The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
THE WINGS OF
THE MORNING


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ZION that the frank hospitality of
the British sailor could sug-
sese' 10 permit them to adopt
H'e tone of friendly equality which
ligld discipline, if nothing else, would
HoI allow them to maintain.
Inc first lieutenant, by reason of his
thing
That is a devilish bad job, Mr. An
s'Iuther, he blurted out.
Neli, you know, ! had to tell you"
ne smiled unaffectedly at the Won
uerlng circle He, too, was an Off
gsr, and appreciated their sentiments.
tRey were unfeignedly sorry Tor him,
fnan so brave and modest, such a
A Hendld type of the soldier and gen.
Y oman. yet, by their common law, an
,'eftcast. Nor could they wholly under
stand his demeanor. There was no
Die dignity in his candOc, a conscious
innocence that disdained u shield it
Fseif under a partial truth. He spoke,
not as a wrongdoer but as one who
addresses those who have been and
VIII be once more his peers.
The first lieutenant again phTasei
the thoughts of his juniors
Il. and every other man in the ship,
cannot help hut sympathize with you.
But whatever may be your record
4 you were an escaped convict. Mr..
Anstruther-no one could withhold
from you the praise deserved for your
magnificent stand against .overwhelm-
ing odds. Our dutv IS plain. We will
bring you TO Singapore, where the
others Will no dorbt wish to go imme-
diately I will tell the captain What
YOU have DCen good enough to &C.
quaint US with. Meanwhile we will
give you every assistance, and-er-
attention III our power"
A murmur If app ,1bati0n ran
through the little circle. Roberts face
paIed somewhat. What first-rate CLaps
they were, To be surei
81 can On.Y thank YOU" he said un-
steadily. Your kindness is more try
ing than adversely"
- rustic of silk. the intrusion irto
Che intent knox of men Of a ycaLg
lady in "A Paris gown, Paris hat,
carrying a TrouyilIe parasoI. and most
eXquisiteiy s,ovcd and booted made
every one gasp.
oh. Robert, dear, how could you?
! actually didn't know you!"
Thus Iris, bewitchilgiy attired, ard
gazing now with provoking ad,nirG-
ton at Robert, who certainly offered
almost as great a contrast to his for
mer state as did the girl herself. He
returned her look with interest.
Would any man believe he
laughed. that clothes would do so
much for a woman"
What a left-handed compliment,
But come, dearest, Captain FitzrOy
and Lord VentnOr have come ashore
with father and me. They want Us to
show them everything, You viii eX-
CuSe him, won't yOu?" she added. with
a seraphic smile to the others.
They walked off together
jimmy" gasped the fat midship-
fman to a lanky youth. shes got on
your tOgSi"
Meaning that lis had ransacked
the Orient's theatrical wardrobe, and
pounced on the swell outfit of the
principal female ImpeTsOnatOr in the
ships company.
Lieutenant Playdon bit the chin
strap of his pith helmet. for the land
~ party wore the regulation uniform
service ashore i'm the tropics. He
RuAttered TO his chief
"Damme if I've got the hang of this
business yet"
Neither have l. Anstruther looks a
decent sort of fellow, and the girl is a
sumner. Yet, dye know, PlaydOn
right through the cruise I've always
understood that she was the hancee OF
that cad, Ventnor."
"Anstruther appears 10 have ar
ranged matters differently. Wonder
what pa viii say when that Johnnie
owns up about the cOurt-martial."
Give it up, which Is more than the
girl will do, or I'm much mistaken
Funny thing, you know, but I've a sort
Of hay recollection of Anstruther's
name being mixed up with that of a
coIOneTs wife at Hong Kong. Fancy
VSntuor was in it, too, as a witness
Sfand by, and Wen see something be
IRE we unload at Singapore"