Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-02-10


down on the dresser in my bedroom
And the janltor has gone out too.
| I saw him, and he said he was going
/ down town. put In Oliver excltedly.
And the engineer hasn't any keys.
for | asked him yesterday, when | did
the same thingr' exclaimed Mrs
Browning sympatheticnlly.
Mrs. Stacy stood as II paralyzed
When she would have called to the ba-
by, creeping steadily across the broad
window sill, Mrs. Rowland restrained
her. To startle the child would almost
certainly make 1t lose its balance and
! fall
Unwind me down. directed Teddy
suddenly, once more adjusting the
ropes of the cherished swing about his
body. A moment later he was twirl-
ing rapidly toward the child.
! His face was n little pale and set,
| for TO seize the child meant to take
both hands from the rope, and Teddy,
while privately entertaining great
hopes of some time swinging up and
down the shaft In triumph, holding on
at the thought of trusting TO the rope
around his waist alone. But when on
level with the baby he set his jaw
firmly, signaled Oliver to hold the rope
rs steadily rs possihl vi kicked Wig
orously against the N...I beside which
he hung, In order to swing his body
across the court.
ryria lao sa e., hn ,,.iyI do
opposite him, and the baby, interested
in the floor of the court, did not look
up. The third time he approached her
she saw him and crowed with delight,
stretching out her baby hands toward
him and trying to rise to her unsteady
little feet. But Teddy was swiftcr
than she.
With desperate lungc he flung him.
self against the window sill, let go his
hold of the rope and snatchcd the child
just rs she tottered on the slippery
edge of the polished stone. The sud.
den and violent movement, combined
with the jerky action of the rope.
which swung sharply across the court
again on the rebound, upset his bal
ance completely. The eager spectators
at the window high above, their hearts
still humping wildly from the excite.
ment of the baby's danger, gasped
with apprehension as the boy, firmly
clutching the baby. fell heavily back
ward, slipping out of the loop ON which
he rested entirely and dropping to a
horizontal posture.
But Teddy was game. wind me up
quick" he shouted to Oliver, and up
he came. with only the loop around his
waist to keep both him and his charge
from the stone floor below. The baby,
| who fancied the whole affair new
kind Of play, kicked, crowed and
squirmed In his arms. But the loop
held firm. Teddy managed, after few
efforts. to catch hold Of the other loop
with his feet, and presently he was
being drawn In through the Rowland
window, red In the face and breathless
from the partially inverted position In
which the upward trip had been made.
Mrs. Stacy snatched her baby and fell
to wildly kissing it, and the other la
dies Rugged Teddy, in spite Of his OBJ
jections.
"I'm all right, mamma. indeed am"
he cried, wriggllng away from his
mothers affectionate embrace, land
you needn't cry, I'm sure! My Jacket
split when the rope slipped, but you
can mend II, know, and we won't ask
you to let us keep the swing now II
you feel bad about It. But l told you
1t might come in handy. And say,
mamma, can't have piece Of jelly
cakeW
I'm hungry, too" remarked Oliver
plalntively, land really, mamma, was
the one who first thought of fixing up
the ropes like that, and I've done most
Of the work anyway. Can't | have
some jelly cake tool"
Before Mrs. Rowland had time to nm
swer Mrs. Browning was trying to kiss
both boys at once and laughing hearth
ly rs she did so.
"You dear, funny, blessed little an
gels" she exclaimed, drawing them