Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-29

Forget! DO you think she can for
gct?"
ANY woman can forget. Only men
remember"
at is the red blood in you-lylng
You know you lic."
at is to save your life" she said
81 know. hut It's no use" To Necli
! he said. you needn't worry, little
| daughter" But her ears were deaf
you needn't give him up. say. This
will end all right"
Seelng that she gave no sign of heed
ing. he stepped closer and swung her
about till she faced him.
"Can't you trust me this one time?
You always have Iccorc, Nccia. Soy
hell marry you. ard It will come out
right"
She raised her hopeless eyes and
strovc gamcly to meet him, then, fail
Ing broke away and turned back TO
the door II knew you couldn't under.
stand. lilo God. | love him sol"
With cry like that of a wounded AMI.
NAL she fed cut into the night, where
she could give vent to her anguish I'M
sccn, for she had never wept before
her father, but always crcpt away ana
hid herself until her grief was spent
Gale would have started after her, but
Album dragged him back hcrccly.
mo, no. II means your life, John.
Let the secret die. and she Will for
get. She IL 80 young Time will cure
her. Time cures everything. Don't
tell her, don't tell any one, and, above
NIL, don't tell that soldier. lie would
not believe. nor would she. Even
have doubted"
"You"
ayes, John. And, II I don't believe,
what Is stranger to say? No man
knowing you would believe the tale
without proof. Suppose she doubted.
Have you ever thought Of thntE Would
you not rather have her die still low
Ing you than live and Jlsbelicvc"
Yes, yes! or course live thought
Of that, but Woman, you're worse
than rlttlcsnakc"
Even II he knew. he might not
marry hcr. You at least are clean,
and that other man was n devil. \
brave mans life IL too great price TO
pay for grief that viii die In n year"
Aluna was speaking swiftly In her
own laaguagc, her body tense. her
face ablnze. and no man seeing her
could ever again have called her poo
pie stolld.
You think time viii cure II love like
thatT" he said.
ayes. ycJ!"
"Thnts Nil you know ABOUT 1t. Time
may act that way perhaps In cities and
such places. but cut In the hills II Ia
different. When you've got the breath
of the forest In you, say It Is differ
ent. Time. Why. I've lived fifteen
years In the opcn with living mem
DRY. Every night I've dreamed II over;
every day I've lived It through. In ev-
cry campfire | see IL face, and every
wind from the south brings Il voice
to me. Every stormy night n girl with
eyes like NCcia's calls to me. and
have TO follow. Every patch of moon
light shows her smiling ut me, Just
beyond, just in the shadows edge.
Love! Time! Why. Alluua. love Is
the only thing In the world that never
dics. and time only makes 1t the more
enduring"
Hc took up the white SLOUGH hat no
had thrown down when he came In
and stepped TO the door.
"Whcre nrc you going? inquired the
squaw fcarfully.
''fo the barracks to give myself up
She flung herself ut him, with Il great
cry, and seized him about the waist.
you never loved me, John. but
have been n good woman to you, al
though knew you were always think
Ing Of hcr--and had no thought Of me.
| have loved this girl because you
loved her. | have hated your enemies
because you hated them, and now
remember, while you forget"
Forget. What do you mean"
stark"
The man paused. 81 did almost for
get hlm-and after fifteen years."
Let us kill him tonight; then we
will 90 to the soldier together, side by
side. | am your woman. Nccla will
look after the little ones.
Gale stared at her, and as he gazed
the red pigment underneath her skin,
the straight hanging, mancllkc hair,
the gaudy shawl she never Went with
out, the shapelcss, skin shod feet, the
slovenly, III fitting garb Of n miscast
woman vanished, and he saw her as
she was on day long past, slim,
shy, silent creature, with great watch
full, trusting eyes and n soul unspoiled,
No woman had ever been so loyal, so
accomplishing. He had robbed her Of
her people and her gods. He had
shifted hither ard yon Mt the call of
his uncertain fortune Cr ut II sign of
that lurking fear that always dogged
him, and she had never left his side,
, never questioned, never doubted, but
always served him like n slave, with
out asking for n part In that other
, love, without sharing In the carcsscs
he had Consecruted TO n woman she
had never seen