Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-06-08
On a Transatlantic
Liner
By PHILIP vERRILL M'GHrLs


Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
8On the transatlantic liner there
were two cabin passengers who were
neither seasick nor lovesick. and, as
If this in itself were not sufficiently
4 remarkable, Ada was beautiful, clever
and young, while Seton was manly,
wholesome and wise.
z Crown 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 a boy with whom, on
npe. she had played at game en-
ed: "Courtship, Marriage and Di-
wee"
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 off, accord
ing to a plan of civilization. Their
d glances met. He oscillated where he
was for a second, and then came
leisurely forward, raising his cap in
salutation.
'Why. it's Seton Lowe-Mr. Love-"
she said, 81 didn't even know you
were aboard"
mo, l came a little unexpectedly"
he confessed. II took the trip to
avoid my friends"
ooh; then trust you will be sue
cessful," she answered. somewhat
icily.
He made no attempt to reconstruct
his observation. They were silent for
a moment.
''It's going to be a smooth, tedious
trip he presently stated.
1T looks that way-at present" she
agreed.
He glanced at her furtively, after
which size abruptly scanned him over
with keener interest.
E"You are not alone?" she inquired
w Practically. yes"
FL why, thought read-wasn't II
true? Shouldn't your wedding"
SHOULD have come off to-day" he
supplied, nonchalantly. "All of Il
true, SO far as it went"
ooh Really? Their
Miss Schuyler"
Exercised her divine prerogative o.
changing her mind. She is wearing
the other man."
"Wearing?"
Eyes. They put us on and Off like
hats. | trust he will find it wearing.
Adas eyes glistened, somewha
fiercely. 81 have known men who re
newed their ties as often as we choos
between our hats" she said. "The fat
of changing the heart is quite as flip
pant as that of altering the mind
Personal experience is the hothous
of rancor," he told her, "and l an
still under glass;"
+cWell, do you fondly imagine yol
are all alone in an enjoyment of ran
corr"
my fault-finding is at first hand,
he answered, while yours should b
vicarious only, at the utmost"
Indeed" she said.
He looked at her sharply an
blinked through the smoke of hi
pipe.
See here" he blurted, you wer
not the Miss Lee Cavendish who wa
engaged to some fellow from Oxford
you are neither acute nor compl
mentary, not to know-or to assum
so little interest"
Him." he unused, IL alwav
called you Ada l never supposed thu
fellow"
He glanced at her again, earnes
ly. you were always sensible girl
he observed "Shall | tell you whi
I've done?"
mot if you wish it kept a secret"
1--WE joined the Association of Vi
mitigated Bachelors" he imparte
1--WE taken a solemn vow never to as
any maid, girl or woman on cart
to become my wife"
She looked at him oddly, her ia,
slightly Redeemed
'I'ye Joined myself" she murmure
mot the bachelors"
mo, the Bachelor Girls. We ha,
each of us taken a grave and reverer
obligation never to wed any lad, youi
or man who may, can or must ask
to become his wife, mate or partn
for life, if we live to be thousand "
you don't say!" he exclaimed, wi
frank admiration. I'm mighty gls
to hear it. Ada, we shall get alor
this voyage delightfully."- Let us shall
hands"
She placed her dainty hand in hi
for a funny little second, and Il
glance that played between them m
On neutral ground.
OF all the unstable, neutral groun
that Fate has yet devised for mar
confusion, the sea is perhaps the mo
conspicuous. For the matter of tn,
any ground whatsoever, when f
luently employed, is perilous to me
upon, especially for people who ha
nrotested much against enninqal 4