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little girl one day, inquired of her con-
corning the health of her father. The next
moment 1 could have bitten my tongue out
remembering that there wasn't such thing
as a father-not an American father-in the
whole street. She did not burst into tears
like they do in the story books. She said
He Is quite well, thank you.' simply. pa
thet:cally, just like that. Il am sure of it,
l replied with fervor. well and happy
as he deserves to be. and one day you will
find him again; you will go to him. "Ah.
yes she answered, shining light. it
seemed to me- upon her fair young face
Mamma says she is getting just bit tired
of this one-horse sort of place. She is
quite looking forward to seeing him again"
1t touched me very deeply-this weary
woman, tired Of her long bereavement,
actually looking forward to the fearsome
passage leading her to where the loved
one waited for her in { better land.
For one bright, breezy creature I grew to
feel a real regard. All the months that 1
had known her. seen her almost daily,
never once had 1 heard a single cry of pain
escape her lips; never once had heard her
cursing fate. OF the many who called
upon her in her charming fiat not one had
ever, to my knowledge. offered her consoia-
ton or coincidence. 1t seemed to me cruel,
callous. The overburdened heart, finding no
outlet for its imprisoned grief, no sympa-
thetic ear into which to pour its tale of woe,
breaks, we are told. Anyhow. 1t isn't good
for it. l decfded-no one else seeming keen
that 1 would supply that sympathetic ear,
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A Tip to Telephonists.

Mayor Brush of Mount Vernon has es.
tablished a municipal ice plant. A young
man congra tulated him this plant the
other day and Mayor Brush answered:
Corporations and monopolies are very
powerful things. but one way or another
1t is always possible to get just treatment
from them.
Il have friend, Whiting. who is the VIC
tim of the telephone monopoly. In his
town there is only one company, the rates
are high and the service Is poor. Writings
telephone got out of order. Sometimes II
needed attention and Whiting said so re-
peatedly. but the company wouldn't do any
thing for him but send him bill promptly
at the months end. and the telephone re-
mained In very unSa tisfactory state.
Finally Whiting put his brain to work
on the problem Of getting his telephone re-
paired. and the next time he called up.
taking down the receiver. he said mildly:
Hello
Hello was the reply. Is this Whit.
mgr
Isn't this No. lib Az
No. indeed. 1t is No. ST2 B. Mrs.
Cora Thompson
oh. excuse me-
whiting smiled and returned to his
work. A minute or two passed and he waa
called up by feminine volce-the proud,
naughty voice Of the young lady a the ex.
change.
No. lib A, Isn't it? she said.
No. no. said Whiting.
Isn't this Mr. Whiting?
No. 1t is Harry Smithers'
what Is your NUMBER
Why. Il92. of course
ooh
Silence. Then, minute later, the tele-
phone girl rang again.
Hello. No. lib A? Mr.. Whiting" she
said.
No. Whiting answered in a surprised
tone. This is No. Alb A.
"'Oh.'
Five minutes pause. Then:
Hello. No. 713 Az
1T was mans voice, the managers.
Whiting. smiling grimiy, answered 1t.
No. This Is the Globe Theater'
There was an angry mutter over the
wire, and half an hour later a foreman and
six assistants. armed with all kinds oil
batteries and tools. invaded Writings of.
flee. When they left. the telephones defect
had been repaired and 1t was for the first
time In six months. in perfect condition"
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Of ministers. The ministers. who were
holding a convention In the town, were
much anu sed when Mr.. AIDES identity was
disclosed to them. One of them said dur.
ing dinner:
How does a humorist of your Stang
feel. sir, In such reverend company al
this?'
Il feel" said Mr.. AIDE, promptly. like a
lion in den of Daniels
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The Patriots Rebuke,
An Ado Witttcisnn.

