The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-11-07

knew that the basement was as salI as
the grave. 1t was his frightened ini'
agination, that was all. She would see
the thing out. Perhaps Dick was afraid
after all She whispered again.
"Do you want revolver she asked.
"No," he answered 81 wouldn't
know what to do with it if l had one"
Then she saw him disappear down the
stairs.
She went back into the parlor and
picked up his hat. She smiled as she
noticed how new it looked, just ike
everything else he had Then she tried /
it on and stood before the glass won
dering if IT wouldn't make a pretty /
riding hat She remembered that II /
any other man were TO come back into |
the parlor and find her with his has |
on her head he would promptly de-
mand kiss, after the good old custom. |
| But Dick-no, Dick would never think
Of such thing, or dare to do it if he
did. Presently she wondered why he
was gone so long. He wasn't afraid of
| the dark after all. He must have de-
| cided on very thorough search. She
wished her father would come down
stairs and discover that Dick had done
at least that much in the world. But
no; she could hear her father walking
up and down the room Immediately
above her, thinking of all sorts of things
that he called important, but which
die not interest her at all. She was just
beginning to feel lonely and to wish that
Dick would get through and come back
when she heard dull sound, as though
something heavy had fallen in the
kitchen. There was silence for mo-
ment after that, and then she heard
great crashing Of glass and she heard
Dick call Justify for the police. Her
heart leaped up into her throat. She
wanted TO call him to come back to her
as he loved her, but she could not utter
a word. She ran to the front window
in her fear and threw it open.
a stockily built fellow who looked
gigantic in the half light of the street
lamps was just making his escape
through the gate and down the street,
while right underneath her, bareheaded,
but still with his immaculate gloves in
his hand, Dick ran after him, still call
ing at the top of his voice for police
. man. She saw them go, forty feet
apart, down the street at the best speed
they could make. She saw them disap-
pear from the light of one street lamp
> and come out into the light of another
, twice, and then she saw the stockily
built fellow wheel quickly around; she
saw little sharp line of flame; she
,, heard a loud report; and then-she
tainted
1t was but half an hour later that a
cab drove up to the colonePs door, and
Dick alighted-not the Immediately
. clad Dick that he usually was, but Dick
with bloody handkerchief tied around
his head, and with much dirt on his
trousers, and his necktie all awry, and
with no gloves at all. He did not have
!. to ring at the door, for it was opened
=. ere he was half way up the front steps
!, by the colonel himself, who came out
= with his great grizzled hand outstretcheC
toward him.
= 81 came back to get my hat and over
;, coat" Dick began to apologize.
''No, you didn't" said the colonel
shaking his hand heartily. "You came
back to see Millicent. Did you get thu
i fellow?''
Eyes, sir; a policeman caught hin
+, eventually, and he's in the station hous
- now"
well attend to him tomorrow" sal
- the colonel. SIN the meantime come i
10 and see your sweetheart. She tainted
.. and I'll tell you right here that if yo
~ :, expect to wear hat away from thi
- house tonight it will have to be one c
10 mine, for she has Rugged that one c
yours ever since the alarm was give1
10 and it's rather out of shape"
= Millicent, still very pale, was recliI
: ing in an easy chair when Dick entered
:. and maid was rubbing her temple
~ She looked very much as though 81
'V wanted to cry. Undoubtedly she ha
81 been crying.
"Good evening, Milly," said Dick.
"Oh, Dick! did he hurt your 81
asked.
VI HE hit me over the head with som
IL thing down in the kitchen just as / di
covered him. But don't worry; Il
hN doctor said it wouldn't amount to an
:" thing"
And then of course Millicent did CT
and Dick stood staring at her and loo
~ ing very foolish and very much
y. though, as usual, he did not know VIII
~: ~ to do; and probably he would still
..h standing there if the colonel, in /
LUZ gruff voice, hadn't said to him:
WI $50 over and kiss her, my boy. Dol
Iel you see that's what she wants?'
Ecu But I'm all blood and dirt" apo
! gized Dick.
l. "Blood and dirti' roared the colon
Ses ''Blood and dirt! You ought to
icy proud of it. Why, you're the first me-
'ne Der of your line who has had any bio
" and dirt ON him since your great gran
" father was wounded at Bunker Hill.
no and kiss her."
''e' And Dick did, and it seemed to h
that fortune had suddenly concluded
On. shower on him all her blessings when
~ heard the colonel saying as he went c
,no of the room:
mp "rll give you two just half an hour
lio5 decide when you are going to get m
ano ried, and then you must say good nigh
NC, IT. w. Hall in Harper's Weekly.
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10 Jane the Window smasher.
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