Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-05
HOW MIKE PLAYED CUPID

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had died out. Then she reflected that
man who would move from one side
OF the city to another in order TO be
near a woman must really be dreadful.
ly in earnest. Then she found that
young Mr.. Jones. with his tall, athletic
figure and his clear.Cut. keen face was
really pleasant thing to look at.
Gradually she found herself standing
more and more frequently at the win.
dow at the hour when Edward J. Jones
started for his Office In the city. OF
course there were lace curtains be.
tween her and the glass, and sue never
allowed Edward J. Jones to even sus.
pect that she was interested in his
comlngs and goings.
At the same time Edward J. Jones
was gradually winning a firmer place
in her affections and slowly Tom Elliot
was being driven out of the way.
1t began to look as If Edward J.
Jones would in his expressive phrase,
win out"
That was the situation when Mike"
came wandering along through the wet
and changed everything.
Mike" as aforesaid was a dirty,
homely. black street cur. On the fate.
Iul morning Miss Annette Logan was
looking out of her window. through the
lace curtains, and had seen Edward j.
JOr>-. leave his boarding house and
walk briskly down to the corner to
taNe a street car. No car was just
then in sight, and Mr.. Jones stepped
under the projecting awning Of the
corner drug store to keep ont of the
rain. which was falling heavily.
The streets were deep in mud and
deep puddles of black water lay just
along the curb.
Mike" coming down the other
street to the corner. saw Edward j.
Jones standing warm and comfortable
under the awning and made the most
unfortunate mistake of his life. He
sized up" Edward J. Jones as a kind
hearted and human man, who would
go out of his way to do a poor dog a
good turn.
MSS Annette Logan saw Mike
come along, wet and dirty and saw
him rub his dirty nose confiidingly
against Edward J. Jones carefully
brushed trousers. Then she saw Mr..
Jones draw back his right foot and
kick Mike" bowling into the gutter.
Mike" was really extremely dirty.
Just then the street car came along
and Edward J. Jones hoped blithely
on to the front platform, serene in the
consciousness that he had kept his
trousers clean.
AR. Edward ]. Jones did not hear
the little cry OF horror inside the lace
curtains. He did not even glance back
to see Mike" limp. whining, down
the street on three legs, one OF his
hind legs doubled up in pain and under
his body.
II MIR. Jones had looked back he
would have seen the front door OF Miss
Logan house suddenly opened. Down
the steps in the driving rain ran Miss
Logan in a white morning gown. She
called poor Mike" and he came limp
ing up to her. This time Mike" knew
he had made no mistake. She carried
him into the house mud and all, in her
arms.
Edward J. Jones knew nothing about
all this. All he knows Is that when he
called the next evening Miss Logan
was not at home" and that four Sun.
days .ater there was an item in the
society columns of the newspapers an
nouncing her engagement to Mr..
Thomas Elliot. There is no use to ex-
plain II to Edward J. Jones. He would
not understand.-Caicago Tribune.