George AIDE. automobiling In Indiana.
dined at country hotel among roomful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
JERONIE'S VIEWS ON AMERICAN HUSBANDS

Copyright, 1906, by Jerome z. Jerome)
AM glad am not an American hus-
band. At first sight this may appear
remark uncompiimentary to the
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the recollection of the too ardent pres.
sure of his lips, the burning yet re.
spectful glance he had shot at her, by
others unperceived, when he said fare.
well. The situation was complicated
in every possible way for Alvarado.
Had he been a man of family. like his
friend. De Tobar, he would have gone
boldly to the viceroy and asked for the
hand Of his daughter, in which case
he thought he would have met with no
refusal; but, being ignorant of his
birth, having not even legal right ia
the name he bore. he knew that the
proud old hidalgo would rather see his
daughter dead than welded to him. OF
all the ancient splendors Of the Span
ish people there was left them but one
thing Of which they could be proud
their ancient name. De Lara, who be.
longed to one of the noblcst and most
distinguished families of the Iberian
peninsula, would never consent to dc.
grade his line by allying his only
daughter to a nobody, however worthy
In other respects the sutton might
prove to be.
Again, had Mercedes father been
any other than the lifelong patron and
friend to whom he literally owed every
thing that he possessed, such was the
impCtuosity OF Alvarado's disposition
that at every hazard he would have Ia
ken the girl by stealth or force from
her fathers protection. made her his
wife and sought an asylum in England
or France or wherever he could. Sc
desperate was his state of mind. SO
overwhelming his love. that he would
have shrunk from nothing to win her
Yet Just because the viceroy had been
a father to him, just because he had
loved him, had been unexamplcd in his
kindness and consideration to him
Just because he reposed such absolute
ly unlimited confidence in him, the
young man felt bound in honor by fct
, tiers that he could not break.
And there was his friendship for Dc
, TobGr. There were many young gal
| lants about the vice regal court who
, jealous of Alvarado's favor and en-
'vioua of his merits, had not scruplcd IL
the face OF his unknown origin Il
sneor. to mock or to do either Of thes,
things to so brave and able a soldier
Amid these gilded youths De Tobar
with noble magnanlmity and affection
had proved himself Alvarado's stancl
friend. A romantic attachment hat
sprung up between the two young men
and the first confidant Of DE Tobarl
love affairs had been Alvarado him
self. To betray his friend was almos
as bad as to betray his patron. It wa
not to be thought OF.
Yet how could he, a man in who's
blood-though II may have been lgnC
BILE for aught he knew-ran all the pas
sions OF his race with the fervor an
fire OF the best. man who loved, a
he did, the ground upon which the So
norlta de Lara walked. stand by tame
ly and see her given to another n
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matter who he might be?
Srain under the last poor, crazed,
bewitchcd, degenerate descendant of
the once formidable Hapsburgs had
reached the lowest depths of ignominy
and decay. Alone almost under her
flag Venezuela was well governed --
from the Spanish standpoint, that Is.
From the native American point OF
view the rule of even the gentlest of
Spaniards had made a hell on earth OF
the faircst countries OF the new cont.
nCnt. or all the cities and garrisons
which were under sway Of the NicerOy
dc Lara. La Guayra was the best ap.
pointed and cared for. But IL did not
require a great deal Of time or attcn.
ton from so skilled commander a.
Alyarado TO keep things i'm proper
shape. Time. therefore, hung heavily
on his hands.
On the other side Of the mountain
range. after a descent Of several thou.
sand feet to beautiful verdant valley
whose altitude tempered the tropic
heat of the low latitude into a salu.
brious and delightful climate, lay the
palace Of the viceToy and the city
which surrounded II. St. Jago. or San.
tiago de Leon, commonly called the
city OF Caracas.
Many a day had Alvarado turned
backward from the white walled. red
rooted town spread out at his feet
baking under the palms, seething In
the fierce heat, as II striving to pierce
with his gaze the great cordilleras. on
the farther side of which in the COO
white palace beneath the gigantic cci
has the queen of his heart made her
home He pictured her at all hours ol
the day; he dwclt upon her image, go
ing over again in his mind each detail
! of her face and figure.
He was made, mad with love for her
crazcd with hopeless passion. There
, seemed TO be no way out of his misery
but for hi INTO pass his own sword
through his heart. or to throw himself
| from the prccipice. or to plunge into
