Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-25
DISCOVERS /
AMERICA \

Only lac custom house officials good
| nature and haste aud Loveland's COM
rlrte absence of mind on the dock had
| DELAYED discovery until this moment.
but now that the secret was out there
seemed nothing to do If not to rage
| helplessly.
Loveland sputtered a few colorful
words. but was still too bcwildered by
the catastrophe to become volcanic.
The eruption would follow later.
What shall | do with the things
sir" the valet wanted to know.
do with them?" repeated Loveland.
eXasperated by the creatures calm
ness. pitch EN- into the fire, get rid
of them anyhow, out Of my sight and
be quick about it, I've been robbed by
my own man"
No wonder FoIham had not asked
for wages in arrears. No wonder he
suddenly developed a dcfnnct grand
father with an eccentric will. From
the moment he heard Of the proposed
trip to America he must have been
quietly planning this coup, Il coup
worth making for the sake of the
brand new wardrobe. to say nothing Of
the icwelry. And. hot with rage. Love
land ran over in his mind the contents
Of that missing jewel box. the pearl
studs which Lady Kitty Manning had
| given him on his last birthday. each
| one of the three worth $50 If it was
worth a shilling. How he wished he
had sold the things. as he had been
| tempted to do and would have done If
they had not been the gift of a pretty
| woman. The diamond and enamel
sleeve links. too, and the sapphire but
tons-a hundred pounds more in Fox
hams pocket; then the cravat pins in
two long rows on Il white velvet back
| ground. LOveland could see them as
he had seen them last-a cherished col
! lection representing not only so many
golden sovereiGns. but so many queens
of beauty. the charming givers.
What rogue to send his master Off
|
caIy naked. and how the master long
ed to have the rogue within kicking
distance instead of safe across the sea
How was he to fight on the fitting
ground of society and bear away n
millionairesS when his sole possessions
consisted of what he stood up In and
the contents of a suit case and cabin
trunk
Luckily Foxham had not been able
to annex his masters letter of credit
but Val had uses for the hundred and
fifty pounds other than buying n new
outfit. How he wished now that he had
not played bridge quite so often on
bOarl ship, Cmptying his pockets Of
spare cash. The scrapc he was in wa!
as hard to win out Of as a black Lon
don FOG, ana while cropping for ligh
mid question from the hotel vale
did not sweetcn his temper.
Am l really to carry all these things
away, slr?'
"Oh, 90 to the devil and take then
with you"
The servant bolted toward safct!
with leaning tower of FOXham's gar
mcnts on his arm. 1t was nobody'E
business how he meant to dispose OF
them, and second later he would
have passed the danger line had not {
page boy selected THAT identical instant
to knock at Lord Lovcland's door.
Man and youth colldcd. The tol
heavy pile of clothing crumbled into
ruin, FoXham's loathcd shirts ant
wGistcoats plotting out the threshold
What the valet said long habits o
scIyitude rendered inaudibc, but what
Lovcland said might have been hearC
ut the end of the corridor. And there
were listeners nearcr-Nlajor Cadwal
lader Hunter and a companion who
"represcntcd' one of New York's lead
ing newspapers.
Major Cadwallader Hunter had beer
somewhat doubtful of his wisdom IL
paying this unlimited call. He had
limited that he might drop in at the
hotel to see how Lord LOveland go
on and had not been encouraged to dc
so. But Tony Kidd Of the New Yorl
Light was a pretty good excuse fol
perscvering, and he certainly had beer
badly in want of an excuse
The journalist, sent down by his pa
per to meet the Mauretania, had jus
exhausted the available supply OF
Homecoming millloDaires when he spiet
Major Cadwallader Hunter and care
lessly culled him by the way as WORT
short paragraph at the bottom CT {
column.
Cadwallader Hunter was glad of {
paragraph anywhere, but thought ht
saw his way to one higher up, perhaps
even with a headline, So he happened
to mention "a connection of his" tn,
Marquis of Loveland, who had been OF
board though for reasons the noble
name did not appear on the passcn
ger list, and Mr. Kidd took the bait
Loveland was described by his alleged
cousin MS dear boy" so handsome
so clever, one of the Oldest peeragel
in England, etc, in the Grenade
guards, don't you know, and all thn
sort Of thing; had gone on ahead L
secure rooms at the Waldorf-AstOrin
though invitations had been showercC
upon him by the best people on boarC