Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-18
CHATTER XVIII.

v ibin waiting ~ inc rom
p"uud gate. AMI NJ could
not fan To- 49," that she .suS vtsibIy
elndd"n"d NJ the SIGHT ~ MIN
u "HEi tell you nov glad | nm 10
SEQ YOU" was her V','piinp Wharf,
become ~ Tudor; That last hntt"r ~
the nutnmHtir wasn't nire 10 Iis..s
to Was II lou Ct IMdUr!"
$50 you know oil about H." be an.
swrrrd cUolly. We'll. II WAS Tudor.
hut he was doing II left handed. He's
down with y hole In bis shoulder" He
lOc;,rd az her kecnly. disappointing.
isn't it?' he drswIpd.
How do you mean7- -
why, that didn't kill him"
-But ! didn't want him killed Just
because he kissed me-" she cried
oh. he did kiss you" Sheldon re-
torted In evident surprise. Il thought
you said he hurt your arm"
"One could call II o kiss. though II
was only on the end OF the nose" She
laughed at the recollection. But
paid MIN bnck for that myself.
boxed his face for him. And he did
huu my arm. It's black and blue.
Look at It."
She pulled MP the loose sleeve OF her
blouse. and he saw the bruised i'm
prints OF two fingers.
lust then gang OF blacks came out
from among the trees. carrying the
wounded man on rough strptcher.
Romantic. isn't !ty' sheldon snecred.
following Jonn's startled gaze. And
now I'll have to play surgeon and doc
tor him up. Funny. this twentieth
century duehng. First you drill a hole
In a man. and next you set about
plugging the hole up"
They had stepped aside to let the
stretcher pass. ana Tudor. who had
heard the remark. liftes himself up
on the elbow OF his sound arm and
said with a defiant grin:
III you'd got one OF mine you'd have
had TO plug with a dinner plate"
"Oh, you wretchr" Joan cried
you've been cutting your bullets"
at was according to agreement"
Tudor answered Everything went
We could have used dynamite II we
wanted to-
Hes right" Sheldon assured her
as they swung 10 behind. ANY weap-
on was permissible. lay IN the grass
where he couldn't see me and bush
whacked MIN IN truly noble fashion.
That's what comes OF having women
on the plantation. And now It's antisep-
tics and drainage tubes, l suppose.
It's n nasty mess, and I'll have to
read up on II before tackle the Job"
II don see that IT'S my fault" she
began. Il couldn't help 1t because he
kissed me. never dreamed he would
attempt It"
I'VE didn't fight for that reason. But
there isn't time TO explain. II you'll
get dressings and bandaEes ready III
look up gunshot wounds and see what's
TO he done"
lis he bleeding seriously p she asked.
"NO: the bullet seems to have missed
the important arteries. But that
would nave been a pickle"
Then there's no need to bother
nhnut reading up" Joan said. And
I'm Just dying to hear what II was
ali about The Apostle Is lying be-
culmed inside the point and her boats
are out towing. She'll be at anchor
IN Ave minutes. ana DR.. Welshmere Is
sure TO be On board. SO all we've got
to do Ia to make Tudor comfortable.
We'd better put him IN your room I'M
der the mosquito netting and send q
boat Off TO tell DIR. Welshmere to bring
his Instruments"
An hour afterward Or. weishmere
left the patient comfortable and at
tended TO and went down to the beach
TO 20 on board. promising to come back
TO dinner. Joan and Sheldon. stand
Ing on the veranda. watched him de-
part
."I'll never have II IN for the mission
aries again since seeing them here In
the Solomons." she said seating her.
self In a steamer chair.
She looked at Sheldon and began to
laugh.
THAT'S right" he said "It's the
way feel. playing the fool and trying
to murder a guest"
"But you haven't told me what It
was nll about"
"fou." he answered shortly.
"Mei But you Just said It wasn't"
"Oh. II wasn't the kiss" He walked
over to the railing and leaned against
II. facing her. But 1t was about you
oil the same. and | may as we'll tell
you. You remember. ! warned you
long ago what would happen when you
wanted to become partner In Be
rnnde Well. all the beach is gossip.
ing about 1t, and Tudor persisted In
repeating the gossip to me- So you
see 1t won't do for you to stay on here
under present conditions. II would be
better II you went away"
But ] don't want TO go away" she
objected with rueful countenanceL
"a chaperon them
NO. nor chaperou."
But you surely don't expect me to
20 around shooting every slanderer In
the Solomons that opens his mouthY
he demanded gloomily.
NO, nor that either" she answered
with quick impulsiveness. "l'il tell
you what we'll do. Well get married
and put a stop TO II all-therew
He looked AT her In amazement and
would have believed that she was