Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-08

|
rived "He can bring you the lot" she
arranged, and then you can send him
to your bank unless they make you
show up TO be identified. Anyhow. you
can wait here for news. You can go
on sitting where you are. or you can
come and stay by me at the desk II
the tables oil up with folks for break
| fast"
Loveland's face slowly Redeemed and
his eyes grew troubled.
You needn't mind about the money
for the messenger" she said quickly.
"You can pay me back aftcrward. IL
you're so awful proud"
why. Of course I'd pay you back"
Val assured her "But-er-the fact
is"-he hesitated, trying to find a
way out Of the tangled web mir. Cor.
don" had woven-"the fact Is, I"-(he
wondered II he could bear to go TO the
hotel and thus escape the difficulty
about the name. but pictured himself
arriving In evening dress by broad
daylight and felt his gorge rise at the
| degrndatiou--"the fact Is anything
coming for me ut the Waldorf will
have on It the name of Loveland. The
Marquis Of Loveland' will be the ad.
dress on my letters"
my goodness, you did Hy bighr' ex-
claimed Isldora. dimpling. 81 guess it's
no wonder they gave you whole
suit" tshe pronounced II ''soot') "of
rooms. But that's all right You put
on a card what you want the messen-
ger boy should do, and you needn't be
afraid to trust him. These little fellers
are safe us banks"
1sidora saw that Bill had the food
he liked for breakfast-a steaming
| pile of buckwheat cakes trimmed
round the edges with crisp brown lace
and oozlng strip at every pore. Also
she sent him copy of the New York
Light without having even glanced
at the front page, although a gentle
man friend" who had paid her a great
| deal Of attention last summer was ut
the beginning Of his trial for really
exciting murder.
When the messenger came back
Mr.. Gordon's face grew ever more
blank until II hardened into an ex.
preston OF hopelcssness. She was sure
that the boy had brought neither let.
ter nor telegram and that something
had gone very wrong indeed with her
mysterious guests calculations.
Here. take this and pay the mes
senger." she whispered. II guess your
frio hnI ntnt
Bill obeycd. but did not at once come
back. When the youth had been paid
aud had shot away up the street as II
through a pneumatic tube Bill linger-
cd In consultation with the pale young
man Mt ut the table.
Something's up" Isldora said to
herself In an agony Of curiosity. But
what the something" was she could
not find out till breakfast was over
aud the room clear of customers.
| THE cable expected hasn't ar.
rived" explained p. Gordon. Its all
right. of course. when come to think
of II. and I'm not really worried, for
haven't paid enough attention TO the
difference of time between London and
New York. must send again later I'M
the day, when there will be letters, too
perhaps. and peoples visiting cards
| MEANWHILE
Meanwhile stay where you are and
make yourself at home" cut in lsIdora
Hospitality. Nevertheless she was anx.
ious when the thought of her father
! and the Inevitable moment of his com
ing downstairs, heavy footed with III
ness and cross as bear with n sore
head" Pa would want to have the
beautiful young man In evening clothes
satisfactorily explained. and It was
be rather difficult to explain. Nonpay.
ing people and things were always diff
ficult to explain to Alexander. especial.
| ~ when he was under the weather
But-thcre was one way out OF the
scrape. and Isidora snatchpd at II sud.
denly with Il leap Of the heart. All
might be well should she prevail upon
Mr.. Gordon to accept another loan from
her-if he liked to call 1t loan!
She had been saving mp her allow.
ance TO buy new hall dress and had
already set her heart on the thing she
would have. But she would dcplete
the sum by a third for Mr.. Gordon's
sake II he would take the money.
THANK you. but MIR. Willing has
given me n piece of good advice" said
Val. "lf 1t hadn't been for him
shouldn't have thought Of II perhaps
He suggests my pawning a few things
! have on me-"
Now was Isdora's time to speak.
and she offered her alternative suggps.
ton. but with some stnmmcrIng ana
confusion. As soon MS he gathered the
drift OF her faltering words he broke
In. thanking her sincerely. saying that
she was most awfuly kind. but he
couldn't trespnss any further upon her
goodness. According TO Willing. there
was pawnshop Just round the corner
They two would go there Immediately.
and then. with money to pay his debt
to her. us well MS tide over unforeseen
delays, he would b" glad to come back
for tim"
CONTINUED Next Saturday,