Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-03-04

" and lunch in the restaurant
whose fame had reached even r
! the dining room of the Guards club
Now he did not want to look at his
| fellow beings or be looked at, and he
pressed his electric bell viciously to
order luncheon up.
1t came presently and would have
been delicious to man without
| grievance, but Loveland's grievance
was so gigantic that it crowded out his
appetite Useless to waste money IN
cabling instructions for FoXham's ar
rest. he reflected. The wretch who had
planned everything so WELL would long
ago have taken himself out OF harms
way.
No, Loveland decided, he need not |
hope to punish Foxham. His time
might be better employed in planning
the reconstruction of his own ward
robe
man, even a marquis, can live
without tie pins or a change of shirt
studs. but he cannot live without such
clothes as society expects of him.
1 lIONelH1lu with pihio't H''SONO
ate regret Of his tailor's achievements,
\ lost to him forever, and with anxiety
lof the difficult matter it would be to
"a replace them.
The hundred and fifty pounds rep
resented by his letter of credit could
not be spared for American tailors ana
bootmakers. That went without say
Ing. These persons would have to trust
him. But were American taiors and
bootmakers Of trusting nature!
!. Loyeland had somehow got the I'M
preston that they were not and that
even If you were duke-much less
. MARQUIS sand Haunted copy of Burke
under their noses they would sui
want some native millionaire to guar
antee them against loss.
Cadwallader Hunter was not
millionaire this was the one damaging
statement be had voluntarily made
against himself, but he knew million.
aires and was known by them, and
with a pang of selfish regret, even
sharper than his first remorse, Love
land repented his wastefulneSs Ii
throwing away such friend. III Dc
bad not slammed the door almost upof
/ Cadwalladcr Hunters high, thin nose
he might now have summoned him by
4 l>telephone and have got him to tro
about introducing the Marquis O
4 Loyeand to the best tailors in New
York. The only thing for Val to d.
was to wait until he had collected
| other friends more solid, more valuable
| than Cadwalludcr Hunter and as sool
as possible tell the tale Of his mis-
fortunes. Of course everybody woul'
be delighted to help Lord Loveland
a and by the way, there was Mr.. Coo
lidge, who could be approached !
worst came to worst.
When he had been cheercd by lunch
con and soothed by cigarettes he sen
i for a motor taxicab. The afternoo
i was still young and so full of spark
Il and gayety that life seemed worth li'
Il | IND after all; therefore Lord Lovelan
| had begun to value himself almost a
highly as ever by the time his smal
little automobile pulled up In front Q
II | the bank.
y 1t was stately bank, well worth
i of its London connection, and he hant
ed in his visiting card and letter {
credit with the air of one entitled
receive unlimited sums. The cashie
however having looked at him, u
card and the letter, did not appear
be impressed. Instead of replying
words to Loveland's demand for t2
he walked away with the letter
credit in his hand and vanished b
hind n swing door. After short DELI
the cashier returned and, having stro
ed back to his place behind the gri
ing, there stood silent for moment.
I'm rather in hurry" said Low
land. 81 suppose there'll be no r.
n tape about my getting EGO? want
this afternoon"
The cashier smiled dry smile, al
# his voice sounded dry as he answere
81 don't know about the red tape, b
I'm sorry to tell you we have no
structions from London to pay"
"What?' cried Val, reddening wi
annoyance. "You have no instr
tionsT'S ~ SOFT
mo Instructions to pay" repeat
the cashier putting on the last we
an emphasis which sounded offensi
to Lovelands ears, though he hast
assured himself that 1t could not p
sibly have any such meaning.
RI "This is very inconvenient," 81
- Val, to whom bridge and tips on SD
board had left exactly seventeen 81
lings threepence halfpenny.
I'm sorry for that" remarked
cashier, still more formally, more
sympathetically and-one might
most have said-more disrespectfu
ATS than before.
Loveland, though inclined to stol
.@ reflected moment. He had inten'
to sail on the Baltic, which was due