Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-11-23

mere is no accounting IOT WOiii
ans fancy" burst forth Dudley. saw.
agely.
Lynn was too bewildered to notice
the sneer.
You are a friend Of hers" he asked.
"Oh, yes, an old, an intimate one
She's an odd girl--given to unaccount
able fancies, you know. Oh yes,
know her well! And my advice to YOU
is to strike while the iron is hot, and
ofier yourself to Miss Loraine-that is,
IL SO inclined yourself"
Il admire her very much" STAN.
mered Lynn, trembling with agitation.
yes. certainly; | understand. Well.
she's going abroad next week; but
she'll be at the St. James meeting to-
morrow evening. You'd better see her
there, and make a sure thing of It,
I'll give you my word she'll accept
you"
Thank you! thank you!" murmured
Lynn, the lights swimming before his
eyes and the music humming in his
ears.
He got out Of the hall and spent a
restless night, full of excitement and
the ma exalted emotion. For the
first time he knew that he loved the
brown.eyed girl.
The next night found him at the
musical entertainment referred to by
Dudley.
You are as fond Of music as l am,
Mr. Naples" said Annie Lorraine. with
a sweet cordially of manner which
made her irresistible to all men who
looked at her.
May ] escort you home, Miss Lo-
raine? IL have something to say to
you"
4 She gave assent. Her brown eyes
widened slightly with surprise, but she
chose to accept, and, for once, Percy
Dudley gracefully yielded his claims.
She came down into the moonlight,
misgiving that he was mad, but he
could not help II. Before they had
crossed the park he had offered him
self.
She did not speak--her face was
quite white. He felt the hand on his
arm tremble But her voice was silvery
Gear when she spoke at last:
mir. Naples, you have known me but
"a comparatively short space of time
What has caused you to address me like
this?"
4 My fervent love would not have
aine, but an old friend Of yours-one
who claimed to know you well-as.
sured me that you were not quite indif.
/ fcrent-"
His voice failed him.
who was this friend, Mr.. Maples?'
"Nlr Dudley"
He saw her eyes fash. She stopped
at the foot of a flight of stone steps
outside a big house.
: ~ am at home now. VIII you come
here tomorrow and Set your answer,
Mr.. Maples?"
not tell him enough to bid him hope.
He glanced up at the wide portals,
bronze lions and great windows, think.
Ing, after he had bowed and left her,
that Annie Ioraine's aunt must be rich.
Palpitating with hope and fear the
face to Annie Lorraine to learn her an.
swer.
lie was a little surprised to find
Percy Dudley in the room into which
he was ushored.
Miss Lorraine rose from couch and
advanced cordially to her visitor, offer.
ing her jeweled hand.
you have come promptly for your
answer Mr., Naples" she said, and |
will be prompt with you. accept your
oiter of marriage, and give you, in the
very acceptance, my most sincere af.
lection. Yesterday was the LIST of
April, and think It is Mr.. Dudley who
will tell us who is the April fool
With a cry of rage and a furious
oath Dudley, sprang to his feet; but
Miss Lorraine turned her back on him
and walked with Lynn to an adjoining
room, while Dudley made hts exit from
the house without her adieux.
In scheming to make Lynn Naples
ofiend the heiress by an offer OF mar.
riage, Dudley had shot beyond his
mark, and, losing all hope of Annie
Lorraine and her fortune, he bitterly
repented his trick of the 1seof April.
New York News.
--------------=--------