The Delta independent., 1897-04-28

Sct minGiy she took little heo4 of AeH
fe'low-voyasers, u group Of whon were
chatting not . dozen feet from her
1t was an excellent opportunity - stsdy
her without her k90wledes-as ! BE-
lieved; and the longer wateAsd the
young woman the more Interested In
her did become.
She was slendeT. - has been said.
and carried herself 20 ereetly - 70 sp-
pear taller than she really was. her
height being, in fact. but tribe above
the average Of her sex. Her fosehead
WAS broad. and her hair worn low upon
II. Her features were good. The nose
was straight and Rrely chissled. the
chin delicately rounded. Her mouth
was larger than tne eanons Of AT de-
manded, and now and thea ~ lips
were set in line which indicated NO
lack of 6rmness. 1t Waa A04 . stub
born mouth, however. even when the
thoughts Of its mistress seensed 70 be
least pleasant. The face was inclined
to paleness, relieved by = faint. Aicker-
ing color which came and went On her
sen. The eyes gave her strongest claim
10 Oeuuty. xnEy WcLG CIeots o8LA-
brown eyes shaded by long lashes,
A n whole, the face wss attractive,
but it was no easy task to class its de-
gree of pulchritude. Absolute beauty
It did not attain; pretty" was clearly
not the adjective to apply 70 II. "Hand-
some" seemed to be closer 70 the truth.
though even that word did not quite
satisfy my Judgment. But did not
ponder long over the poiat, for soon
found myself fully decided that the
girl was, in appearance 1t least. very
charming young person.
burroughs, . British youth with
whom bad struck up IN acqusintance
in the xmokin2-room, crossed the deck
10 her chair. and talked with her for
perhaps . quarter Of an hour. the novel
render merely looking up from her book
on his approach and promptly return
ing to its perusA after answering his
greeting. envicd Burr0ughs' &C.
cuaintance with the girl. although
neither lie nor she seemed to derive any
great entertainment from their some
what intermittent conversation. Once
she sent q quick glance in my direction.
and l guessed that the youth had
reached me In going over the list Of pas
sengers. prayed that he might be
charitable in his commcnts.
st,oll;n1 into the .mokine.room that
evening. i found most Of the u,aIe p.s.
scngers were assembled. Two games
Of cards were in progress, with fringe
Of SPECTATOR looking over ths plsyen'
s:soulders. After few minutes Bur-
rouRlx appeared, an.l dropped upoo the
cushioned bench beside nse.
"Not playing, eh?' aaid Ae. Don't
you admire the sport?-
MOT particularly" answered. ~Are
you going 70 take hande"
II like to, generally said he, with .
laugh, "but I'd rather do sonsthinG
lse just now"
~smoke, for instance p suRRes,ed.
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sort of embavysasmeot IN ~ Itsue.
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pened to notice, you saw me talking 70
her this afternoon. Shes with her
aunt, Mrs. Lo1n9-met en- IN Rio, ron
know. told her whoyov were, audahe'u
be glad to $50 you. Come along, tAavs
. rood fellow"
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