Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-06-24
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"EmphatiCally! Earth ana little /
grief" he said. putting his hand TO his !,
head.
Does It pain you?'' she asked quick
ly.
Not in the least. was merely feel
ing to see II the cut were still there. |
Mr.--Mr. Guggenslocker, did the con- /
ductor object to holding the train?" he
asked. remembering what the conduc-
tor had told him OF the old gentleman's
actions.
at first, but I soon convinced him
that II should be held" said the otner
quietly.
MY husband spoke very harshly to
the poor man." added Aunt Yvonne.
But | am afraid. Caspar, he did not
understand word you said. You were
very much excited" The sweet old
lady's attempts at English were much
more laborious than her husbands.
"If he did not understand my Eng
lsh he was very good at guessing"
said her husband grimly.
"He told me you had threatened to
call him out" ventured the young man.
Call him out? Ach. a railroad con-
ductor!" exclaimed Uncle Caspar in
fine scorn.
"Caspar, | heard you say that you
would call him out" interposed his
wife. with reproving eyes
"Ach, God! | have made a mistake!
see It all 1t was the other word /
meant-down. not out! intended TO
call him down, as you Americans say.
! hope he will not think | challenged
him" He was very much perturbed.
81 think he was afraid you would"
said Lorry.
He should have no fear. could not
meet railroad conductor. VIII you
please tel him could not so conde-
sCend Besides. dueling Is murder in
your country. am told"
at usually Is. sir. Much more so
than in Europe" The others looked ut
him inquiringly. 81 mean that in
America when two men pull their re-
volvers and go TO shooting at each
other some one Is killed-frequently
both. In Europe, as | understand II, a
scratch with a sword ends the combat. "
You have been misinformed." eX-
claimed Uncle Caspar, his eyebrows
elevated.
why, Uncle Caspar has fought more
duels than he can count" cried the
girl proudly.
, And has he slain his man every
time?" asked Grenfall smilingly. glanc-
!. ing from one to the other. Aunt
Yvonne shot q reproving look at the
, girl, whose face paled instantly. her
! eyes going quickly in alright to the
face Of her uncle.
: Cod" Lorry heard the old gentle
man mutter. He was looking at his
, bill of fare, but his eyes were fixed and
staring. The card was crumpling be-
tween the long, bony fingers. The
, American realized that a forbidden
topic had been touched upon.
'Ie has fought and he has slain" he
thought as quick as flash. He Is nc
, butcher, no gardener, no cobbler
= That's certain!"
Tell us, Uncle Caspar, what you
said to the conductor" cried the
young lady nervously.
Tell them. Caspar, how alarmed we
! were" added soft.voiced Aunt Yvonne.
Grenfall was a silent interested spec
, tntor. He somehow felt as II scene
from some tragedy had been repro
duced In that briefest of moments.
Calmly and composedly. half smile
now In his face, the soldierly Caspar
NJ IN n
from one station to the other.
we did not miss you until we had
almost reached the other station Then
your Aunt Yvonne asked me where you
had gone. ! told her | had not seen
you, but went into the coach ahead 10
search. You were not there. Then |
went on to the dining car. Ach, you
were not there In alarm I returned to
our car. Your aunt and looked every
where. You were not anywhere. |
sent Hedrick ahead to summon the
conductor but he had hardly left us
when the engine whistled sharply and
the train began to slow up in a jerky
fashion. rushed to the platform,
meeting Hedrick, who was as much
alarmed as |. He said the train had
been tagged and that there must be
) something wrong. Your aunt came out
and told me that she had made a
strange discovery"
Grenfall observed that he was ad-
dressing himself exclusively to the
young lady.
she had found that the gentleman
in the next section was also missing
, While we were standing there in doubt
and perplexity the train came to a
= standstill. and soon there was shouting
on the outside. climbed down from
= the car and saw that we were at a lit
. tie station. The conductor came run
= ming toward me excitedly.
us the young lady in the carp he
: asked.
mo, For heavens sake, what have
, you heard? cried.
"Then she has been left at O.,
= he exclaimed, and used some very ex'
traordinary American words,
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