Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-03-06


lillian maiden, a fine brunette, with
figure inclined to the statucsque in it's
outlines. The other. SO nearly as ]
could discover from an occasional
glimpse of her in the course of the frs.
two days of the voyage, was slender.
graceful girl, brown-huired, and neither
very dark nor very light of complexion.
She was travelling in company with an
older woman, attendance upon whom
kept her fully employed for 4s hours
out of port. Then, as the weather
was fine, the pair appeared on deck and
Joined the party under the big awning
aft. Each carried book, but it was
noticeable that, while the elder read
steadily and rapidly, with the business
|. like air of hardened devourcr of nov
els, the girl often dropped her bool,
upon her lap and let her gaze stray
across the wide expanse of blue water.
Seemingly she took little heed of her
fe!low-yoyagers, a-group of whom were
It was an excellent Opportunity qH rbeF
her without her l1owledge-as | be-
lieycd; and the longer watched the
| young woman the more interested in
/ her did become.
| She was slender. as has been said
and carried herself so erectly as to APP
pear taller than she really was, hel
height being, in fact, but trifle above
| the average of her sex. Her forehead
was broad, and her hair worn low upo1
it. Her features were good. The nost
was straight and finely chiseled, thu
chin delicately rounded. Her moutl
was larger than the canons of art de
manded, and now and then the lip
were set in line which Indicated III
Lack of firmness. 1t was not stub
born mouth, however, even when TIN
thoughts of its mistress seemed to b.
least pleasant, The face was inclined
to paleness, relieved by faint, flicker
ing color which came and went on he
cheeks, even as she sat watching tn
sea. The eyes gave her strongest clair
to beauty. They were clear, dark
brown eyes shaded by long lashcs.
As whole, the face was attractive
but it was no easy task to class its de
gree of pulchritude. Absolute heaut
it did not attain; pretty" was clearl
not the adjective to apply to it. "Hant
some" seemed to be closer to the trutl
though even that word did not quit
satisfy my Judgment. But l did nc
ponder long over the point, for 500
found myself fully decided that til
girl was, in appearance at least, yer
charming young person.
I'll Burroughs, British youth wit
whom / had struck up IN acquaintant
in the smoking-room, crossed the dec
to her chair, and talked with her il
). perhaps quarter of an hour, the move
o reader merely looking up from her Doc
d on his approach and promptly retur
!. my to it's perusal after answering h
greeting. 1 envicd Burroughs q
cuaintance with the girl, althoue
neither he nor she seemed to derive ~
], great entertainment from their som
what intermittent conversation. On
she sent quick glance in my directio
and 1 guessed that the youth HI
reached me in going over the list of pa
sengers. I prayed that he might
charitable in his comments.
Strolling into the smoking-room tn
evening, found most of the male pit
sengers were assembled. Two gam
of cards were in progress, with frin
of spectators looking over the p)aye
shoulders. After n few minutes b,
ronghs appeared, and dropped upon I
cushioned bench beside me.
Not playing, eh?" said he. "Dol
you admire The sport?"
Not particularly answered. "a
! you going to take hand?"
Il like to, generally" said he, will
laugh, but I'd rather DO somethi
else just now"
Smoke, for instance?' l suggest
mot exactly" he answered, witt
sort of embarrassment in his to-
"By the way, wouldn't you like to M
4 your fair compatriot:"
4 "Who is she? / had supposed mys
b to be the only North American
hoard"
Miss Dorothy Gray. If you HI
4 pened to notice, you saw me talking
4 her this afternoon. She's with
aunt, Mrs. Lorlng-met 'em in Rio, J
4 know. l told her who youwere, andsh
. be glad to see you. Come along, this
q good fellow"