The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-25

milR Nsosa was high In the heav.,.
the rest Of the party sought their t. we,
Good night, Mr.. Fullerton. as
night, Mr.. Rochfort," cried Shell. sod
descended the stairs, leaving thu -. ~ sAs
on deck. Beverley sauntered wv wv men
Downs followed him. Willie Fan and
left alone, gazed after him cur;ora,N
IF that chap is not an ont ~:
scoundrel I'll eat my hat" he reas ot
"His servant looks just another no
II Willie Fullerton could have
the whispered conversation that .eaN
hurriedly between master and np paSsed
would have considerably augmented !, -
belief The interview was brisf az
when they separated they seemed r. l., O0s
arrived at good conclusion. u4n
Tomorrow night, when I DIV.
signal; and, remember, let there \. "'
mistake!" was Beverley's last wo,a 10
"Never fear !" returned Downs .s,,.
~ I'm make no mistake !' and ,ss
that he walked swiftly away. "a
Audrey woke very early the nert
ing with start. The sun was inst O :.
ing; she went to the port and .,",
out. How pretty and picturesque T. r.',
She longed for Jack to be there To 49, ..'
he1 pleasure.
Never mind, there will be a lette- ~,
morning" she consoled herself. ~
This comforted her, and then oh.
given his letter. The CHEEKY, tender f "a
words consoled her beyond all daso ..aa
ton, and when she came to the postsc,;a.
she felt her heart beat lightly again
II am delighted to hear that Win.
Fullerton is on board; l am sura ,.'
will like him." Jack wrote. HE ia ,r;. wv
the incest young man of nv acoua;n.
ance. Tell him for me that l expect him
to do me good turn, and look we'll .ft..
my dear, sweet little wife. He will mob.
an excellent cavalier, and be delighted hs
yond measure to attend 50 lovely lad,
Look for me at the end of the week MN
then, and always, your devoted husband
JACK"
She confded to her new friend III.
message her Jack had sent, and W.,
greatly pleased at Willie's delight,
And now I hope you will begin IA
look upon me as friend, Lady John,
I am sure you will if Glendurwood doesn
he said eagerly.
Sheila was almost gleeful over thi,
Irritation" as she insisted on calling 4
II always knew she was bold thing"
she declared to Beverley in an aisle.
"but I never thought she was so bad a,
this. She is carrying on most shame
fully with Willie Fullerton"
There was a strained expression IN
Beverley's smile. He, too, was watch.
ing the boy and girl away at the far end
of the deck.
"And she will not even speak one word
to mel" he thought to himself, the hot
tide Of jealousy running like fire in bis
veins.
The day progressed. The dance was
to begin about 9 o'clock. Just about din.
ner hour Willie Fullerton came to Au.
drey.
Il am in despair, Lady john" he said
really quite mournfully. II shall not b
able to claim you for our promised dance
I am compelled to run ashore MY moth.
er has sent for me on important business.
She is an invalid, poor old dear, and I
must CO."
''Of course you must" said Audrey
"but I shall miss you very much indeed
Mr.. Fullerton. I don't think shall
dance many times tonight"
Lady Daleswater's dance was declared
to be enchanting. The fairy lights the
delicious music, the select company, moth.
ing was wanting in any ones estimation
but Audrey's. She was very dull and
very lonely.
go and dance, my DEAR" advised Mn
Hungerford, cheerily. But to the great
disappointment of most of the men pres
ent, Lady John Glendurwood persistently
refused to join the dancers.
"Posing!" sneered Mrs. Fairfax to
Sheila. "The girl is as big a coquetts
as she is humbug!'
Lady Daleswater did not pay too much
attention to her sister-in-law. For tho
first time in her arrogant career tho
countess was suffering from jealousy.
Why should this girl, this nobody, with
all sorts of probable disagreeables hang
ing to her childhood. why should she b
queen of the situation, while she, Gladys
Countess of Daleswater, was put on on'
side and forgotten?
Ito be continued)