Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-09-04

, that dang Atlanta chief of police kept
but day before yesterday they give in.
We was a-settin' in Miller's Office when
he last message come from Atlanta.
| they said they'd been after the wrong
man an that they'd give up. You ort
a seed Alan's face. Miller tried to
cheer i'm up, but II wasn't no go. Then
whO do you think come? Alan's sweet
hart She aSed to see i'm, an they
talked awhile in the frC2t room. Then
Miller come back an said she'd axed
to be introduced to L.. est think of
II! went in an seed she'd been a-cry-
in. She got up. by links, an ketched
my hand an said she wanted to thank
me beca'se I'd been sech a friend to
Alan! Uncle Alb, felt as mean as a
egg-suckin' dog, beca'se thar was Ian
fiat o. his back, as the Teller said, an
hadn't turned ahand to hep i'm. An
thar she was, the gal he loves an
wants, an is poverty standin' betwixt
'em. couldn't say nothin'. an reck-
on looked more kinds of a durn fool
than she ever seed on two legs"
well. what did you do?" asked Alb
Rer, too much moved by Poles graphic
picture to speak with his usual light
ness.
What did | do? made my bow
an slid. | made Decline fer Murray's
bar an put two down as fast as they
could shovel 'em out. Then tuck an
other, an quit countin.' | begun to
think | owned the shebang an broke
several billiard cues an throwed the
chalk around. Then Dukes come an
said he'd give me a chance to escape
trial fer misconduct eff I'd straddle
my boss an make fer home. | agreed,
but thar was one thing | had to do
fust. had promised Alan not to
drink any more. an so didn't want
to sneak away to hide II. l went TO
Millers house, whar he's stayin', an
called i'm out. told i'm I'd jest come
fer no other reason an to let i'm see
me at my wust. ] felt like 1t was the
only manly way. after I'd broke faith
with friend as true as he is"
TOO bad" sighed Abner. "Ill bet
l.. k,,., Ai.. A.. =. 49,. T.. A.. n.
II nuIt A'ah W see YOU III tiu' M
We'll, he didn't complain" said
Ian, como nc nigb oryir, a., 7 oyor cool
n strong man. It's my fault Pole SEES
he. i can see that Then him an
Miller both tried to git me TO go up
on, sIoan I, 90, -, ,.,,,,I,I,., ,,,,,a
Ian boma an, aot ,'oa n, sait,, Co.. toiI,
en-, ~ mo an, oor,o ni,,h ne roos bi,,;n.
'er In tho iow p,, that nyor IrncIo
An whot IN, ~ Coz noa, Io uorh :
ain't no fool. I'm on a stlll hunt, an
II Jest want yore private opinion. |
don't want you to commit yorese'f I'M
less you want to, but I'd go more on
yore Judgment than any mans In this
country. | want 20 know ef you think
old Craig is a honest man at heart.
Now don't say you don't know an
keep yore mouth shet, fer what | want
to know, an all | want TO know. is
how you feel about that one thing"
Abner hung his head down. His
long thumb trembled as its nail went
uhu'l opliltcI Ou tue Iull anu pIltu
II of.
"I see what Won are a-driyin' nj " he
said. "You lest want TO feel shore o.
wore groundn Abner began To chow
1.-THE splinter and spit ont the broken
bits. He was silent under Poles anx-
ious gaze, for a minute. and then he
laughed dryly. ct reckon me m Won
has about the same suspicious" he
said. THAT hints been worryIn' me
lfer several DAYS. an 7 didn't LET n end
THAR nuther."
"Ab yor d,dn,p ovo,o,nod paLor
|"you COW Sor dIdn,, it, Aho,,
w. J. got 80 couiuh ne aowh NJ
nisn' M''nou' Tue iuea poppih INTO my
heau .nat maybe craig had MADE
'oo' VI W'"sn'p Ter some minor crime
an h"u husleu I'm out o the country
so nc 'ouiu sopoie up "hat was III the