The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-01-11
d PRINCETON Union IN AIRY ii, 1900.

1900
hcw / came 10 know what had happened,
and came down TO thank you, Miss
LOngworth, for what you have done. Z
really believe you have saved the sanity
Of my friend Wentworth. He is 4
different man since the incident we are
speaking of occurred"
"And have you seen Miss Brewster
since?"
ooh, yes, as was telling you, she met
me on the deck. Dear me, how thought
less of me, T had forgotten you were
standing. Won't you sit DOWN.
"No, no, I have been in my room so
long that am glad to stand any
where"
'"Then won't you come on deck with
mc?"
''Oh, I'm afraid" she said Il am
afraid of public scene, and I am sure,
by the last look caught of that girls
eyes, she will stop at no scandal to have
her revenge. am sorry to say that l
am too much of a coward to meet her.
OF course, from her point of view, I
have done her eternal wrong. Perhaps
it was wrong from anybody's point of
view.'' ..<.@%
"Miss Longworth," said John Kenyon,
cordially, "you need have no fear what
ever of meeting her. She will say
nothing"
"How do you know that?" T.,
"Oh, it is a long story. She went to
| fhn taS, y, ho,, o1ns~ =
ceived very little comfort there. Twill
tell you all about it ON deck. Get
wrap and come with me-"
AS Kenyon gave this peremptory
order he realized that he was taking a
liberty he had no right to take, and his
face flushed as he wondered if Edith
would resent the familiarity of his
tones; but she merely looked up at him
with a bright smile and said:
II shall do, sir, as you command"
mo, no." said Kenyon, cit was not u
command, although it sounded like one
1t was very humble request; at least,
intended it to be such.'
"Well, I will get my wrap
AS she left for ner stateroom a rous-
, ing cheer was heard from up on deck.
She stopped and looked at Kenyon.
"What does that mean % she said.
; II don't know" was the answer
, "Please get your things on and we will
: go up and see.'
everybody at the forward part of the
, ship. Just becoming visible in the east
ern horizon were three trails of black
: smoke, apparently coming toward
them.
The word was whispered from one
to the other: ut is the tugboat It is
. relief
! Few people on board the steamer
knew that their very existence de.
! pended entirely on the good weather,
2 The incessant pumping showed every.
: body who gave a thought to the matter
s that the leak had been serious, but as
|. the subsistence of the vessel was i'm.
s perceptible to all save experts, no ono
8 but the officers really knew the danger
e they were in. Glad as the passengers
Y were to see these three boats approach
e the one who most rejoiced was the ono
j. who knew most about the disaster ani
). its effects-the captain.
g Edith Longworth and John Kenyon
! paced the deck together, and did not
h form two of the crowd who could not
tear themselves away from the front
l. of the ship watching the gradually ap
= preaching tugboats. Purposely John
I Kenyon brought the girl who was will
linn past Miss Jennie Brewster, and al
r though that person glared with a good
- deal of anger at Edith, who blushed tx
6 her temples with fear and confusion
y yet nothing was said; and Kenyon
&c knew that afterward his companion
4 would feel easier in her mind abou
o. meeting the woman with whom she hae
3, had such stormy five minutes. TIL,
:, tugboats speedily took the big steam
9. er in tow, and slowly the four of then
made progress toward Queenstown, i
:, having been resolved to land all the pas
!. sengers there and to allow the disabled
T. vessel to be towed to Liverpool, if al
- examination of the hull showed such
~ course to be a safe one. The passen
gers babe each other good-by after the,
~ left the tender, and many that wer
~ on board that ship never saw eac
,s grets and no good-bys to make.
- CHAPTER XII.
-, Although Miss Jennie Brewster Al
~, rived in London angry with the worl
-. in general, and with several of it's il
NJ habitants in particular, she soon bega
to revel in the delights of the great cit.
~ It was so old that it was new to her, an
she visited Westminster Abbey an
other of it's ancient landmarks in rapi
- succession. The cheapness of the hal
SONS delighted her, and she spent mos
IL OF her time 'dashing around in a cal
She put up at one of the big hotels, an
ordered many new dresses at a pla<
in Regent street. She bought most {
=; the newspapers morning and evening
M and declared she could not find an il
u teresting article in the whole assor