Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-25

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THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE HURRICANE DECK.
| the hurricane deck, just above the smok-
| ing-roon, where, lying full length on
! reclining chair and enreloped in luxuri-
GUS rugs, she could watch all that was
| going forward on the broad expanse OF
! deck below.
| She was the only lady passenger on
| deck The ship WIS bowling along glo-
riously over the giant sweils with roll
| licking, sideway motion far from un-
| pleasant to the now rapidly recovering
| patient. A game Of shuttle board was in
progress beneath. and Miss Gray expe-
| rienced wicked satisfaction in the reg
| ularity with which her enemy with the
blonde mustaehe found himself compelled
to hand his opponent small sum Of
money at the close Of each game. Her
dswy-red lips parted in slight, we'll
bred sheer. "Ah, agambler. see" she
murmured, scornfuliy, and closed her
|, eyes.
She felt that the wind was playing
pranks with her hair, but she was too
weak to mind. But suddenly there was q
heavier lurc,a than usual and the pillow
beneath her head shot Off the chair and
l
two weak, Intellectual efforts to clutch it,
and. thereupon, in the sheer weakness
and petulance, engendered by that IN
ique malady Of the sea, she commenced
to cry like baby.
She could not have uttered more than
four of those plaintire little sobs before
she felt the pillow being replaced. A
strong arm, clothed in soft flannel
sleeve, had raised her head with an air Of
cool proprietorship. and its fellow
smoothed and patsed the pillow into
place as skilifully as though it had never
known any other duty. Then the owner
Of the two arms stepped back IA pace or
two to survey his work. and Miss Gray
looked up and beheld-her enemy Of the
blonde mustache-
! His eyes were dancing with merriment
and mis- chief. Miss Gray noted with bit
| terness how handsome and healthy and
! daring he looked. Tall, slender, straight
| as an arrow, every line of his figure ex-
pressing grace and the consciousness OF
it. He looked priued for mischief.
| A sudden sense Of her former expert
| eHce rushed across Miss Gray's mind
The combined bitterness Of that and Of
the sickness she was Just recovering
from we're too much for her. She was
not to be trapped twice. She half rose
on her elbow and cried, peevishlE:
s-Go away.''
I Over the young mans face swept q
look Of amazement to be followed by
one OF combined amusement and pique.
He bowed low, with great grace, and did
as he was hidden.
OF course the young lady regretted her
| action the next instant. Sis Lcsg that
. | she had been rude, inexcusably rude
, She began to wonder if the young mal
: | would come back, and next to hope that
he would. Then, as the minutes dragged
| by and he did not cone, she began to re.
l dect On what an extraordinarily hand
some young man he was. There was
honesty and breeding In every line of hi:
face. He had done nothing but wha
, ordinary courtesy would dictate. he di,
] not look like q young man in the habi
of taking liberties. The upshot Of he1
reverie was that she remarked, quietly
"Lucretia Gray, you are fool" Then
! she cried a little more, AMI 7sii better.
, | She could not accuse the young nan o
t | presumption after that. When size me
| him. in her frequent pronenades on deck
| his face assumed the expression of
| stone wall. For ali that he appeared t
/ know to the contrary, she might hav
0 been at the bottom Of the Atlantic in
Z | stead of sailing across it in the same shi
? | with him. He persisted IN this course
He never looked her way, and it WAS no
4 | very long before people began to notic
I it. AcGuaintaEces had sprung ap be
> ! tween the passengers. as they always dr.
: and bye and bye these two young Deo
l. PIE were actually the only saloon pas
: Eengers who did not speak to each other
f Strange as it may appear, the longer
d continued the better Miss Gray liked tt
. young man. She fell to studying him, q
e he paced the decks OF Isunged en- th
g | en- bin sofas with an unread book in h
T listless fngers-the fingers that were a
r Why's SO beautifully white, and tipped, I
q the brink Of efeminaey, with such wor
Y derfuliy polished nails. Once she WI
d guilty Of gazing long and earnestly
il him through the windows of the mEsi,
: roon as he sat stunning idly at ii
e piano. He could not play a note. hu
"a | strangely enough, the discords that /
= | struck seemed far from unharmonious
the young lady, herself an accomplishe
10 musician. But, then, she Was looking 4
= his hair, and marVeling inwardly at ii
= tricks the sunshine played with it. Aft
II | that her eyes were always upon hiE
l. except at such times she knew hs
= glances would risk being intercepte
II Once he caught her-caught her fairly al
ID unequivoeallY. He was leaning over Il
u railing. and turned suddenly to find b.
In gaze full upon him from distance Of
- short six Feet. Was it prank of the in
id agination or did fla SD of pleasure glea
ag into his eyes. as she hastily turned ASH
70 with her cheeks. neck and brow all sea
r let with msrt5deafions No, she was su
er of ii, and in five minutes she toll herss
lie she hated him passionately. La ten 81
IN told herself Ihat-if 1T would not seem
az sEpf smeIE ridienIols-she hslieVel 81