Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-05-30

rubbing my eyes, in the sewing room."
Katherine pinched her.
"Now are you awaken
Dorothy smiled, still dreaming.
"Hello!" cried katherine, with re-
newed animation. "They've got the
secretary safe aboard the lugger, and
they seem to be clearing the decks for
action. Here is my dear lieutenant re-
turning; tall even among tall men.
Look at him. He's in a great hurry,
yet so polite, and doesn't want to
bump against anybody. And now,
Dorothy, don't you be afraid. 1 shall
prove a perfect model of difidence.
You will be proud of me when you
learn with what timidity l pronounce
prunes and prism. I think 1 must Ian
| guish a little at him. l don't know
quite how it's done, but in old English
novels the girls always languished,
and perhaps an Englishman expects a
little languishment in his. I wonder
If he ome of a noble family. If he
doesn't, I don't think I'll languish very
much. Still what matters the pomp of
/ %pageantry and pride of race-isn't that
the way the poem runs? I love our
| dear little lieutenant for himself alone,
and I think I will have just one dance
| with him at least"
Drummond had captured a camp
| stool somewhere, and this he placed at
right angles to the settee, so that he
might face the two girls and yet not
interrupt their view. The sailor on
| guard once more faded away, and the
band now struck up the music Of the
dance.
"Well," cried Drummond cheerfully,
give 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's partner.
There they CO."
For a few minutes the young people
watched the dance, then the lieutenant
said:
Ladies, l am disappointed that you
have not complimented our electrical
display"
II am sure it's very nice indeed and
most Ingenious" declared Dorothy,
| speaking for the first time that even
ing to the officer, but katherine, whose
little 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 illumin-
alton but she begged the young man
to remember that America was the
home of electricity.
"Where would you have been if it
were not for Edison?"
81 suppose" said the lieutenant
cheerfully, "that we should have been
where Moses was when the candle
went out-in the dark"
you might have had torches" said
Dorothy. my friend forgets she was
wishing the sailors held torches on
that suspended stairway up the ships
side"
81 meant electric torches, Edison
torches, Of course"
Katherine was d%ispleased at the out
look. She was extremely fond Of
dancing, and here this complacent
young man had planted himself down
on a camp stool to talk Of electricity.
Miss Kempt, I am sorry that you
are disappointed at our display. Your
slight upon British electrical engineer
ing leaves us unscathed, because this
has been done by a foreign mechanic,
whomsI wish to present to you"
ooh, indeed" said Katherine, rather
in the usual tone of her elder sister.
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
and said:
LADY Angela is going to be Jack
Lamont's partner for the next waltz"
"Oh," said Katherine loftily, "Lady
Angela may dance with any black
smith that pleases her, but I don't. I'm
taking it for granted that Jack La
mont is your electrical tinsmith."
Eyes, he is, and I think him by all
odds the finest fellow aboard this ship.
It's quite likely you have read about
his sister. She is a year older than
Jack, very beautiful. cultured. every
thing that a grande dame should be.
yet she has given away her huge es-
tate 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."
1.-The Princess Natalia!' echoed Kath-
crime, turning her face toward the
young How can Princess Nata-
liza be a sister of Jack Lamont? Did
she marry some old prince and take to
the fields in disgust?"
ooh, no. Jack Lamont is q Russian.
he is called Prince Ivan Lermontoff
when he's at home, but we call him
Jack Lamont for short. He's going to
help me on the Russian business I told
you off,
"What Russian business?' asked
Katherine. II don't remember your
speaking of it,"
Dorothy went white, edged a little
way from her friend, while her widen
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