Arizona republican., 1898-06-22

laugh, 'but I'd rather do something else just now.'
 Smoke, for instance?" l suggested.
 "Not exactly" he answered, with a scrt of embarrassment in his tone. By the way, wouldn't you like to meet your fair compatriot.-.'
 "Who is she? I had supposed myself to be the only North American on bc~ird.'
 Miss Dorothy Gray. If you hap pened to notice, you saw ne talking to aunt, Mrs. Lorlng-nlet 'em III Rio, you know. told her who you were, and she Il be glad to see you. Come along, that's good fellow"
 "Why this tastc?'' But rose with ont delay, as he might have observed, had he not been busy with his own schemes.
 Its something like this, you know," he went on. That splendid creat ure Miss Cray now, and until get some bndy to look after the little Yankee. you know, 1 can't have the splendid creature to myself. ldon't speak much of her lingo, you sec, and she can't make even a stagger at mine, and so otIr conversation is rather embarrass ing before . third party, don't you know? I'm counting on you to help me out"
 Lead theway," said I. I'm a willing sacrifice.''
 In five minutes found myself talk ing to Miss Gray, while at little dis tlnce Burroughs and the fair Brazilian were progressing famousiy in spite of the lngual limitations. Still farther away the b,lx0m mother of the splendid creature was playing discreet chape- ron and discolrsing with one of her countrymen.
 Aerc was glorious moon overhead. and the steamer ran smoothly over the . tranquil sea. These details come lack to me far more distinctly than Inc words of folly, commonplace, or
 wisdom we may have exchanged. Prob ably we talked of the ship, the officers and the passengers, of Brazil and the
 nited States, and, last, but not least, of the beauty and charm of the night. ',ie girl had something white and fluffy thrown over her head, and her light jacket was buttoned about her trim fig ure, for the evening air was cool, in spite of our latitude. The moonlight was kind to her, as it is to many of her sisters, and had I attempted to revive my afternoons opinion of her face, my new finding, I fear, would have been far less severely critical.
 In that first evening I came to like her exceedingly. There was nothing Of the coquette in her; in fact, there was hardly touch of frivolity. She seemed grave rather than gay, although one got from her no suggestion of a morose dis position. In short, there was something in her manner to bring to mind the self-repression one often notes in per sons long accustomed to close attend ance upon an eXacting invalid. As it happened, she came rightfully by this air, inasmuch as her aunt was chronic searcher for the health which she be- Heved herself to lack. With this aunt Miss Gray had been travelling for sev- eral years.
 When she bade me good night I gave an hour to tobacco and Burroughs, who chattered enthusiastically about the flower of Brazil. Incidentally, he ex- plained that he had met Mrs. Loring and her niece but once before the Bedouin sailed, and that he knew next to nothing of them.
 'The old1ady's queer one, though" he added. "If you confess that you're a doctor she'll make your life a burden. you know. Shun her, old chappie, shun her."
 Events proved that, even had I been disposed to accept his advice, it would have been extremely difficult to put it into practice. Mrs. Loring gave me no option in the matter. No sooner did she discover my profession-an that she did speedily-than she sent for me. found her propped up on pillows in her berth, with q novel in one hand and fan in the other.
 ''So kind of you, Dr. Morris, so very. very kind" she began-'s kind to come so soon. Really, I was in despair, yes, in abject despair, until heard that you were a physician. I am so i'll, so mis- erably i'll, doctor, and the ships sur geon misjudges my case so terribly. l Would you believe it-can you be- lieve it?1hc actually tried to humbug me into thinking that I was we'll, per fectly well. And IT."
 She fell back upon her pillows, as if overpowered by the remembrance of her sufferings. Yet in moment she was again sitting up and pouring into my ears a torrent of words. She was q | tall woman, thin, though not emaciated, very nervious, and one of the most voluble persons it was ever my fate to | encounter. Her age was not far from t5 years.
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