Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-11-26

again." she said.
Bud hesitated.
I'm out for walk myself" he told
her. perhaps you wouldn't mind If
walked q little ways with you?"
"I'd be glad to have you," she said In
her unaffected way. 1T will give me
q chance to thank you again for what
you did"
mo more Of that" SAID Bud well
take 1t for granted that everybody Is
thankful-except the dos"
The girl stepped out into the hisn'
way and they moved away side by side
Pm glad nothing worse happened TO
me Just now" she said with a little
laugh.
"Why?"
Because I've got this" AMI she
swung the valise into view.
Precious, is III"
IL should say II was. What do you
think is in III"
New hate"
No, no."
Give II up"
"Money-lots of money
oh"
It's for the pay roll ut the mill. Mr..
Barclay, the Office manager, was taken
III this morning and there was no one
who could go to the bank quite as con.
yeniently as ! could. I'm in the Office
at the mill. you know. Mr.. Barclay
takes his road wagon hut ! said I'd
rather walk. like walking"
Buds face had lost little Of Its col
or.
I'm glad you told me-" he said. II
was just going to ask you TO let Inc car.
ny 1t for you"
She looked up a. him.
There's $1,15i In It," she said with
a little laugh.
Bud softly whist,e1.
81 don't blame You Il bit" he said.
Blame me for WHAT"
For not trusting me with It,"
But do trust you with it," she
quickly cried. did Won think l
wouldn't? | was only joking. Besides
it's little heavy--there's 50 much sill
YER And she thrust the va'ise into
A dull red surged across Sud Mar
tins face. Then he seemed to straight
en- up little and to square his should.
ers.
Thank you" he said. II don't
think" he added, that anybody ever
did me this kind Of favor before"
What kind Of favor"
Trusting me with money"
The girl laughed merrlly.
Il guess you are a joker" she said,
and laughed again. 1T would be fun
ny, wouldn't 1t, II ] couldn't trust tho
man who had just saved my life?"
He drew long breath.
Very funny" he replied, but he did
not laugh.
They trudged along for moment or
two in silence.
you have heard of Little Red Rid.
inghood, haven't you?" he asked.
"Of course"
He looked around at her.
And aren't you AFRAID of the wolfe"
Her laugh rang out again. 1t was a
uellSnllUl ldUSn
But 1t was dog and not wolff
He shook his head
Pm talking of wolves. The worst
kind-the kind that walk on two legs.
But Ridinghood didn't meet that
kind"
Not in the story, maybe. But that's
the only kind that real Ridinghoods
ever meet"
She looked around at linn.
But we don't have any such wolves
about here" she murmured.
Pm afraid" said Bud, that they
are likely to show up most anywhere. u
The girl looked at him archy,
you needn't try to scare me-" she
said. I'm not going to be afraid OF
any wolf as long as you are here"
Again the dark red surged into his
face. He gave a short laugh.
Then YOU think" he said, that
Grandma Mill will come to no harm
through Red Ridinghoods wolfish
friends?"
"Of course she won't" laughed the
girl
He shook his head at her.
But don't you see what might hap
pen?" he persisted Here is wolf
lying in wait on this lonely road. How
he gets here doesn't count. He may be
running away and trying to hide him
self. Anyway he's lettering along just
as | was And pretty soon you com,
by with swag-with the bag. Per
haps the wolf knows what's in it. II,
may have watched you enter the bank
And in a quiet place-right here, fol
instance-he suddenly seizes you ant
ties you to a tree, and takes all the
bills from the bag and stuffs them in
side his coat, and hurries off into tn,
woods, and leaves you there yelling IL
vain. An by the time somebody comes
along he's far away. He gets on {
freight train, perhaps, and in a it'll,
while he's in big city, where h,
knowsta thousand hiding places--an,
the wolf hunt, led by your sleep con