The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-28

1t was in the Office OF the clerk OF the dis
irict courts He had just planked down a
dollar for a marriage license, and reporter
was about to add him to the list as zone
hlore unfortunate, weary Of single life rash
ly importunate, going In for married
strife" but then he spoke;
Say, friend, | wish you would leave that
ont OF the paper"
The objector to newspaper notoriety was
n pleasant spoken young fellow, and he
continued argumentatively;
"Now, I'm newspaper man myself, and
know how you're fixed. You're sent here
to get the news, and naturally want to get
all Of it. But II you'll keep that item out
of the paper for % hours I'll give you n
story worth printing"
A mere two line item against perhaps a
column! Here was an inducement that no
newspaper man could resist, and the re
porter was not proof against temptation.
Still he was wise enough to stipulate that
the story should be given at once.
well, you have our names and residence
| from the register" said the young Bene-
dict about to be, land we've had quite
little romance. She belongs to one of the
best families In that country, where her
father is quite Il small magnate went
,
ed paper. did pretty well and am prob
| ably AS well fixed financially as she is, but,
unfortunately, the old man and couldn't
hitch. Before | knew what charming
daughter he had | trod ON his political
toes pretty sharply, and he never forg,Ive
me. The old lady, too, didn't like me,
partly because | was newcomer and not
related to any of the local aristocracy, into
which she wanted her daughter to marry.
still Bella liked me, and you know when
you have the girl and the dog on your side
fellow can stand good deal of snubbing.
All went along very well for awhile.
proposed and was accepted, but when
came to speak to the old man about it he
fired me out bodily, or threatened to do so,
and ordered me never to show my face in
his house again. Knowing the old man
and having due regard for my face, never
did, but managed to meet Bella on the sly,
although the old folks watched her pretty
closely.
FINALLY they decided to remove her from
the contamination of my neighborhood,
probably on the theory that separation is a
cure for such cases. Accordingly they came
to Washington for month or so, possibly
in hopes that some of these city swellS
might cut me out. But Bella managed to
drop me note telling me about it, so fol
lowed them. They've been here about n
week, stopping with friends-I couldn't find
out where until the other day. hunted
| through all the hotels and haunted the
| streets in hopes of seeing them when finally
| remembered that strangers in the city
always go to the capitol about the frs,
thing.
Then took up my station in the rotun
da every day, staying all day long. The
Waterman evidently considered me new
crank in town, but finally they came--th,
old man. the old lady and Bella. pulle,
| my hat down over my eyes and hid behinC
| a newspaper until they had passed, ant
| then heard them inquiring the way to tn,
dome. When they got pretty well up tn,
stairs, followed, and at the top, you know
| it WIS pretty dark, SO by keeping on the op
| posite side i managed to escape the old
couples eyes,
They were busy studying out the 'Apoth
costs of Washington while Bella was lean
ing against the wall lookii tired and
homesick. waited around Tor chance
to speak to her but the old nan kept hel
at his elbow, and had about made up my
mind that would have to knock him down
when an idea struck me.
You know how sound travels over thai
arch so that people on opposite sides OF thu
circle can talk to each other III whispers.
had been there before and knew all abou
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