Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-03

face near hers. She sat up suddenly, felt
her coiffure, and looked about for her
hat
You have had fall, madam" said Car
son, and are shaken up little; but you
are safe and among friends"
''Oh, thank YOU" she said, in a tone Of
the most correct Formally. It's ever so
kind of you, sir-T-I-I-oh, thought
Was lost! l thought l. OH Oh! Oh. Oh!
O-O-o-hr'
Suddenly, from the polite eommonplaces
of speech, she broke into hysterical scream
ing. Then she bowed her face in her hands
as If TO shut out some terrifying sight and
moaned and shivered piteously. asking
them to pardon her promising to be calm
presently, sometimes looking up for a mo-
ment with a smile forced through the
horror stamped on her face by memory of
the ordeal through which she had passed.
and then breaking down into hysterlcal
crying again. Captain Hsrrod poured O
sliff glass Of red liquid from bottle.
diluted II, and took IL 10 the shudder!ng
Girl who looked pathetically UP into his
face for moment. swallowed it
obediently, and coushsd as If strangled
by it.
And now" said Mr. Carson, I'VE will
feel at ease You are quite safe, and the
cabin is yours. We are in all ways at yo'
service. The captain here is my friend.
and we belong to a race that sees a sister
in every helpless lady, think you will de-
s..o to slesp: and / hope YOU may awake
refreshed; after watch we shall place our,
selves mo definitely under your command.
She looked at him questioningly. The
sottness % his voice, his little inconsistent
iapses into dialect as he uttered the odd
fashioned cAivalric sentiments Won her
trust
Virginia lay back and closed her eyes
but the potion brought no drowslness Her
face grew hot, aud she knew that her eyes
would shine II she opened them, with q
brilliarey quite fascinating TO the younr
nli>n with the little black mustachs. The
fact that she thought of this startled her
Was she growing flishty with fever? WHY
this abnormal hilarity Of spirits. In the TX
altation OF which all anxiety departcd? She
was unable TO dwell long in thought or
the uncertainty and grief of ner aunt al
so losing her, first into the sky. and then
supposedly. into the gulf. What differencC
did II make? The world grew unaccounta.
bly, roseate with hope: more Joyous be,
cause she could not tell why The one In.
burst forth into song restrained with diff
fioulty by dwelling on the bad form OF
vocalization. She was sure. however tina
she was about 10 do something shockingl,
unladylike. Perhaps Il was the ozone Of
the immense altitude OF the helieopter Tn,
room seemed sfloat on the waves tina,
rooIed outside, but this struck her as ex
tremely jolly Really, II appeared selfisl
TO enjoy this funny alteration of IN,
nervous system alone. Her old. old friends
outside-the young man with the girls face
and his bewhiskeTed companion. the "a la
tions OF both of whom to her past M,
seemed vague just now. though they Wer,
undoubtedly old and dear friends-sh,
would hunt them up and talk with them
She rose and walked out unsteady upoI
the veranda. and saw Mr.. Carson and tn
captain sitting idly just beyond esrshot o
the cabin. They came TO her respectfully
u came out TO thank you. SIR" said vir
ginia flishtily, "for your heroic behavior
heroic, romantic, medieval behavior
Don't my eyes look funnyg"
She turned up her face to his appeal
ingly, here cheeks flushed. her pupils di
lated,
Il beg Of YOU not 10 inention il, madam.
urged Ar. Carson. with initiate solicitud,
"But may I not insist upon your sllowia