Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-09-29
8. Ochiai, removed to Beretania st.
near Maunakea. 1881

LET us walk part way" said Rhodes
and they slowly strslled down the thor.
oughfare that led toward the Blanch.
ard cottage.
Presently the man spoke, and his
voice was low and earnest.
Miss Blanchard, Nellie he said. lit
Is nearly month now since | met you.
and 1t has been a very happy month
for me. | can't tell you of the good
your friendship has done Inc. | am
man with new purposes and new hopes.
| need you. Nellie-I feel that | cannot
do without you. VIII you be my wife,
There was little silence. His face
was eagerly turned to hers. but she did
not look at him.
Il like you very much" she present.
any other man have ever met. But
marriage is very serious problem. We
must look at 1t in a practical way.
am Independent, and useful and rea
sonably happy. And then | have some
one to consider besides myself. II ]
married you, would have to give up
my present employment
"0f course" he cried.
"And are you in position no caro-
for both my mother and MYSELF"
She asked the question with q gen.
tie franliness, her tender eyes turned
upon him.
/ He slightly flushed at he met her
gaze. 49,.
"And will you marry me when
am?" he asked.
She hesitated but q moment.
Yes" she answered, Il WILL"
He laughed boyishly. He looked ten
years younger.
"Oh, III promise You It won't be
lGng." he cried. 1T won't he long"
And he fell to whistling a merry tune.
"Oh, forgot il was sunday" he said
with a comical grimace, And there's
our car. Come, let's run. dearest" and
he caught her hand as they sped along
There is no doubt Nellie Blanchard
was somewhat disappointed when her
Sunday guest failed TO appear In the
Office Of Milliken & Co. the next morn.
ing. She had expected him and he did
not come. AS the moments wore along
with no tidings from him. she began
to realize a little how much his com.
partnership meant to her.
But the busy Milliken hadn't been
gone from the Office more than five
minutes that afternoon when tho miss
Ing man appeared. He came In quick
~, and the girl noticed that his face
was flushed and his eyes bright indeed.
"A little late" he said, but there
were SO many details. It's all right
though. I'm going to make my last re.
port on progress"
"Your last report?" she echoed.
"Oh, don't mean to stop progress.
ing" he cried. 81 only mean that am
going to stop coming here"
Il don't understand she said lit.
tie family.
Things are looking so bright" he
explained, that have actually come
in to settle the little Indebtedness that
has bothered me so long"
What indebtedness?'
"Why, the dollar you loaned me, OF
course"
She shook her head at him. She even
smiled.
tits hardly worth making all this
ado about" she said.
"Oh, yes, 1t u.s." he cried, and drew
from an inner pocket long envelope.
From this he extracted a legal docu.
ment and laid 1t on the table before
her. For value received" he said.
For me?" she asked.
He eagerly nodded.
Read it," he cried.
She planced rapidly through the pa.
per and her eyes dilated as she read.
"The consideration is 81, as you see,"
he said.
She looked at him and her voice
trembled as she spoke.
Does this mean that you have given
me that row of houses on Decatur ave-
nue., the row my father promised me?"
That's the deed" he said, "and it's
sealed, signed, recorded and delivered.
And now, please ma'am, and you kind.
ly click out your resignation to Mill.
ken 4 Co., and then name the happy
hay?"
Her eyes were still upon him.
"You-you have deceived me-" she
murmured.