Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-12-30

| lof IL WOutun De ueCenJ WITHOUT III
and to you, mother" 1.-THE widow was
mollified) Il knew you woulnt objec
to having a good-looking son-in-law al
2 O'Clock in the morning, and to you
parson, | say, just ask this dear younf
lady the usual questions and hustle the
business through as quick as you car
and I'll make 1t twenty instead of ten.
But my wedding dress" protested
the bride. with a quot and a tear:
viii keep nice and fresh for jolly
ride this afternoon. Tie the knot, par
son, and don't make a slip-noJse, ,
cried the smiling bridegroom, and in
less than quarter of an hour Miss
Bessie Burton was Mrs. Hiram Clancy
And now" suggested the practical
| groom as the door closed behind the
minister and he ravished kiss from
his wife, 'as 1t is getting pretty late
think we had better go to bed Bess -
Hiram Clancy, I'm ashamed OF you
pouted the little lady, with her checks
the hue OF blush roses and her eyes
glowing like twin stars of the first
magnitude.
CHAPTER ~.
L'AMOUR FAT BEANCOUP MAS
| L'ARGENT FAT TOUT.
The newly welded pair lodged quietly
at the hotel while Clancy was having a
small house built near his claim, the
wife assisting her mother as usual
ana cheerfully going through the daily
routine. while her husband worked his
mining claim. In the latter part of
August they moved into their new
home. Mrs. Burton had hired a stout,
.Ian NJ 20 Il h..
ter's place, and though she lacked the
quick intelligence and bantering ways
of Bess she succeeded in pleasing both
partons and mistress-a not always
easy task. November came in cold,
and stormy, and Bess found life at the
claim dull and monotonous, with moth
ing but the steady drip Of the rain from
the caves, or an occasional snow fur
~, and the mournful wall Of the wind
around the house, to divert her
through the scattred clumps OF pines
thoughts. To add to her growing dis
content her husband had never sug-
gested going to New York, nor did he
allude to their future prospects after
their marriage. One evening he came
in later than usual, and looking rather
glum. After supper he said to his
wife: I'm afraid the claim has petered
out, Bess. I've hardly taken out ex.
penses this past week." well, why
not go to New York then, Hiram? I'm
getting dreadfully sick of this lonli-
some place." ITO New York! Why
what on earth could do there. even
supposlng / could sell out enough to
take us there?" why, didn't you tel
me your father had offered you place.
and that you would have twenty thou
sand dollars at his death?" "Oh,
that's all gone by the board, Bess.
You see some galoot sent the gunner
word about my arrest and trial, and
when | wrote to him about my marry
ing you he sent back the letter, saying
could do as I id please: that
was of age; but that II l married you
l needn't expect that I'd ever get
chance to handle any Of his money;
that he'd leave II to an asylum for
foundlings first. In short, Bess, he
cut up pretty rough. and said good
many things I'd rather not tell you.
So you see, little woman. New York Is
no gO-not just now, anyhow" The
wife rose from her chair and confront
ed him: And do you mean to tell
me you are no better than beggar.
Hiram Clancy?" she scornfully ex-
claimed. That's putting II rather
strong, Bess, he answered with per-
feet good humor, but II you mean
that / have NO income except what i
dig out of the claim, why, ! guess
you've about struck It," And do you
think married you to be cooped up In
this lonesome place and be household
drudge all my life?" II thought, my
dear little wife, that you married be-
cause you loved me-" Love! love!"
she exclaimed. nearly choking with
anger, Hiram Clancy l married you
for no other reason under Gods heav-
ems except that thought you were
heir to fortune!" rs that the truth.
Bess?" he asked gravely and his face
was very white. "Of course it's the
truth! You don't suppose was such
an idiot as to marry you for the privi-
lege Of living in this den and cooking
and washing and mending from morn
ing till night, do you? Not much!
wasn't quite such fool as that She
went to the kitchen after this outburst
and her husband sat down again,
mechanically filling his pipe, and then
trying to smoke down the bitter
thoughts engendered by his wife's
heartless words. Poor fellow, he had
been rudely driven from out Of his
matrimonial FOOLS paradise, and was
sizzling In the average
husbands hell Of doubt, despair and
anguish. From that day change for
the worse took place In the Clancy es-
The wife neglected her
duties-dust and dirt ac-
cumulated on the shelves-cobwebs
hung in graceful festoons from the
ceilings-piles Of fun lay undisturbed
In corners and behind doors. and meat,
vegetables and stale bread were thrown
into the pantry to faint |
and decay-and Bess soon fell into the |
old slovenly ways of going about the |
house with shoestrings trailing. hair
and dressed In garments
splashed with grease and dirt. Love
soon dies in these cases, and Clancy |