Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-04

| rather an unlocked cub at present. |
| pity the girl who falls in love with
him rs he now is"
Always was and probably ever will
be, Loveland without end" finished
Betty fippantly. "The cheek of him
expecting me to ask you for letters so
I that he can 80 over to your country
and do his best to make some nice
American girl miserable for life and
spend all her money. | shall punish
him, since | can't do anything worse.
by telling him exactly what think
of him"
There are other ways of Furnishing
him more fitting to the crime per-
haps." remarked Jim thoughtfully.
What ways?"
Giving him the letters"
"Jim.'
ponds upon whether he's ii born ego
list or merely made one. haven't
quite worked out the idea yet. It's
simmering. It'll soon begin to boil"
Whether Jim Harborough's idea had
already boiled or not. at all events
that same afternoon fat envelope
went out by post, registered and adj
dressed to the Marquis of Loveland.
Crags;de Lodge. Dorloch. n. B In it
there were at least ten letters of in.
PRODUCTION. all to names the bare
mention of which had powers TO raise
the circulation of society papers in
America or create a f1utter in Wall
street
Times were bad. said Battenborough.
the polite and popular pawnbroker:
therefore Lady Loveland got only 1900
on the pink pearls. Two hundred were
sprinklcd about among Vafs creditors
like pepper out of pot where such
seasoning was necessary. A hundred
more were spent outright with heart
burnings. upon obstinate tailors. hat
tiers and h0SierS, who would not tail,
hat or hose. except upon installments
of ready money Fifty pounds were
alphabetically retained by Lady Love.
land. who grudged every penny &c
herself and especially to her servants.
Another fifty little more than paid
for a cabin almost worthy of his lord.
ship on the big ship Baltic. Fifty and
some vague dust of gold and silver
went into Walls pocket for current eX-
penses and the remaining hundred and
fifty condensed into the form of a let
ter of credit.
OF course there ought to have been
more, much more. But there would
have been less had not Loveland's
man. FoXham. given notice at the last
moment. toxham's grandfather had
died even Wallets have grandfathersI
leaving a tidy sum. and as there were
peculiarities in the will FoXham would
lose his. chance Of inheriting if he left
England.
Loveland privately thought it almost
equivalent to lese majesty that his man
should desert him for such a selfish
tri6e as private interest. But he would
have scorned to retain a servant who
wished to leave him. Besides, there
were advantages in losing even such
treasure as FoXham before the two
passages were taken.
81 dare say | can get some fellow
over there if everything goes well,
said he. meanwhile | shall save
money on old Fox. He hasn't opened
his mouth about wages-jolly impu-
dent if he had. because. of course, he
knows III pay up when it's convenient.
And. anyhow. hundred and fifty IN
the letter Of credit is the least can
rub along with on the other side. !
must look sharp as Marlborough says,
and pick up the right girl so as to get
everything in shape as soon as possible
or may find myself in mess. ]
learned to Shift for myself like II regu-
lar navy in South Africa. chap
has to keep clean and have the right
folds in his trousers. whatever hap
pens, and | worried along somehow
without dsgracing the family. can
do the same row, though it'll be
bore, especially till | get used to II
again"
THUS the pink pearl money was APP
portioncd, Il little here and Il little
there. and made to go as far as pos
siblp
FoXham stopped with his lordShip
till after the return to London doing
the final packing and all his ordinary
work ls usual. without n greedy word
ds 10 arrears OF wages.
On getting back 10 his quarters near
Wellington barracks Val WAS some
what surprised TO receive a visit from
Marlborough. who had never come to
rali on him before.
$50 YOU We gOl your leave. | hear,
alid are sailing Tor my blessed coun-
Try ~ Il few days. lin remarked.
i.utrlHnd replied that This was the
vase ANA happened 10 think of thank
He Jim ion MS letters Ol introduction.
Marlborough answered casually that
tlul was al RI" ut 'anh W6nl on 10 say
'i;,l,, hp. had r,l "9t'4 "NlH1 or heard