The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-05-09
HOW | SAID YES.

selves for 1t, for never was tneTe cnlld
with a more mistaken name. A bel
ligerent state was my normal condition,
do not remember my nurses, but have
grace enough to pity them. The mildest
of nv teachers considered me "unruly,"
and you can ask Geoffrey what he
thought Of me Il year ago. Now 1t is
different. have found my master, and
[ believe rather like it. This is how it
came about:
Geoffrey had asked me three times to
marry him, and three times | had said
mo" in the most decided manner. But
that never made the least difference to
him. He only laughed, and said would
know my own mind better next time.
81 suppose" said, you mean to ask
me once a quarters?
sis that enough"'
"Too often, great deal. sir"
"Well, then, we will say once in six
mohths, Miss Olive"
And then he walked smilingly away,
and began some nonsensical talk with
father about DR.. Koch and his bewilder-
ing theories.
The last asking was just at the begin
ming of warm weather, and father, who
thought Geoffrey's opinion infallible,
asked him where he would advise US to
go for the summer.
had made up my mind to go to Long
Branch, and l said so very distinctly,
but Geofrey proposed some out of the
way place in the Virginia mountains.
Then he painted it in such glowing col
ors that nothing would satisfy father
but per5onal investigation. 1t was all
,,4eoffrevs doing, and | told him SO at
the railway station.
1T is your doing, sir" said, land l
shall remember you for it"
Thanks, Olive" he replied; There is
nothing fear but forgetfulness.
| wanted to speak Enthusiastically to
him, but the train moved, and felt that
it would be only waste of material.
At the end of the second day we got to
our destination. 1t was a pretty place, |
must acknowledge that. Nature had
done all she could for it, but art and civ
ilization had passed it by. The men
were simply ''frights," and the women
were-well, none too good for the men.
The houses were log cabins, through
which daylight peeped and the wind
blew as it listed. But there was of
course a big white hotel-there always
is. have no doubt if we had gone to
Stanley falls or Guthrie we should have
found hotel and Il proprietor-the in
stitution is ubiquitary We procured
rooms, and my trunks were with some
difficulty got up the hill and the fight
of wooden steps into the hall.
Il suppose" | said, with a resigned
look at father, there is no use in taking
them upstairs. can have no use for my
dresses here?"
"As you like, Olive" he replied, in one
of his meek and mild ways, ''as you like
dear; that gray thing you have on looks
pretty well, and it does not show the
dirt
After this remark of course had every
trunk, bonnet box and sachel taken up
stairs; and tho noise and confusion, and
even the occasional bad word their size
and weight called forth, were quite
grateful to me.
sit is not my fault" explained. "If
people will build stairs like corkscrews |
am not responsible"
In this amiable mood we took posses
sion, and think, if Geoffrey had known
what | was thinking about it, as | did
up my hair and put on my white even
ing dress, he would have lost trifle of
his self complacency-that is, if men
ever do make loss of that kind. The
first thing that pleased me was the sup
per. 1t really was good, particularly
the berries and cream, which are spe-
cialty with me-
''But, sir" inquired, ''are there any
Christians here besides ourselves?"
1T is to be hoped so, Olive. l saw a
little church in the valley"
'Pshaw, father! did not mean church
Christians, mean society Christians.
"Ah they are different, are they!
Well what do you think of Augusta
Pennington for ChristianT
Augusta Pennington! Is she here?
asked, amazed.
mo, she is not but her brother lives
|
about the same age as yourself. Mrs,
Pennington wrote them we should be
here today; they will doubtless call il
the morning"
Well, did not care if they did. The
dresses in my trunks were sufficient tC
inspire any woman with comfortable as
surance. The next morning | made /
a. I 4 81 |. ,,,t tl..., ftn,
Lacelles called. Just after supper
heard little stir and hustle on tht
stairs, rippling laugh, the rustic o
silken robes, and, leaning on her father
arm, Miss Lacelles entered. She wa
beautiful; saw that at a glance; tai
and pale and ladylike, reminding you o
Il fair white lily.
We soon struck up friendship
girls friendship, | mean. Some one ha
said that there is no friendship betweel
the sexes, and some one is mistaken,
think. for the world holds no sater frien,
for woman than an honorable man. 4
woman's friendship is very likely TO b
the result of convenience, eontiguity, o
ol being, as my father rather sneerlngl.
remarked, "the only Christian within
hail Of each ether" Mary showed IN
ali her dresses aud told me her secrets
aud returned the compliment, mindfn
ot Burns advice 10 stil keep somethin
" mysel' | wadna trll 70 ony"
I.ife settled down into an unt xcitinI
but endurable routine, Mary aud
visited each other aud arranged our nes
! winters campaign. for had invited be
10 pasi the cold weather with nae 1
Nov York, one day, IN the middle .
0he u lhaae pleasant chats. seFYNH