Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-02-24

For n Wild moment strange fancy
seized her usually sane intellect and
stirred her temperate blood The news
they had told her was not true lie
had been hung. and this was his
gbostl lie looked as white and spirit.
like In the moonlight. dressed In the
same clothes. as when she saw him
Inst. ne had evidently seen her ap-
preaching and moved quickly 10 meet
her. but In his haste he stumbled
slightly. She reflected suddenly that
ghosts did not stumble. and a feeling
Of relief came over her. And II was
no assassin Of her father that had
been prowllng around. only this I'M
happy fugitive. A momentary color
came into her cheek. Her GOODNESS
and hardihood returned. II was with
q tinge Of sauciness In her voice that
she said:
81 reckoned you were a ghost"
ITS little riskIer comm back
alive" she said. with levity that died
on her lips. for a singular nervousness.
half fear and half expectation. was be-
ginning to take the place of her relief
Of a moment ago. "Then 1t was you
who was prowlin round and maxim
tracks In the far pasture?"
"Yes: I came straight yere when
got away"
She felt his eyes were burning her,
but did not dare to raise her own.
"Why"- she began, hesltated and end
ed vaguely, "How did you get yerer'
"You helped me-"
OPP
Eyes. That kiss you gave me put
life inter me. gave me strength to get
away. | swore to myself I'd come
back and thank you, alive or dead"
Every word he said she could have
anticipated, SO plain the situation
seemed to her now. and every word he
said she knew was the truth. Yet her
cool common sense struggled against
Il.
"Wot's the use Of your escapin ef
ag'inT" she said pertly.
He drew little nearer to her, but
seemed to her the more awkward as
she resumed her self possession. His
voice. too. was broken as II by exhaus.
ton as he said, catching his breath at
intervals:
''I'll tell you. You did more for me
than you think. You made another
man Of me. ! never had q man. wo.
man or child do to me wot you did.
never had a friend. only a pal like Red
Pete. who picked me Up on the shares
I want to quit this yere wot I'm doin.
l want to begin by doin the square
thing to you" He stopped. breathed
hard and then said brokenly: my boss
Is over thar, staked out. I want to
give him to you. Judge Boompolnter
will give you $1,000 for him. amt
lyin. It's Gods truth. saw Il on the
handful ag'in a tree. Take him. and
I'll get away afoot. Take him. It's
the only thing can do for you. and
know It don't half pay for wot you
did. Take It. Your father can get
reward for you ef you can't"
Such were the ethics Of this strange
locality that neither the man who
made the offer nor the girl to whom It
was made was struck by anything that
seemed illogical or indelicate or at all
inconsistent with justice or the horse
th.efs real conversion. Salomy Jane
nevertheless dissented from another
and weaker reason.
IL don't want your boss, though |
reckon dad mout. But you're Just
starvin. I'll get suthin." She turned
toward the house.
Say, you'll take the boss first" he
said. grasping her hand. Al the touch
she felt herself coloring and struggled.
/ expecting perhaps another kiss. But he
dropped her hand. She turned agan
with saucy gesture, said. "IIul' on;
I'll come right back" aud slipped
away. the mere shadow of n coy and
flying nymph In the moonlight. until
she reached the house.
! Here she not only procured food and
whisky. but added a long dust coat and
hat Of her fathers to her burden. They
would serve as a disguise for him and
hide that heroic figure, which she
thought everybody must now know Ms
she did. Then she rejoIned him breath b.
lessly. But he put the food and whisky
aside.
Listen" he said. 1--WE turned the
boss inter your corral. You'll find him
thar In the mornin, and no one will
know but that he got lost and Joined
the other hosses."
Then she burst out: But you-youl
Wot will become Of your You'll be
ketchedw
"l'll manage to get away" he said
In low voice, "ef-ef"-
EFF wotf" she said tremblingly.
EFF you'll put the heart In me ag'n
AS you dld!' he gasped.