The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-06-09

rule or conduct having the uropnrt /,
or boomerang. So he brought II
conversation round in this wise. II
asked II they We're likely to have
pleasant trip. The pIrser said tn.
they usually did. at that time of yea
Brooke hoped the Passengers would i
agreeable, too. Thh purser thought IL
farrars looked promising. Brook
{ thought so. too, and added: Il sa,
You're going to put me beside Mis-
Farrar. aren't your He said that II
was. and Brooke Immediately lost n
+; interest In the little nicked nubbins a
pearls and went back on deck, wher
II was cool; and The purscr smiled a
ne locked his treasures in the saf
again.
Brooke came in to breakfast litt
late the next mornivng. Miss rarra
was already seated. looking particular
ly nice. too. in what Is known to me-,
as "some soft. white material" with
gaudy silk Panama shawl around he,
shoulders. The intelligent wateI
showed Brooke to the next chair. Mis-,
Farrar asked him to explain why it i.
that the sun rises on the wrong side
OF the world in Panama Bay: which
gave him the requisite feeling of super.
iorty at once. He did not happen ia
know that it did, because he had not
been up to see. but he explained it.
anyway. After breakfast he bought
her aguacatcs from the bum boats
alongside, and told her he would show
her at luncheon how to eat them. She
knew, but she pretended she did not.
and Brooke's opinion of her attractions
waXed.
After that the course Of things in
general was as smooth as that Of the
vessel, as 1t cut its way States ward
through the pale summer seas. Ry day
they sat under the awnings ana talked.
and by night they sat up in the bow.
way up in the very peak. where if you
had the least possible good opinion of
yourself-and girl or excellent taste
to help you along you could fancy
you rather suggested Tristan. Which
thrown in a good cigar, whose red
point of fire gives just enough light in
darkness to enable you to see pair
of admirng graz eyes turned up to
you-is as pleasant way Of passing
an evening as 4 fellow could wish.
They sometimes watched the Southern
Cross shining all alone on its field of
sweeping across the heav-
ems. and they were silent. Silence and
the Southern Cross have accomplished
many things.
They went ashore together at Man
also at Acapulco. and they two
being alone in the boat-the elderly |
having gone ashore ahead.
and the beautiful Mexican youth who
rOWed not cOunting-he sang softly
mat "the waves were the highways, so
1eep. so deep: the waters her by-ways.
asleep, asleep" and ended with the
sentiment that "thus true lovers tasted
life. Stall. Stall" He had very. nice
'oice. Miss Farrar told him so, and
how much longer. at the
lverage calculation, it would be before
would come down from generalities
,
ny haste. On the contrary. She liked
as it was. What could be more
harming than to drift on over the
mOoth water, faintest blue in the
arly morning, deep blue, dark as lapis
lzuli at noon, steelygray at sunset
fire with phosphor,scence at night,
nd to have ever beside you youth,
andsOme. agreeable, and devoted with
lat devotion most fiattering to a wo- ,
lan's soul, the proprietary, everybody
se-keep-of sort? A youth always !,
erfectly willing to let you talk about !,
i'm. or to do it himself. !.
Miss Farrar knew all about Brooke,
1t only what he had told her, but :.
hat she had observed, which latter :.
rookie did not take into consideration;
no he was, and that he had been :,
,wn to Quito for the past two years, :,
I'd that he was now going up to San ;,
to be best-man for his chum,
no was about to be married. Its ;,
! old PROMISE" he explained, dating "
ON our college days. We agreed
en- that whichever should marry first
G other should come from the ends of
e earth, If necessary, to see him
rough. Tom sent for me, and here Il
D." Miss Farrar asked what Toms W
her name might be. 1t was Bolton. 81
ooke forgot about himself just long 'e
ough to ask if she happened. to know LII
'lton. but he didenot listen when she D'
swered. He interrupted to wonder 81
he would have a good time in San III
ancisco. What sort Of a town was it III
a fellow who didn't know many IN
ople? Miss Farrar explained amia- uT
,. to
low every one knows that the pleas as
test and most fitting occupation 4 re
man can have is to talk to man to
out himself. Because that makes NJ
n like her. which is. of course, her M
, object in life. But even a charm ly
girl who understands her place in WI
scheme of creation has an under pc
nS human taste for just a pinch of a
'iety. Miss Farrar would have liked so
have him show some interest in her ap
f, as disconnected from him for just ha
. short minutes. Brooke did not an
nix of that. He went on to tell her 4