La Junta tribune., 1898-10-26
MRS. WHITEHEAD.

Tho worst OF steamer filtration IL that
you are more or less bound to SEQ It
through Gilchrist went to Las Palmas.
In Grand Canary. by British African
boat, because they start from Liverpool
near which port he resided Mrs. White
head went by the same steamer, because
abe thought there was less likelihood OF
meeting people who knew her there than
thcrc would he on one Of the bigger and
fastcr Cape beats which go from the south
OF England. And. to further this coy de
sire, sbe decnpitated her name and M
peared on the purser's list us Mrs White
Gilchrist forcgathcrcd with her heforc they
had brought Holyhead over the quarter.
because he and she were the only two pas.
scngers who had not seen tho necessity Of
going below to lie down.
'.Will you let me lash your deck chairr'
he said by way of introduction. ''The
sca'll get worse soon when We open up the
channel more. and you may get nasty
spill. -
He very naturally got leave to do TINT
and quito naturally wcdRed hinsclf In .
corner beside her and began TO talk That
was the beginning Of II all. BY the time
they had got ABREAST Of Land's End no bad
discovered thnt her Christian name WAS
Edith, and by, the time they had crossed
tho bay and were carrying the brown hills
OF Portugal along ON thtir beam be Ind
dropped into the habit Of letting slip the
name Of Edith with tho most skilled un-
consciousness whenever there was none
else within earThot.
He was nos exactly new tn this sort OF
game. and no more was she. They ow ned
up to the fact cheerfully. II do hate cal
low youths" said Mrs White. and
"whcn ! find myself paired of with
schoolgirls under two and twenty, s1td
Gilchrist. Il bolt as soon as convenient
ly can and have comfortable swear Let
mo drag you chair behind the lifei,oat
there, and then you can smoke ~ cigar
ette''
One nore cushion, please; Just under
the head, said Mrs White And now
tuck tho rug in round my feet There
thanks; that's nice Now. some men
would Lc shocked at my sitting here ind
smoking when bali Portugal might he
looking on ut us through race glasses for
anything we know Others would be
greedy md keep all their cigarettes 10
themselves You are neither one nor the
other, and therefore like you.
..Therefor I'm an Infinitely lucky
man" said Gilchrist
II think you are pretty lucky all the
woy round Nothing to do except amuse
yourself You certainly aren't going to
Grand Canary for the good Of your health.
because you re tho picture of that already.
and can't say you'ye got tho cutof .
man who's going there on business
.Oh, I'm going to kick up MY heels and
walk about and climb tho mountains. and
eat oranges and avocado pears At inter
walls shall plny q little golf.
"Dslightfni programme. Nothing to do
but amuse yourself But don't you get
rather tired of It sometimesf'
1T hasn't bored me 80 far. When a
maps had enough Of one thing. he can try
another
"That depends on the mans ,ncnmo
It's an expensive game ringing the changes
too often. :" IS
.sWcll, / snppose 1t Is, come to think Of
It, !" said Gilchrist II started tho yncht.
ing manin last summer. That came In
rather heavy for first outfit Of materials.
Evidently" said Mrs. White, with .
Sigh, you are q young man having many
possessions What blessed comfort II
must be 70 ct away from the Fextcn Of
narrower nlenDsr
Gilchrist Thought the matter over at
greater length thst night whn the nghts
had been switched on in the slnoke2oom
and he came to several conclusions. Above
an things. be was satisfied that It was en-
tirely without drawbacks to be we'll on.
He also gave. q good deal Of his tiiise to
thinking over MfA White. He didn't
quite know whether be was In Iovo with
her or not-hs oouldn't quite define what
being in lovc mcant-hut be was comnyete-
h sstisfed shc was tlss incest woman on
that paFticular steamer apd poasibIy ON
many steamers MOREOVER, he renihded
himself thas be was S9 and was undse In
etruct3ons from various relatives who took
an interest in hins to got married wttAOut
any further dawdling over IT.
/, 10 think ot5e = nattar q this kind
solus at - and under tho suggestive
stars n very different affair to doing the
sams pruonicapy e home. Mrs.. Whit6sdld
aos turn up Al the next npcrniug, and b
wAa boret with his own company, In the
afserH0on she wa1 ulso absent, aut1 he Kruw
mora borod. And IN the evening VIXEN
- tusned Mp - y peepose6 y ~