Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-06-14

ant maid. but my bride, my wire, MIS-
tress of Castle Craggyknoll the peer
less"''-
"What's that?" she exclaimed, lEeak-
ing off suddenly.
whats what?" asked her sister
drowSily.
seems to me | heard somebody in
the Kitchen"
CLARA is there, isn't she? quericd
Bradley.
"Yes. butt thought-yes, there's
somebody else. do blieve it's n man.
You don't s'pose she's got beau? I'm
goin' to see"
And, before the others could rcmon-
strate, she put 1.-THE Comforter on the
table and started for the kitchen.
They heard her cross the dining room
and open the door. Then came an ex-
camation.
"Why, why!" she cried; and then,
"Well / do declare"
'What do you s'pose 'tis?" asked
Miss Prissy. now thoroughly awake
The kitchen door had swung to- but
there was great clatter of voices be-
hind it. Miss Tempy was exclaiming
and arguing; Clara Hopkins, who was
visiting the old maids during the alb
sence of her folks from town, appar
emily, was saying very little, and a
third person, in deep bass rumble.
was explaining something or other
Land of goodness" cried Miss Pris-
sy, 81 hope it amt the minister, and
me in this old wra>lperr'
The kitchen door was opened, nSgI
Tempy appeared beaming. and thcrHI
less Il parsonage than Captain Ezra
Titcomb. The captains face was tn
least bit redder than usual, but he was
otherwise rs suavc and unmovcd as III
the time of his previous call had been
but yesterday instead of four years
before.
"Well, Prissy." he said, shaking
hands with the invalid, "how are you'll
tonight? Most ready to come on deck
and take command? No. don't sit up.
Evcnin'. Brad"
Poor Miss Prissy! she pattcd her
tumbled hair into the most present |
able shape possible, hurricdly pulled the
red and white knitted "afGhan' over
the wrapper and managed to gasp that
she was glad to see the captain. Then
she sat still and stared reproachfully
at Miss Tempy.
But that lady was too excited tol
notice her sisters agitation. She f1ut-
tered about the visitor like hen with
one chicken, trying to hang up his hat,
dropping it, blushing violently as shel
collided with him in the attempt to|
pick it I'D and generally behaving, nsI
Miss Prissy said afterward, like a
born gump.
"Set right down, cap'n," she pleaded.
"We're reel glad to see you. What
made you come to the kitchen doof!|
I couldn't think who twas, could you,
Prissy? Oh, my sakes."
In her nervous haste she had pushed
forward the big armchair that had
once been the throne of Captain Da"l-
us, but which, owing to the inrnHlcsl
of age. had for some time been kept
in the corner for show purposes only.
1t had a weak leg. and when captain
Titcomb planted himself on the worn
black oiIclotfl cushion the infrm mem
Der promptly bent inward, and the
captain slid gracefully to the floor.
"Tempyw exclaimed Miss Prissy In
a freezing tone. Bradley laughed and
ran to assist the fallen one. Miss TEN
DIV. now in a perfectly helpless state,
wrung her hands and suffered.
"The idea of givin him fathers
chair.' cried Miss Prissy. "Tempy,
have you gone loony? ] hope you anti
hurt. Cap'n Ezra. We never use that
chair now. 1t used to belong to IA
Their"
Miss Tempy was heard to remark,
feebly, that it looked $50 like him.
She declared afterward that she didn't
say it.
The captain made light of the acct
dent and selected another seat, care
fully testing it beforehand. He at once
began to talk about the weather and
Miss Prissy's illness. But the older
sister interrupted him as soon as the
opportunity offered.
"What made you come to the back
door, she asked.
There wasn't an instant's hesitancy |
in the captains reply:
ooh" he said lightly, ats rainin' n
little, and l thought | wouldn't muss
I'D them floors of yours. | know them
floors of old" he added, and laughed
heartily. He continued to talk about
the floors and seemed to think his fear
of soilng them a great joke. Miss
Tempy, who was a trihe more rational
by this time, laughed with him, but
Miss Prissy seemed still curious.
You used to come to the dnin' room
door, even when it showed" she said.
Eyes, but had ON my sea boots this
time, and they're so,big | tote ha'f the
road along with me, Reminds me-" he
added hastily, Just in time TO cut off
another question, 'of what the old man
my dad. ! menn-sald about colored
cook he had aboard his ship once, Dad
said that darky's feet WIS the largest
live things without lungs that he ever
SAY out OF water"
ITO Be Continued