The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-11-16
ny Guy BoornBY.

Hhh uNHi NAithhi hhA NAtt' NAA
gentleman
When the fleet had been In sgd
noy harbor a fortnight or 40 he
Issued eurda for an afternoon at
home" aboara his flagship. Mfa.
De Courcy FeuninE and Miss Ethel
Ign Fenning were among those IN
vited
Sir Dominic had met the younger
lady half a dozen timeu before. aud
on each occasion be had become
more aud more cnamorod OF her
beauty and accomplishments
ON the evening OF tho day upon
which the Invitation arrived ahe
attended the Brcton's Cinderella
A number OF the naval men were
present. and among them was n eef-
tain sub Lieutenant George Hos
kynH ila waH a nice enough young
fellow. very pink and clean looking.
and irrcproaehahly upholstered
However impossible "A thing may
seem. Il was a case OF love at first
sight
To quote the press. the Blunder-
misa at home" was a brilliant sue
cess The harbor looked its love
iisat. and the arrangements were be-
ynnd reproaeh. Mrs. and Miss DE
rourcy Fcnnlng we're among the
first 10 arrive aud the rear admiral
c0lored like schoolboy as he step
ped forward 20 receive them.
by the exercise OF considerable
diplomacy he managed 20 keep her
continually by his side and allow
od II to be aeen that he paid her
open and unmistnkable attention.
b-Lieutenant Hoakyna watched
them from a distance. and ia con-
sequence his conversation with
pretty Miss Fettefby was dlsiolnted
and fragmontary In the extreme
When the vice. regal launch was
aignaled. the guard 81 honor form
al, and the rear admiral had adj
xanced TO the gnneway Ia receive
the governor. HoAkyns edged up
alongside Miss lctheiwyn sud said
something In low voice There he
made a mistake. for she withered
him with a glance. and they spoke
no more throughout the afternoon.
IL would be hard Cor an admiral TO
hit upon a better place 20 plead his
cause than the bridge Of his own
flagship. And Miss EthelNyn. re-
tnembefing certain advice given her
beforehand. turned deadly white and
falteFed an assent lie was delighted
beyond measure
Next morning the admiral called
upon Mrs FenninE and placed mat
trrs upon an eminnuily satisfactory
basis When tho business interview
Nas ended he went into the garden
TO find his fiance. sho. upon meet
Ing him. thrust a note hurriedly into
his pocket. Her eyes we're red. aud
she did not seem boes pleased 20 sec
him. Hut be WAS = kind hearted
old gentleman. In tho seventh
heaven uf happiness. and she found
4 impossible 10 be angry With him
/ for long
His courteous manner ~ present
ina gifta ~qnaied their value. and
Miss FcnRlnk felt that after all the
situation was not quite as horrible
as abe had imagined. She told her
self repeatedly that she could have
endured Il well enough II she had
never seen sub-tIeui. IIoAkyna.
That little If"
A farewell dance 70 the Officers Of
the fiout Was planned. Miss Fen
ming undertook the decoration u
the supper room. and the xub-liat-
tfnnnt discovered that n hehooved
him 90 assist her People whom IL
cid not concern wondered shat Sir
Dominic would have aaid had he
Hecn them.
II was really a beautifully little
dance. admirably arranged and car
RED out. ye, four people DID not GU
joy " one bit.
Niss Ethelwyn FenninE arrived In
fexerishly excited state that -
frightened her maternal parent
that abe almost forgot she was 70
dance tho opening iancerA with his
sHceilency himself The young lady
was fanltirasiy dressed. and her
heightened color. radiant beauty and
dsshing carriage electrified every
cne.
She danced tho opening 80, with
the rear admiral and the first waltz
with his aub-lieutenant. My era
elous' how she carried oni She
dashed through everything At break
reck pace. complaining that the
waltxes were too slow. and that the
polkas sounded like dirKea. Her
temper was BY no means amiable.
and her partners suffered according
~. Her eyes Hparkled like the bril-
ftanfa IN her srrf~f
No. Il was n Pas De Quhtrc. 10.
is n square. Hoskyua was her part
ner for the first. Str Dominic for the
n oond.
She Whirled and bounded through
the Pas do Quatre like n mad woman
-dashinR. crashing. ieaplnT. prane-
Ing like a professional dnnaeuae. II
Was a gorgeous performance. and by
no means the least remarkable part
81 II WIS the study Of her mothers
face. Nobody who saw that will
ever forget It.
The admiral watched from an al
cove in amazement. while numbers
OF the other dancers stopped to look
on.