Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-10

completed Joel stood before the paint.
ing lost IN awed admiration. The
words Of praise he longed to say re-
fused to be spoken.
"Dlann." he pleaded gently. "come
home with mo now nnd rest"
"Yes. MIR. Sphinx" she answered
with unexpected meekness. and while
Joel attended to the exhibiting Of her
painting Diana revelpd among the
flowers In the old homestead garden.
JoeIs mother called to him from the
vernuda one afternoon. Have you
seen Dunay" she asked. ~ have miss.
ed her for some time"
mo" he replied: II have not seen
her" A sudden presentiment paled
his face beneath Its coat Of tan. with
nervous haste he produced a key ring.
though he knew instinctively that the
key he sought would not he there
After all these months Of watchful.
ness he had left II carelessly in an
open door. and this open door would
reveal to the girl he loved the futility
OF all her bright hopes. Hastily en-
tering the house. he assembled n rear
stairway and. reaching the Second
landing. passed on again to an attic
door. The boards resoundcd beneath
his tread M he crossed to a doc,
which led into n small gable room
Joel hpsitnted u moment ny though to
gain courage. then stepped inside
Upon the four walls finished TO re-
reivr them hrng many paintings II
costly frames They were All here
Diann's pictures not one missing
from the first crude sketch 10 her lat
est triumph. and rrnuched upon th,
floor. her slight figure shaken by noise
less snbs. lay tn. little artist.
"Dinnn." the man whispered.
She turned upon him Hereby. "Sn
this II what you have been doing all
along she cried. 'buying, my paint
ings and hiding them here iD your gar
ret. while ! hive been living upon
On believing In myself--in my nrt
when am hut hopeless fallure?"
1T has al been u mistake. Diana"
Joel said unStpadily Just another
one of my Numbering ways OF trying
To make You happy. mud you must
know that every picture was given
fair chance before finally brought
There"
"Oh. ! nm sure Of that" Diana an.
swerrd and laughed mockingly. "Rut
You had no right to deceive me. Joel
no right to force upon me money which
! did not earn" BE,
81 have spent greut deal Of none,
in my life for things which gave II,
pleasure" the man answered gently
"while ench picture Of yours. DIANA
has been worth more than twice II,
price to me"
The girl sighed and motioned to
ward the pictures. My career has
begun and ended here" she snid
joel took one step toward her. theu
paused 'piain." he suid tensrly
marry me and | will help you realiz,
your ambition.
NO. Joel." she said YEARLY. you
must invent some other plan to bslI
me out Of my difficulty"
a gentleman to s-e you. SIR" called
Lizzie from the threshold. and Joe
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