Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-12

was yeXed with her, both for being so
stupidity conventional and for speaking
to me in such loud tone that she at
tracted peoples attention.
We went back 10 our deck chairs,
and there was nothing to remind me
of the little episode except the torn
cover of my magazine. ON which.
now remembered, Sally Woodburn had
scrawled my name over and over again
in pencil, just in idleness, while she
and l had been talking that morning.
If Mrs ESs Kay had known, no doubt
she would have been furious that Il
piece of paper with my name ON it
should have gone down into the steer
age. But didn't mind for / remem-
bered that the young man had opened
the parcel. given the money to the con-
ductor. and kept the cover, which
probably he had soon after thrown
overheard or twisted up to light Il
pipe.
Nothing more happened that day. but
there are two nice American girls on
board, about my own age or a little
older they seem years older, for they
are SO charming and self possessed,
and Mrs. Ess Kay encourages me to
like them, as they are in Mrs. Van der
Windt's party. L grew quite well ac-
quainted with them the third day out,
and they asked me to go and watch
the people in the steerage, who had u
trick dog which was lots of fun.
went and saw the bronze young man
again. He was standing with his
arms folded across his blue flannel
Shirted chest, leaning against one of
the supports of kind of bridge, look
ing up toward the first class deck.
Our eyes met as they had before and
l was so absurd that | felt myself
blushing / could have boxed my own
ears, and though the trained dog really
was pet didn't stay long.
1t is strange how certain kinds of
eyes haunt me. You see them in the
air, as if they We're really looking at
you-especially when you are just
| dropping off to sleep. l think gray
| ones do this more than others Per-
/ haps it is because they are more pierre
| ing.
But it was the fourth day that the
| climax came-the climax which has
I ended by upsetting me so much and
/ has made everything SO uncomfort-
| able.
The weather was glorious blue
and gold after a sulky, leaden day
and there was dancing down on the
| steerage deck again. Though it was so
| fine, the water was not smooth like a
door as It had been at first, but broken
into indigo waves ruffied irregularly
with silver lace and edged with SHIN
mering pearl fringe.
The same performance was going
ON down there on the crowded deck
that I'd seen the first day. and Sally
WOODBURY. and l, who had been walk
ing-counting the times we went
around to make two miles-stopped tc
glance at the show.
There's that good looking mar
Cousin Katherine Classics as a hulk
ing ANIMAL" said Sally 81 must really
consult the dictionary for definition
of the word hulking.' l don't know
whether it's a verb or adjective, DE-
you?"
4 L.
ever it is, I'm sure he doesn't or isn't
He's a gentleman, and somethin;
strange has happened or he wouldn'
Il be there. l do think it's a shame. l
must be horrible"
Don't you think Cousin KATHERINE
knows more about such persons thai
your" asked Sally, and there was sucl
1 In hat
turned to see what it meant She wa
laughing, but whether at me or a
Mrs. ESS Kay or at the man with til
lobster claw nose l couldn't tell. an,
before l could answer her question b.
asking another something happene,
which put the whole conversation GU
of my mind.
The ship courtsied to q wave o
more Importance than any that ha,
gone before, then righted hersel
quickly. We slid little, everybod
who could catching hold of the rail o
of some friends arm, laughing, bu
down on the steerage deck there ros
a cry which wasn't laughter.
"Child overboardr' some one scream
/ Gu AHu ltultZtu Will IL uOlIIu Icc
ing like suffocation that q tiny bo
down below, who had climbed up O
the rail to watch the dancing, wa
: missing.
7 1t was woman who had screamed
! and everything followed so quickl
that my mind was confused, as if
3 whirlwind had rushed through it an
, blown all the impressions on top of on
{ another in a heap. There was babe
. of voices on the steerage deck. NOR
3 cries and shouts and screams, and pee
pie surged in a solid wave toward th
1 rail to look over But of that wav
:. sprang one figure separating itself froI
the other atoms, and then / heard my
self give cry, too, for the man wh
l. had been II my thoughts had throw
g off his coat and vaulted over the ra
9 into the sea.
u JOS, IA be caught by the pr
:, peller.' he.rd somebody near N
g say.
s. turned sick. The thought of hi
d life being crushed out while we a
70 looked on helpless was awful. IL