The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-09

. WOul0 De d question: VI Al1NcCAA
| perhaps before the drowsy Billy would
be marching TO the police station, and
! in his entirely. casual and fearless state
of mind, the big athlete would make
history for some policeman, his friend
could not doubt, before he got there.
! Rex had put his hand TO this intoxicat-
| ed plough and he must not look back,
] even when the prospect backwards was
so bewilderingly attractive, so tantaliz-
| inely easy. He stammered badly when.
/ at length, the silence which followed
the soft voice had TO be filed.
I'm ply-simply--broken up, Miss
Margery,'' and the girls eyes looked at
him with a sweet Wilderness that made
it harder. Il don't know how to tell
you, and I don't know how to resign
| myself to it either, but II can't take
| you to the theater. 1--we got to-
| got to-well, you see, I've got TO be
with Billy
| She spoke quickly at that. MIR. Fair
| fax. is Billy really ills there some
| thing more than L understand? Why
| didn't you tell me? Has there been
| an accident, perhaps? Why, / must
] go to him too-come-hurry-Iu go
with you, of course"
Rex stumbled again in his effort to
quiet her alarm, to prevent this scheme
of seeking Billy on his couch of pain.
! '.Oh no, indeed you mustn't do that"
| he objected strenuously. Il couldn
| let you, you know. / don't want you
to be bothered. Billy isn't i'll at all
there hasn't been any accident, / give
you my word. He's all right-Billy's
! all right" He had quite lost his per-
spective by now, and did not see the
rocks upon which he rushed.
IF Billy's all right, why isn't he
here?'' demanded Biily's cousin severe
ly.
Rex saw now. HE isn't exactly
that is to say-aa right, you know.
You see how it Isl and he gazed in
voluntarily at the sleeping giant. hud-
died on the truck.
L do not see" The brown eyes had
never looked at him so coldly before,
and their expression cut him.
I'm glad you DON'T ne cried. and
realized that the words had taken him
a step deeper into trouble. It's just
this way, Miss Margery-Billy isn't
hurt or i'll. but he isn't-isn't feeling
quite himself, and-and I've got to-
I've got to be with him. His voice
sounded as if he were going to cry,
but it moved the girl to no pity.
..Oh," she said. and her bewildered
tone was a whole world removed from
the bright comradeship with which she
had met him. Il see-you and Billy
have something else planned. Her face
flushed suddenly. I'm sorry 1 misun-
derstood about-about the theater. I
wouldn't for worlds have-have seem
ed to force you to-" She stopped, en-
barrassed, hurt, but yet with her grace
full dignity untouched.
oh the wretched Rex exclaimed
impetuously, IF I could only take you
to the theater, I'd rather than" but
the girl stopped him.
Never mind about that, please she
said, with gentle decision. II must go
home-when is the next boat? One IS
going now-good night, Mr.. Fairfax
no, don't come with mel don't need
you,'' and she was gone.
Two minutes later Strongs innocent
slumbers were dispersed by a vicious
shake. Wake up! wake upi" ordered
Fairfax, restraining himself with diff
ficulty from mangling the cause of his
sufferings. I've had enough, and we're
going home, straight
Rex was mistaken about that, but
Billy was cordial in agreeing with him.
Good idea, Reckyl Howdy' ever
come to think of it? Les go home
straight; tha's bully good thing to
do. Les do it. Big head on you, OF
boy" and yawning still, but with un-
perturbed good nature, Strong march,
ed, bit crookedly, arm in arm with
his friend to the street.
Rex's memory of the trip uptown on
the Elevated was like an evil dream.
Strong, after his nap, was as a giant
refreshed. and his play of wit knew
no contracting limits. There were,
luckily, not many passengers going up
at this hour, but the dozen or so on the
car were RECALLED. Billy selected a
seat on the floor with his broad back
planted against the door, and at every
station the conductor and Rex had to
reason with him at length before the
door could be opened. The official
threatened as well as he could for
laughing to put him off, but he threat
ened less strenuously for the sight of six
feet two OF muscle in magnificently fit
condition. This lasted for half dozen
stations and then the patient began
| to play like mountain kitten. He
took a strap on either side of the car
ing ring work with them; he gave a
standing broad jump that would have
been creditable on an athletic field: he
had his audience screaming with
laughter at an imitation of water polo
over the back of a seat. Then, just as
the fun was at an almost impossible
point, and the conductor, highly enter
tanned but worried. was considering
how to get this chan arrested Pi1I1,
walked up TO him with charming
friendliness and shook hands
Zone tn hesh track meets I've ever
had pleasure attendin', SIR he said
genially. and sat down and relapsed
into grave dignity.
So he remained for five minutes. to
the trembling joy of his exhausted
guardian, but it was too good to be
true. Suddenly, at Fifty-third street.
he spied young woman at the other
end of the car. There were not nor !.
than nine passengers, so that each
person might have had a matter of