The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-04-05

perience enough for anygirl!"
Miss Mamie moved her wet gar.
ments, took a farewell glance at her
chestnuting bang, and walked away
with an appetite that provoked a
wonder in her mothers breast, a
wonder accompanied witha shudder.
She cast her sharp peycs around the
saloon foe that female figure who
had shown herself for moment on
the deck with MIR. Dudley, but,
though there were one or two of her
own sex possessed of sufficient temer.
ity to brave the luncheon table,
Miss Mamie soon decided she was
not there.
at will be kind of quaintwntchina
Jack hirt with some other girl and
fool her ashe fooled me, she thought
as she discussed the good things
"My! what an idiot l made myself
guess he'll have to he very sharp to
get the best of me again in IL hurry
How well he wears. wonder what
he USES for his mlstnche? 1t is sim
ply heavenly, that color"
"Are you going to venture on ,lccE
again this afternoon, Miss Flov,l:
Ii so, will you let me make YOU com
fortal,le? have found the snugocst
corner in the world, where neither
spray nor rain can reach" said Mr.
Dudley, when lunch was over.
"'rllat so? Then I'm there. III
only he Il minute"
Really she spent II very pleasant
afternoon, and was quite nstonisl,et
when the first gong went for dinner
Jack had made her cozy. and had
amused her with endless anecdotes
of his daily life and career since the
memorable day when Mr.. Hiram T.
Floyd. .Jr,, had suddenly shown hin
thedoor of the mansion in fiithavc
nue.. and hispositionas iian,"to Mis-,
! Mamie had come tOnprrm,atnrrrnd
To some people tIis uncxurctr,
meeting with an old lover might
have been both nainl,llan,l disagree
able; hut neither Mr.. Dudley nol
Miss Mamie appeared to experience
any discomfort. With one mim
they banishcd the past and CAV,
themselves up to the more ;,grcca
blc present.
II was not until Miss Floyd was
safely tucked in her berth that night
where neither the mothers very ;:ll
dihlc grolns nor thu noise of the dis
tnnt screw combined could rob I.rl
Of her sleep, that slmrralizc,l cxartl,
what she had been doing.
Il suppose Hiram would jus,
about smash me ii he knew ! ln,
been even civil to Jack: but as liz
wont know. needn't trouhlrmysrl
about it. Seems such II pity,' sh,
unused dolly. "tllnt Jack is such nr
awful black sheep. wonder if that
old story is quite true? Ilimmswor,
it was, of course, and Jack ,li,ln' tie
fend himself; well, hut then ii wns nl
awkward thing. guess, to have tt
prove you amt IL thief and haven,
swindlcd your hest friend. lie docs
not look like Il thief, especially Will
that lovely mustaciIc. | half wisl
that -
But Miss Mamie's wish, what cvcl
it was, wits lost in trcnnlnnl, am
when she nwokc the next nurnin.
all traces Of romance had left llcl
mind.
ale will just doto carry thing.
and look after me. One must hav,
somebody, and, of course if ma vii
insist on crossing at this time of til,
year one is glad to find anybody dc
cent, whether one knows him to be ,
thief or not"
Fortunate it was for Mrs. Hiram
T.. FlOyd's peace ofmind that sh,
remained in total Ignorance of VIII,
her daughters companion was OF
the deck, or it is doubtful wllrtlr
even the dread of Il sudden and INV
full collapse would have rrstr;linc,
her from rushing up to protect lcl
progeny.
This state of affairs; continued fol
three days, while very bad weather
ragged, and during this time Miss
M;lmic and Mr.. dudley had the ,lcrl
almost to themselves.
On the morning of the fourth day
however. DIR. Stuart WAS seen mnl
lantly assisting Il fair and very rvi
dent sut1eirrupthccomplnion stairs
Quick ns iglt,in" Miss Mamie dis,
covered Jacks companion of thu
first day. but beyond rais;n" his liH,
MIR. dudley evirced M further ,Icsir,
to leave her sid" aud approach til.
other lady, although by and by he
rose on some prctcllsr of writing IL
letter and went below.
Miss Mamie wls hy nature convcr.
sational and also sympathetic. Shc
pitic'l the poor creature whose pal,
face testified TO the misery she had
been and still wis enduring. nn,
when DR.. Stuart in IL few contihrn.
tial words informed her that lie lHl,l
discovered the Young lndyto bequitt
! alone and evidently in great trouble
Mamic's warm heart went out tu
her mother and brother so frequent.
ly dcplorcd.
In five minutes the two women
were friends. aud Miss Mamie ,l,pi,-
ed that DR.. Stuart had not been
wrong when he had said that Miss
Elliott was very Iesolntr, very sad
and very poor. She did not even
possess IL rug, and WAS covered wit
IL thin tlimsy shawl, until Mamie
sent the deck steward for some oI
her manifold wraps, and, despite
Miss Elliott's protrstntion, had her
swathed in them until she rcscmblc,l
nothing so much as IL mummy.
When the luncheon gong sounded
Mamie had determined that for the
rest of the voyage, ut any rate, Miss
Elliott should have real care and at.
tcntion. She informed Mr.. Dudley
of this, and tried to- enlist his ready
sympathy. To her surprise Jack
wHS slow To give it.
81 ,lon't-ii You will allow III" tn
presume to advise you. Miss Floyd
Il don't think you should allow
yourself to lccomc too intimat,
with this lady. One never knows
what that sort ofthing leads to. BE,
sides, it is rather strange, you know
travelling alone with no rugs Or
"Pcrhaps if you were poor gov,
crncss who had been shameful,
treated you would have to travr
alone, and might not he able to nj
ford rugs. As if that made amy dit
ference" WAS Miss Ma,nie's rctort
Jack Dudley said no more: only ht
managed to express an rxtraor'linn,
ry amount in the glance Ii" "nvr his
| OK .lfinncn Whi.h ,rlInIn had tie Of.