Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-17
CHATTER, III,
.rur ,orNu WINNER

- kIMICIlAEI. thirsiily drank
his first Inukard. thinking: 80
u this viuinrr X In love with
! ~ our goose rirl; Cunfuund my
! memory. | would give ~ crowns to
/ know where | have seen him \ fine
beer" be- said aloud. holding M the
second tunEurd
The vintncr raised his. There was
an unconscious grace In the movement
A covert glance at his hand satisfied
Carmichael In regard To one thing. lie
might br vininrr. hut the hand was
MS soft aud well kept us wUmans
Could man with hands like these
mean we'll toward Gretchen; Gretchen
was both innocent and unwOrldly. To
the right man she might he easy prey;
never 10 u man Ike Colonel won Wal.
lcustCin. whose power and high Office
were alike sinister 10 any girl of the
pcasnniry But a man In the guise
Of her own class. of her own world
and people. hero was a s"are Gretchen
might not he able to forrsc-
a tanknrd rapping table nearby
called Gretchen to her duties.
"Grctchcn Is beautiful enough 10 be
q queen. and yet she Is merely Ucbe
In a tavern" remarked Carmichael.
"HpbcT' suspiciously.
"lIrbr was n cup bearer to the myth.
ologicul gods In olden times" Car.
michael explained. He had set trap.
but the winner had not fallen into H.
"a fairy story" The vintner nodded
He understood now
Carmichael would lay another trap
what happened TO herr
oh" said Carmichael. "she spilled
wine on n god one day, and they ban
ished her"
at must have been rare vintage"
~ suppose you are familiar with all
the valleys Moseli?"
Yes. That II n line country"
The old man IN tatters sat erect In
his CHAIR.
You have servcdy"
"a ilttlc. lf I could be nm officer I
should like the army" The winner
reached for his pipe. which lay on the
table
TRY this" urged Carmichael. offer.
Ing his pouch.
"rhis will lie good tobacco. know"
The vintncr fillcd his pipe.
Carmichael followed this gift with
many questions about wines and win.
tncrs, aud hidden In these questions
were dozen clever traps But the
other walked over them unhcsItnnt.
with certainty Of step which cha.
grincd the trnppcr.
by and 10y the winner rose and babe
his table companion good night. lie
had not offered 10 buy anything This
frugallty was purely of the thrifty
peasant. But the vlntncr expressed
many thanks. On his way Ia the door
he stopped and whispered into Grctch.
ems ear.
The press In the room was thinning.
carter sauntercd past aud sat down
uncOnccrnedly nj the table occupied by
the old man, whose face Carmichael
had not yet seen. little later
butcher approached the same table and
seated himself II was then dusty
baker came along and repeated this
procedure. aud Carmichaels curiosity
was enlivenpd. Undoubtedly they were
Socialists. and this was little con-
Clave, and the peculiar manner Of their
meeting, the silence and mystery, were
purely tictltIonHl.
Had Carmichael not fallen a.dream-
Ing over his pipe he would have seen
the old man pass three slips OF paper
across the table. lie would have seen
the carter, the butcher aud the baker
pocket these slips stolidly. lie would
have seen the mnunIniuerr wave his
hand sharply and the triu rise aud dis
prrse. Carmichael left the Black
Eagle. nursing the suukrn embrr IN
his pipe.
intermediary the mOuntnlnrrr paid
bis score and sI;ntrh for the stairs
which led tu the brdruOms uhuvp. RuI
h" stopped nj tn" hnr. \ very uld man
WIS huviIg pail filled with hot cali
hugr soup II vas the nucirnt clock
G"ndrr a"ruSs IN" way the noun.
tuim"pI wax startled uui at his habtuai
rrscrv" The rln"k mrndrr had the Ms,
prrt at weary. broken man, lie
shui'lcd nuisrI"s,ly nul. The noun
tnin"rr followed him cnuliuusly. Once
In his shop the rlurk mrudrr poured
the Streaming soup MO u huwl. hruEr
hrrud IN II aud began his evening
meat The other. his fac pressed
agntuW the din pane, stared nm
stared.
"tiuIt In hlmmrl! II IL b." be-
glsprd Chuklngiy.
KrUmrrwrg wus. indeed crooked
way II iTumd dur"u rlbnws aud
ragged ban uirl"s %, n sluuh 81 FROM
Nh" AdlrrpHssr II wa, mlt after y
when tirirhru uud the viuurr pirkrd
lh"U WAY over runhlp- pi'lul h,rr aud
there with mulnnns Thry were ARA
lu arm
'Oug % llIlr mwhw" ~u,d Gretchen,
for IHr Nu'uI Ind mover lmIurv ulg,.