The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-09-29
THE MARKED CARDS.

| aIldUllC OT tu6 ood lLhI sweeps tue
shore of Elysium. Now, on the fifth
| day, they were oD deck, and talking
somewhat in this way:
| You must walk with me-" she call
ed frem her chair.
Its delightful punishment"
| Thanks; l believe that's compli
| meut"
Truths a compliment, eh?" he
said. smiling.
The best compliments, | suppose,
are those that pretend to be truths,
| but are lies
I'm afraid this is getting rather
| too fast for me-" be said Nv ait IN
til | think about it.'
TO carry out what you have begun,
you should say to me, i can't think
| about it, for | have to think about
you
rs it needful to say that?' be said,
looking down at the girl. ''How
beautiful you are"
By the rules OF conventional con
versaLion ii was an utterly inane re-
] mark, and the girls laughter rolled
out, full and delightful, but her voice
| was low.
Il am glad you think So"
A deeper red linged his bronzed
cheeks rs he realized his temerity.
you know do" he said.
20, do you? This is the fifth day
of our acquaintance. To day we shall
be at Sandy Hook"
He drew long breath, and his
voice was earnest. New York, and
work, aand to SEQ her no more,
Two elderly persons. wrapped to
their ears, were watching the two.
Nv hat remarkable girl Nell VOL
verton Is" one was saying.
Shes certainly carrying on re
markable Irritation with that young
man Who Is he?" said the other
with the severity of position gained
by effort.
"!Some sort of engineer in the EN-
ploy of the Winfield company. Mary
Winfield introduced him to Nell"
That girl would hirt with any
body. She seems to find all men inf
uitely amusing. Ism she handsome,
though Now you would suppose
she WAS somebody or other. But
the Wolvertons- ., you know"
quoth the other lady.
Her mother was one of the most
pushing women | ever knew" assent
ed her companion.
'Of the dead, n bill nisi bonum,"
said the imposing one. "She was an
extraordinarily ambitious woman
With plnck and ten millions, and
daughter like that,a ambitious, clev
er woman can do anything In New
York. The Wolverton money is said
to be indefinite million instead And
now they belong in Far Weschester.
q, dear, how many men have been
after that girl. There was the Mar
quis dI Rodiri and the little Duke of
Sussex, and Freddy Van Brule, and
she flirto and laughs at 'em all, just
as she does with that young man"
Mary Winfield was watching the
two with much the same thoughts
This poor young man didn't under
stand sophisticated young women; it
was abominable of Nell Wolverton;
she was sorry she had introduced
them; she might have known that
Nell would play with any man as she
would with a cat or dog. o, dear,
this Melville was SO out of it; 50 busy
and capable, and such an efficient
servant OF the Winfield company, but
Nell was Nell, and Mary ought to
have known better.
If Nell was Nell, she was pl owing it
with vengeance. She mas making
Melville tell her about himself and
she was giving him nothing of her
self IN return. They were seated now,
looking out at the frothing white and
green In the ships wake. She was
glapcing at him again and again
with mild, interested eyes. He was
forgetting himself and was telling her
how his father had left him only
enough money for school and college,
which he had increased by some tn,
toring; of how he had worked and won
position IN the machine shop of
the Winfield Co; of how he had pro
grees alther and now was near the
head of bis department and had been
sent to London on an important mis-
sion, and
A young man came lightly across
the deck and bowed and exchanged
some remarks with Miss Wolverton.
and nodded at Melville with who
the devil-are you air, and passed on
after moment. Melvilie's contiden-
ces suddenly chilled. This yonngster
represented what he had never known.
The girl by his side understood
Don't mind Berthe; he's just Ber-
tie"
40, you know" Melville began,
Pm SO out of that set''
Its the Far Westchester set you
mean she said. graciously, rs if she
would politely imply that there We're
many others which he doubtlessly fre
quented. The men in it are very
stupid. It's all very stupid. It's all
sport and gossip. For my part give
me men that do things
Il think" he said, that / prefer
other men to do things, and leave 'em
to me already done Now, my faith
He paused, wondering whether he
had better tell her, and then it seemed
to him, now that he remembered it,
that this put him on sort of equality
| with Miss Wolver.out as though the
inequality that stood between them
WAS suddenly swept away by the
thought of this story. But had he a
right to tell her? No, she wouldn't,
couldn't know; that was so long ago
and forgotten.
And your father? Go on am
interested"
He might have had the things, the
money, to put Inc in your friend Ber
ties position, if luck had been his
way. and if he hadn't been cheated -
Il can never think of you as a lnan
like Bertie,' Miss WoIverton said, de-
cisively, with that calm confidence in
| E,,- hn