New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-05

able attention from both the ships doctor and
the stewardess. When she got about she came
TO my room one morning and asked me If could
loan her 500. Offering the tortoise shell set as
security. saw its worth at a glance. She said
she wanted to fee the Stewardess rather more
than usual account of her illness and also
give the doctor a little remembrance. She had
spent so much more money abroad than she
expected. etc She would probably have friends
meeting her at the pier, or If not, she would
SEND me an express order from Philadelphia, and
could then ship the set to her. don't know
what made me suspicious; 1 guess it's just the
INTUITION which comes to seaSoing men, but I
told her to come back the next day I hadn't
the money on hand Just then, and IL was time
Tor me to join the other officers for the daily
inspection something in the expression of her
race peculiar suggestion of disappointment
Iurther aroused my suspicious. and. weu-Pm
not going &c tell you how / found out we have
our own ways of doing such things-but before
Ozark had learned that she didn't need thar
S any more than need more brass buttons
IoI ChiS UNIFORM She had money to burn in a
pocket worn under her gown But she didn't
want 10 purn 1t on the altar Of the United States
customs suppose you catch the idea The
tortoise smell set wasn't much and I would
probably have shipped 1t TO her without saving
q Woro 10 the customs officers. The loan was
an e1celient excuse. which I was probably not
Keen enough 10 fathorn "
Wen the next morning she came back.
s oatnsng the box containing the tortoise shell
set MY suspicious were right. The tufting
unaer the precious tortoise shell was really a
raise bottom of the box and concealed a DsarI
S Sss coLar worth nearly thousand dollars What
u , sne sayF Just flung up her head and looked
naughty when told her that IL was more than
my job was worth to aid and abet sms grIin9
oont mind telling you that the chief Stew
ara ana between now have collection of
pleuges which includes a French gown that's a
WONDER coral chain. a valuable miniature on
porcelain three canoes, an Empire fan, an UNI
orella with an ivory handle which comes from
India, an embroidered kin1ono worthy of a man
DARN, but the property of a sporty bachelor
some hand embroidered thingumbobs which
come from convent near Paris and belong to
young woman who is an expert accountant
and went broke on her first vacation in four
years, an fnlaid mandolin, which will be re-
CLAIMED by college boy, who's been abroad
with his tutor, and small things too numerous
TO mention No doubt every man and woman
OF them has money in bank at home They
simply got beyond their depth on the other side
used up letters OF credit and cash funds and
trusted TO our coming to save them. You see
we carry the same passengers on two or three
trips. They look this boat as their ocean
nome, and, If they can just worry along till
they strike the port where pick them up,
they will be able to borrow.
II can say this because I'm an American you
see; It's always Americans who borrow in this
happy-go-lucky, unconcerned way Somehow
foreigners particularly German and English
tourists, watch their purses mighty close and
are seldom caught mapping. Neither do the
French or Swiss often contribute to an ocean
liner pawnshop.
Interest? Lord, not The company pays us to
be courteous and obliging to passengers. It's q
part of our training. Oh--well-of course IL a
man chooses to express his appreciation in-er--
afnancial way. we don't refuse. No. we don't
refuse, but neither do we expect It. Why, bless
you, If it wasn't for these funny experiences
our life at sea would be mighty dull and mo-
notonous."