Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-06-15
SHORT STORY FOR
EVENING HOURS
iii DOCTOR AND the MILLION
ARE

game without you, any more than a
baker could make bread without -four.
Cad! What joke life is, when fell
lows we'll Here are you. as decent
a chap"
DIR. Carlo Last fidgeted and held up
his hand.
Excuse me-" he said. II don't see,
Mr.. Harrington Hough, that have
done anything that exacts praise from
you"
He did not mean 10 he sarcastic to-
ward so magnificent a patient. But he
had his reasons. They were personnel
ones. based on the illimitable contempt
he felt for the financier rs a human
being and certain pccuniary losses
which slow experience had taught him
he owed to the Vaccinations of men
like Mr.. Harrington llough.
AS decent a chap as know" pro-
ceeded the other, with smile that was
sheer tin spite of HIMSELF. shaving
rom morning TIL night for about ten
suineas a day, | suppose, with Sunday
OF, and such nasty occupation, too
Il see my patients on Sunday also. y
which he drew heavily upon his stock
cf self-control.
quite 50. There you are. And called
Iup in the night, too, | dare say?"
Even that has happened" said tn,
doctor, dryly. Indeed, you might
have remembered that only the might
before last your man favored me will
II"
| Cad! forgot. Yes. ! did. Last. dc
you think, by any chance, my mcmory's
going? I've not spared It, It's beer
hard at work these forty years. with
no rest. Is II possible?"
lie whispered the words. lie writhet
while he did so. and his face took on .
lplum-colorcd tint as his eyes started II
horror NJ the doctor over the puffy pill
lows which seemed to support thei
lower lids.
MY dear sir. don't excite yourself
You cannot afford 1t. |, one of you
counters, say t.: and ] mean II, on m!
honor. Mr. Harrington Hough."
The iinancier shivered.
Il don't like that tone in YOU" h,
said. ITS like hitting fellow wher
he's down. Confound II all. I'll no
stand II either. I'll call in somebod,
lelse."
Il wouldn't advise IL until you are
letter They'd disturb your founda
lions. have the privilege of knowing
your constitution as know my own
land"
Mr., Harrington Hough sank back up
on his silken cushions.
Iwill?" he pleaded, with u droop at III,
mouth.
The doctor smiled and washed his
hands with invisible soap In the ira
ditional way. He glanced casually al
the clock--a little golden thing OF glor,
icus workmanship, warranted to itch
SO that ordinary ears could not hear Il
Il am bound TO consider my own In.
terests, Mr.. Harrington Hough. human
itarian and professional motives apart,
he murmured.
| The financier gazed at him with UNI
holy eyes that grew larger every mo-
nent.
| Cad. what would do without my
memory" he cried, as II horror-strick-
en-. What should ! be? There's not
man In the world that | can trust,
and, of course, no woman either. But
! could always trust my memory. It's
been the making OF me, that and my
pluck, ia be like iiayed ass among
the flies without It,"
The doctor made slight movement
OF impotence.
| II understand you to say" he said
brusquely. that this last breakdown is
due 10 the Rotation Of the Sea Gull
Gold Mine?"
The Gull, yes. Good name. doctor!
| Capital joke OF mine. BY - But I'm
of swearing and laughing for the pres
ent. Still, its permissible for even a
weak heart TO smile. | do hope. As
neat a combine as ever was. The
shares are at ten. That means nothing
| ~ s'"t W. ''HieNs pui " . lnt lu't,
They'll 90 no higher. We've taught
the bears their lesson this time, and
no mistake-pilled them with their own
lphysic-no Offense, hope.
But the unloading will be deuced
nice business. As ! said to Lord Sun
rise only the day before yesterday, Just
ar hour before was knocked all OF Il
heap like this; said 10 HIM We
mustn't let the scaflold poles come
tumbling about our ears after we've
been at such special pains to fix 'em
and to build up TO 'em. II they knew
their work the brutes might do IL.
Ten thousand shares chucked on
the market would set things going at n
run. But they've had their fingers
burned to the stumps. and they1l dare
not start that game, And settlement
fixed for this day week! Cad! suppos-