA nO further
AS weADprOached the chancel let &c
the bIidlRraauan mechanically and ranged
up at Tl'ems right side, Forbearanct
was laMrRg me fast. My boosted
strength Asld all gone long ago; | wai
wandering i'm my mind and weak in my
knees Ewas dead beat. But for pure
shame u BRould have rushed from tho
church sud wallowed abjectly in tho
snow wIslh0ua When we all dropped OF
our lnees could not strangle down thu
sob thNl hlTst from my heart, and tho
bitteru'eal of my spirit found vent il
anythimGhml the utterance Of the prayel
the Time alcl place called for, How Ions
we kllell have no idea. IL might have
been se'ccHGSs II might have been hours
Someh@0s I Hound myself again standing
up, clutehlmg the chaneel rail for sup
port, wbtIle tho tall form Of the reotol
seemed miles away, and his words CAM
dulled NJ my ears through a boom u