New-York tribune., 1900-07-08
FELLOW PASSENGERS.
z. c. E. in The International.

E c. E. in The international.
1t was the last ten minutes before the ship sailed
New-York understands to perfection when the
one oEs Ferg s m 5nd s9den @ 3 g lf WING 70
IN IN wait to .. catch the unwary I looked out oyer oyer
ping. and felt momentary patriotic thrill Yet
skies, where pitch my wandering tent the greater
Half an hour before had kissed and dismissed
polite undergraduate nephew who manifest
ly relieved to escape long drawn out farewell
ualy thinning out, as friends and relatives made
and went on shore some in tears and others in the
mood of forced hilarity considered appropriate to
s2gP Of Engs people near me had haS pqt tu99 9
myself observing them with more than ordinary IN
terest A young girl in deep mourning was lean
bros sboIdaTad -na1 Sbo in sntte Of certain diff
"a LiI 9 maj 10 ~ 0lC 20 I-r1e ill., nor
A pretty little woman, who was, ! 7I decided ;z ahe
child. and saving. with an occasional sob by way
we shall miss you terribly, Molly darling. I
don't know what Dick and shall do without you;
care of yourself and promise not to fret!"
The girl tried 70 smile at her Put the aIteinp' tl
The man looked at them both uneasily and man
like, tried to Shift the subject from dangerous
have seen the captain Molly he seems decent mt
Aunt Jane bully you, and let me know II you want
He dropped his voice and I moved away. rather her
ashamed of having listened so long ana Went De
man was e9ming up the SomP2n9fnMSa{s % f6S srito0 Wo0
presented vivid contrast 20 the pR Plo granefIi
rather @ pan pent6erliEe indviduaI wondsrfuy hand
looked as sad as my little English girl. but
e 1raeeo II 6s basnti dasn eyeq han to any real
| trouble Afterward decided I had wronged him
The trip did not promise to be gay one as t2e the
eny Lwq peIR1e on noaTa arc & %0FSa banned
in my mind charming little episode | have the
false scent at times but frequent disappointments
ben6 h0 0roniro niTa davs' % v0vaEe ffhe good
ship Schedam is not an ocean greyhoundD, two
minded me that this DANGEROUSLY handsome mys-
terious looking foreigner might be anything but
desirable acquaintance for young girl; neverthe-
tTacted sS 0 10 each cReofi otheT oeS's ' 'sy might
l did not go on deck 70 see the gangplank with,
the little world of the steamer and the solid land
best and most people feel !Sf upon Them
whereas 1 have always had a horror Of crying in
unpacktng and gone away again. Her things were
few, and well appointed as I saw to my salts
ocean voyages I have, like misery. known strange
I saws US NE me IN mummy i ana tie f- +be "a an % tiTs
voyage To- the majestic being Who dyed her hair
nine giIt-topped bottles of heaven knows what dis
posed about the cabin on every coIgu of van
tage. On rough nights these bottles used to held
a sort Of Walpurgisnacht on the floor. whence l
was too lazy and their too seasick to rescue
I was rejecting that my present companion prob
ably belonged TO neither Of these types, when the
glrI N mourning VINO haQ so lnIeresteu t me & az
peared in the doorway This was a pleasant sur
Come in. said. SO they have put you in my
cabin-not that it isn't quite as much yours as
feel If the whole ship belonged to me. You have
been very modest about hooks, think we Will re-
arrange things a little and give you more room
never seasick. but If you will forgive you
and do what I for your!
The smile with which she received this welcoming
speech quite lit UP her sad face
m q
I hope shall not be in your way. My name is
Her voice was gentle and refined with an under
tone OF quiet hopelessness all the JOY had been
taken out Of life without embittertng evidently
We settled down quite comfortably together
made me shy Of offering sympathy unasked al
though, being Of an mpulsive temperament, often
for the tendency in human nature to meet good in
tentons half way I am seldom snubbed
rather formal footing. We did each other little
services, and got politely out Of each others way
cheerful; talked of her brother and his wife
VINO lived on an orange plantation in Florida
Not that Dick makes much money with his
oranges; his plantation is one of the family jokes"
she said. with the dimple learned watch for so
anxloUsly showing moment in her cheek
father had been in +ba 4iTI6r1 to serLto 4 ne
children had lived in various foreign countries
and spoke half a dozen languages She talked
frankly or everything but the sorrow that had left
that often made NE long 10 say 10 her, IF you
5 d9nt giys wa way "a and @ have 5000 cry your heart
suspicion that when they have noT tbe genuine
not a confding person, but the memory OF it
made my heart very tender to this poor child. who
young and in such trouble
MeanWhile I 4id not forget to watch my Knight
spoke any At first I wondered If he could
be dumb. until heard him once say to a steward,