Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-02
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a,pyr,uot, 1900, by the New York Herald COL
q FELLOW Is a silly who il afraid
n Of the dark. but there are some
~ things which are In the dnrk
which n follow can DO afraid OF
and not be ashamed. II isn't the
dark. bu1 ,be things which are
there. ,
put I must expiAfn q little, FIRST, be-
capse this Is the rippinscst thing which
has happened to yours truly, Ham burr'
slncc he came To his Uncle TOMS 10 20
IN school where It is worth while to go TO
school. because Grandinammas dongn-
,uts are a day dream, and the nut>rees
are getting ripo. This bling more ike
a story book story than the other ones
Eve told YOU, III have to do what the real
story teilers do-explain little, first.
Very well, then. Every fellow In the
class. and tho girls, too, saw one morn
ing that teacher, Mary. had something on
her mind which wasn't good for It. N.Y.
nv. how hard we Did try to Jolly her into
her old self We studded Ike whiteheads,
kant as still us we could, and the girls
made excuses to go TO Marys desk, and
sneaked candy and apples and oranges
and gum into her lap, Until she laughed
aud cried together, and Said:-"My dear
children, I'm stupid this morning, Know.
INIT what oils ne can't be'cured bySaihp-;
fui of goodies" -. O.
There,s IN Inn here~vhichs1 0eU 'ant1t
y-crs ns~ssna - wa rant fo<ho tootb0t
field after sSnvvI, ..Li.- ~.ins snooto EN-
see on the piazza o~er Do porch a
Mary tslldps With a,snsn. Hswasczuen4
as we could 80, ard - rAs caoanGl
Egry svas for u ,epips ~ tb4ro sn1
tacklins hamas 10 did chez ursaas, butsi
said We saouad frse fsli Cprdn Oob, rwhp,
was waiting ct the srehntk 20 run aal
through dsnal psaottca.
When We told Bob no &c nd. shaoflsej
0urned whiea, and said. nod of,fo t1m1
self, "Oh, that Drsscal has.ccuas fdsbotnen
Then sud. look AsrssB dtS aesyud
know what Ia troubling Maryyou jusetal1
Ips. for'we'se been worried about hseH
day. - If that snrO IL berheranR shern~e
lwilrs-- I.
Bob said ne did not .douft our grat, but
Chat this man mustn't DO tackled. o.
was the burglar because he was Mays
'stepfather and had right % talk to her.
rs far as that went, but he must be
tackled In another way. -Look here, nd
dies" he said, "I'll tell youas much ns you
can understand, and you may do some
thing for me- Uhe fsliow you Jaw has q
reason for trying to get May away from
here, and She's such n ally about thinking
she owes obedience to him that she raxy
60. Its mixed MP yarn you kiadssi
couldn't make out wary we'll, but III tes
J you this:--Steppapa has q rnsrnagD N
ranged for Mary which MANN tdg n,one,
for him II he can bring II OF II W '~er'
living In thoss good days whom ssntlams1
carried swords. I'd 20 to the inn, run t:hs
man through the body. end carry oil
Mary: but II I 90 <Asse and lay himsou
with baseball hat tho eopstablerwiu NJ
rest me. and-no Macy. Hes bad lo'
that chap, a bad and clover lot, and tn
danger Is ths1 he may convince hsrstha
she should 90 home 9TH him by tn
evenings tra)n" -
Egsy and were lSfIly -sxcitHss zau
whAn Bob stouped ta think, kpc~ chs
Bggy as well a. was claiming sVhp
could be done ] thought Of settinS-6f
to the Inn and carrying Mnry off In th
confusion, but before I could ask Egg
what he planned Bob said:-'srhat fello'
plans TO work on mar fear of.a scenesan
her confoundsd sense OF duty to get ,hs
away by that train. We haven't muc
time. Esgy, wiz goa 60 out to Grans
lads for meT
..'Sursp saidsEggy.
'~Asq him 10 lot me bave xhs JbTpw
pares hooked up 10 the blackboard. II
b curious to know why tell him whafx',
told you. Drive over TO the turnpike 4
his cross road and wait for me there"
Eggy, with eyes az Dig as a cats, wi
of. and Bob told me 30 go with him. "
stopped at the livery stable and got Il
fastest horse there, not much to bras Q
and drove down TO the station.
Bob was right. a few minutes befo
train time Mary and the man came alou
and as they turned into the stanon Be
motlonlng for me 10 keep out OF sigi
stepped up to her and said, MARY, q
you going away without saying goodby
any of US, father. mother, moo ey
Ham, -
CI was where could hear and see. q
saw that Mary was daEod, and looked
Bob In way TINT made mo mad
over-mad at tho man. He stepped
'front.' Of her and said q RaRsTT