Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-19
BY MOONLIGHT.
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elbow stunning Smith louksl' / hos.
more than once whispered as r1amCd
and down in search OF Patio. But PAT
wasn't there, or, If she was, her disvni..
was too complete to DO penetrated AS
walked anxiously about my attention y
attracted by the most piquant II ahep;n
Usscs, whose movements betrayed per
rlcxity equal 10 my own. As she passc,
her steps faltercd
Pardon me, sir. l fool faint" 81
murmured, resting her hand upon II,
.rm, ~ IL for momentGry support
"Alluw me- 20 conduct you TO the oron
air, l answered. at is quite suflOcuting
here"
SSho thanked me gracefully and asscntcd,
explaining that she was stranger ana
had become separated from her friends
The cool air revived her, and after
short walk through the grounds her
strength and spirits seemed entirely re.
stored
Her conversation was viyaciuus and
witty. But whom she came to talk of the
moonlight and flowers and poetry found
that i'm tho field OF sentiment she could
beat Pattie two to one. In fact, couldn't
help thinking how tame Pattie's rhap-
sodics, over which had hecn wont to go
into such ecstasics, would sound in com.
parison with the transcendent outbursts
of the little shepherdoss
In retired nook, almost hidden by the
shrubbery, we found rustic seat, of
which We took possession, feeling, or feign
ing to feel, WEAKNESS after our walk.
The moon shone out In unclouded mai
esty, and beneath her radiance the flow
ers and blossoms which surrounded us,
gemmed with dewdrops, bloomed with
brightness which the more ambitious god
of day might well have given half his
glory to witness.
And how the little shepherdess i'm
proved the occasionl II Luna, female rs
she is, had stopped in her course to listen
to the enchanting flattery lnvished' upon
her, I'm sure 1t could have hardly been ac-
counted n miracle.
pray remove your mask" ventured
TO say at last-first laying aside my own.
~ must look upon the face that mirrors
thought so divine"
81 fear you will be disappointed, she
replied. "Still, l have nothing to dis
guiso, and If you will dispol the illusion
under which you labor the punishment be
your own"
The features she exposed were of sur
passing lOyClinCss. Just dark enough to
plcXion had that pcarly transparency of
which the purest Of blends can rarely
boast. Her ayes sparkled like diamonds,
and yet were soft as u gazellc's The con-
tour of her head and face was faultless.
fairly lost my reason. So the reader
will think when | relate that without
further ceremony | throw myself on my
knees TO the no small dctrimcnt of Romeo's
finest hose, and, producing the ring had
purchased for PattiU, incontinently placed
1t on the shephordcss' engagement finger.
! Cntreated hur to wear il for the sake of
one thencofOrward doomed to be her slave,
and who sought no other boon than that
of dying of unTequited love.
Heaven knows to what pitch of absurd
ity should have gone had not the little
shcpherdess, who seemed not unmoved by
my appeal-indeed she turned aside her
head and fairly shook with some sort of
emotion interrupted mo with the excla-
nation:
"Stay-thero is one Of my friends"
l sprang to my feet, but not before had
imprinted one kiss upon her lips and clasp
ed her for one brief moment to my throb-
bling breast.
As l turned, stood confronted by q
fierce looking brigand, who, too, was in q
tremor of emotion. l laid my hand upon
my SWORD. ferhaps no was aTiVai: AS
inc tnougnt nasheu upon me ielt
aroused wl'hih me all the rancor OF the
ancient house of Montague, and had the
stranger SO nuoh as bitteh MS thump
at me shoulu proDaDlS nave run MIN
through for a Capulet. AS it was, l tore
myself from the scene and FASTENED to my
lodgings.
4,
n nisnS III, sicoP iheaSuraply restored my
sehses; "nen "a man mas maze a 1901 oil
himself overnight us wohuerlui now
olenriy NO secs IL on waxing up IN the
Ilorhihg' MY costiy ring was gone Inc
snepherusss was gone ana what, aiter
al, hau she ever peeh 10 ine' "A heetinB
yisioli Ihao hau crosseu my Pa1h-a mere
auso nun pernaps. were fa.'le browh