The Princeton union., 1899-12-28

II suppose you have had your break
fast long ago?"
$50 long since that am beginning
to look forward with pleasant antici-
patton to lunch"
"Oh dear! had no idea was so late
as that. Perhaps you had better scod
me. Somebody ought to do it, and the
steward seems little afraid"
"You overestimate my courage. lam
little afraid, too"
'"Then you do think deserve it?'
II didn't say that, nor do think t.
confess, however. that up to this mo
ment felt just a trifle lonely"
"Just trife! Well, that is flatteu.
How nicely you English do turn q con-
pliment. Just a trife!"
II believe, as a race, we do not VEN
ture much into complimentrgiving at
all. We leave that for the polite for
eigner. He would say what tried 10
say great deal better than did, OF
course; but he would not mean half SO
much.'
"Oh, that's very nice, Mr.. Wentworth.
No foreigner could have put it nearly
so we'll. Now what about going oa
deck?"
Anywhere, if you let me accompany
you.'
II shall be most delighted to have
you. | won't say merely trifle de-
lighted"
"'Ah! Haven't you forgiven that re-
mark yet?''
"There's nothing to forgive, and it
is quite too delicious to forget. shall
never forget it,
Il believe that you are very cruel at
heart. Miss Brewster"
The young woman gave him curious
side look, but did not answer She
gathered the wraps she had taken from
the cabin, and, handing them to him
before he had thought of Offering to
take them, they went on deck. He
found there chairs side by side, and ad-
mired the intelligence of the deck stew
ard, who seemed to understand what
chairs to place together. Miss jennie
| sank gracefully into her own, and al
lowed him to adjust the wraps around
her.
"There,' she said, that's very nicely
done; as well as the deck steward hin
self could do it, and am sure it is i'm
possible to pay you more graceful
compliment than that. So few men
know how to arrange one comfortably
in steamer chair"
"You speak as though you had vast
experience in steamer life; and yet You
told me this was your first VOYAGE
''It is. But it doesn't take a woman
more than a day to see that the average
man attends to such little niceties veu
clumsily. Now, just tuck in the corner
out of sight There! Thank you, ever
so much. And would you be kind
enough to-yes, that's better. And
this other wrap So Oh! that is perfect
What a patient man you are, Mr.. Went
worth"
Eyes. Miss Brewster, you. are for
eigner.' I can see that now. Your pro-
fessed compliment was hollow. Yon
said ! did it perfectly, and then i'm
mediatcly directed me how to do it,
Nothing of the kind. You did it well,
and think you ought not to grudge me
the pleasure of adding my own little
improvements
"Oh, if you put it that way, will not.
Now, before I sit down, tell me what
book I can get that. will interest You.
The library contains very good as
sortment"
Il don't think care about reading.
Sit down and talk. suppose am too
lndolent to-day. I thought, when [
came on board, that would do a lot Of
reading, but believe the sea air makes
one lazy. must confess feel entire1
indifferent to mental improvements"
You evidently do not think my con
versation will be at all worth listea-
ing to-" I'LL. i. ..>.>sz.... -'.-
How quick you are to pervert NJ
meaning. Don't you see that I think
your conversation better worth listen-
ing to than the most interesting or im-
proving book you can choose from the
library? Really, in trying to avoiA
giving you cause for making such re-
mark, have apparently stumbled int
worse error. was just going to say
Z would like your conversation much
better than a book, when I thought yoa
would take that as reflection on yo1r
reading. II you take me up so sharply.
l will sit here and say nothing. Now,
then, talk"
What shall say ?"
"Oh, if told you what to say shouM
be doing the talking. Tell me about
yourself What do you do in London?s q
81 work hard. T am an accountant.,'
And what is an accountant? What
does he do? Keep paccounts?"
Some of them do; I do not. I see,
rather, that accounts other people keen
have been correctly kept. =