Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-29
(Continued)
CHAPTER. Zyy.


Jimsy Smith. and he could do nothing
for him. The only being who had
loved him had shrunk from him with
dread, refused him the sacrament of
last kiss. besought In charity.
lie hardly knew how he got there,
but lie reached home without molesta.
ton and mounted by the stairway un.
| pcrceived to his room. Once inside he
locked the door and turned on the
light. II was at least gratefully warm
there. and he wus at last safe from
the clutches of the law. Escape lay at
hts hand. In moment all would be
over. a.
Nothing had been disturbed during
n absence. The revolver was stlli In
lie drawer where lie had left It. He
took Il and. gazing at himself in the
bureau glass. raised the flrenrm to his
right temple. lie was appalled, as he
looked at the CHASTITY, haggard face
before him and the eyes, fear haunt
cd, that stared ont OF their dark and
deeply sunken rims like the optics OF
| an owl. The revolver shook In his
numbcd hand. and he could scarce
bend his finger on the trigger.
| What was his hurry? why not wait
until he Ind warmed his hand and
make the deed surer? II the police
came for him death was at his beck
and would cheat them at an instant's
notice. His craven spirit inspired him
with the desire TO live little longer.
| He 1sid the revolver on tho table
and rubbed his hands TO set the blood
circulating. Then he held them over
the heat radiator. He remembered
that in the clothes closet was full
bottle of whisky. The stun would
soon warm him. lie took or his over
coat TO hang II NJ In the closet and
felt in n pocket for his handkerchief.
His hand encountered the roll OF bills
Smith had slipped in there. For n mo.
ment n CLEAN OF hone flashed its cheer.
ing raw as he contemplated the money.
Here was enough TO enable him to get
awny.
But his despondency refused the
comfort What WINS the use2 TO Mt.
temnt cscone now womb he TO fall into
tbo honas NJ tho ,,o,ice s,e,,bs N,bo
mnst no nm tho Ioo,,out for him. He
surm,sed TINT tho weather hnd driven
\ Tho wn,cbors to to.e shel,er and had
enabled him IN sIin into tho house mn.
,o,,,.a 90 ,nrocos,,,a1 No, no ,hnd
Il dono wien ,Isa ana Mi its uorrIes and
S,sa nno,n,m.n.s Better dsoth than
~. cnn.ooronco. ~ i,v,nv lie wouid
no. a 40 I,a a, some time or other any.
no,v
III n,,,-.. .o,, ,o-oo r,o.s a,
It,. p a,,,n,oa ,t rha -a.rr
.,,,~ .as Nj, ~, o,.or II. sat
49, 90 ,hin,, ana lie thouobta to,,,
49, ., 80 rsa -, Me ,,so uo
ia " hoan .rv .ooa % h,mse,s
.sos, o,so no,.ar r,ro,oht nm
osSo, awn, who h.d ,o,,en him
a., ,,ton q. n yovr, how Lo Ind Iost
his widowed moiher. no Ind repnId
har w,.n wavwo,Tmas and ,,d,fycr.
snco In tho dec,,n,nc veors M her
no. v,an sho naeJod' a,d ana ho was
'.,,,n.. r,.n .ho ,,ad ,ont h,s az rr,no.
s.,e.h,r ,or himself doI,pc o,,t m her
o., ,,,,,or :. ot ,rrac,,,ar ,r,ervo,s
ana no ,.os ,,,d whor she had con scd
| %, N bt,eAnp hv dvip<v In n hnSnttQt
m. h.a 800, h,a co ri. we'll mora.
Hated h,msc,r into Tho favor Of Mr..
IJ,rrIs his cmniorer md Inv good act.
Inc hod won rho love M Emma rbis
had hcen tho oreot conn Of his career.
hut II had nynIIed him little. Fortune.
oS,,r sni,,n, M him ina turned her
hack. and l,fe had becn n failure ever
since
A he summed II nil IN and contem.
mated himself as n pariah. n hunted
mnn nj INV amid tho wreck OF hone.
love. uro itself driven TO the nlterna.
,,v. of n criminals cell or self dcstruc.
finn ma he brooded over, tho way In
which he had been spurned and cast
out bv those who might have loved
and hopored him. tears rolled from