Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21

| hearted sea monarch aforementioned swore
by the bones Of his ancestors in the Shiny
grasp of Davy Jones that that sweet little
woman shouldn't have to go a-begging for
accommodations on his ship. IL the gem
erai would condescend to move into his
room. by thunder. he'd sleep up in his foul
weather den next the chart room, and Mrs
Garrison-Iod bless her!-could take the
generals room. and be queen of the ship
| queen of the Queen-queen of queens-by
Jupiter! and here's her health with all
honor. soldier, of course, could be
| less gallant than sailor, especially as
| the captains room a bit better than
| the 'boudoir," and had an ice chest and
contents that the veteran campaigner was
hidden to consider his own.
The agreement was clinched that very
| night before the party broke up; and little
| Mrs. Frank shed tears of gratitude upon
| the generals coat sleeve and threw kiss
after kiss to the handsome sailor as she
| hung over the balusters of the broad We
randa and waved them away in their swift
running cabs, and then danced off to her
room and threw herself on the bed after
mad pirouette about the spacious apart
| ment. and laughed and laughed until real
| tears trickied from her eyes, and then gave
orders to be called at { o'clock She meant
| to be up and aboard that ship with all her
luggage before sense and repentance could
| come with the morning sun-before either
soldier or sailor could change his mind.
| To the Of the women already
/ aboard. to the grave annoyance of Colonel
Armstrong, to the joy of poor Billy Gray.
| youngsters on the commissioned list, Mrs.
Frank Garrison, the latest arrival, became
| sole occupant of the finest room on the
ship; and it was a bower of lilies and trop
| ical fruit and flowers the breezy day she
| sailed away from the bay of Honolulu.
| No time need be wasted in telling the eff.
feet OF this assignment TO quarters.
| Prolific source Of sauabbe is the Gus
tom ashore it becomes Intensified afioat,
! and, when coupled with II, came shaking
| up and rearrangement of seats at table, all
vanished
| The two brave young army girls still re-
tained their seats at the captains table;
but two most estimable young women, Red
| Cross nurses, were dropped therefrom and
| transferred to that of the second officer on
| the port side. much to the comfort of
| rather large percentage of their sisterhood
| who had regarded their previous elevation
1 with feelings of not unmixed qualification.
] Then officers who had been seated with
| the generals staff had to vacate in favor
| of Mrs. Frank and Dr. Prober and Lieuten-
! ant Billy Gray, whose father and the chief
| We're longtime chums, and the Red Cross
| nurses, who had been at the first officers
| table, fell back to that of the third. It
was every bit as good as the other, but
| it didn't sound SO, and they couldn't see
| it; and there were faces sour the prod
uct of the ships baker when that evening
all hands went down to dinner and the
silence maintained or the omlnously sub
dued tone of the talk at the other tables
was in marked contrast with the hiarity
that prevailed where sat the gray-haired
| ruGdy-cheehed old chief and the laughing
coterie that listened to the fun that fell
from the lips Of Witchie Garrison. Arm
strong. silent and somber. at the captains
right. looking forward from time to time
saw only one face at the generals table
that was not lighted up with merriment:
1t was the face of the boy he envied, if
envy OF this kind ever entered into his
neart' and he wondered he looked at
BUYS curly head what could have come
over that glad young life to leave SO deep
SHADOW on his handsome face
n
strohss eyes were opened, More than
once IN the meanwhile he had invited The
young officers confidence and Billy who
ahree months earlier had been all gratitude
ana fahAness, protested there was moth
ING on ms mind. He had been very III
mat was all. AS TO Canker's charges they
were simply rot He hadn't the faintast
mixing what had become of the n,rIoi,aJ
etters any more than he had of the wbera
apouts OF his Delta Sig friend Young Nor
Ton, now officially proclaimed a desartar
out armstrong heard more tales of Witch
ie ueVotions TO him in his illness and the
SLOW conValescence that ensued noted how
the boys eyes followed her about the decl
ahd now many time he would seek her
Slue even when other men were req dipg
waking or chatting with her
| armstrong looked with wUnderrnenf that
IL SioSe allied to incredibly and pain
| va, vas 1t possible that this bIthe lad. who
| htd won such a warm interest in the heart
| OF such a girl as Amy Lawrence. could ha
| Iorseuul of her, faithIess to her and fas
| Cinated now by this selfish and shallow
| butterfly? 1t was Incredible,
! But was it? The days had grown bo+tar
| the nights closer and the air betwaan
| decks was sitting when the sea rolled hipb
| ana closed the ports. Officers had taken 20
| Sf"ozng upon deck in steamer chairs ~,
| an unWrften law the port side of the nror,o
| eiaue deck was given up to them after
| II at nlght; but the women folk had tho
! run OF the Starboard side at any hour wbar
| the crew We're not washing down decks
| armstrong had been far forward about .
o CLOCK one GREATNESS night to see for him
i sen the condition Of things in the bosni
| tai under the forecastle The main AZ
| was crowded with sleeping forms of sol
| qierS who found it Impossible 10 stand tha
| neat beloW: so on his return instead of con
| uHuihs along the gangway. ne decided tn
| c.lihp the ron ladder from the main ro tho
| pIbhhthade deck. 1t would land him at tha
| ioi"dfd end on the starboard side Tbera
| I ne rouIu smoke cigar in peace and quiet
| II WI as hsh tllne everybody was asleen
| bul as MS mead and eyes reached the
| level OF the deck he became suddenly araro
oi couple huddled close together in IL
| sheiter or a canvas screen and undar tbe
| steps leading aloft to the bridge He l,paU
| nias > voice at once, and Gray was ,liead
| ing he knew her tones of old and sh.
was imperative, and listening with ob,.ioi,
| iiHpatience, for, almost at the instapt %
ms arrival she spoke low. yer distf,no+1 w
10 as / say: do as / beg Won WIZ ~ ~
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