| the cruel blue OF the cnveluping Crab
bean-the color of the sea changed In
bis eye with his temper. like a woman
mood. Yet he was young; he hoped In
spite OF himself. He praycd-for hC
was not old enough to have lost faith
and he planned. Besides. he was toe
brave a soldier TO kill himself, and sh,
was not yet married. She was not for
mally betrothcd even, although II wal
well known that her father looked ia
vorably upon De Tobar's suit; no for
NAL announcement had been made o
II as yet SO. in spite of his judg
mcnt, he dreamed. The thoughts o
youth and love are long, long thoughts
indeed.
That morning the young captain, en-
crossed IN his emotions. was not awar,
OF the approach OF a messenger unit
the clank Of the mans sword upon tn
stone flags Of the plaza caused him /,
lift his head. He was a soldier, an Off
Ger OF the bodyguard OF the viceroy
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nounced his intention to betroth the
girl to Don Felipe de Tobar Boba.
dllla, young gentleman of ancient
lineage and vast wealth, who had been
born in America and was the reputed
head in the Western hemisphere OF
the famous family whose name he
tore
The consent of Donna Mercedes to
The betrothal had not been asked. That
was a detail which was not considered
necessary by parents in the year of
grace 1885, and especially not by
Spanish parents. That she should OBJ.
iect to the engagement or refuse to
carry out her fathers plan never
crossed the viceroy's imagination. That
she might love another was an idea TO
which he never gave a thought. II
was the business of well brought up
Spanish maiden to be a passive instru-
ment in the carrying out of her faith.
er's views. especially in things matri.
monial, In which, indeed, love found
little room for entrance. But Donna
Nero edes loved Captain Alvarado. and
she cared nothing for Don Felipe. Not
that Don Felipe was disagreeablc to
her or to any one: he was Spanish
gentleman in every sense OF the word
handsome. distinguished, proud and
gallant-but she did not, could not.
love him. To complicate matters still
further De Tobar was Captain Alva.
radios cherished companion and most
intimate friend.
The progress of the love affair be.
tween Alvarado and Donna Mercedes
had been subjective rather than OBJ.
jective. They had enjoyed some un.
usual opportunities for meeting on &C
count OF the station the former filled
in the viceroy's household and the
place he held in his heart, yet the op
portunities for extended freedom of in
tercourse between young men and
women OF the gentler class in those
days, and especially among Spaniards
of high rank, were extremely limited
The old count took care to see that his
daughter was carefully watched anC
shielded. not because he suspected hei
of anything, for he did not, but be
cause II was a habit of his people and
his ancestry. The busy life that hi
led. the many cmploymcnts which
were lHIuSl upon Hlll, MS Hlllllalg uu
ties, had kept the days OF the younl
soldier very full. and under the mos
favorable circumstances he woult
have had little time for lovcmaking.
But, though they had enjoyed brie
opportunity for personal intercourse
the very impossibilities Of free com
munication. the difficulties OF meeting
had but added fuel and fire to their al
lection. Love had famed into thes'
two hearts with all the intensity o
their tropic blood and tropic land. Al
varado's passion could feed for day
and grow large upon the remembrance
OF the fragrance of her hand when h.
kissed II last In formal salutation
Mercedes soul could infold itself Il
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and he bore in his hand a letter sealed
with the De Lara coat of arms. The
messenger saluted and handed the
packet to the captain.
Yesterday evening his excellency
the viceroy charged me to deliver this
letter to you today"
"Fadrlque,' called Alvarado to a
servitor, "a fagon Of wine for the cav.
alier. BY your leave. sir" he contin-
ued, with formal politeness. opening
the packet and reading the message:
To the Captain Alvarado, Comman.
dante OF La Guayra. Greeting:
AS one faithful to the fortunes OF
our family, We would crave your hon
orable presence at our palace in San
tiago tomorrow evening. In view of
yourf service and devotion we have
done you the honor TO appoitn you as
one OF the witnesses to the formal be.
trothal Of our daughter, Donna Merce.
des. to your friend, Don Felipe de To.
bar. After that, as we have received
appeals for help from the Orinoco
country. we propose to lead his most
catholic majesty's imperial troops thi.
Their in person TO overawe the natives,
and, reposing full trust in your fidel.
ity and honor, we deign to csmmit the
Donna Mercedes to your safe keeping
in our city Of La Guayra until we re-
turn. Therefore make your prepara-
lions accordingly. Given under our
hand and seal,
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FATAL MISTAKES

