Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-01-27


rough beard had grown out. the pinch.
I'd features were big and bony and
ugly. He might have been already
dead, so motionless was he.
Eleanor gave min one long look,
She could not repress sob The doc.
tor at the bedside looked up with n
frown. Then she turned away and
crept hlindly from the room. kath'
teen cOmpassiunHtcly followed her.
Eleanor sank into chair aud sobbed
unrestrniurdly.
Its nurriblc.' she moaned. He
was so strnnE"'
My poor girl" Kathleen murmured
poOthiugly.
Eleanor lonked NJ wunly. why are
you 81 Riuu to me when ! have de
served ~ lirtleT'
"Beruuse. Kathleen answered soft.
Iy, Il think / understand. You con.
denim yourself too harshly. as did
Forgive me-"
Then she added: DO you care TO
wait here: You are welcome"
IF may"
And Kathleen left her alone.
Eleanor lay back in her chair. Sub.
consciously she took In the details OF
this rOOm-the room OF man VINO
worked Mechanically lingering a pile
OF unopened letters lying on the desk.
she caught the address OF the one on
top. "RUbrrt McAduO.' II was his
room, Here the ting. lonely man. shut
Off from his fellows. mad IN anticipa
ton fought out the battle whose Issue
50 vitality concerned his fellows. Here
perhaps. with hatred aud contempt.
be had thought OF her. Here-she saw
the telephone he had beaten down his
pride and humbIed himself before her
whose idle. selfish vanity had brought
such sorrow 10 him. And now he
must die
"Ah. no." her heart protested. at
can't be true. He was so strong! He
will beat back death. as ne mas beaten
all his enemies. He viii not die"
And the faith was justified The
force had further use for Robert Nc.
Adoo.
l'NNlu llbllllllE IlN utilN u'lIou
came perceptIbly stronger and his TEN.
perature began to rise gradually. Two
OF the doctors left. first shaking hands
with all In the room and congratulate
ing them with an air that said. Con
graduate u.s. The morning newspa.
pers carried the good news ont TO the
I city.
/ II was Kathleen who went In TO tell
Eleanor. saying simply, "lle will live"
/ And Eleanor smiled. - have known
It."
You put Va to shame" Kathleen
said I'VE have had too little faith.
Won't you lie down and get some rest :
You are tired"
Eleanor pointed to the window. NO.
It is morning now. and can 20 home.
You should rest yourself. And" she
added simply. Il can never forget your
generosity to me-"
Kathleen pressed her hand gently.
when he has recovered want you Ia
come 10 him and tell him what you
told me-
yes Rut." she added In fright
ened tone. please never tell him that
was here tonight" The crisis past.
the woman In her reassertcd itself.
II underStand-dear."
Walking YEARLY hOmewnrd In the
gray morning. Eleanor thought:
IL will make my acknowledgment 10
him and then will go away forever"
And forever" seemed n long. dreary
time indeed
One day when his strength was he
ginning to creep back into his body
Kathleen came TO his bedside.
You haven't asked bow the election
came out" she said.
He smiled wearily. I'D forgotten
] lost, didn't ~"
Lost" Kathleen laughed proudly
mo. Indeed. You won and by nearly
10000. Aren't they the dear. good pro
ple?"
And II was true. Sanger had mis-
calculated. Paui's declaration had
been received by many with the skrp
ticism with which eleventh hour
charges generally ARE received. 9th
ers had seen only the tr-arhery ~
Paurs deed aud had become even
more set IN their determination to vote
for McAdoo. Thousands had driinntly
said that they did not care aud had
been ready To ind excuses for the
bribing OF the delegates. And the
news VI his collapse and his critical
condition had been an unanswera bic
appeal 10 sympathy,
But Bob heard the news apathetI
cally.
II don't seem to care almost wish
! hnd lost. Then | shouldn't have 10
20 on with the lighting. wonde
why they did ~"
Don't you know"
What they charged was true. Tn,
delegates were brlbed. They ought Il
have repudinted me-"
An" Kathleen answered proudly
but they love your
lie shook his head wearily. at wa
because they didn't realize"
Another day-it was the first time h
was allowed to sit up In bed whel