Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-10

| starboard passage, pausing to unlatch
and throw open the door to an inside
room near the rear of the superstructure.
II shouldn't be surprised, MISS he vol
unteered, cropping along the inside of the
door frame for the. electric switch. IF
you was to find things ere bit disorder
| ly, as you might sly. They didn't over
| look 'ardly q hinch of the vessel when
| To click of the switch the light of
| two bulbs flooded the storeroom and veri-
| fled his surmise The two dozen or SO
| trunks and boxes and other packages the
room contained had been, without eX-
| cepton, dealt with vigorously, a cold
chisel having been, in most instances, en-
ployed to break locks and otherwise ia
| cilitate the work of examination; and
there was no evidence to show that the
committee on inspection had taken any
pains to leave things as they had found
them. The majority of the trunks were
no more than half closed. their lids re-
naming uplifted on protruding masses
of garments.
bors Cynthia discovered the old and bat.
tered box packed at and brought to her
from her one-time lodging by the com
Wandered housekeeper of the Monolith-
ages agOne!
Like all the others, it had been broken
open, it's contents rummaged and left in
disorder. But Cynthia was now deeply
intrigued with contemplation of her plan
! Wnlcn moment Dy moment In ner aTQenl
imagination assumed more and more OF
a complexion proper only to something
practicable, warranted by the emergency
| and right. In such state of mind, she eX-
perienced only the faintest flush OF re-
| sentiment of this new tndignity, counter
part of that prior violation of her pri-
vacy when her stateroom had been turn
| ed topsy -turvy, her intimate belongings
subjected to trespass of alien eyes and
rude hands. Recent experience had al
DIV cob 1ad hnY To tot, ff0va n%
! nothing better than barbarisms from
barbarians, to whom neither age nor sex
nor condition were considerable if op-
posed to their desires and designs.
| Acklin dragged the trunk to an &C.
cessible position, and. at her direction,
| lifted out the upper tray, permitting Gym
| thia, on her knees, to delve directly to
| the lowermost layer Of her possessions.
And there, confirming her expectations
and hope. she found a neat and compact
bundle Of black silk garments-her bath
/ ing costume; an almost forgotten relic
and despised memento Of those old, those
now strangely unreal, days when the
round of European watering places had
been an essential part Of the annual pro-
gram dictated by her, money-maddened
parent.
Singular she thought it, to reflect that
| its very inutility alone had permitted the
survival Of this costume until this day.
| when nothing could by any possibility
more fifty serve her requirements.
That is ALL. thank you, Acklin," she
said.. absently, examining the bundle to
| make certain that nothing was lacking.
ImpasSive, as became his training, the
! steward replaced the tray and closed the
| top upon it. then Strengthened up, ex-
pectant.
Misgivings beset Cynthia anew. Again
she searched his face with eyes at once
distrustful and appealing. II he should
| fail her now! And what did she know
of him? What right had she to trust to
him the issue of her happiness? What
| IL he should disapprove- her project, re-
+, fuse his aid?
| And yet she had no choice but to trust
him. He alone of all on board the Gym
thia Mime. Savaran and Crittenden aside)
had shown her a friendly and willing