New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
CHAPTER
THIRTEEN

II is excusable, ~ doubt, and highly probable
that any young woman might be toohsh enough
10 open gates IN a silly disjointed dream; but
1 broad daylight. while standing IN her hghIlnS
shoes Vada GIrard felt entirely competent TO siam
those gates IN the face of MoTson- Brown she
did it-ocking them with the key OF dignity bar.
ing them by a fat withdrawal from his presence OF
heT OWn most attractive person II he choSe 10
howl on the outside. let hTnl
This chucBirg urstart might aTluse himself by
himself, OF among his own associates ana adIlIeIS
the sailors quarters. but if he imagined that as
long as he lived he would ever again have another
chance TO come chucling around her-well, Just let
hin try IT As tur holding hands and having her
hunting all over the whole yacht Tor MN n-"el
NLggs must have served remarkable dinner, indeed
Therefore considering all things, Nalda G1rard
became absorbed games OF solitaire on the stern
deck; but she Hearied OF it in half an hour, ana
began 70 try he- fortune. She tried II over eleven
u1leS, and was rerteCtlV disguised by the lmper-
tnent persstenc. f The king Of hearts
She reasoned this out. however, and trlu1nphed III
he conclusion thar q lack Of clubs would be lar
more sgniicarc # d persons moral character
hereafter, she became deeply, strangely interested
"know how with the ease OF dream hghtln8
could brazenly 1zurp q throne
was now The o.ening OF the eighteenth OF Sep
ieInber, and r. another day and another n1ght,
q eas the Spi--ire must be in position to cruise
On Sandy Hook and fly her private signals, IN ac-
oAaance with Il ruCtIons. Orders were orders
aa9 IN obedience hereto the yacht nosed swiftly
VI her way, TO IL. icG OF her double expansion en-
sAeS while the king men continued to shovel
G'al and 70 wonder why the Lord had ever pre-
usslned them H. such a relentless, gT1my trade.
HE minsteriai Miggs was pondering too. In a
HIle pantry place, Just of the galley, ne was
S~~AS through q ay-thOle at the rising moon, ana
~ ~ thoughts were sad To him II seemed that
1 -Ie consisted Of q vast, round, fiery hoop OF hot
P@ts, No soo-er was one set cleared away and
-!eu lhan another set must occupy his weary
--.l-and why- Because some people We're T1ch
q e-1 some were not Because the rich ones thought
y I01ll1g under heaven beyond one endless cycle
meals; while a poor, poor, steward was forced 10
- g'e Them up, just a millwheel fools itself with
gT T tan belief that each bucket of water dumped
VII De the last
An " al drives that " eel" " asked Miggs Of the
- moon Money Moneys " at does II, an
rl .heT get rlch. u ire me a 'undred stooards, an
rsa ea EN- bu s. their bloomin' carts by carryln OF
VI Plates, GaWd
and the moon sad nothing whatever.
ACAT MARY stood IN the doorway Of the main
F,, saloon and her mind troubled,-Just a
Tbet a lISt but not very much She had seen Polly
r1-aH creep slealthlly out on deck, place a
T-.dGse IN the hand Of Morson, who was there on
NJ then creep stealthily back again Aunt
no., vent II u ask that young woman certain
"gaan fast asleep
co-r;5 T qehcate opacity Of chaperon, Aunt Mary
r5s1 r-1oeTed thousand foolish possibilities The
gsTe, S@0on connected with the dining room, the
0aly ,. @ld the "onens sleeping quarters. 1t had
her or S~o exits. one IN passage directly opposite
otbsr state room, which was locked; the
This JlIS The doorway which she now stood.
Eise ia was usually left open night, yet the
blkino%- ~: ohaperon conceived the ACCESSIBILITY ot
Een, eng 3 II and pocketing the key; but, when she
To - 90 81 the key was gone
axoi aeron IN again to Pollys state room,
aud 80 Tuthlessly. and formulated certain direct
degreaH hg inquiries which smacked of the third
Mad then for half an hour, more or less, old
NON ~ p On young maids dimpled shoulder