New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16

(YI a near to the sides Of the ship the water
~ - slipped back greasy and smooth.
&[I Above them at nervouSly regular in
QlG ervals the foghorn yclpcd, "Bah-h-h!
Older travellers talked of the danger of speeding ahead
e; - fog: but Charley Haly and George Palmer, not
g vcr>cd in the dangers to them that 60 down to the
~ .h,rs considered the incident as of the tobc-
lyrr,ed features OF marine travel and kept promcnad
@ The second morning there notog. 1t was early
Lone The sea laughing blue such blue as one has
J,s expected the to be and has always been dis
nnointcd H finding so when he looked on II from
,bd shore The waves leaped and shook white fingers.
;rL whole. scheme of life seemed pretty good the
t,yo youug men. Were they not making their first
voyarc 10 Europe; Was not the air like vine; Did not
~: Stewards salute them as respectfully as though
,Le,. va~ the multimonarcS in the cabins dc luxe;
And they were not ScaSick And from away ahead
- Them they could hear the call of London and Paris.
They were sailing into life, they felt.
DIT +, was the third morning out when Hay became
ID aW..-. that the same young woman WAS taking the
same earl. constitutional Strangely, neither he nor
palmer noticed her the first or second morning She
had been 20 deck; trudging, trudEing, trudgng IN the
onnorr ..rc TO them They had met her every round
rand Sc. wa, the third morning before H.ly dis
She WIS., .mius toward them. cap and veil were
over her g. Cd long coat was buttoncd about her. She
came dow. .. deck with free stride that bctokcncd
;nd;ffer,. "a. wind and weather But the thing that
struck . ..t was a strand OF hair that had blown out
from III, veil and drdpyd CarCcS~ly across her
face H.. ..s, were parking blue, much like the blue
NJ the .. shat particular morning. Her cheeks were
mink an. ~ lip, were red But, pShaw. One may
fe.cri,. ..u,itul woman and a wax doll IN the same
l9ngu.. 81, particular girl looked Ike the sort OF girl
who W. . very beautiful when came to know ncr.
Now .. come 10 something that really should be
obi,r.~. ~ utmost confidence. She looked at Haly.
The ru..- woman went on; but Haly stopped short,
drew p to his side, and leaned against the rail and
WIS "I,n.. q winner" he asked
Il She. ~av.' Palmer agreed.
How . YOU get acquainted with people on ship
board: N.lv wanted to know.
Il Understand Palmer replied hopefully, that YOU
can apply % the Captain for an introduction, or YOU
can wal, until they fall overheard and then rescue them,
or-or v.g can find someone among the passengers
whom vus know and who knows them, and they Will
ask them they want to meet YOU and then they will
Il am no. interested in theys and thenls want to
know Hcr Haly interrupted.
You nigh, as we'll be in San Francisco and her in
N.WYOr. WcdOnt know anyone aboard and YOU try
10 speak 10 her without an introduction YOU will be put
inirons locked in the hold, and hung from the yardan
SO they continued their promenade, meeting the
Young woman at about the same spot regularly; Dut
dscrec,y roraining from gazing at her more than was
necessary 20 enable them to avoid humping into hcr.
Then they went below 70 breakfast.
AFTER breakfast Halv left Palmer and went back 90
n the promenade deck He found his way 70 the bow,
and there right in hi, favoritc spot she stood. Hay
hestated Should he walk right up there and stand be-
side her us araZcny possible; Or should nc take nm
self to the side or stern; Well, he had been watching
this ocean from that spot all along and he guessed he
had d. much night as anybody to keep on dong so:
Therefore he went TO the rail and leaned against and
looked ou' over The ocean. He was maybe two feet
from her Standing there, he medatcd upon ship c,,-
quette H. had seen many people nod or bow TO
stranger Il seemed 20 him that here was small com
munity ID human beings temporarily thrown into the
society o one another, and that there was no reason
why they should be sandofish and grouchy jus, be-
cause they lid not know one another. Surely, ii they
kept on being stiff and solitary OF habit they never
womb ---- -n-LadE. md The Lov4ge would De vorN