Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-11-05


lCwn mind?"
She sprang across the room. and
leaped impetuously upon MIN, throw
ling her arms, like a child round his
meek.
oh, you're a dear old bear, after
all," she cried. I'm sorry ! called
you beast"
II was week 10 the wedding day,
land John MARROW sat in his room elbow
deep in papers. His face was gray and
he looked years older than he had
done a month or two ago. He looked
broken hearted and he was.
lie smiled a little to himself. how
ever, as he sat bent over his dOCu-
nents. In another week or two people
would be saying that they knew the
reason why he was looking 50 old. In
another week or two they would know
him for a ruined man. He would wait
until Maggie and Leonard were away
on the continent-Maggie with her
money safely tied upon hGrself-and
then he would go. and no one would
ever know what he had done.
No one would ever know that Mag
! gie's fortune had vanished seven years
lago, before he had time TO get 1t out Of
the rotten company in which her faith
er had invested It, and that ii was his
fortune which lie was giving up to her
low. No one would ever dream of IT,
No one would know how he had saCri-
. feed himself II was the rest he could
do for her, since she loved Leonard
North, and as for himself, he was not
: old after all-only "a, and there was
yet time enough in his life to make an
other fortune-if he wantel to.
lie got up presently and went out,
lie was hot, tired-the room was close,
and his head ached. lie had stared at
documents and papers, and the endless
insane repetition OF the said" this and
the said that, until he felt confused
; and stupid. Besides which he had
never felt quite so heartsiCk as he did
'today-seven days before he and Mag
: gle were to part forever-and he felt
, that he must walk off the horrible
longing to seize her and keep her, OF
go mad.
. So he took his hat and left his pa
Ipcrs and 10 minutes after he had gone
, the door was flung open and Maggie
a locked in.
=" She had new hat in her hand, ant
!, she stopped short at the sight Of the
>. empty room.
= Oh" she cried, the brutc's gone
!. 0ut."
She stood for second, and then the
4 Uttered papers on his desk attracted
/, her attention. Her eyes frightened
curluusly and she went forward.
ITS all about me, of course, so why
shouldn't | see?" she asked the air.
She bent down and turned over The
= great blue papers full OF stin. lega
handwriting, and tried to understand
them.
, She failed absolutely, and turned
;, them over in disgust, Then something
Tar more interesting caught her eye-G
:, little dusty bundle OF letters. Sht
!, picked one up-it was only another
stupid lawyers letter, after all, ana o
q 10 earthly interest to her Yet-sh,
y caught her breath
:. Dear Marlow;-l am sorry to tel
you that your wards fortune is hope
lessly lost There is not the slightes
= prospect of recovering it, have made
y all inquiries
- Her face blanched. John had neve
q had any other ward blut herself, and
n the date! She looked at II hastily. ]
- was dated seven years ago
10 She nut il down SLOWLY with her han,
"a sinking little. with the room and tn
=. desk and the portrait of her father
which hing ON the wall facing her
" growing very dim indeed. 1t SCENE,
,r for A moment as If the world wer
ID Looming 10 an end, and then she rose
!, She stood for an instant, her hear
N beating. odd thoughts in her head, an