Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-20
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Novslissd From Eugene
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weeks wore on snd nothing was heard
from her be became reassured. ~
He had had little difacuity IN pro.
curing work. thanks to Captain VII.
lians note accepting his resignation,
and soon was established a. assistant
to the receiving teller In Q hank with
a salary Of &25 q week. With this ana
the money already In his possession
he deemed himself rich. and his f1tfui
optimism obtained the ascendeucy once
more In it, usual extravagant form.
But his escape from arrest had been 4
lesson that had sunk In deeply. He
vowed never again under, any clrcum.
stances to borrow" from the funds
he landed in the course Of his duties.
He rschewed horse racing also, know.
In. hat u the bank ofRcials became
~ re that he was gambling he would
la !. his place that very instant.
After awhils his fellow employees
noticed TINT Brooks. the sprv, genial
Brooks, who had won the good will Of
everybody, A. be had In the general
Office Of the J.atin.Amerlcan Steam
ship company. manifested tendency
toward moroseness: that his face at
times assumed IN expression Of mel.
ancholy, DesPite his lore OF self. he
was OF those natures which do not
thrive In solituds.
He never had cared much Tor the
companionship " nea. His inclina.
ton always had been toward that Of
the opposite sex. Accustomed also -
he had been for 30 long to the consO-
latious Of home life, to the thoughtful.
aRsctionats minlstra lions and bright
presence Of Emma. he was bound
sooner or later to miss her.
There's nothing In this living slons."
The avowai came oi,e night after be
had spent N evening at the thsater
with two sociabls fellow clerks and
As gszsd around bis silent. cheerless
bedroom. Although he bod not 1t any
time loved Emma with that ine0abls
passion which h the golden ladder
upon which the soul mounts to heaven.
yet she had flled larger place IN bis
heart than be had ever hNd any CON-
plete idea Of prior to her absence. HIS
sentiment. fostered by his selfishness.
revived with violence under his intro
| spection. He yearned for Emma's
smile Of greeting and the kiss that &C
companied II at his Homecoming, for
the numberless sweet attentions she
had lavlshed upon him.
How pretty she was, how gentle!
How sweetly she had put up with bis
| III humor! She was different from any
Of the girls and women he had ever
been acquainted with. He was sorry
be had sent the photograph. not atone
because he felt that he had made
gratuitously false move. but because
be wished he had kept 1t for himself.
There was not one personal object re.
naming that had belonged to her. The
little ornaments she had liked, her
Eclothes. the tripkets she had left be-
hind, he had disposed Of In his haste
to get rid Of every thing that could re-
call her or to which she might lay
claim.
He wondered II she, too, was sorry
for their separation. She must be-
How could she live under the eternal
uagging aud fault Anding Of her moth
er and the lording prociivities Of Beth
and not long to return to the indie
pendcnce Of her own homer N
She had loved him. His memory
evoked the distant vision OF her fraii,
1.-THE form clinging to him ~ she gaxed
up Into his eyes. her own aglow with
the glory Of her alteration and Its de-
lirious intensity. He felt the blissful
pulsations OF her heart throbbing
against him. its pecan Of passion:
be heard. too. In fancy the red lips
murinur her souls ecstasy In words 0f
Hame and beauty. felt the thrill that
shivered through him 10 his fingers
threaded caressingly the shimmerins
cloud OF her tresses. That was long
ago In their early possession OF each
other. when she had awakened to
knowledge Of herself and had wor.
SHIPPED him a. q god. fountainhead Of
Joy and light for her ON earth.
This transcendent passion had not
found 10 him the responsiveness II
icraved and which alone could nourish
II. Emma had been an enigma to him
often, riddle that had bored him at
times. His hunted senses, sharpened
by desire Of her. perceived that stu.
pidly, ignorantly. he had disdainsd q
treasure beyond price.
But, remembering what he had beer
to her and that she was still bis wife
he believed TINT reconciliation could
be brought about. Sentiment aud do
sire took counsel with advisabllity
sclfshness weighed the pros and cons
In the end sentiment and desire. beini
the stronger. adjusted objections Il
their own point Of view. But ever
then It was some time before he coult
summon up courage enough TO tax,
any steps In the matter.
Summer had given place to wintel
and returned again since Emma hat
left him. In all that time he had no
heard from Or Of her. He bad made q