Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-10-16
Tony Sacrifice
"A STORY WITH a MORAL,
\ STORY WITH a MOEeAL.l
From the New Haven Union |

bis gray eyes looked straight ont from
their black lashes the object they rest.
ed upon. providing 1t was of the femi.
nine gender, felt herself for the mo.
ment the center Of the universe. and
many a wiser girl than Tony might
tell'you so. Perhaps that was the rea.
son she stammered and blushed. slip.
ped her chinela on and off at tn. heel
In embarrassment wnen he said:
Have you ever thought Of selling your
property. Miss lopez"
Miss Lopez. TO his surprise. he found
non.committal TO the least degree. All
his cross-questioning elected nothing
more than a laconic Nope Then
Lambert deliberately trained his gray
eyes upon her and smiled down into
her little freclSled face. with the result
that she told him the whole story.
"Ye godsl" he calculated. inwardly,
as she explained that Johnson of the
Mammoth Mineral Monopoly had made
her an offer at figure that the Origi.
nal Oll Oligarchy could never touch.
much less outbld. So this was not his
own exclusive scheme. after all. The
new debts he had incurred on the
strength OF prospects came before him
snd he stared blankly at the wall.
Johnsons company was rich. backed
BY substantial business men. while his
was worse than poor its heaviest
stakeholder miserable spendthrift M
to his earth in debt. his one hope now
shattered by Johnson's rivalry. John
sons eagerness to get the land was
only another proof OF its value: he
must have 1t, he simply had to have IT,
and he would have II. he was saying
to himself. while Tony. her tongue
once lOosened. babled on, telling him
the terms of Johnson's proposition
and ending by saying he had pledged
her to secrecy a. to his part In II. and
cautioned her against all other would
be buyers.
Lambert smoked long and furiously
that night over this new phase of his
difficulties. and as the smoke wreaths
grew denser they evolved the vision OF
a rosy girl. with laughing eyes. who
had promised to share. his fortunes.
however great they might be. Tony's
little frcCkled face, he remembered, al.
ways beamed with pleasure IRON the
depth OF her bonnet when she saw him
and Tony, with rich oil well back OF
her and foreign travel. private tutors,
Paris gowns. might in time become
like other people, but here the laugh.
Ing blue eyes arose through the smoke
wreaths to mock him. He drew the
difference between this lovely crea-
ture. and finished product Of care and
cultivation and little Mexican What's.
Her-Name slipping her chinela on and
on at the heel as she talked to him.
Still, Tony was a good little thing;
she was slim and straight. and II she
could be induced not to tog herself
out In such outlandish cOlors, she
might almost be pretty, he unused +.
Then he stopped short and laughed at
himself derisiyely. What could II
matter to him whether she were pref.
ty or not?
Tony was waiting for him the next
time his trap clattered down the dusty
read. She had that COntiding manner
that is 80 hattering TO man who
knows the weakness OF his strength.
Johnson, she told him. had raised his
offer for the whole tract, several thou
sand rocky. unproductive acres. Lam
bert groaned: he had to have 1t; there
was no choice so, with the figure OF
Johnson's offer staring him In the face
the prospect OF bankruptcy pursuing
him from behind. and the only means
OF obtaining the prospective millions
walking close beside him. Blue Eyes
were forgotten, and he did II.
II was quickly SAID. Then he kissed
her blushing cheeks and the coveted
land was his-and Tony. He had dis
creetly refrained from saying any
thing more about her property after
hearing Johnson's offer, so she did no,
know he cared anything about It, and
there was not doubt as to his sin
certify In her simple little heart.
Johnson was the first man Lambert
met when he went back to the hotel
He made strained effort to be affable
and Lambert. who could afford now 10
BIZ generous. pitied him for the disap
pointment In store for him, and he
tried to Guido him in forced friendli
ness. They walked up TO the bar like
two old friends, and Lambert proposed
toast to Success" Eacn man
drank deep to himself, cycling the 9th
er commiseratingly for the shock he
was about to receive.
Tony was undeniably a good little
ding, although Lambert regarded hei
merely as his means OF escape from
insolvency, and his only feeling for hel
was vain sort of gratitude. She Dor
ed him by the abject devotion she Law
ished upon him. Once, however, 1t had
really touched him, when she said
For you there is nothing In the
world would not gladly sacrifice
But he had only said. Eyes, yes
J that's a good girl, But you shouldn'