Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-11-05
SHORT STORY FOR
EVENING HOURS
WHY BROWN LEFT THE GLIB

observed Mr.. Browne, waving his put
ter. He loved the putter with a love
passing the love of woman. When II
wears out he'll be disconsolate. and all
his misses will be the fault Of the new
club.
TO bring this involved epigram OF
mine down TO your levels, or IS II an
acrostic Browne?"
Mr. Browne was dignifed. He al
ways is when Bobbie talks. He fears
be is being made foolish, and Bobbie,
for this reason, makes II a point Of
"cOnversing,' as he calls IL, with him;
the popularity OF their names being
alike gives him, he says, an excuse.
AS ! was saying, why not give
dance, and so doing, pay rent and any
other trifles we may over"
SO sensible of you, Mr.. Brown. You
always make such clever suggestions"
said the widow. smiling at Bobbie,
who returned the smile generously.
Two new members had lately been
introduced into our midst. and she was
one of them. Mill Pilkington stated
positively that she was a widow, and
when Miss Pilkington states things
positively we all believe her and look
pleasant. Whether Mrs. Singleton was
or was not "a widow is another story"
Anyway. she was well enough dressed
90 be one, and had quite the widowey
way OF anneXing husbands and lovers
as though they were merely golf ac-
CessOries. We were all delighted with
Boobies suggestion, with the excep-
ton of the other new member. He
never agreed with suggestions, and
hated ideas, considering Il bad form
10 encourage either. In the minds OF
our male golfers he was written down
an ass, and as Bobbie confided to me,
wants kicking badly"
Ferdinand Brownies objections 10 all
and every arrangement were over
whelmed, and the dance was fixed to
take place whether or not he graced
the occasion.
When we Of the Slushington Golf
Club give dance we do II well. The
band the floor and the sitting-out
places are beyond reproach; the sup
per, which Bobbie superintends, is af-
ter the male heart, and therefore ex-
cellent.
Bobbie Brown is charming on the
links, but in a ballroom is apt to treat
his partner as an animated driver. The
more frequently he bumps into other
harmless necessary dancers, the high
er his spirits rise; he scorns the name
of fatigue, and drags the unhappy part
ner Of his zeal on to the bitter end. -
Such a lark, Gertie," he observed |
as he careened with me wildly down
the ROOM the ass has out-assed him |
SELF
, Proposed to the widow" ! suggest
ed.
II don't call that an asinine thing TO =,
do. You women are such cats!"
You wrong me, Bobbie. ] meant
asinine TO think Of proposing TO a wo-
man with advantages. She might mar
ry-"
"Me?" suggested Mr.. Brown.
Il was going to say anyone. But do
you really think she's a widow? |
Mightn't she be grass one?"
Shes Hay one anyway" said Bob
bic, charging again.
Here, to my intense relief, the mu-
sic stopped, and I was chivvied up
stairs TO his special cosy corner. I
81 made corner in corners" he
said, as he took my fan to cool me 10y
himself; and that accounts +
for the slump on the stairs"
Bobbie Is on the Exchange.
What has Browne done?" ] said.
after smiling at the humor Of the re- =,
mark, which smile he was evidently
waiting for. I,
Well" chortled Bobbie, Thompson
and heard him expounding the art of
golf in its best form TO some other man
who had his back to us, We heard him
thank Browne effusively, and Browne
said: mot at all; pleasure I'm Shore
and the other man stood gazing after
him for some time" /
Bobbie chuckled again.
Go on, Robert. know he's
foozler, but many foozlers give advice"
Don't throw my auTce 10 you III
my teeth, as it were"
Here Bobbie leaned forward to whis-
per, and when he whispers his attitude
always suggests proposal, the ass
was giving tips to Vardonl" I
While ! was getting over 1t he re-
moved my rose and took two more
dances. If ridicule could kill thea
would Mr.. Browne have been q corpse.
He did not die. however but ne did
the next best thing and left the club
overlooking his subscrip- !
lion. He gave out to the other club
before leaving that we were 4
90 mixed"
Bobble is still hoping to meet him :
Tor the administration Of the badly
needed kicking,