The Red Cloud chief., 1895-07-26

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have risen SO gracefully out of the diff
ficulty. so her gentlemen admirers said
half sadly. Nobody but Milly, said hei
girl friends, obviously, would have met
with so romantic an adventure. No.
body but his wife-but that's ahead Of
my story.
The great ocean steamship was or
its way from Australia to England
through the Red sea, which, as every
one knows. is the longest ocean yoy.
age in the world. She had stopped al
a port In Ceslon. in order that her sea.
weary passengers might go ashore for
a few hours and feast their eyes upon
the city and surrounding country, and
feel once more terra 1irma beneath
their feet. Millicent most Of all re
joiced at the opportunity. fer she was
not more weary OF the sea than of O
certain extremely young man aboard
ship whose persistent attentions. while
very wearying at times, offered the
only diversion from the monotony OF
women's society, for there was a sad
dearth OF men on the trip. This short
pause gave her an opportunity to es-
cape both sea and fellow-passenger.
The ~party-all women-took dinner
ashore at the - hotel, which, all
travellers know, is the resort of all En-
gl!sh speaking people who visit the is
land. Mine host, delighted to honor a
group of so charming young ladies and
having In mind the success of a hcp on
the program for the hotel that same
evening, showed himself very attentive
ard extended a most cordial invitation
TO come back and dance for an hour or
so.
The scramble Into the waiting boat
anl urgent cntreatics TO the overs to
hurry gave evidence Of the delight with
which the invitation was received. And
the hotel proprietor. watching its
course toward the ship, smiled "a he
congratulated himself on the social
success he foresaw. For the pretty Eu-
cl.sh and American girls had been
much observed during the day and he
knew the numerous English and Amer
lean bachelor merchants and profess
si0nal men Of the town would come in
scores should they learn these ladies
were TO dance. which report mine host
took care should be spread rapidly far
and wide.
When the captain saw the eager
faces CT his girls. as he la~ughingly
called them, and learned the cause of
their unusual amount of animation. he
had not the heart TO d~isappoint them,
but promised TO hold the boat until II
o'clock, that they might attend the
dance.
SO back to land again, over the
sparkling water. in ball gowns and
slippers and opera cloaks, were two
full boat loads rowed. They danced,
they laughed, they firted. Many Q
lonely bachelor, sitting In his dingy Of
fce with q long column Of figures bc-
fore him. or surrounded by the heavy
tones Of law or medicine, was hauat2l
for days by a pair OF bright brown or
blue eyes and . vision Of shoulder and
cheek Of 2~lahaSter flushing 10 rose.
More than Il man present that niGht
Travelled, before many months, 20 Eng
land, France or America to renew the
acquaintance thus pleasantly formed
One OF two succeeded in making the
objects of their visit believe that to
live always in sight OF the spar.;llng
waters of the Mediterranean, always to
breathe its bree2es laden with the odor
Of orange flowers and the spices OF Cey-
.2n. would be heaven upon earth and
did not go back alone.
50 the happy hours few, and even
TIE chaperons, who usually found such
o-airs extremely duh and longed to be
nj their sleep, were so popular upon
this evening they were loath TO ac-
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