Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-17
COPYRIGHT, 1909. BY HARPER s nScTH.z.J

! hc said softly.
NO. not until to-day. that's true.
Dear. dear. how did grow all W
! sudden! And yet I'm just tive same as
4 was yesterday. and I'll always be-
/ tie same iu"t q Wild i!rtlc rlcaT'
( don't over let me BE biz tame.
don't want 10 lie commonplace and or.
, dianry. | want to b. naiural-and
coed"
! "You couldn't bc Ike other W, mrn,"
he declared ard there was more ten.
drrnnss than hunger IN hi9 tone now
as she looked NJ nj hin truHing'y
from the shelter II Biz arms. 1T
would spoil you TO grow ny
1T f. SO coed to he alive nd 10 love
you like this" she continued GrcHwE%,
staring into the fire. Il seem 10 have
come out Of q gloomy house into the
glory Of warm spring day, for my
eyes are bllrdcd. and can't sec half
the hcnutifuis want TO, there are ~
many about me-
Those are my arms" intcrlcctcd the
soldier lightly In mn effort TO ward or
her growing seriousness.
and yet | feel SO safe inside them.
Isn't II queerT"
The young man became conscious OF
d vague discomfort and realized diMly
that for hours now he had been smuth.
crng with words and cAresSC1 some.
thing that had strivcn with him Ia hc
heard. something TINT Instead Of
diving grew stronger the more utterly
this innocent maid yielded to him. II
was ns II he had ridden Impulse with
rough spurs IN q fierce desire 10 di''
lance certain voices and In the first
mad gnllup Ind lost them, but now far
hack heard them calling again more
strongly every moment. 4 mans hog
or II old may travel fvchly. but rs
pursuit H. persistent. II was the talk
about his people that had raised this
uncusincss and indcCislpn. he thought
why had he ever started II?
"Thc marvellous part Of 1t all con
ilrucd the girl. "is that It win never
end. know | shall love ynu always.
10 you suppose | avn really different
from other ulrlsT'
"Evcrythlng IL different tonigh;-thc
/ whole world" he declared impaticntly.
rive had big handicap" she salt.
{ "but you must help nc to overcome IL
I want to he Ike your sister"
He rose and piled more wood upon
the FIRE. What possessed the girl? II
! was NJ II she knew each cunning Joint
, Of his nrmor. as n she had rcnil2rd her
, rcrii and had set about the awakening
Of his conscience Deliberately and with
II cautious wisdom beyond her years
D We'll, she hnd dCrc II. ard he swnrc to
himself. Then he melted ut the sight
. Of her. crOuchcd there against the
shadows, following his every move
! mcrt with her soul In hcr eyes. the
Y tcndercst trace 81 n smile upon her
!, lips,
= When she hchclh him gn2ing nj her
, she tilted her head sideways dnlntily,
: like little bird.
Q "Oh. my! What fierce yuu ere MI
ut onccr'
r Her smile flashed M ns IL lllumnCd
= by tie lcarirG blaze. and hc crossed
i quickly. Enecing lCTihc her,
. lie piled m great SWEET scented
}. couch ~ sprinry h0rghS aud fashioned
. her n plllcw UUt + hurdle n Hmn''cr
:. ones. around which lac wrapped hls
: khaki coat: then he removed her high
laced boots and. taking her TRY feet;
:, enc In the palm Of either hand, bowed
: h!s head over them ard kissed then
: with n sense ~ her gracious purity
:, and his own umworthlncss lie spread
u one Of the lls ;.rly blankets over hcl
' md tucked her In while r'hc sighed IL
!. dclightsul Lacquer. locking NJ ut hin
y all the Tine.
y "rll st hero hcrlde you fer awhile,
u he said. II want to snioEe n bit"
At TIMES II great desire to feel he
h In his arms. TO have her on his rrca7l
y surgod OYER him. for he hf'i lived ipni
/, apart from women. ana the solitude .
n the night scc!aed to mock him. III
|. was strong man, and In his vein
.. ran the blood u hayward fCrhCar
y. who We're went To possess that whir
they conquered In the lists Of love
. mingled with which was the blood q
spirited southern women who had o
10 occasion loved not Wisely, according {
ID Kentucky rumor, but only too wei
Nevertheless they were honest me
ID and women, II overscntimental, an
had transmitted TO him n heritage q
a. chlvnlry ana high sense of honor an
30 courage. Her love had placed ba
:" rier between them greater and NOR
TO lnsurmountablc than her blood
He gently Withdrew his fingers frol
~ her grasp and, seeing the other ride ,
IN the wlcklup, covered hlAse!f ov,
without disturbing her aud fell aslccI
II was early dawn when Nccla cr2I
II 10 him.
g. II dreamed you had gene nway," s.
Y, said, shlverIng violently and drlwIf
ne close. "Oh. II was n Terrible awa'rI
he ing
IL was too tired TO dream" he yn'l
r. so ha-l 10 come ana SEQ Il SO
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