Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-01-06

too Many such revelation had b,
made to defeated opponents, calmly
jestingly perhaps. between the puffs O
his cigar, not minding what the,
thought Why should he mind wha
Mrs. Rivers thoughtH She would NJ
longer wish to kiss that lean, strong
hand Of his; she might cry (she haC
Lady Craigcnoch to cry toy. He looked
across at his wife, who was knitting
he would not have minded telling any
thing TO her But so intensely did be
mind telling what he had to tell to
Ellen Rivers that the millions, his good
faith, the joy of winning and the beau.
ty of the coup all hung doubtful in the
balance against the look in the eyes of
the lady at Prince Julian's "What an
internal fool | am - he groaned. Mrs.
Byers glanced up for moment, smiled
alphabetically, and went on with her
knitting She supposed that there must
be some temporary hitch about the
latest million or perhaps Shum had been
Troublesome; that was sometimes what
was upsetting Mr.. Byers.
The next morning Mr.. Shum was
troublesome lie thought that the mo.
ment for action had come; the poor
stock had been blown upon enough the
process Of rehabilitation should begin.
Various other gentlemen, weighty with
money, dropped in with their hats on
the back of their heads and expressed
the same views. Byers fenced with
them, discussed the question rather in
conClusivoly, took now this side and
now that, hcsitated. vacillated, shilly
rhullicd. The men wondered at him,
they knew they were right, and, right
nr wrong, Byers had been wont to
know his own mind. Their money was
1t stake; they looked at one another I'M
comfortably Then the youngest of
them, fair boy, great at dances and
late suppers, but with brain for fig
urcs ana cool holiness which made
him already rich and respected in tho
city, tilted his shining hat still little
farther back and drawled out, ''If
you've lost your nerve. Byers. you'd
better let somebody else engineer the
thing"
woman the prestige of his nerve was to
Mr.. Byers. The boy had spoken the de-
cisive word by chance. by the unerring
instinct which in any sphere of thought
is genius. In half an hour all was plan.
ned. the government of the princes
country saved and the agitation at an
end. The necessary resources would
now be forthcoming, confidence would
no made, the comp brought off, tho fri
umph Won
So in the next fortnight it happened.
Prince Julian looked on with vague
hewilderment, reading the articles and
paragraphs which told him that he had
abandoned all thought Of action. had
resigned himself to wait for an express
recall from his loving subjects (Which
might be expected to assail his ears Oh
would do nothing. Mrs. Rivers reai the
paragraphs, too, and waited and waited
and waited for the coming Of Mr.. Bycrs
and the necessary resources. She smiled
ut what she read. for she had confidence
in the cause, or at least in herself and
in Mr.. Byers. But the days went on
Slowly the stock rose; then in went the
public with rush. The paragraphs
and the articles dwindled and ceased;
there was n commotion somewhere else
IN Europe; Prince Julian and his mani
tcstO were forgotten What did it mcanI
She wrote not" asking Mr. Byers 70
call
It was just ut this time also that Mr.
Henry Shum accepted tn" Invitation Of
the Conservative Assucjatiua 0f the
HHtt0n Garden Division Of llC.,..u nars
TO contest the seat at til" approaching
general election, and that Lady Craig.
enoch gave orders for the complete rem
ovation of her town house Both these
actions involved, Of course, some eX.
pcnse-how much il is hard to say pre-.
cisely The house was rather large, and
the seat was very safe.
Prince Julian sat in his library in
Palace Gate and Mrs. Rivers stood be.
side him, her hand resting on the arm
Of his chair. Now and then the prince
glanced up Mt her face rather timidly.
They had agreed that matters showed
no progress, Then Mrs. Rivers had be-
come silent
HAS Byers thrown us o7er?" the
prince asked at last
Hush, hush!" she answered in n low
voice. "Wait till he's been. He's com.
ing today" Her voice sank lower still
as she whispcrcd' "He can't have Oh,
he can't"
There was silence again. A few min
utes passed before the prince broke ont
fretfully' I'm sick Of the whole thing
I'm very well as / am. If they want
me, let them send for me- ! can't force
myself on them.
She looked down for a moment and
touched his hair with her hand.
"If this has come to nothing, III
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