Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-13

iicfidcs. | nave rIghi NJ the hest pro
tccturs In the world my sailors You
were living li!:c savage when |
came along ana found yOu-pnting
nothing but timed meat aud scenes
that would have ruined the digestion
OF camel Anyway. I've rrmr,llcd
that. and sine" we are tU I've partners.
II will stay rrnrdipd. You won't die
OF nnlnutriIiou. h" sure " that"
"lf "" enter into partnership" he
announced. 1t must r thoroughly
understood that you are not allowed
10 run the schooner Iuu can 20
down to sydney and buy her. but a
skipper we must have
AT 81 much additional expense and
most likely II whiSkpy drinking. ire.
sponsihlc ana incapable man to boot.
Besides. Id have the business more nj
heart than any man we could hire.
As for caImbility. tell you can sail
all around the average broken captain
or promoted able seaman you find in
the south sens. And you know am
navigator"
But being my partner" he said
coolly, "makcs you none the less a
lady"
THANK you for telling me that my
contemplated conduct Is unladylike."
She arose. tears of anger and mortl.
ficatlon in her eyes, and went over to
the photograph.
IL wonder If all men are as ridlcul.
Gus as yOu?" she said.
He shrugged his shoulders and
smiled. Discussion was useless-he had
learned that; and he was resolved to
keep his temper. And before the day
was out she capitulated She was to
20 10 Sydney on the first steamer, pur.
chase the schooner, and sail back with
an island skipper on board. And then
she inveigled Sheldon into agreeing
that she could take occasional cruises
In the islands. though he was adamant
when 1t came TO a recruiting trip on
Malalta. That was the one thing
barred. r
, And after II was all over, and terse
and buslnesslike agreement (by her
urglngl drawn up and signed. Sheldon
paced up and down for full hour,
mcdltating upon how many different
kinds of fool he had made OF himself
He had never seen n more Independent
woman who stood more 10 need Of a
protector than this boy minded girl who
had landed on his beach with eight
picturesque savages, long barreled
revolver. bag OF gold. and gaudy
merchandise Of imagined romance and
adventure.
lie had never read of anything to
compare with 1t. He smoked cigarette
after cigarette. Satan. back from a
prowl around the compound, ran up to
him and touched his hand with cold,
damp nose. Sheldon caressed the AMI.
mars ears. then threw himself into a
chair and laughed heartily. What
would the commissioner OF the Solo
mons think? What would his people
| Mt home think? And In the one breath
he was glad that the partnership had
been effected and sorry that Joan
Lakeland had ever come to The Solo.
mons. Then he went inside and
! .'"N'" ~ "'' y" - '""' '''N'
He studied the reflection long and
tho"Shttufy ana wohder'ngy.
CHAPTER XIII.
... TIE MARTHA.
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