Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
"ouite well, thank you. Only a little

Sulte wen, tnank you. Only q ltftl0
tired"
The o was SO cold that Lawrence
felt checked. There was II momcntary
pause. during which she looked dreamilv
out at the sea. as if she took no interest
i'll him or in his communications. He
lifted his hat and walked away. When
he took his place at the dinner table,
Major Haye frowned at him suspiciously.
He returned to the deck as soon as possi-
bic. but she was gone.
She did not appear at breakfast next
morning. but about eleven o'clock he
found her and Mrs. Haye sitting tram
qnilly side by side with books in their
hands. Perhaps Mrs. Haye did not find
her book interesting. or else she was at
tracted by Lawrcnce's appearance. for
she closed the volume almost Immediate
~. and made IL remark about the inencss
OF the day. 1t was II commonplace obser-
Walton. but the name in which it was
proffcred was inviting. All the other pas
Sengers were away. either in the saloon,
or smoking and chatting with the officers
of the ship.
II hope VIC shall have good weather all
the way to Alexandria," said Lawrence.
Mrs Haye hailed the introduction of
the word Alexandria as affording IL newer
subject of discussion than the weather.
You are going to Alexandria," she
said. fixing him with her eyeglass. and
looking suddenly interested. !.
II am going through it. People don't
| stop in Alexandria if they can help it.,
do thcyy' {.
Mrs. Haye east a curious glance at her
silent friend. and answered quickly: O.
Some very dear friends of mine live in
~AleNandria--or rather in a suburb called
Ikamleh. where most of the Europeans
live. l believe"
III beg your pardon. I was throwing
no discrcdit on Alexandria," said Law
renee. with his pleasant SMILE. II only
meant that people are generally in a
hurry to see Cairo and the Pyramids
when they come to Egypt. 1 have no
doubt that Alexandria is IL very charm
ing place."
still. 1 like to live in civilized places.
My husband was once quartercd in n vii
lage where there were no other Euro
peans within fifty miles of him. He al.
most forgot how to speak his own Ian
guagc. Blu my friends in Ramlch. Mr..
and Mrs. Dumaresq, say they like it very
much. And so do the Burtons."
II know II Mr.. and Mrs. Burton who
tSahH W A<SSpe ooAhS SSuiS uSoS Sulo
Lawrence"
''rhcse were the Mansfield Burtons."
"Yes: so my friends, or rather acquaint-
anccs. were called"
"And they lived at a village in Hamp,
shire-I forget the name of it,"
"Quccn's Holt?"
Queens Holt. of course. 1t must be
the same. What a small world it is. Do
Won know the Dlace?"
~ have heard MIR. Burton speak of it.
1 knew him in London. He used to come
to my aunt's house a good deal. My
aunt-Mrs. Seymour-lived in London at
that time"
"Mrs. Seymour? Was her husband a
general otiiccr::" said Mrs. Huye, with
much animation.
"He was. And lie served in the Puniab
for ten years before he died. l dare say
you nave heard of him?"
Mrs. Tlaye had not only heard of him.
hut knew him personally. Intimately"
ais she observed with much effusion; and,
to Lnwrcncc's amusement. she immedi-
a,cly sent Il sailor to summon her hus-
band i'll order to inform him of the Won
drrfnl discovery that she had made.
no be continucd.)