Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-09-24
8. Ochiai, removed to Beretania 81
near Maunakea- 2SSl

white hair browning a face delicate In
the pink and white of faded roseleaf,
For she was fifty.four and he was sixty
She owned a pretty cottage at an
easy declevity in the famous mountain
town, and he was staying at hotel
just across the little canyon that served
as q street.
] He had stopped one day to look over
THE low stone fence where she stopped,
training some homely, old-fashioned
flowers that were sprawling riotously
over the ground, regardless of the or
derby soul that fain would have had
each blossom face primly In one direc'
ton.
well, WELL" he said, IF there isn't
some real old butter and eggs | have
/ MT seen the flower since I was boy.
| YES" she answered in the friendly
fashion of Westerners, II like the old
fashioned flowers myself Maybe like
them because they were so hard to
grow at first in this climate. But they
do real well now"
"These take one right back to my
boyhood's home in Illinois," unused the
man, pinching a yellow, fuzzy throated
blossom to make II cape.
why. I am from Illinois, too" she
said, with a pleased look. Then. with
timid courtesy, she added. Would
you like to come in and see my herb
garden?"
| She led him to the back of the tiny
cottage, where, In straight, well tended
rows, were growing tansy, sweet mar.
joram, sage, lavender and, clustering
In fragrant shelter against a great red
boulder, punches of thyme and Angel.
lea.
The man sat down on a clean bench.
people say there are no old people
nowadays Why, have just returned
from a meeting of club women in Los
Angeles, where there were many wo-
men older than I. | forget how old
really must be until look in the
glass" Then she added merrily;
''When am with women my age find
myself thinking they are ages Older
than |. suppose men kept up the de
fusion. too"
Life is full Of sad memories and re,
grets to a man." he sighed.
you have your children-grand
children, perhaps?"
"They have their own interests.
feel that am bat an incident to them
And your" he looked at her again with
sudden attention, but with puzzled
absent questioning.
~? Oh, was never married. | am
an old, old maid"
"Why, how lonely you must be-"
Taking off his spectacles, he wiped
his eyes.
Dear mel" he muttered, "how thi,
makes me think of Katie Dayton, and
the time when was just Archi,
Glenn"
The woman stared and looked at hin
: incredulously. What! This stiff, arts
tocratic old gentleman with spectacles
a millionaire, gossip had 1t, the gay
and gallant Archie Glenn? Oh, impos
sible! Archie Glenn, the light-heart
ed, inconsequent Archie with bale
spot on the crown of his silvered head
She almost laughed aloud with genu
inc, youthful amusement.
, She laughed. mot lonelier than 20,
! by your own word. l have plenty o.
friends, many of them among the youni
people. You see, they all imagine
: must have had a romance In my life
and that pleases them"
"And of course you have?"
She shook her head, smiling. "If
ever had, 1t was so long ago that hay,
forgotten It,"
Across the ravine came the sounds
lof gay laughter from a group Of happ,
young people on the veranda at tn,
Cliff house. Presently the tinkling OF |
guitar and the strains of an old song
sung in mellow baritone, fioated GU
to the two listeners,
/ "Oh there's nothing half SO sweet il
life
As loves young dream"
The man got up with an impatien
gesture. 1.-THE insolence of youth" h,
said, and walked out of the house with
: cut another word.
1--WE old people forget many thing
until some chance brings them back I,
! us, and II seems but yesterday we LIVED
them" he was saying. Nov this gar
den of sweet herbs reminds me of tn,
town where | lived as boy, and of ,
) girl l used to know-yes. my frs
IsWeethearf Her mother had inst smell