The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-05-31
On a Transatlantic
Liner
BY PHILIP VERRILL MGHrLS
Na.Y.Yoo.Ya.I.I.G 100000.

remarkable. Ada was beautiful, clever
and young, while Seton was manly,
wholesome and wise.
Grown weary OF her reading, Ada
glanced across the deck. A man there
leaned against the rail, smoking. She
noted the back of his head and
thought of boy with whom. on a
time. she had played at a game en-
titled "Courtship, Marriage and Di-
vorce."
The man, who was Seton, turned
about Then she saw that he was,
In very fact that self-same boy, eX-
banded and sand.papered OH, accord
ing to a plan of civilization. Their
gIances met He oscillated where he
was for second, and then came
leisurely forward. raising his cap in
salutation.
"Why. it's Seton Lowe-Mr Lowe"
were aboard"
mo, | came a little unexpectedly,
he confessed. 81 took the trip to
avoid my friends
"Oh; then I trust you will be sue
cessful," she answered, somewhat
icily.
He made no attempt to reconstruct
his Oh ,rvation. They were silent for
moment
ITS going to be smooth, tedious
trip" he presently stated.
ut looks that way-at present" she
agreed.
He glanced at her furtively, after
which she abruptly scanned him over
with keener interest
you are not alone?" she inquired
practically. yes"
why, | thought read--wasnt It
true? Shouldn't your Wedding"
"Should have come off to-day he
supplied nonchaantly. "All of It
true. so far as 1t went"
ooh Really? Then
Miss Schuyler"
Exercised her divine prerogative of
changing her mind. She is wearing
the other man"
Wearing"
Eyes. They put us on and Off like
hats. | trust he will find 1t wearing"
Ada's eyes glistened, somewhat
fiercely. 81 have known men who re-
newed their ties as often as we choose
between our hats" she said THE fad
of chm ging the heart is quite as flip.
pant as that of altering the mind"
Personal experience Is the dollhouse
of rancor," he told her, "and am
still under glass"
well, do you fondly imagine you
are all alone in an enjoyment OF ran
corr"
my fault-flnding Is at first hand"
he answered. while yours should be
vicarious only. at the utmost"
Indeed" she said
He looked at her sharply and
blinked through the smoke of his
pipe.
"See here" he blurted, you were
not the Miss Lee Cavendish who was
engaged to some fellow from Oxford?"
you are neither acute nor compli-
mentary, not to know-or to assume
so little interest"
'H'm," he unused, Ell ALWAYS
called you Ada. | never supposed that
fellow"
He glanced at her again, earnest.
ly. "You were always a sensible girl"
he observed. "Shall | tell you what
I've done?"
Not II you wish it kept a secret"
tive joined the Association of I'm.
mitigated Bachelors" he impaired.
'T've taken a solemn vow never to ask
III 81
to become my wife"
She looked at him oddly, her face
slightly Redeemed.
give Joined myself" she murmured.
Not the bachelors"
mo, the Bachelor Girls. We have
each of us taken a grave and reverend
obligation never TO wed any lad. youth
or man who may. can or must ask us
to become his wife, mate or partner
for life, If we live to be thousand"
you don't say" he exclaimed. with
frank admiration I'm mighty glad
to hear it. Ada. we shall get along
this voyage delightfully."-. Let us shake
hands"
She placed her dainty hand in his.
for a funny little second, and the
glance that played between them met
on neutral ground,
OF all the unstable. neutral grounds |
that Fate has yet devised for mans |
confusion, the sea is perhaps the most |
conspicuous For the matter of that
any ground whatsoever. when fire.
luently employed is perllous to meet |
upon, especially for people who have
protested much against conjugal en-
tanglements.
Ada, however, as the days went by, |
was confident of her own immunity |
from danger, and Seton was fortified |
securely in his own iron mail of de-
Wonderful weather we're having
after all" he said, pausing at her
chair at last, when he had walked the |
deck by himself for half an hour.
She arose, dropping her rug to the
deck. He took it up and adjusted 1t |
roughly about her shoulders, as she