Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-03-21
By BURTON T.. STEVENSON
cosy-iSbr. ioo4. 81 Hsnry Hor Company
n Story Of Manbaffa,


not know where Mr.. Drys1alc was
Monday night; that you were not your
self the. cause Of biz leaving the
| houscT
She was staring at him with dis,cnd.
81 eyes.
81 The caue" she repeated hour.cly
/ after moment. mir. Godfrey. | will
! tell you something Uf which had de
tcrmlncd never Ia speak. When b" left
| the house that evening hc deliberately
/ broke an appointment b. had made
with mean appointment he had pray.
cd for. lie had happened 20 hear Mr
Ircmalnc make certain proposals TO
! me. In shOrt'-slc hcsitatcd and then
| proceeded steadily with raised head
II may as well tell the whole truth.
| Since the evening of that first tragedy
! Mr.. Trcmainc has been prosecuting
me with his attentions. At the time
thought them merely Insulting; | see
now that hc may have been IN ear
| nest"
81 don't In the least doubt that he
was In earnest" agreed Godfrey. Mr..
Drysdalc. then. overheard him ask YOU
10 be- his wifcT'
"Ycs Just that"
but he also heard you refuse. no
doubt
ooh, yes, ">shc said, smiling AMI col
oring little. 'hc heard me refuse In
the most positive way. but my refusal
provoked Mr.. Trcmalnc 10 an intern
perancc OF language which Mr.. Drgs.
dale resented and which he thought |
should have resented too. lie demand
ed that explain to him Mr. Trcmain"'s
position, and | promised 10 do so on
the very evening hc-hc stayed away
from the house. His staying away
offended me deeply"
Godfrey had listened with intent
eyes and n quick nod from time to
time.
There Is only one po. { lacking" lie
said. did Trcmainc know of your
intention TO tell Drysdalc the story"
YES; he even charged me with that
Intention" "a
"Nh. he had listened at IA kcyholc
probably"
lie nEld that Mr. Drysdalc himself
had told him. ! might add, Mr.. God.
frey, that | met Mr.. Dryslalc and the
officers In the hnil that morning as
they were going away. and impl)rcd
him 70 tcl! them where he had been.
lie answered me with such insult and
contempt that | thought he must be
mad"
And no wonder. NOu were playing
at cross purposes. | prosllNc, then,
that II WAS not you whas wrote Mr.,
Dryslulr this notef" and rcMndcd her
the crr.nplcl sheet Of paper he had
nshcd from DrygdGlei wnstcbaslct.
She took It with trembling hand
already beginning to suspect, perhaps
what II contained.
BE NJ The pcrgDln ut o." she
read. III am late, wait for me. c.
certainly never wrote any such note
as that, Mr.. Godfrey. Where did II
come FROM
rs 1t in your handwritlngi"
"Why. yes" she answered. looking
ut II more closely. THAT Is, 1t i some
thing like. Oh! | begin TO sce!' she
. cried, and | saw her seized with II sid
den convusivc shuddcring.
YES" said Godfrey. lit was II pretty
plot This note lured him from til,
house and kept him away until the
storm came up and he was forced 4
abandon the hope of meeting you. ii,
. concluded that you We're playing witt
him. When he returned TO the hOus,
he found that you had spent the even
ing with Trcmainc. Afterward, In hi,
room, he did II number Of violent ant
foolish things. Finally he determined
TO go away. lie started to pack hi
belongings-and then, In the hall, YOU
as he thought, added insult to injur,
by asking him TO tell
She stopped him with a wild gesture
"Oh, ! must see him" she cried
Something must be done
Something shall be done" GOdfre!
assured her, rising. THE real culpri
shall be in custody tonight"
"rhc real cnlpritY' The words ar
rested her attention.
; "Who but Trcmainei"
"TremaiucI But he was in the house
As you know, ! talked with him for
long time"
= That Is all, | think" said Godfrey.
"Onc thing more, Mr.. Godfrey" sh'
said. "Do you think we'd better tel
!, Mr. Dolroy the story
! "Ies," answered Godfrey decidedly
"Tell him the whole story. That's al
ways the best way and the safest. Re
member, your lack of frankncss In
= already cost one human life. You
. sister has incurred no guilt. She Ina
{ committed no fault. Her husband vii
l. have nothing to forgive"
And the publicT
"Ilp Dublisi What has tLn uubIlp T.