Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-01-14

ship between him and the gentle.eyed
Miss Muriel grew. Jonah's gourd was
nothing to 1t. The more he saw Of
her the more he found to admire; her
aims were so high, her sense Of duty
so strict, her unworldliness so edify.
ing. 1t is a mistake to think that we
can only appreciate those qualities In
others that we possess ourselves. On
the contrary, the coward envies the
courage Of the brave, and the money.
worshipper will value to the full the
disinterestednes Of the mercenary.
When two hearts beat one measure
on common ground Of high and lofty
sentiment, even II one of them is that
of an alien and the other can boast Of
some Of England's bluest blood in its
veins, many Of the worlds shibboleths
and conventionalities may be laid
aside. Mrs. Sinclair, with her clever.
ness. saw this from the first. For a
woman of fashion she was extraor.
dinarily Indifferent to Mrs. Grundy's
censures. Muriel, she said, was an en-.
gagged girl, and Mr.. Van Schaafte knew
It. II people talked because they were
so much together, let them do so.
What did 1t signify? The chief, In.
deed the only thing that was Of any
consequence was to have the approval
OF ones own conscience.
And Alfred Van schaafte quite
agreed with her.
The season-one OF the most bril-.
liant on record-was at last on the
wane' ana ye. mrs' sinclair fingered
WI III 'omh' "uiie' "a' sun uhp.V
,iueu WIN 'ne iiohe, SUBSTITUTE io'
ne' 'u'"'e io'e'' ia'. "n'.h mis'
sinclair openly aep'oIeu' anu "hicn
she hohes',s aohno"ieuseu " nave
o",e hei u,'e','os' W pi'ns auou.'
ohe 'on"'e" he' ""s''n " ''i' van
ecnaai'e'
me iooilsn snl, ihiee soou oiers
,ha' ! hhoW vi "a'''hs io' 'ne up'iir
ins Vi .e' ,'..e n anu sne "on
w IT, Mus. pio'ohihs. No". sup
poae' sne VII n"i, ne' ,uia'e.
van oehaat'es 'naup'onins Vi "isS
murnei hau on's auueu " 'he soou
'"uy i''i'a''oh,
iou are nearly as ioo''Sh as sue 10
sue nau snappeo' n nice pair you
"ou'u ii"h''
Van Schaafte, however, was not
sensitive enough to be easily offended.
lie had only laughed good'naturedly,
and each time that the ladies had
altered their plans for leaving town
mad changed MS own 10 SUIT theirs
But, as the wise man has taught us,
there is a time for everything, and
after the first of August no one who
is any one can stay In London, as Mrs.
Sinclair was well aware. On that day,
for better, for worse, in sickness or in
health, the move must be made.
Muriel, for one, was not sorry, and
when Van Schaafte came to say good.
bye she told him so.
"Ah, yes! shall be glad to get
back to the country and the simple
life | lead there. OF course. l have
enjoyed my visit to town, and it will
always be a most pleasant memory to
me; but have other duties and high
er call. Every one has been so kind
and nice, and l have made many dear
friends. II Is a little sad to think
shall never see them again"
"But why should you not see them"
asked Van Schaafte. who felt himself
included in this category. "You arc
not going into a nunnery, Miss MI
riel?'
NO; l am going to be married.
But after my marriage as far as seeing
anyone. it will be much the same. al
a nunnery. only-more So"
II do not understand. II is not nee.
essary to be buried alive, even II you