Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-19

III III luCh, sulu the unfOrtunat'
young man to himself
Then he remarked aloud: I'VE hav,
not many ladies with us this voyage"
"No," replied Miss Brewster; Il sup
pose nobody really crosses ut this tim,
OF the year unless compelled to-
Il can answer for two passengers that
such is the case"
Do you mean yourself as one?"
y. '~vself and my friend"
How l.,a- a. must be-" said Miss
Brewster, ito traN, '.' p friend. Then
one Is not lonely. L. uD.o., II -. am
travelling alone"
Il fancy" said the gallant Went
worth, that if you are lonely while on
board ship it will be entirely your own
fault"
( Miss Brewster laughed silvery little
laugh. 81 don't know about that" she
said. 81 am going to that Mecca of all
( Americans-Paris. My father is TO meet
me there, and we are then going on to
! the Riviera together"
! "Ah! that will be very pleasant" said
Wentworth. THE Eiviera at this sea-
son is certainly place to be desired"
$50 have heard" she replied.
Have you not been across before?"
NO, this is my first voyage. I sup
pose you have crossed many times ?"
oh, no." answered the Englishman:
this is only my second voyage, my first
having been the one that took me to
America"
"Ah, then, you are not an American ?'
returned Miss Brewster, with apparent
surprise. She imagined that a man is
generally tiattered when q mistake of
this kind is made. No matter how proud
he may be of his country, it shows that
there is certainly no provincialism
about him that, as the Americans say,
gave him away"
81 think" said Wentworth, las a
general thing, l am not mistaken for
anything but what | am-an English
man."
Il have met so few Englishmen," ;" said
the guileless Miss Jennie, ''that really
should not be expected to know"
81 understand it is common delusion
among Americans that every English
man drops his his and is to be detected
in that way"
Jennie laughed again, and George
Wentworth thought it one of the pret-
test laughs he had ever heard.
Poor Kenyon was rather neglected by
his friend during the dinner. He felt a
little gloomy while the courses wento on.
and wished he had an evening paper. |
Meanwhile Wentworth and the hand |
some girl beside him got ON very we'll |
together. At the end of the dinner she |
seemed to have some difficulty in get
ting up from her chair. and Wentworth |
showed her how to turn il around, leav-
ing her free to rise. She thanked him |
prettily.
II am going on deck" she said, as she
turned to go; 81 am so anxious to get
my first glimpse of the ocean at night
from the deck of a steamer
81 hope you will let me accompany
you?" returned young Wentworth
THE decks are rather slippery, and
even when the boat is not rolling it
sn't quite safe for lady unused to the
motion of a ship to walk alone in the
lark"
"Oh, thank you very much!" replied
Miss Brewster, with effusion. SIT is
Kind of you, L am sure; and if you prom
sc not to let me rob you of the pleasure
If your after-dinner cigar l shall be
most happy to have you accompany me.
will meet you at the top of the stair
way in five minutes"
"You are getting on" said Kenyon, as
he young woman disappeared.
whats the use of being on board
AXE advantage OF INC .prs.,--,--- -
making shipboard acquaintances.
There is an unconventionality about
ife on a steamer that is not without its
harm, as, perhaps, you will find out
before the voyage is over, John"
'You are merely trying to ease your
conscience because of your heartless de-
,ertion of me-"
George Wentworth had waited at the
.op of the companionway little more
han five minutes when Miss Brewster
appeared, wrapped in an arrangement
tipped with fur, which lent an addition
Il charm to her complexion, set off as it