Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-06-03

the houris In paradise and so does not |
care to look into the faces of earthly |
damsels."
"You may still keep your Christian
faith. for the Dodola has won the fn- |
vor of the Thunderer." replied the star
geshina. Listen to his lovemaking In |
response to the witchery Of that wild
dove! DO you hear itf'
The distant murmur Of coming !
shower confirmed the credulity Of the !
peasants.
Eyes, soon the Holy Virgin will turn
her bright glances upon u.s. said he,
looking at the sky.
"who Is that wild dove who acts the
Dodola 2" inquired Amesa.
"The one told you OF, who has come
into our neighbours cot" replied the old
man. "But only the sharp eyes Of the
crows saw where she came from Did
she not speak our tongue and know our
ways as well as any Of us l should say
she was one Of the gypsies who were
driven out of the morning land by II
mour. Yet 1t may be that her own
story Is true. She says she had two
lovers in her village, and these two
were brothers in God, who had taken
the vow before heaven and St John
to help and never to hinder each other
In whatever adventure of love or brig
nndage at cost Of limb or llfe But
as the hot blood of neither Of these
lovers could endure to see this nymph
In the arms Of the other 1t was deter.
mined that she should be slain by the
hand Of both rather than that the
sacred brotherhood should be broken.
BY her own fathers hearth the two
daggers were struck together at her
heart, but the strong arms Of the
slayers collided, and both blows
glanced. She escaped and fled and
came hither."
"And you believe this storyf" asked
Amesa, with look of Incredibly min
slcd with triumph, as of one who knew
more than the narrator.
81 believe her story, noble Amesa.
becausc-because no one has told me
any other. But He shook his head.
docs not the young stranger you
spoke Of know something of her, that
he prowls about this neighborhood? p
asked the guest.
at may lie. l had not thought II,
but II may well he. Hist"
The Dodola passed by, returning to
her own cottage. As she did so her
bright black eyes glanced coquettishly
at the stranger from beneath her disar'
ranged chaplet of flowers and dishevel'
ell hair. She soon returned, having
assumed her garments rs n peasant
maid. but with evident effort to make
this simple attire set OFF the great nat.
ural beauty Of face and form, Of which
she was fully conscious. Her forehead
was too low, but Pygmalion could not
have chiseled brow and temples
upon which glossy black ringlets clus
tered more bewitchingly. Her eyes
flashed too cold freight to give one
the impression Of great amiabilty in
their possessor. But the long lashes
|, which dropped before them partially
|, yelled their stare so as to give the illu
sion Of coyness IL not of maidenly mod
esty.
, The girls face flushed with the con
seriousness of being gazed at approx
ingly by the courtly stranger. But the
, pretty toss of her head showed that
the blush was due as much to the con
| ccit Of her beauty as to bashfulness
As she talked with the other maidens
/, she glanced furtively toward the door
. Of the konak. where Amesa sat. The
young voivode foresaw that It would
l.. .sIt. 30 thA ,.I hos
b. self to be the chief agent in any plar
, he might have for her abduction.
. He needed, however, to make more
certain of her identity with the object
4 of his search. He could discern NJ
Y trace Of Mara de Stresses In her face
l. much less In her manner. Since ORA
/. kul had suggested II, he imagined re
q semblance to De Stresses himself
v whose bearing was naughty and hi
8 temperament fiery.
2 The evening brought the young maj
n Of whom the stargeshina had spoken
4 His resemblance to the description
i given him of Constantine left no doub
3 In Amesa's mind Of his being the mys
/. terious custodian OF the heiress to hi
n estates. The young Servian he sup
r posed would at once recognize him a
c Amesa, for as prominent officer II
Il the army his face would be well know
to all who had been In Castriot
l. camps, even II the gossip Of the vii
r layers did not at once inform him o
3, his presence. 1t We're best, then
d thought Amesa, to boldly confront him
a win him II possible to his service; l
It not, destroy him.
o The young stranger was ut once Of
o frolicsome terms with the village girl
e and lads, and Amesa thought he oil
D. served that through 1t all the felloN
IS kept sharp If not suspicious ey
IS upon him. Lest he should escape, tn
l. voivode invited him to walk beyon
r the houses of the village, When out O
p sight and hearing he suddenly turne
a. upon the young man and, laying
4. hand upon his shoulder exclaimed:
ir "You are known, man"
g. Upon the instant the stranger wa
le transformed from the saunterlng peas
a