The morning times., 1895-11-10
p Woman Int6rV0n6S.

The answer did not come by the hand Of
the stew ardess. Edith herself timorOusly
glanced into the saloon, and, seeing Ken
yon alone, ventured in. lie spraDg UP TO
meet her.
Il vas afraid, he said, that you had
been III
No; not exactly, but almost" she an
swered. "0h, Mr.. Kenyon, l have done
the most terrible thiugl You could not
imagine that l was so bold and wicked, -
and tears gathered into the eyes of the girl.
Kenyon stretched out his hand TO her,
aud she took il. Il am afraid 10 stay
here with you," she said, ''for fear
"Oh, know lls,bnut it," said Kenyon.
~ ou cannot Know about it; you surely
do not know what | have done"
Yes, know exactly what you've done,
and we all very much admire sour pluck
1t hasn't, surely, been the talk of the
ship"
NO; IL has not; but Miss Brewster
charged me with being an accomplice."
And you told her you We're not, OF
course
Il couldn't tell her anything, for the
simple reason | hadn't the faintcst idea
what she was talking about; but that's
how | came 10 know what had happened,
and I-came down 10 thank you, Miss
Longworth. for what you have done. l
=
OF my friend Wentworth. He is IA differ
cnt man since Tie iDcidcut We are speak
ing OF occurred"
And have you seen Miss Brewster
since"'
"Oh. yes, as | was telling you, she met
me ON the deck. Dear me. how thought
less OF me. l had forgotten you were
standing. Won't you sit down.
No, M, l nave been in my room so long
that "A Glad In, tn M !. m ~ hpr
Then wont you come up ou deck with
mes''
'oh, I'm afraid" she said. II am afraid
of public scene, and am sure, by thefast
look caught oI that girls eyes, she Will
stop at no scandal to have her revenge.
am sorry tn say that L ain too much of
Il coward To meet her. OF cuurs,', from her
point dr view, have done her eternal
wrong. Perhaps it was WRONG from any
body's point OF view
Miss Longw"rth,' said John Kenyon,
cordially, you need have no fear whatever
OF meeting her. She will say nothing"
How do you know that
''Oh, il is a long story. She went to the
captain with her complaint, and received
very little comfort there. | Will tell you
all about it on deck. Get a wrap and come
with me-
AS Kenyon gave this percmptory order
had no right to take, and his face flushed
as he wondered if Edith would resent the
familiarity of histnne but shernerely looked
up al him with a bright smile nj said:
Il shall do, sir, as you command"
No, no." said Kenyon, lit was not a
command, although II sounded like one. 1t
was a very humble request; at least, in
IL nd ell II to be such"
We'll, Will get my wrap"
~. loft IN har tptn "a
cheer was heard from up on deck. She
stopped and looked at Kenyon.
What does that mean?' she said.
Il don't know" was the answer. Please
get your things on and We will go up and
see"
When they reached the deck they saw
everybody at the forward part OF the ship.
Just becoming visible in the eastern horizon
were three trails of black smoke, apparently
coming toward them.
The word was whispered from one 10 the
other: 1t is the tugboats. II is relief"
Few people on board the steamer knew
that their very existence depended entirely
on the good weather. The incessant pump
ing showed everybody who gavea thoughtto
the matter that the leak had been serious,
but as the subsidence of the vessel was I'M
to all save experts no one but
the officers really knew the danger they
see these three boats approach, the one who
most rejoiced was the one who knew most
about the disaster ana It's effects-the cap
tain.
Edith LongwOrth and John Kenyon paced
ihe deck together, and did not form two of
the crowd who could not tear themselves
away from the front of the ship watching
the gradually approaching tughoats. Pur-
posly John Kenyon brought the girl who
was with him past NJ ISIS Jennie Brewster,
and although that person glared with a
good deal of anger at Edith, who blushed
TO her temples with fear and confusion, yet
nothing was said and Kenyon knew that
his companion would feel easier
In her mind about meeting the woman with
whom she had had such stormy five
The tugbOats speedily took the
big steamer in tow, and slowly the four
Of them made progress toward Queenstown,
it having been resolved to land all the
passengers there and to allow the disa bled
vessel to he towed to Liverpool, if an ex-
hull lshowcdsuch cOuFseto
be safe one. The passengers bade each
other good-by after they left the tender,
and many that were on board that ship
never saw each other again One, at
least, had few regrets and no good-bys to
make.
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