Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-09-16

him to comply with the request thus
harshiy and peremptorily uttered. Un.
screwing the lid. he made way for the
intruder, who. drawing near. pushed
aside the roses which had fallen on
the upturned face. and. laying his
hand on the brow, muttered q few low
words to himself. Then he withdrew
his hand. and. without elaficing to
right or left. staggered back to the
door amid q hush AZ unbroken as that
which relgned behind him In that open
casket. Another moment and his
white. hsggard face and dlsordered
figure would be blotted from sight By
the door jomb.
The minister recovered his poise and
the bearers their breath. The men
stirred in their seats and the women
began to cast frightened looks at each
other and then at the children. some
Of whom had begun to whimper. when
IN an instant all were struck again
into stone. The young man had turn.
ed and wns facing them all. with bis
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itself was horrible.
"lf they let the man CO." he called
out In loud and catching tones. II
will strangle him with these two
hands!"
The word and not the shrek which
burst irrepressibly from more thnn one
woman before him brought him to
himself. With CHASTITY look on his
bloated features he scanned for one
moment the row Of deeply shocked
faces before him. then tottered back
out Of sight and ned toward the stair.
case. All thought that an end had
come to the narrowing scene. and
minister and people faced each other
once more. when. loud and sharp from
above. there rang down the shrIll cry
OF dellrium. this time in articulate
words which even the children could
understand.
Break 1t open. I say! Break It open
and see n her heart 10 therer' :
It was too awful Men and women
and children ieaped 70 their feet and
dashed away Into the streets. ,ufterlns
smothered cries and wild CALCULATIONS.
In vain the clergyman raised bis voice
and babe them respect the dead. for
the rooms were we'll nigh empty be-
fore he had finished his appeal. Only
the least OF the children remained.
Soon these too. were gone. aud the
casket was refastened and carried out
BY the shrinking bearers. leaving Ia
those darkened rooms a trail Of DESC
lntion which was only broken from
time to time by the now faint and
barely heard reiteration Of the name
Of her who had just been borne away.
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Sweetwnter. however anecteo oy tnis
scene I'D me FUNERAL cnamper' nho not
net coh'toi OF nimse'r nor iorRouen TUG
cihims OF duty ne no'en a'fu R""ce
thnt WINE tue candid LOOKING strnnger
| wnose Iead ne nha ~en to"ow'he was
asfmuch surprised ns toe rest a! zoe
manure OF ,he interruption. wn'cn ne
nnu POSSIBLY nn',c'p"ted andIot WINCH
he wns ~ some measure prepared-ne
was OF q" present we mcst oeeP'S ana
peculiarly impressed ny u. II
Sweetwatc' t"k occasion h.ew,se
whi'r the eS'nement was AZ hs neiRnt
70 mark wnai "nect naa oeen mace 90
'he servants NY the sc''ou and couu"c'
OF young Cumoernhd. {
was NOT =" easy 10 oe'erm'ne Us
tne ANXIOUS ae'r".e m,Hn' WISH
o'! one OF ,nem snoweu .nn.
euo". uuu 'n", ons ~"" ~" "S'.
""! P'ss'p""! W u"uo'' Wv e"oS' ."~
was a nomnn Catnonc anu was s,m
ply norrined oy .he HacriIeke OF W"'cn
sne haa oeeh witness. lnere was no
mSak'ns "er 'ee''nE'' hu' 'no"e u
the other two women were more com
p'ex.
30 were those Of the men. Zadok
specially watched each movement of
his young master with open distrust
and very nearly started upright In his
repugnance and dismay when that In.
truding hand fell on the peaceful brow
OF her over whose rate to his own SUR
prise be had been able 70 shed tears.
And the women! Might not the