Think OF a simple mistake IN n name
costing tens Of thousands OF lives per year.
But II ls "a fact.
Every third or fourth person WIN admit
"a little kidney trouble" We are sudden
" waking up to the fact that the deaths
from this CIus" are over 10000 per year,
and that It is Brights Disease. DR..
I.oOmis Of Bellevue Hospital. declares
ninC.tcnths OF people over 40 have some
form OF Bright's Disease. and the Health
Commissioner Of Chicago In October, 1904.
showed that six per cent. Of the adult
young Of that city have u.
And the census shows that out Of 63,si2
deaths from kidney trouble In the year
1900, aS,IiS, over ninC.tCnths. were due to
Brights Disease.
What IL to h. donC7
simply this-=No matter how mild your
kidney trouble II. IN he safe, treat II az
once ~ Brights Disease.
There Is only one specific known. viz.
Fultons Renal Compound for Brights Dis
case. Recovery IL almost certain. nearly
ninc-tcnths recovering. Ask for remark
able booklet that includes no cases except
! Those that were supposed to be incurablc.
This booklet II for thoughtful people.
HONOLULU DRUG CO, Local Agents.
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CONTINUED from Saturday

The water was roaring and smash.
ing against the shore not a cables
length away. Usually in those lati.
tudes II deepened tremendously a
short distance from the low water
mark, and there was grave question
whether or not the anchor, with the
scope they could give It, would reach
bottom. Al any rate, IL must be tried
and tried now. Morgan had held on
as long as he dared. Another minute
and they would strike.
Down helm!" he shouted. Flow
the head sheets! Round in on the
fore braces there! Show that canvas
aft"
The lateen sail on the crossjaclS
yard had been furled, and Morgan, to
I'd force her head around, directed the az.
ter guard to spring into the mizzen
exposing II and their bodies to the
wind to act as a sail in assisting her to
head away from the shore.
Helm alec! Hard a.lee!" cried
Hornigold, who, with his men, was
grasping the spokes like a giant.
Slowly the old galleon swung up In.
to the wind, the waves beating upon
her bows with a noise like crashes OF
thunder. A moment she hung. She
could go no farther.
shes in irons! Swing that yard"
ioared Morgan. Cut and veer away
forward
There was splash as the anchor
dropped overheard.
HANDS on that hawser!" he shout
ed. Everybody walk away with IT,
The whole crew apparently piled on
TO the anchp hawser in the hope OF
pulling the ships stern around so that
the wind would take her on the other
bow. She was still hanging in the
wind and driving straight on shore.
Haul away" cried Morgan, but the
hawser came in board through their
hands with a readiness and ease that
showed the anchor had not taken the
ground. The drag of the cable to the
anchor, however, and the still unspent
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impetus of the first swing turned the
galleon's stern slightly to windward
Her head began slowly TO fall off.
she stays! She makes IT," cried
the captain. Meet her with the helm!
Let go and haul Cut away the haw
ser!"
IL had been tremendous feat of sea
manship and bade fair TO be success
full. Il was yet touch and go. however
and the breakers were perilously near
They were writhing around her fore
foot now, yet the wind was at last com
ing in over the other bow.
Were safe!' cried Morgan, Flat
ten in forward Haul aft the sheets
and braces."
At that instant there was a terrific
crash heard above the roar Of the TEN
pest. The fore topmast of the Almi
rante Recalde carried sharply off al
the hounds. Relieved Of the pressure
she shot up into the wind once more
and drove straight into the seethinG
seas.
The men were as quick to see the
danger as was Morgan. They came
rushing aft, barring their weapons
pouring curses and lmprecations upor
him. He stood with folded arms, 9
scornful smile on his old face. lookins
upon them, Garth watching and read!
by his side. In another second, with {
conclusion which threw them all L
the deck, the doomed ship strucl
heavily upon the sands.
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of his serene highness the Count AL.
varo de Lara, grandee of Spain and
viceroy of Venezuela, he had been
honored with great responsibilities,
which he had discharged to the salts.
faction of his master. From military
point of view the office of governor
of La Guayra, which he then filled,
was of sufficient importance to entitle
him to high position and much consid
Grafton in the vice regal court of Ca.
racas.
or unknown parentage, Alvarado
had been received into the family of
the yiceroy when an infant. He had
been carefully reared, almost as he
had been De Laras son. and had been
given abundant opportunity to dlstin.
guish himself. In the course of his
short life he had managed to amass a
modest fortune by honorable means.
He was young and handsome. He had
been instructed, for the viceroy had
early shown Partially for him, in the
best schools in the new world. His
education had been ripened and pol.
ished by a sojourn Of several years In
Europe, not only at the court OF Ma.
drid. but also at that of Versailles,
where the Count de Lara had been
sent as ambassador to the grand mon.
arch during a period in which, for the
sake of supervising the education of
his only daughter. he had temporarily
absented himself from his beloved
Venezuela. That an unknown man
should have been given such opportu.
mites, should have been treated with
so much consideration, was sufficient
commentary on the unprecedented
kindness of heart of the old hidalgo
who represented the falling power OF
| his most catholic majesty of Spain,
Carlos H., the Bewltched, in the new
world. Whatever his origin, there
/ fore, he had been brought up as a
Spanish soldier and gentleman, and
the old count was openly proud of him
With assured station, ample means
increasing reputation, with youth
health and personal good looks, the
happy governor should have been q
! happy man. But II was easy to see
from the heavy frown upon his sunny
face-for he was that rare thing In
Spain. a blue eyed blond, who at first
sight might have been mistaken fol
an Englishman-that his soul was fill
ed with melancholy. And well Il
might be, for Alvarado was the victim
of a hopeless passion for Mercedes d,
Lara. the viceroy's daughter. known
from one end Of the Caribbean to thu
other from her beauty and her father
station as the Pearl of Caracas.
Nor was his present sadness due 4
unrequited passion. for he was conf
dent that the alteration of his hear
was met with an adequate respons
from its object. Indeed, II was NJ
secret to him that Mercedes loved hin
with a devotion that matched his own
Il was not that. but her father had an
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CHATTER TX.

