Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-10

QOll mousse lnlieTlteu \rUin lc-
was thankful to find / was to chum
with Miss WOODBURY., not Mrs. Ess
Kay, fo9 never could have stood that
1t WIS fun finding places to hang up
our things when they We're unpacked.
and Mrs. Ess Rays French maid
Louise helped me get settled. paying
ME so many compliments on my hair
and my eyes and my complexion that
/ grew quite confused. but perhaps
that's habit in which American Ia
dies encourage their maids
"But the marvel that is miladi's hair!
1t is of the color of gold and with q
natural curl. 1t will be so great a JOY
if | may dress it, And her cOmpleXioni
1t is beyond that of any English dem
oiselle l have ever seen, yet all the
world knows they are best on earth.
With such eyes no doubt miladi can
wear any color, and she has the figure
for which the make of corSets is of no
import
If it had been in English l should
have wanted to order her out of the
room, but things like that don't sound
so Objectionable in French.
Miss Woodburn's and especially Mrs.
Ess Rays clothes looked so ex-
quisite that | was mortified to have
Louise unpack mine. though ! have
brought my smarteSt things. and Vic
had two or three pretty blouses of
hers altered in Il great hurry. for me.
Besides, mother said my outfit was
quite good enough for a young girl in
England and that | was not to let
myself feel dissatisfied If in another
country they chose to overdress.
Anyhow l will say for Mrs. Ess Kay
| that she didn't appear to be ashamed
i of me at first. On the contrary, she
had way of seeming TO show me off,
almost as if she thought | did her
| credit.
When we had unpacked we three
| went to luncheon and took the first
seats which were vacant. But pres
emily Mrs. Ess Kay sent for the chief
| steward or some one important Il
am Mrs. Stuyvesant-Knox. said she
| in a naughty voice, land | have as
| my guest Lady Betty Buckley. daugh-
| ter of the Duchess of Stanforth You
| must give US three of the best seats
| at the captains table"
| | couldn't help hearing. and my ears
| did Jingle, but Miss Woodburn only
| smiled and looked down. with a funny
| twinkle under her eyelashes, which
Il curl up so much that it always seems
as If she were just going to laugh.
i | thought if | were the steward
| would give us the worst seats on the
ship to teach us not TO be proud. But
he didn't do anything of the sort. He
was as meek as a lamb, so I'm SURE
he can't have any sense of humor. HI
said Mrs. Stuyyesant-Knox nigh
} count on him, and she and her party
should have places on the captain:
right hand.
Mrs. ESS Kay was as bad with thu
/ deck steward. She found that IN
hadn't put our chairs (Which she hat
brought on board HERSELF in the RICH
place, and she had him called up ant
made a great fuss The cards of
Rev. Somebody, his wife and daugh
tiers were on chairs in the position
which she had made up her mind t
have, exactly amidship and on tn
shady side.
Il must have my chairs change
and put here" she said. And then
oh, hOrror.-Im certain | caught he
repeating the formula she'd used q
luncheon. Il am Mrs. Stuyvesan
Knox, and l have as my guest" ct
To be sure, she had walked off to
little distance with the deck steward
where our chairs were, and / migl
have been mistaken, but two or thre
people who were standing near locke
suddenly very hard at me. and kno'
turned scarlet with annoyance, to b
labeled in that way, as if l We're
parcel marked glass and to be han
died with care.
Afterward when i came to read I'll
passenger list l found that there Wa
nobody else on board with any sol
of title, not even an honorable an,
! body; otherwise, of course, Mrs. e.
: Rays little maneuver, which II
afraid must have been meant for snol
I. bishness, wouldn't have excited I'll
( slightest notice.
Now" said Mrs. Ess Kay when W
J. were settled in our places, Il know
good many people on the ship, bl
!. most of them are nobodies, and l {
t not intend to be troubled with ther
D nor do l think that the duchess wou
4 care to have me let Betty mix herse
h up with anybody and everybody.
:, shall do great deal of wedding al
select her acquaintance carefully"
q Betty" indeed! Id never told h
d that she might call me Betty, and
d hate having persons | don't care f
# take hold Of my name without using
l. handle to touch it. 1t makes me fe
e as did when | was child and mot
le er commanded me to let myself
S. kissed by unkisssble and extraneo
Y grownups.
y Thank goodness, Vic and have cor
lie into the world with something of pc
sr fathers sense of humor. My sha
y often serves me as well as balm on
wound or as a nice, dry, crackly lit
Of biscuit which you're enchanted to fl
n when you're hungry and thought y
to had nothing to eat. and i got a go