Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-05-21

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lillian maiden, a fine brunette, with q
figure inclined TO the statuesque in its
outlines. The other, so nearly as I
could discover from an occasional
glimpse of her in the course of the first
two days of the voyage, was a slender,
graceful girl, brown-haired, and neither
very dark nor very light of complexion.
She was travelling In company with an
older woman, attendance upon whom
kept her fully employed for IS hours
out OF port. Then, as the weather
was fine, the pair appeared on deck and
Joined the party under the big awning
nft. Each carried a book, but it was
noticeable that, while the elder read
steadily and rapidly, with the business
like air of a hardened devourer of nov
els, the girl often dropped her book
upon her lap and let her gaze stray
across the wide expanse of blue water.
Seemingly she took little heed of her
fe!low-voyaRers, a group of whom were
chatting not n dozen feet from her.
1t was an excellent opportt ~ ~ study
her without her knowledge as | be-
ieyed; and the longer | watched the
young woman the more interested in
her did become.
She was slender, as has been said.
and carried herself 30 erectly as TO ap-
pear taller than she really was, her
height being, In fact, but trifle above
the average of her sex. Her forehead
was broad, and her hair worn low upon
IL. Her features were good. The nose
was straight and finely chiseled, the
chin delicately rounded. Her mouth
was larger than the canons of art de-
manded. and now and then the lips
were set In q line which Indicated no
lack of frmness. 1t was not n stub
born mouth. however, even when the
thoughts of it's mistress seemed TO be
least pleasant. The. face was inclined
to pa1eness, relieved by faint, hicker-
ing color which came and went on her
cheeks, evenoos she sat watching the
seq. The eyes gave her strongest claim
to beauty. They were clear, dark
brown eyes shaded by long lashes.
AS a whole, the face was attractive,
but IL waB no easy task to class It's de-
gree of pulchritude. Absolute beauty
II did not attain; pretty" was clearly
not the adjective 10 apply 10 It, Hand
some" seemed TO be closer TO the truth,
though even that word did not quite
satisfy my judgment. But / did not
ponder long over the poiDt, for I soon
found myself fully decided that the
girl was, in appearance at least, a very
charming young person.
burroughs, a British youth with
whom l had struck up an acquaintance
In the smolin2-room, crossed the deck
TO her chair, and talked with her for
perhaps quarter Of an hour. the novel
reader merely looking up from her book
on his approach and promptly return
ing TO It's perusal after answering his
greeting. envlcd Burroughs nc
cuaintance with the girl, although
neither be nor she seemed to derive any
great entertainment from their some
what intermittent conversation. Once
the sent a quick glance in my direction,
and guessed that the youth had
reached Inc Ia going over the list OF pas
sengerB. I prayed that he might be
charitable in his comments.
Strolling into the smoking-room that
evening, found most of the male pas
scngers were assembled. Two games
Of cards were In progress, with fringe
Of spectators looking over the players
shoulders. After II few minutes Bur
rouglrs appeared, and dropped upon the
cushioned bench beside me.
Not playing, eh?" said he. Don't
you admire the sport?"
Not particularly" 1 answered. "Are
you going to take n hand?'
II like to, generally said he, with
laugh, "but I'd rather 10 something
else just now"
Smoke, for instancC2" ] suggested.
mot exactly" nc answered, with IL
sort OF embarrassment in his tone.
by the way, wouldn't you like TO meet
your fair compatriotf"
"Who Ia she2 / had supposed myself
to be the only North American on
hoard"
Miss Dorothy Gray. II you hap
pcned To notice, you saw me talking to
her this afternoon. She's with her
aunt, Mrs Loring met 'em in Rio, you
know. 1 told her who you were, and she'll
be glad TO zee you. Come nlong, that's
good fellow"
"Why this hastc2'' But | rose with
ont delay, as he might have observed,
had he not been busy with his own
schemes.
"It's something like this, you know"
he went on. "That splendid creature
with name 1 can't pronounce is with
Miss Gray now, and until l get some
body 70 look after tho little Yankee,
you know, / can't have the splendid
creature to myself. Idon'tapeak much
Of her lingo, you see, and she can't
make even staggcr at mine, and 50
our conversation is rather embarrnes-
ing before u third party. don't you