The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-03

But the snub nose acquired an yu-
Eagiug wrinkle when he laughed
which he did frequently. she touhdr
and the wide-ipped mouth was good
hUmOred and generous, and as Tor the
chin, what's man without force or
character And If his hair was undo
for Eray eyes, and, besides, betokened
saRsUiue and cheerful tempera-
ment-
Altogether. the girl found Peter Ca
dJSan not uniEteresting-
. As for CadOgan, his impression OF
her was-au impression, nothing more
" omen were rarely more with him
He did not care about the color Of
her eyes, but knew that they smiled
The hue OF her EaiT he would have
declared dark As a matter Of fact. II
was as black as her eyes
II PUSHED for description. he
would have sincerely enumerated Gin
addition 10 the above teatureSl one
mouth, one nose. two ears, and TIE
would have heSlJated over the i1lD5-
tive pretty" and probably would
have substituted handsome in its
stead, with q qualifying rather
"a rather handsome woman" in
short, would have summed up the
/ impressions quite succinctly-at that
stage
The duty OF hospitality weighed less
heavily upon his mind than the prob
lem OF their position The sea was
mOmenIarily growing heavier ana
the Colleen running into shdllOWCr
waters.
The hour was not far distant when
she would have either 20 come about
{ passage between the islands that
close in Chandelier sound Happen
she struck the right paSsaSe-vell
and good Happen the wrong one
The long and short Of IL was thai
( he didn't know the coast. And II
/ troubled him
When may I come on deck2@
FEh2' CadOgan Jerked tOrcibly out
+ Of his study. looked his dismay- I'D
rather you didn't at ALL
I'm not afraid. said Jane Todd
Il don't suppose you are Neither
am / But don't want TO be re
/ sponsible for you. with a sea running
4 like the present one"
Very well You are. I believe. the
/ captain
well don't want 10 sound dicta-
toriaE'
She was laughing at him. CadOCan
/ Redeemed and, simultaneously, real
/ fed that he rather liked to be laugh
{ ed at that way
Z haven't asked you" he turned the
course OF conversation anu At Ine
I same time rose and began 70 don his
oilers. how you got into that SCrape-"
[ The effect Of his inquiTing remark
/ showed III q sudden gravity that
/ Clouded the girls face
/ ct was a.. accident" she told him.
/ oh he returned, dryly-
/ Did he detect an accent OF evaSiye-
/ ness in her TespOnse2
] But she would not laugh With him.
/ AN accident" she repeated grave
/ ". of nv own COntriying- Briefly, 1
/ lost an oar and-lost the other trying
/ TO recover the first
/ "Rattled2'
Yes Then, nobody heard me call.
( and we went out to sea. with the ebb
4 tide, until a current caught the iOry
I ard swept II out Of sight Of land I
I should have known better in fact /
I did So there's no excuse for me and
! the thought OF my fathers anxiety is
/ JCTturinE-"
/ "Oh. yoar fatherr" Cadogan's tone
/ echoed her concern Z should say sol
} But fortunately, he wont have to
/ worry much longer He got up and
I began to struggle into the cumbcr-
some ollskins- You said you lily cd
/ on cedar Island, Miss Todd Rather
I out of-the-way place, isn't it?
1t = dreaGfully lonely affirmed
/ the girl NO one ever goes there
except lighthouse people
You don't like it2" he diagnosed
/ the feeling underlying her words
I 7 hate it" she declared. with a
/ concentrated emphasis OF antipathy
which startled him And yet.-her
face softenins love ii, too. It has
/ been my home for many years and
! I an pOSsionately fond Of the sea
/ Only sometimes one gets to longing
I for the world.
and contrariIy," he declared, 81
think think I should like Cedar
I Island I must get on deck
! He went bTiSklT- again absorbed
with his cares The girls eyes fol
/ lowed him thOUEhtfuIly- After all
/ he WAS turning out quite unlike other
men She liked him
II is illustrative of her straight
/ forward cast OF mind that she admit
I ted as much without reserve.
! She sighed, and fell pensive, toying
with q spoon So little Of variety