The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-11-13
CHAPTER Y.

and as she became more or less calm
she began to wonder why she had not
assaulted the girl who had dared to i'm
prison her. She dimly remembered
that she thought of a fierce onslaught
at the time. and she also remembered
that the fear of the boat leaving during
the row had stayed her hand. But now
that the boat had left. she bitterly re-
GREETED her inaction, ard grieved un-
availingly over the fact that she had
stopped to write the account of the dis
aster which befell the Caloric. Had she
not done so, all might have been we'll,
but her great ambition to be counted
the best newspaper woman in New
York, and to show the editor that she
was equal to any emergency that might
arise, had undone her. While it would
have been possible for her to send away
one telegram, her desire to write the
second had resulted in her sending none
at all. Although she impugned her
own conduct in language that one
would not have expected to have heard
from the lips of daughter of million
aire, her anger against Edith Long
worth became more intense, and
fierce desire to have revenge took pos
session of the fair correspondent. Sac
resolved that she would go up on deck
and shame this woman before every
body. She would attract public atten-
ton to the affair by tearing Edith
Longworth from her deck chair. and
in her present state of mind she had
no doubt she had the strength TO do if.
With the yearning for revenge fierce
and strong upon her, the newspaper
woman put on her hat and departed for
the deck. Like an enraged tigress she
passed up one side and down the other.
but her would-be victim was not Wis
ible. The rage of Miss Brewster in
creased when she found her prey was
not where she expected. She had
fear that when she calmed down her
own good sense would assert itself. and
her revenge would be lost. In going
to and fro along the deck she met Ken
yon and Fleming walking together.
Fleming had just that moment come up
to kenyon, who was moodily pacing
the deck alone, and. slapping him on
the shoulder, asked him to have
drink.
at seems to me, he said, that never
have had the pleasure of Offering you
drink since we came on board the ship.
1 want to drink with everybody who is
here, and especially now, when some
thing has happened to make it worth
while"
81 am very much obliged to you" said
John Kenyon, coldly. but 1 never drink
with anybody"
what, never touch it at all? Not even
ale?"
Not even ale.
well. I am astonished to hear that.
Thought every Englishman d,dnk ale. -
There is at least one Englishman
who'dooS not.
"All right, then. no harm done, arc
no offense given. | hope. may say,
however, that you miss Il lot &C fun in
this world"
Il presume I miss few headaches.
also"
~'Oh, not necessarily. have 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 IL they were the most
intimate friends in the wrold.
Il have a sure plan for avoiding a
headache. You see. when you look into
the matter. il Is this way. The head
ache only comes when you are sober.
Very well. then. 1t Is as simple as \ L
c. Never get soIper; that's the way
do. simply keep on andnever get sober,
so have no headaches. IfpeOple who
drink would avoid the d:sagreeablc
necessity of ever getting sober. they
would be all right. Don't you see what
] mean"
And how about their brains in the
mean Jime?"
''Oh. their brains are ali right. GOOD
liquor sharpens mans brains wonder,
fully. Now you Try il some time. Let
me have them mix cocktail for you.
tell YOU. John. cocktail is one Of the
finest drinks that ever was made. and
this man at the bar. when | came or
board. lie thought ne could make cock
tail. but tie didn't know even the rudi-
ments. have taught him how TO dc
it, and | tell you that secret will be
worth a fortune 10 him. because if there
is ANYTHING Americans like it is 10 have
their cocktails mixed correctly. There's
no one man in all England can do 1T
and very few men on the Atlantic serv
ice. But I'm gradually educating them
Been across six times. They pretend Il
give you American drinks over in Eng
land, but you must know how disaP
pointing they are"
I'm sure | don't see how l SHOULD
know, for never taste any of them"
'Ah. true; had forgotten that Well
I took this barkeeper here in hand, anC
he knows now how TO make REASONABLE.
good cocktail: and. as say, that secre
viii be worth money TO him from Amer
lean passengers"
John Kenyon was revolving in hi
mind the problem of how to get rid o
this Ioquacious and generous individual