Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

Your photograph, dear Rowland
she said. II must not let it be stolen.
l can't deposit such thing in the
ships safe, you know, and yet want
1T with me, of course. But-now re-
member, if there ever is anything
whichsyou cannot comprehend fully,
think of this closet and it's two KEYS
and the puzzle will be solved"
You are SO strange" he said, try
ing to fall into her mood. Just then
one OF the deck hands came in with
Mrs. Nolan's steamer trunk and small
er luggage. A large willow basket to
which was attached card bearing
the advertisement of a well-known
delicatessen establishment riveted the
rowing glance of the major. Noting
his curious stare at it, Mrs. Nolan
moved nearly to the door and stood
looking out atsthe Gathering machines
which We're hoisting vast loads of
trunks and boxes from the pier below
1T is only basket of fruit / or
dered Lucy to get for me-" said Mrs
Goddard, her face suddenly changing.
Il always find@that it is difficult to
get Just the right kind of fruit one
wants on board, no matter how good
/ the supply Isl
But, : said the major, bending down
and removing the cover, "they must
have made. some mistake. This bas-
ket does not contain fruit. There GER
/ tainly are cans of meats, sardines.
/ pate de foies gras and rolls of boned
turkey. They have sent you the
wrong basket
Mrs. Goddard laughed uneasily.
well, i may as well acknowledge
that it is something to eat. L did
not want you to know that I could
have SUCH ravenous appetite after
parting with you; but the truth is.
the sea air keeps me hungry all the
time. | want to eat at night when
/ it Decent look respectable to make
demands on the ships larder. Now.
come out on deck. It is stuffy in here.
The air will not be stirring till we
get out of tho harbor."
Not fully satisfied with her Hurried
explanation, he followed her out on
the deck, and he dismissed the SUBJ
/ Ject as unworthy of comment at such
an important moment. They strolled
along the deck, now holding so or 60
passengers, most ofswhom, with seri-
Gus eyes, were regarding the crowd
assembled below. At last the gong
which was the signal, for those who
We're not to sail to go ashore-was
sounded, and Goddard grew actually
white as he clutched his wife's hand.
Are you seasick?. she tested.
you know how is parting is kill
| ing me-" he answergn -
"Our meeting seen er-eneNer de.
ponds on you" was her quiet, firm re-
/ ply.
81 fondly hope you will find some
other way he said. in despair
''You need not count on that, dear"
she said. Now kiss me and 60"
As heewent down the gang plank he
4 had to hold to the railing to be sure
of his foothold. Reaching the pier, he
stood in the ranks along the waters
/ edge, his eyes glued to single face
4 on the deck of the ship which was be-
ginning to move. An old woman near
him, who was waving farewell to
her daughter, was sobbing aloud; he
4 felt like crying, too, and but for the
smiling countenance he adored he
might have done SO. He was the last
to leave the pier. When the Cleopatra
had vanished from sight he started
homeward. The difference between
his condition and that,of his wife was
that she felt as if she were lust en-
i tering a state of freedom, while he
had sold himself into bondage, of
body and soul.
1t was five o'clock in the afternoon
when he reached Lyndhurst.- He
heard Blanche singing as she sat at
/, the piano in the drawing-room, and
| when he went in he saw Miss Dean
and Talley standing near her. They
all came towards him.
1--WE have been waiting tea for YOU.
Maj. Goddard said Miss Dean, giving
him her hand; "and we have planned
not to allow you to get blue, haven't
we, Blanche?"
His ward nodded her eyes on his
face, but She did not speak.
81 thank you,n he said, smiling:
-"but not-not yet. Later shall! join
you, but j am going to my room just
now. 1t is good of you to come to us,
Miss Dean
"Rut, really. won't you have one
cup?" pleaded Blanche, all tenderness
and sympathy.
'Not this afternoon, DEAR" and he
turned from the room.
"Oh, isn't he splendid?" exclaimed
Miss Dean, when he had left the room.
He is one man that rouses the best
emotions that are in me. could love
a--an unmarried man like that
She was speaking to Blanche, but
our heroine had gone to the table and
was pouring a cup of tea.
You take two Jumps, Lottie, be-
lieye," she said, in a, voice in which
there was hint of unsteadiness.
Mrs. Goddard stood by her accom-
plice and waved her handkerchief un-
til she was tired. Then she said: