Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-01-01
CHAPTER XVII.
DIFFERING STANDARDS.

DIFFERING STANDARDS.
"The battle which will take place to-
night yonder between those ships de-
cides my fate. / hope to God | may
arrive In time to take my part In II!
The Richard is fearfully short of Off
GERS at best; Landals, who has the
Alliance. is crazy and a coward; Cotti-
neau In the Pallas is an unknown
quantity, and the rest have fed. Dimes
has only Richard Dale and lot Of
midshipman with him upon whom he
can absolutely depend, and there are
over two hundred prisoners in the
hold He needs me. If this breeze
holds on ] think we may intercept
the Richard before the battle Is Joined.
Pray, dearest. as never before, for the
success Of our arms! 1t means life.
and you, for me"
1T means life for me rs WELL she
answered. nesting against him and
nerving herself up to the inevitable
confession. How he would take II she
did not know, or rather she would not
permit herself to say. she was con-
scious only of an impelling necessity
to tell him the whole story, though she
had deliberately waited until she be-
leved he could do nothing.
"Ah, yes, It's sweet of you to say so,
but not the same. Me they will hang,
but not you,' he answered fondly.
Yes, they will" she replied. IL
. / must confess 1t to you before we 20
, further. 1t weighs upon me. also
am guilty"
Guilty! You! OF what. pray? OF
loving me too much?" he queried
laughing in pure lightness of heart.
NO, not that" she answered. but
that-that order-your reprieye. II
added desperately.
The secret was out.
And who did 1t, them" he asked
still unsuspicious of her meaning.
Il did 1t myself" she answered,
with averted head.
1T is not possible!' he exclaimed
Withdrawing from her u little in his
establishment.
Twas for you--for you did It,
Reproach me not-nay, you shall mott
she cried, on fire to defend herself and
her love, now the truth was told
Captain Jones said six hours delay
and you were saved. There was nc
other way. | begged, implored, en-
treated the admiral. He left me-went
away. saw the man fixing that
block-the rope-I ran 10 him to make
one more appeal. He was not there
On his desk was an order giving me
permission to see you, which he had
intended to give me and had refused
AT the last moment and left unsigned
His watch was there and his seal.
added the rest and signed and sealed
II myself Do not shrink from mel"
she pleaded. with changed mood again
Your anger-your disapproval-kills
me. Is there no excuse that you can
der her affection so apparent, she was
her own justification.
mo man would have done It," he
said irresolutely, ,wavering.
But every woman would she re.
piled promptly, pressing her advan-
tage. why are you so silent? Youl
precious honor is safe, and ms fol
mine
Twas nobly done" he answered
Ut last, in complete surrender. There
| l. In unV,ll h,,t ,,ntIl.
honor you for it. Not man who
would not love you. You have done
that which | could not, and for me,
My heart before, and now my life Is
yours, my hearts dearest"
81 knew you would not like It," she
answered simply, but there was NJ
other way. confess was terrific,
when Edward
Good heavens" cried O'Neill. He
saw the order?"
Yes" said the girl, covering be-
fore him again. In truth, this phas,
OF the transaction had actually es
capped her memory.
| Captain Pearson accepted II with
out questioning him?" he queried. Sh,
would have given all the world to liz
10 him, but even in the darkness sh,
could not be further untrue, in. hi
very presence, though now like fiasl
she saw it all.
"iie-he doubted It," she whispered
hestatingly. "He handed the pape
TO Edward and asked him II tiff i
was all right"
"And Coventry"
He took it and looked at it, LOOKED
Ut mel had forgotten him, mus
C0Ifess"-she went on brokenly-"anC
Dion he handed Il back TO CaptaiI