Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-05-17
His Game Of
Patience.
BY Gertrude Delaney.
copyrighted. 1909. by Associated :
Literary Press.

Old Captain BlnndiDg had two alb.
sorblng passions In life--hls love for
cards and his love for his daughter
That's.
1t was wonderful how many Young
mon were willing to pass their even.
lngs at the captains house playing
with him. lie was wary old oppo.
nent and all bur invincible.
The young met came by twos and
threcs In their hest tailor made suits.
with poslcs In their buttonholes Often
they brought offerings to the captains
daughter.
That's accepted the gifts and the too
evident good viii indiffereptly. Some
times when q fourth hand ives needed
at whist she lent her aid Otherwise
she betook herself to the paror ara
prsctlced as diligently ma II there was
not man In the house.
Aunt Lefty, Cartnii, Blanding's wiz
owed sister. kept horsc for him AMI
mothered his otherwise mothrrl"ss
daughter. She was gentle soul.
large hearted and small minded, who
made the best doughnuts IN town. by
the MD OF her smiles and her cakes
she encouraged eligible men TO fire..
| quent the captains house. hoping that
some one Of them would prove &C.
! ceptablc to That's.
That's name had been given her be
cause OF an early foudness OF her 10
Their for Greek literature. That's. de
spite her name. did not lean toward
scholarly achievement. She was a
butterfly. very beautiful to look at
and very difficult to catch.
She had read little poetry and very
many romances where the heroines
were all beautiful like herself and the
heroes proved their devotion by No.
founding deeds Of vnlor. These men,
who sat evening after evening with
bits OF red and black pasteboard be.
tween them. evidently lacked every
heroic quality.
when one by one these tlmid adorers
laid his heart at her feet she promptly
trnmpled upon II ard sent him away
a
i sms rting.
When after a few evenings he did
not again appear the old captain would
wonder mildly what kept him away.
Sometimes he asked the victim and re
! celved n stammered excuse.
by The time the young mans place
Mt the card table was filed the captain
had ceased TO remember him.
II was sheldon King who brought
Billy Smith to the house for the first
time. Billy was newcomer In Ken.
sington and wholly unacqualnted. He
was n little fellow with hair OF no
particular shade OF brown, a square.
! plain face and blue eyes behind
glasses. Ho had no stories to tell nc
jokes to raise Il laugh. and he Ind
never, handled cards before In his life.
II took him the entire evening Ia
learn to play pedro, but he applied his
went away the cnptnin slapped him
on the shoulder and told him he would
make n player n he kept at II. The
| captain always said that to the de.
feated, who sometimes chewed theft
lips over II bitterly.
The captain conceived a great liking
for Billy. ard they spcat many even.
ings together. BY spring Billy haf
learned oil the games the captain knew
and could even heat him Mt some OF
them. ......
He came obviously for the captains
sake alone. for he brought no offer.
ings 10 That's. He had his own way
to make and an invalid sister to main,
tain Mt an expensive sanitnrium. This
much he told the captain and was for,
ever after silent about his affairs.
Sheldon King presently, having had
his wings badly singed at the candle
Of That's Indifference. ceased to he
seen ut the captains card table. Blu,
Billy came unfaillngly. The captain
was delighted with him.
Here at last was man who did not
play TO ones bumor. who beat one un.
mcrcifully II he could or was beaten
without showing the white feather.
The second winter Bil,y's sister died
He stayed away two months. and tho
captain openly fretted for him, Then
one evening Billy appeared with n box
Of the captains favorite cigars. The
captain fairly wept for Joy at sight OF
him ard shook his hand twenty times
He called That's to see who had come,
That's came, startled by the clamor and
n little disguised when she found only
Billy. She gave him cool little hand
and q cool little smile and cool little