Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-04-25

~ | STOOL, said Lieutenant Drum
rnond. May sit here"
And the young woman was
good enough to give the desired per
mission.
When he had seated himself he
glanced around, then impulsiyely held
out his hand.
@Mlss Amhurst.' he said, how are
yous"
Every well, thank you,'' replied the
girl with a smile, and after half a mo-
ment's hesitation she placed her hand
in his.
"of course you dance, Miss Am
hurst?''
Eyes, but not tonight. am here
merely as a locker on in Vienna. You
must not allow politeness to keep you
away from the floor. or perhaps /
should say deck. I don't mind being
alone in the least"
Now, Miss Amhurst, that is not a
hint, is it? Tell me that have not
already tired you of my company"
ooh, no. but do not wish you to
feel that simply because we met casu-
ally the other day you are compelled
to waste your evening sitting out"
Indeed, Miss Amhurst, although
should very much like to have the
pleasure Of dancing with you, there Is
no one else here that should care to
ask. / have quailed under the eagle
eye of my captain once or twice this
evening, and have been rather en-
deayoring to keep out of his sight.
fear he has found something new
about me of which to disapprove, so
have quite determined not to dance,
unless you would consent to dance
with me, in which case am quite
ready to brave his reproachful
glances."
.Have you done anything wrong
lately p
"Heaven only knowsl ! try not to
be purposely wicked and, indeed, have
put forth extra efforts, to be extra
good, but it seems all of no avail.
endeavor to go about the ship with a
subdued, humble, unobtrusive air, but
this is rather difficult for person of
my size. I don't think man can
d,oon s,,coossf,Ily unlass he's undar
six feet In height"
norotbv ,aughed with nnief content.
She was surprised to find herself so
much at her ease with him and so
r,ild1v bannv Tbav shared a secret
+ooathar an,7 that Of itself was an in
tong;h,a honI LINKING him with her.
who had no tics with any one else. She
liked him had liked him from the first.
and his rnconcea!ed delight in her
company was gratifying to a girI who
haretnfore had fonna none to offer her
the gentle ca;:rtc-ie.; Of re
as ii the Russian business again
You do not i..ak sew .auch troubled
nbont it,
sab tha, is-tl,at is he stammered
in apparent confusion. then blurted
out. because you-because / am sit
fling here Aithnrgh / have met you
hut once before. II seems somehow as
if had known vou always, and my
slight anxiety that told you of fades
awav in your presence. | hope you
don't think / am forward in saying
this. but really tonight when I saw
you at the head of the gangway ]
could scarcely refrain from going di
rectly to you and greeting you I am
afraid made rather a hash of it with
Captain Kempt. He is too much of a
gentleman to have shown any surprise
at nv somewhat boisterous accosting
Of him, and you know 1 didn't remem.
Der him at all, but saw that you were
under his care and CHANGED it. Luck
ily it seems to have been Captain
Kermit after all. but | fear surprised
him taking him by storm. as 1t WERE
az thought Won did it very nicely
said Dorothy. "and. indeed. until this
moment r hadn't tbe least suspicion
that Won didn't recognize him. He is
. dear old gentleman. and Pm very
fond of him,
AZ savu cold the lieutenant lowering