The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-17
Thursday, May II, 1906.

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read about, or perhaps dreamed about,
and never expected to see-o
why, you dear girl, I'm not going
to dance either. then.
Oh, yes, you win, Katherine; you \
must. - 81, :. -.
ct couldn't be 50 selfish as to leave
you here all alone.
It ism t selfish at all, Katherine. I
shall enjoy myself completely here. I
don't really wish to talk to any one,
but simply to enjoy my dream, with just
1 little fear at the bottom of my heart
that ] shall suddenly wake up, rub
b1ng my eyes, in the sewing room"
Katherine pinehed her.
'Now are you awake7"
Dorothy smiled, still dreaming.
"Hello!'' cried Katherine, with re-
newed animation, 90 they we got the Sec
rotary safe aboard the lugger, and they
seem to be clearing the decks for action.
Here is my dear lieutenant returning;
tall even among tail men. Look at
lite, and doesn It want to bump against
anybody. And now. Dorothy, don't
you be afraid. shall prove perfect
model of diffdence. You will be proud
of me when you learn with what timid-
lty pronounce prunes and prism.
think I must languish little at him.
I don know quite how it g done, but
LII O1u IuSIlSu uOVS1S Iut S1IlS d4W dyS
langrished, and perhaps an Eng1ishman
expects a little languishment in his.
wonder if he comes Of noble family.
If he doesn It, I don't think I'll Ian
g1ish very much. Still, what matters
the pomp-of pageantry and pride Of
race-isn It that the way the poem runsa
I love our dear little lieutenant for
himself alone, and I think I viii have
just one dance with him, at least. ~
Drummond had captured campstool
somewhere, and this he placed at right
angles to the settee, so that he might
face the two girls, and yet not inter
rupt their view. The sailor on guard
once more faded away, and the band
Vt51et thf ID che ahhf
"I've got everything settled. I've re-
ceived the secretary Of the navy: our
captain is to dance with his wife, and
the secretary is Lady Angela g partner.
There they go! $50
For few minutes the young people
watched the dance, then the lieutenant
said: ~ - --
'sLadies, am disappointed that you
have not complimented our electrical
~ am sure it IS very nice, indeed,
and most ingenious, declared Dorothy,
speaking for the first time that evening
to the officer, but Katherine, whose lit
tie foot was tapping the deck to the
dance music, tossed her head, and de-
clared nonchalantly that it was all very
well as a British effort at illumination,
but she begged the young man to re-
member that America was the home of
electricity. -
=. ! - Where would you have been If it
q were not for Edison9"
~ suppose said the lieutenant
4hn IL
out-in the dark
Dorothy. 1My friend forgets she was
wishing the sailors held torches on that
suspended stairway up the ship s side.
meant electric torches-Edison
torches, Of course.
Katherine was dispieased at the out
look. She was extremely fond of dane
ing, and here this complacent young
"a man had planted himself down on
campstool to talk of electricity;
are disappointed at our display. Your
slight upon British electrical engineer
ing leaves US unseathed, because this
has been done by a foreign mechanic,
whom ss@, l wish to present to you
ther IN the usual tone Of her elder SIS lis
ter. II don't dance with mechanics,
thank you" =.
She emphasized the light fantastic
word, but the lieutenant did not take
the hint; he merely laughed again in
an exasPeratingly good-natured way,
"Lady Angela is gning to. be Jack
Isamont's partner for the next waltz -
Con" said Katherine lofhly, "Lady
Angela may dance with any black
smith that pleases her, hut 4 don +
I'm taking it for granted that Jack
Lamont is your electrical tinsmith. !"
eyes, he is, and I think him by all
odds the finest fellow aboard this ship.
t quite likely you have read about his
sister. She is year older than Jack,
very beautiful, cultured, every thing
that q grande dame should be, yet she
has given away her huge estate to the
peasantry, and works with them in the
fields, living as they do, and faring as
they do. There was an article about
her in one Of the French reviews not
long ago. She is called the Princess
Natalia- -
ssThe Princess Nataliai" echoed