Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
Copyright, 1908. by Bran Stoker

beamed out; and the white-breasted gulls
sweeping above and around the ship
from the thrall of the Ice Queen.
Naturally the spirits of the travellers
rose. They. too. found their wings free;
and the hum and clash of happy noises
unbending each to the other All the
stiffness which is apt to characterize a
newly gathered company of travellers
seemed to melt in the welcome sunshine;
within an hour there was established an
easiness of acquaintanceship generally to
be found only toward the close of vOy-
age. The happiness coming with the
sunshine and the open water. and the re-
lief from the appalling gloom of the biz
zard. had made the freed~captives into
friends.
At such moments like gravitates to
like. The young to young; the grave to
the grave: the pleasure-lovers to their
kind; free sex to it's free opposite. On
the Cryptic the complement of passen-
gers was SO small that the choice of
kinds was limited. In all there were only
some thirty passengers. None but adven-
turous spirits, or those under stress OF
need. challenged possible recurrence of
Atlantic dangers which had ma ked the
beginning of the month. when ship after
ship of the giant liners arrived In port
MANNED and battered and listed with the
weight of snow and frozen spray and 1og
which they carried.
Naturally the ladies were greatly in the
minority. After all. travel is, as a rule.
mems work; and this was no time for
pleasure trips. The dominant feeling on
board on this subject was voiced In
phrase used in the chart room. where the
captain was genially pointing out the
course to tall proud old man. Inc iat-
ter. with an uneasy gesture of stroklng
his long white mustache. which seemed to
be a custom or habit at certain moments
of emotion, said:
And quite agree with yOu sch; uon [
mind men travelling in any weather. Tnat
mans share. But why in hell sch, WON
en- want to go gallivantin' round the
world in weather that would make any
respectable dog want to lie quiet by the
fireside. 1 don't know. women shoulu
learn" He was interrupted by tan
young girl who burst into the room with
out waiting for reply to her breath
less: May I come in?"
II saw you go in, daddy, and wanted
to see the maps. too: so I raced for all
was worth And now l find o.. I've come
just in time to get another lesson about
what women ought to dor AS she spoke
she linked her arm in her fathers with a
fearlessness and security Whlch shoWed
that none of the natural sternness winch
was proclaimed in the old mans ciear-cut
face was specially reserved for her. She
squeezed his arm in a loving way ana
looked up in his face saucily-the way Oh
an af1ectiOnate young girl toward Iather
whom she loves and trusts The old man
her shoulder. With a shrug which might
if seen alone have denoted constraint, put
with a look In the dark eyes ana glau
tone in the strong voice winch hulhned II
absolutely. he said to the captain:
Here comes my tyrant, captain NO"
] must behave myself"
The girl standing close to him went on
in the same loving. half-bantering way:
eco on. daddy! Tell us what women
should learn
.They should learn. Miss Impudence, to
respect their fathersv' Though he spoke
lightly in a tone of banter and with a
light of affection beaming In his eyes, the
girl grew suddenly grave. and murmured
quickly:
THAT is not to be learned father. That
is born with one. when the father Is IKE
mine!' Then, turning to the captain she
went on:
did you ever hear Of the 1rishman who
said. There's some subjects too sar1Ous
for jestin'. and pilates is wan Nv them:
can't sauce my father or 'chaf him or ne
be impudent--to him when he talks of re-
spect. He has killed men before now Tor
want of that But he won't Kill me. He
knows that my respect for him is as big
as my love-and there isn't room for any
more Of either Of them In me. Don't you.
daddy?"
For answer the old man drew her closer
to him: but he said nothing. Really
there was no need for speech. The spirits
and emotions of both were somewhat high
strung In the sudden change to brightness
from the gloom that had prevailed for
weeks At such times even the most
staid are apt to be suddenly moved.
4 diversion came from the captain. a
grave. forplal man. as indeed becomes one
who has with him almost perpetually the
did I understand rightly. Col. Ogilvie,
that Won have killed men for such q