Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-03-31

come chiefly for the voyage itself. And
it was life the very small incidents of
which excited interest, simply because
people had plenty Of time to consider
them-and each other.
| There was no doubt that Yolande had
become pretty general favorite; for she
| found herself very much at home; and
she put aside good deal of that reserve
| which she assumed in travelling on land.
| These people could in no sense be con-
| sidered strangers; they were all too kind
| to her. The ships officers brought her
the charts out of the chart room, to show
| her how far the vessel had got on her
course. The captain allowed her to go
on the bridge, nd gave her his own glass
| when distant sail was to be seen. And
the young soldiers, when they were not IN
| the smoking room, and when they were
not picking up rope Quoits for Mrs. era
ham, had an eye on the many starved
| birds Hutt' ring about, and when they
could they caught one and brought it
to Miss Winterbourne, who was glad to
take the wild-eyed futtering wanderer
down into the saloon end put its beak
for second or two into glass OF fresh
water. Once or twice Yolande caught
one of these swallows.
| Day after day passed without change.
The young Master of Lynn very dill
gently, and with a Jacob-like modesty
and patience, strove to win 1oiandes
regard; but although she was always
most friendly toward him and pleased
to chat with him, or walk the hurricane
deck with him, she seemed to treat him
precisely as she treated any OF the 9TH
ers. If there was one whom she espe-
cially favored, it was Col. Graham,
whose curt, sardonic speeches amused
her.
At last they arrived at Port Said, that
| curious, rectangular shanty- built
place, that looks like Cheyenne painted
pink and white; and of course there was
much wonder and interest in beholdlng
land again, and green water, and the
swarming boats with their Greeks and
Maltese and Negroes and Arabs, all in
their various costumes. But it was with
far greater interest that they regarded
the picture round them when the vessel
had started again, and was slowly and
silently stealing away into the wide and
lonely desert land, by means OF this wat
er highway. The Suez canal had been
rather commonplace phrase to Yolande;
| mixed up WIFI uOueldiy dAd1lo A1O0IiJ
and suggestive of machinery. But all
this was strange and new; and the vessel
was going so slowly that the engines
were scarcely heard; she seemed to glide
into this dream-world of silver sky and
| far-reaching wastes of yellow sand. 1t
was so silent, and so wide, and so lone
| ly For the most part the horizon line
was a mirage; and they watched the con-
| -. al of tho cilvnr- whItn
waves: and even the strange reflections
of what appeared to be islands; but here
| there was not even a palm to break the
mOnotony of the deSert-only the little
tamarisk bushes dotting the sand. From
| a marsh a red legged 1amingo rose, slow
| ly winging it way to the south. Then
string of camels came along with for
ward-stretching heads and broad, slow
| pacing feet; the Bedouins either perched
on the backs of the animals or striding
through the sand by their side, their
faces looking black in contrast to their
white wide-fowing garments. And so
they glided through the silent, gray,
silver world.
The night saw another scene. They
| were anchored in another part of the
canal. where the banks were high and
steep; and the moonlight was surpass-
| ingIy vivid. On one of these banks-it
seemed great mountain as it rose to the
dark-blue vault where the stars we're
| the moonlight threw the shadow of the
rigging of the ship so sharply that every
spar and rope was traced on the silver
| clear sand. There was an almost OPP
pressive silence in this desert solitude;
a dark animal that came along through
| the tamarisk bushes-some said it was
acknowledgements up and over the
sand-mountain like a ghost. And in the
midst of this weird cold moonlight and
silence these people began to get up
dance after dinner The piano was
brought on deck "om the saloon. The
| women folk had put on their prettiest
costumes. There had been perhaps a lit
tie begging and half promising going on
beforehand. The smoking room was de-
serted. From the supports of the avn
| ings a number of large lanterns had
been slung; so that when the ladies be-
gan to appear and when the first notes
of the music was heard the scene was
very animated and pretty one; but so
strange with the moonlit desert around
| The Master of Lynn had got hold of Yo-
| lande-he had been watching for her APP
| pearance.
ITO be continued.)