Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-09
CHAPTER XIII-C0NTINUED
(From last Saturday,

~ II UOftW Nl ilt 10 pcINlSl, uuN
owe It to you to tell you what saw.
She alluded To your 'GiIinnccd wife
and said that under no other circum.
stances whatever they were, would
she receive her"
Then Courtcuny laughed again. and
Elsie found 1t was absolutely essential
II Joey were not to he crushed that
her head should bend little forward,
with the obvious result that It rested
on Courtcnay's shoulder.
Il must show you the whole OF that
letter" he cried. land the others which
are tied up in the same bundle. You
will see me blush. admit but 1t will
not be from a sense Of pcrildy. But
there Is one thing You have forgotten.
Elsie" And his voice dropped TO n
tense whisper again. I'm telling me
your secret. which Il no secret, you
have given inc my answer Your heart
must have crcpt out a little way ia
meet mine dear or my sisters words
would not have perplcxed you. So
that Is why you have avoided me dur.
ing the past few days! But there!
Now. Indeed. | am not acting quite
fairly. !, Is unfair to ask you to con.
frss when I want you to wait until we
win clear Of our present difficulties be.
fore you decide whether or not you can
ind DC 10 your liking TO make n poor
sailor man happy"
joey was n highly accomplishing
dog under certain conditions He had
CugIcd up so cOmplaccntly that Elsie
found she could hold him quite easily
with one arm. So the other went out
IN Che darkness until 1t rested timIdly
on her lovers dlscnCaged shoulder.
at Is easy 10 confess that which
Is already known" she murmured.
whether we are fated to live one day
or fifty years, IL will be all the same to
me, dear"
She lifted her face again to his aud
would have returned the kisses he
gave her were II not that they lost
their one sided character this time.
There was u chance that Joey might
have been partly sufTocatel. though 80
all appearance he meant TO die will.
ing martyr had not Suarez leaned
over the upper rail and asked In his
grating accent II he heard the ssnss
CAPTAINS voice below.
Elsie, oil tremulous and rosy and
profoundly thankful for the darkness.
Withdrew herself from Courtcnay's
embrace and answered the Argentine.
"Ah," said Suarez. Il am glad you
are there, too, senOrlta. VIII you tell
him that ! am very hungry and that |
have not been relieved ut the proper
time? | have been waiting half an
hour or more"
There" cried the captain. squeezing
Elsic's arm; chat comes of using so
many unnecessary explanations. I
ought 10 have adopted the recognized
Jack tar method and just grabbed you
round the. waist without ceremony.
wonder where Boyle Is. He and Chris.
tObal take the first watch, and II must
be two bells or later. will hunt
them up. Goodby. sweetheart; meet
You at supper In ten minutes"
II was strange and peculiar fact
that Boyle had corncred CxAisto5nl In
the salon and had insisted on telling
him various remarkable anecdotes con.
corning the one legged skipper Of the
Flower Of the Ocean brig. II was still
more odd that when Christobal yielded
10 unwontcd and melancholy silence
after learning from Suarcz that the
senior captain had been talking TO the
EcnOrita for a very long time on the
promenade deck Boyle should feel In.
clincd TO sing And then. with chill.
Ing Inspiration. Christobal knew why
the chief officer had caused him to
miss the hour for relieving the watch.
Boyle had seen those two together and
had planned 10 leave them undis.
tuIhel!
The Spaniard was dignlied man.
He had Inherited from his English
mother n saving sense OF humor. II
was intolerablc that the pleasant rela-
tons existing between the few sur.
viyOrs on board the Kansas should be
disturbed by reason OF any failure on
his part to acqulesce In Elsie's right
10 bestow her affections where she
listed. lie wondered II the girl had
come on deck after supper. Her habit
was to retire early, rs she rose soon
after the sun. He had seen her for n
moment only In passing out of the sa'
Ion, and there was a suspicious bright.
ness In her eyes for which solicitude
on the dogs behalf would hardly ac-
count. Why not put his fortunes to
The test that night and have done with
IT. Yes; that was the right course.
So It was on the cards that Elsie
would be the amazed recipient of two
proposals In one evening. which Is n
better average than most women are