Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-03-03


would be preferable?"
"By nll means"
"Thpn of course I shall obey"
So they were married In church.
Ralph had PLANNED to 20 to st. Louis
for part Of the honeymoon. There
was double advantage In this. for
he could combine business with pleas.
ure. and certainly business ought to he
attended to even when one Is looking
Into the eyes of the woman he loves.
"You See" he said, "Smith & Co. are
in some Rrplcxity. and as they owe us
q large sum I should like chance to
look Into their books"
"Ouphpc." responded Dora In n sort
Of soliloquy, must he n quaint old
place. full Of OLD corners and crevices,
they tell me. What n romantic spot to
talk over our future in, Ralph! Have
you ever been there, dearr'
Bless you. yes, three or four times.
1t Is as dill as stangant water. You'd
die of enaui in - hours. Now. st.
Louis. Oh the other hand
"And the falls of Montmorenci-
why, Laura told me she never saw
such n beautiful body of water"
Body OF water. Dora? Well. II may
be so. but the last time ! saw them
had to give man dollar to raise the
sluice gate so we could have any fall
ut all. But In st. Louis, my dear
what charming guide you will
make Us we wander about In that
quaint old place. you blessed, magnifl.
cent fellow! | cant conceive Of any
thing more delightful. Instead of a
crusty. dried up mummy to point out
NIL the curiosities of the place and
drone his explanations of this and that,
! shall look into the eyes of the dearest
man In the world, and we will make
our wedding journey the most ex.
quisite thing ever heard Of" And she
clapped her hands In delight and sent
a ringing laugh through the corridors
of Ralph's soul which sounded like a
strain OF soft music.
81 thought" he mildly suggested,
that you would find a good many at.
fractions In 81. Louis"
"In Quebec. you mean. dear. SO
should. II the half that has been told
is true. what gorgeous time we shall
have!'
"All right. then" he answered. with
something like sigh. "lf you prefer
Quebec. why. Of course
prefer Il? Not |. Ralph. | wish to
consult your pleasure alone. Wherever
you wish TO 20. there shall be glad to
60"
"Thcn suppose we try the expert
ment and 20 to St.
"To QuebpcI or course. II that Is
your decision. Ralph, dear. ! have no
objections to make. One place Is the
same as another to me. for. after all
shall only see your face. and the rest
Of II will count for nothing"
'ls II Qucl"c. them
THAT Is for you to say"
"Well. well decide on that II you
wish"
Certainly. If you think best. like
TO leave all such matters to my hus-
band"
So they went to Quebec, and Ralph
wondered why he had chosen to make
that trip rather than the other. He
hasn't solved the puzzle yet, and II you
We're to ask him about II he would de-
clare on his honor that Dora raised
several objections and only yielded NJ
last because he insisted that II would
not be proper To mingle business with
pleasure during the first days Of his
married life Then she gave in. as ev-
cry good wife ought to do to her hus-
band and as n particular favor to him.
He contemplated with some satiSfac-
ton the fact that he had begun his
new career by an assertion of author
ity and that his wife had surrendered
to his wishes after short but futile
struggle. srhere Is nothing like being
right at the start" he said after
that your mastcrshlp IL regarded as .
matter OF course. In every household
there should he an enthroned WILL and
II ought to he the exclusive prerogative
Of the man to say what must and what
must not be- done"
That Ealph's endeavors to educate
his wife met with Indifferent success
"ih w 'lIN'i'u iioih wv
historic incidents. The will of man
is like n bludGeon. That of woman
Is like scimiter with n razor edge.
There Is an old legend that on Ger.
tain occasion in the far east re-
nowned warrior cut his enemy In two,
but the poor fellow didn't know 1t. so
skillfully was the feat performed. until
he attempted to move, whereupon his
trunk topped over and fell to the
ground, He had scarcely felt the blow
and. to use uibernianlsm. was inf
nitely chngrined and mortified to lind
himself dead.
The scimiter Is woman's weapon
In a wrestling match she counts fol
nothing, but In the contest OF tact and
strategy II would indicate gross ig