The Delta independent., 1896-09-23
Copyright. 1885. by
Robert Barr.

thing has happened TO make it WORT.
while.''
Il am very much obliged 10 you," SAID
John Kenyon, coldly, but / never drini.
with anybody"
What, never touch it at all? Not ever
ale?"
mot even ale."
"Well. 1 am astonished to hear that
Thought every Englishman drank ale"
''There is at least one Englishman
who docs not"
'.All right, then, no harm done, and
no offense given, I hope. ] may say.
however, that you miss a lot of fun in
this world"
Il presume l miss few headaches,
al.9i| 90 IN. no, necessarily. Ibave one great
recipe for not having headache. You
see, this is the philosophy of head
aches" and then, much to Johns cha
grin, he linked arms with him and
changed his step to suit Kenyon's, talk
ing all the time as if they were the most
intimate friends in the wrold.
Il have n sure plan for avoiding
headache. You see, when you look into
the matter, it is this way. The head
ache only comes when you are sober.
Very well, then. 1t is as simple as \ II
c. Never get sober; that's the way
do. L simply keep on and never get sober,
so have no headaches. lfpcopie who
drink would avoid the d.sagreeabic
necessity of ever getting sober, they
would be all right. Don't you see what
/ mean?"
"And how about their brains in the
mean time?"
"Oh, their brains are all right. Good
liquor sharpens mans brains wonder
fully. Now you try it some time. Let
me have them mix cocktail Tor yen. ]
tell you. John. a cocktail is one of the
finest drinks that ever was made, and
this man at the bar. when ! came on
board. he thought he could make cock
tail, but he didn't know even the rudi-
ulents. have taught him how TO do
it, and I tell you that secret will be
worth fortune to him, because If there
is anything Americans like it is to have
their cocktails mixed correctly. There's
no one man in all England can do it,
and very few men on the Atlantic serv-
ice. But I'm gradually educating them.
Been across six times. They pretend to
give you American drinks over in Eng
land, but you must know how disap-
pointing they are"
"I'm sure 1 don't see how / should
inow. for never taste any of them
"Ah. true; I had forgotten that. Wei,
took this barkeeper here in hand, and
he knows now how to make n reasonably
good cocktail; and, Us I say. that secret
will be worth money to him from Amer
lean passengers"
John Kenyon was revolving in his
mind the problem of how to get rid of
this loquncious and generous individual.
when he saw, sailing down upon them.
the irate figure of Miss Jennie Brewster.
and he wondered what was the cause of
the look of bitter Indignation flashing
from her eyes. He thought that she in
tended to address the American poll
tician. but he was mistaken. She came
directly at him, and, with her fist
clenchcd. said in loud voice:
"WeIl, John Kenyon, what do you
think of your work?"
what work." asked the bcwildered
man.
"You know very well what work I
mean. A fine specimen of n man you
are! Without the courage yourself TO
prevent my sending that telegram, you
induced your dupe to come down to my
stateroom and brazenIy keep me from
sending it."
The look of utter establishment that
came upon the face Of honest John Ken
yon would have convinced any woman
1a mt In in ~ a 4
all of what she wns speaking. a dim
idea of this, indeed, flashed across the
young woman's heated brain. But be-
fore she could speak Fleming said:
Tut, tut. my dear girl. you are talk
ing too loud altogether. Do you want
to attract the attention of everybody
on the deck? You mustn't make
scandal in this way ON board ship"
"Scandnl!- she cried. eve will soon
see whether there will be n scandal OF
not. Attract the attention Of those on
deckl That is exactly what am going
to do. until I show up the vilIainy of this
man you are talking to. He was the
concoctor of il. and he knows it. She
never had brains enough to think of IL.
He was too much of n coward to carry il
out himself, and so he set her to do his
dastardly piece of work"
swell. WE'LL" said Fleming. even IL
he has done all that. whatever it IL. it
will do no good to attract the attention
to it here on deck. See how everybody
is listening TO what you are saying. My
dear girl. you are too angry to talk just
now; the best thing you can do is to go
to your statcroom."
"You shut your silly mouth. will
you?" she cried. turning furiously upon
him. "I'n thank you to mind your own
business, and let me attend TO mine i
should have thought that you would
have found out before this that am ca
pable of attending TO my own affairs.
Certainly. certainly, my dear girl"
answered the politician. soothingly.