The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-03

Helen accepted cup Of tea, changed
her street costume for a long, close
fitting brown ulster with a sable toque
and boa, in which Eulalie told her
she was parfaitement bien mise; and.
escaping again to the deck. walked up
and down a comparatively clear space
until the Baltic was well down the
bay. Then, fairly tired, but unwilling
to face Miss Bieccker's chatter. she
found chair forward. where it was
not likely she would sit again during
the voyage, and with wisp OF brown
chiffon drawn close over her face, aban-
doned herself to melancholy thought,
So this was the end Of John Glynn's
lamenting for her loss! She, not he.
had been faithfui to the love they had
shared so fondly for a little while. in
which she had no longer dared indulge
with him. This was the way he had
accepted her decision that they must
try to forget each other, finally.
During the one week of their secret
engagement she had felt Unreasonable
happiness. But every moment OF closer
contact with her young love, boy In
worlds knowledge beside herself,
though OF her own age in actual years.
convinced her of the fatal mistake she
had made in believing she could give
up NCT present lie 1oE IIiLII, anu SiuS
his career by an early marriage. So
she had broken the bond ruthlessly,
and her father had never known Of its
existence. And his consolation so
quickly found! Helen's LIP curled dis
painfully. Some girl he had met in his
boarding house: the kind OF thing he
had been accustomed to before Miss
Carstairs treated her jaded taste to
his virile freshness and charming looks,
!, fnI rel iap
Willingness to take her, poor or rich!
The type OF girl she had seen in the
tumultuous moment beside the rail was
puxxling. Not a lady, according to her
artificialized standard, but having the
frank assurance and belief in herself
that had attracted Helen to John Glynn.
with something of good breeding un-
derneath. Cheaply dressed, cheap man
nered, perhaps, ignorant of what Miss
Carstairs considered elemental neces-
sites of training, but never vulgar.
But whatever the rival, the hurt was
that Glynn cared for Helen no more.
while she cared just the same. What
a fool she had been to believe that
masculine fidelity survives the blows
of fate!
Masked in her brown veil, Helen sat
In her corner, turning this bitter morsel
upon her tongue. her eyes vaguely rest
ing upon the passing show of passen-
gers as they came straying up on deck
to make the best of fine afternoon
while getting out to sea. lmpatiently
casting aside her unwelcome Thoughts,
she tried to interest herself IN these
people, to speculate upon their identity,
purpose, and personality, with the usual
rather poor returns, since ships COM
pany assembled at first view has always
the most depressing influence upon the
looker-on. Beside her, upon one OF
the rare seats OF liner that belong to
nobody, she cspied shabby little man.
in an overcoat like n faded leaf, drop
down furtively, then seeing no one IN
clined to disturb him, relax his muscles
and, taking off an ancient, wide-brim-
med felt hat, look about him with
beaming smile, prepared for full en-.
joyment of the hour and scene.
Something in the artless buoyancy OF
his manner his meek acceptance or
modest place in life, his indifference TO
the considerations that oftenest veXed
the souls of Miss Carstars's acluaint-
ances upon making any sort OF public
appearance before their fellow beings,
struck her with an approach to APP
proval. Her glance toward him was.
met in the same spirit of prompt re-
turn that follows patting upon the head
friendly dog.
"Beautirul weather we're having to
go out in, maam," he said. I'm kind
of glad to settle down in this quiet
corner N see the last o my native land.
1 reckoned I was in no ones way occu-
pying this little bench bit Because'
you see, I've walked and walked, in
speeding the White Star leviathan,
everywhere they'd let me set foot,
till I'm about worn out. Talk about
seeing New York City, It's not a
patch on this ship for making man
feel his lower limbs, II you'll excuse
4 the expression before a lady. Why,
x shes q wonder, masam, marvel, and