Evening star., 1907-11-02

three different colored shirts for break
East, lunch and tea. And. If you refuse
to help, who Is to take care of le pitt
Edouard while / give the captain a trot
round. Don't look cross there's dar-
ling. though you do remind me- when
you open your eyes that way, of de-
lightful little American schoolma am !
met in Lima She had drifted that far
on her holidays, and l believe she was
Mortified with me"
Perhaps she thought you were really
tie dreadful person you made yourself
out to be. Now. Isobel, that does not
matter bit in Valparaiso. where you are
! known, but in Paris and London-'
Where | mean to be equally well
known, 1t is passport to smart society
to be un peu risque Steward. Give my
compliments to Capt COurtenay. and say
that Miss Maxwell and Miss Barring hope
he will favor them with his company TO
tea
Elsie's bright. eager face flushed slight
~. She leaned forward with certain
squaring of the shoulders. being deter
mined young person in some respects.
For once | shall let you off" she said
In low voice. so l give you fair warn
ing, Isobel. l must not be included in i'm
prumptU invitations of that kind. Next
time / shall correct your statement most
emphatically."
Good gracious! I only meant to be
polite. Tut. tut, as dad says when he
can't swear before ladies. shant make
the running for you any more"
Elsie crummed an impatient loot on tn
deck. There was a little paus.. Isobcl
closed her eyes lazily but she opened them
again when she heard her friend say:
Il am sorry II l seem crptchety, dear.
Indeed ii is no pretense on my part. You
cannot imagine how that man Vcntana
prosecuted me The mere suggestion of
any ones paying ME compliments and
trying to be fascinating is so repellent
that / cringe at the thought. And even
our saiIOr-likc captain will think it neces-
sary TO play the society clown. | suppose,
seeing that we are young and passably
good looking"
Isobel Barring raised her head from the
cushions.
"Ventana was a determined wooer,
then? What did he do?" she asked.
'He-he pestered me with his atten-
tons. Oh, should have liked to fog him
with a WhipH
He was always that sort OF person
too serious and the head dropped again.
The steward returned. He was "a half
caste his English was to the point
DE captin say he busy. he no come, "
was the message
Elsie's display of irritation vanished In
a merry laugh. Isobel bounced up from
the depths of the chair; her dark eyes
| blaZed wrathfully.
Tell him" she began
Then she mastered her annoyance suffi
ciently to ascertain what II was that
Capt. Courtenay had actually said, and she
received courteous explanation In Span
ish that the commander could not Ieav1
the chart house until the Kansas had
rounded the low-lying, red-huad Cape
Caraumilla. which still barred the ship s
path to the sOuth-tha first stage of the
! long voyage from Valparaiso to London
But pcrtinacity was a marked trait Of
the Barring family; otherwise, lsobels
,ather. "a bluff. churchwarden type of
man. would not have won his way to the
chief place in the firm of Barring, Thomp-
( son. Miguel Co, mining and export
agents, the leading house in Chile's prin-
! Cipal port. Notwithstanding Eisie's pre-
vious outburst. the steward was sent back
/ TO ask If the ladies might visit the bridge
| later. Meanwhile. would Capt. Courtenay
| like q cup of tea? All things considered
! there was only one possible wdr-Capt