The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-13
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Amy Sheldon, leaning idly over the |
steamers rail. watched the crowd on |
the pier and wished. inst for n mo- |
ment, that there had been an oppor-
tunity to get word to some of the peo-
pie she could trust.
This was all so different from her
last sailing, and it brought more sharp
ly to her memory the scene of two
days before when she had given Dick
Nesbit his ring and had declared that
she hated the very sight Of his face,
She had last sailed in June. and the
pier had been crowded, but until the
very last she had seen Dicks smiling
! face framed in an indistinct blur of
other faces. Now she would look in
vain, if, indeed, she looked at all.
! She had about decided to go to her
stateroom until the boat should swing
| into the stream.
| She half turned to suggest to her
! aunt that course of action when she
| through the crowd about the gangway,
and presently he came on board with
| a heavy suit case that seemed to argue
his determination to take passage on
the Auranfa.
Amy half turned back. to the rail;
way to the lower deck, where she
knew that the purser's Office was To-
Gated.
Il Passing rapidly through the gang
way, she saw that it really was Dick,
though he was in earnest CONVERSE
ton with man in blue and brass, and
he did not see her.
He had his pocketbook in his hand.
and with flashing eyes Amy made her
way back to the upper deck, where her
aunt still sat in the winter sunshine
enjoying the hustle that preceded the
departure.
One Of the most admirable things
about Aunt Molly was her willingness
to do what her tempestuous little niece
wished to do, but even the usually
placid Aunt Molly demurred when Amy
stormed up and demanded that they
leave the ship at once.
"But I've said goodby TO the Brookes.
and Mrs. Brooke is going to send all
our mail in care of the London agent.
protested the little old lady. eve
can't go back home after telling the
Brookes that we were to be gone until
fall She will tell all her friends and
And that's just the trouble inter
rupted Amy, with stamp of her little
foot Mrs Brooke has been talking
already She must have gone to the
| telephone the moment we left last
night and told everybody she ever
J knew"
"But what will Dick think If you
start and then turn back?'' reminded
: Aunt Molly, determined not TO give VI
a spring in the south of France with
out exhausting every argument.
That's just the trouble" explained
Amy THAT horrid Mrs. Brooke mus
have called him up last night aftel
i promising that she would not tell {
Z soul. He's on board. l just saw hin
= in the purser's Office buying his ticket
.T thought that they bought them a
4 the dock" objected Aunt Molly. blu
Amy shook her head.
"You can buy tickets on board at tn
last moment. I suppose that Dick
= mean Mr. Nesbit-had to wait until b
II could settle about his practice beinl
looked after-not that there is so mucl
= to the practice" she added spitefully
II don't believe that he's been In eour
this month"
rs be altogether to blame for that ?
asked Aunt Molly, fencing for time i
Z which to marshal other arguments.
3 "And suppose that l did let hir
waste lot Of time with me!' retorte
& Amy. "I've been telling him for th
last month that / was tired of seem
him about and that our engagement
b. was all a mistake"
.sThen I don't think that he is 70
lowing you" advanced Aunt Moll,
"Dick is not the sort of man to folio
when he is not wanted. If he Is o
board 1t is because he has to reac
Europe by the first steamer, and
won't bother us in the least"
Because shan't give him a chance
explained Amy promptly. II am goin
down to the stateroom to have Il
steward take our steamer trunks bae
to the dock. It is lucky that we a
ranged to have our other baggage fo
b low
"But what will people sayT" d
manded Aunt Molly as she rose an
prepared to follow her energetic nice
It was plainly to be seen that the tr
was off, or at least postponed, and Aul
n Molly knew the signs we'll enough
81 realize when resistance was useless.
Amy, by dint Of liberal tipping, ma
aged to collect her things on the doc
n Just as the final warning sounded. F.
the moment it was useless to try
leave the dock.
The port captain stood beside the T
naming gangway ready to superf
Il tend the lowering of the last come
b ton between ship and shore. and
81 line was stretched to keep back tho
E who had not gone to the end of Il
81 pfnr to waye last farewell