The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09

wouldn't have thought Of it, If it hadn't
been for him
''Wouldn't To-
Eve turned fully now, leaning her arm
on the rail- and looked up at him. She
was not a short girl; most people, men
especially; considered her exactly the right
height but she had to look up a long
way to meet Dick knights eyes. Some
how she liked that; and very interesting
expression in those eyes accompanied the
two non -committal words Eve thought
she could read it, but she was not sure,
and to think things so often, but never to
be sure was scarcely less than madden
ing to such an all-conquering maid she.
mo, you wouldn't You are very I'M
kind to me- she cried.
'I-unkind to you? Good heavens!''
mo man was ever SO unkind to me
BEFORE" she said, and her voice quivered.
IT am so lonely on board this yacht. I
| didn't want to come, but dad made me,
! because he thought + was looking pale,
and the sea would do me good. I'm SO
| fault
Miss Markham
1T Is. There are only you and dad to
speak to. At first, you were good and
nice; you were always doing something
for me. I wasn't lonely at all. But lately,
| for q Whole week at least, you've been
quite different. Nobody else ever came so
near to saying straight out that I'm stu
pid and bad company. You may pretend
that your time Is occupied with dad, but
he's taking a holiday. He doesn't want to
work all day, or want you to work. But
you would rather work than be bored by
talking to me-
Bored! But you don't mean it? You
must know"
know what?" AS she spoke, the girl
inclined her white shoulders to the filn1y
blue cloak the young man still mechan-
icaly held out. AS she Gid SO, breaking
the pause he made with her question, she
looked up into his face again. Hers was
raised a little. and the sheen Of the ris.
ing moon touched it's childish beauty like
a caress. Her gray eyes, with their up
!. ward curved, black 1ashes, were dark an(
wistful; her parted lips were like .driftet
rose leaves Oh the soft pallor of her skin
the moon FURNISHED the crested ripples o
her hair to living gold.
The man would not have been MAI
and young if he had not lost his head
Not only did he lose his head, but all rec
. collection of every maxim with which h
had belabored 1t during the past fortnight
You know that love you-love you
8 love you!' -.~-- ~....-
: "O-I didn't know
I "Wel. you know now, and I'm a regu
J lar sweep as we'll as fool to tell yol
You are beauty and a great heiress. II
o a nameless nobody, and your fathers sec
8 rotary" @,,- ~
o You're not nobody. You're everybody.
d "And there's all the world between us.
;, There's just nothing at all between u.s.
d I mean to- keep us apart, unless 20
n choose
my darling-rny beautiful grit"
"Hullo!'' calculated a voice benin
. them. $50 this is the way you abuse m
l. trust. is 1t, Knight-to make love to m
G daughter when my backs turned, eh?'
: Dick was shocked into silence. He ha
s. made love to her. He could not deny /
, not, with Adam, have pleaded: I'll
i, woman tempted me- But his dumbnes
o lasted only few seconds, which SCENE
long to him. II lost my head, SIR
e, said, when those seconds had licked then
} selves out in his brain. Il did not mea
&c to ,e dishonorable. I do love Miss Mari
ID ham. No man could help it, I think. b
ID I know well enough that I had no rigl
I'd to let her see it,
ITO let her hear 1t.
70 Cor to let her hear 1t.
l. IF he hadn't, I should certainly ha'
l. jumped overboard-or something, sa
E Eve II love him, too-awfully. thong
e. he loved me, but was dying to find Q,
a, I couldn't sleep Or eat. / made him t
me- It wasn't his fault at all"
r. Eve, go below!'' said her father.
err dad, / simply wont!'' returned t
g nillionaire's daughter.
in Nevertheless, she did. For Sir. Pet
a Markhams eyes were of a different gr
t. from little Ewes, and they could at tim
v but not to cry. though at first she fu
he intended to cry a, great deal.
ne Dear, handsome boy.' she apost1
Ell phlzed Dick Knight as she had apost1
Ii phized the moon. You're the only IN
in the world, and some howl don KIN,