Captain Dominique Alyarado stood
alone on the plaza of the ancient cas-.
tie which for over a century had been
the home OF the governors of La Gu.
agra. He was gazing listlessly down
over the parapet which bordered the
bare sheer precipice towering above
the seaport town. There was nothing
in his eyes, but great deal in his
heavy heart.
Captain Alvarado, who filled the
honorable station OF commandante OF
the port, was a soldier OF proved cour.
age. The protege and favorite officer
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-02-24
THE SECOND PRIZE Is a beautiful

Kroeger Piano purchased from
the well-known piano dealers, The
Bergsstrom Music Co. Its cash
price is $3.50. The second prize
is as handsome as the first prize
and is as useful and beautiful for
indoor entertainment as the auto
is for outside recreation. The
piano is full scale of 7 Is octaves,
height Aft. Gin, width 5ft. SPIN.
The winner Of the piano may
choose any color of wood or finish
made by the famous Kroeger Piano
Company of New York. A special
feature of this instrument is that
it is wired in such manner as to
withstand the moisture of our eli
mate.
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The SEVENTH PRIZE is a fine Ieath

err golf stick bag, rawhide sewed,
made by the bridgeport Gun I'm
plement Co. and will contain a set
of the very finest Willie Parke
sticks. This popular prize is from
the sporting goods department of
Z. o. Hall & Son, Ltd, who will
select the bag and sticks to suit the
taste Of the winner.
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ITO be eontlnued.)

A German students finds one OF the
causes OF the inability OF the Russian
railroads to handle their traffic is the
antiquity OF their locomotives. The
number OF these seems in tolerable pro-
portion to the traffic. for out Of 1925
locomotives no less than 6.919 are from
twenty-four to forty-slx years old.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-02-24
THE FIFTH PRICE Is an order to b

given by the Bulletin Publishing
Co., Ltd, good for $40 worth Of
merchandise and will be honored
by any merchant who advertises in
this paper. The winner of the
prize may choose the store and the
goods.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-02-24
THE THIRD PRIZE Is a modern ne.

cessity in every home where
thoughtfulness for the future has a
place-it is an order on the Henry
Waterhouse Trust Co., Ltd, for a
$4,000 policy in The Continental
Casualty Co. Of Chicago. The pre-
mium Of this policy is 10000 and
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-02-24
THE SIXTH PRIZE Is a pomesti

Sewing Machine, for which the
Won Hamm-Young Co. are the
agents. 1t is a high-grade ma
chine, complete, useful and wei.
come addition to the home.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-02-24

Rife. The name this gun bears
carries with it all that is good and
dependable in small arms. This
valuable prize may be seen at the
up-to-date sporting goods store of
Woods g. Sheldon.