Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18

interesting. She enjoyed the defer-
ence Of these rough men, appreciated
their unaffected kindness-tinged with
romance and sparkling Moselle. The
Jolly little captain had placed the
whole ship at her disposal and had ap-
pointed her queen of the ocean. He
was rewarded by being made baron,
at which Mr.. Brandeis unbent sui
ficiently to take mock offense, and had
to be consoled by a decoration of blue
ribbon from Chris neck-the Exalted
Order OF Jonah, with the privilege OF
wearing jeweled whale on state oc.
casions.
Afterward black coffee was served
on deck in white mugs with handles,
and a photograph was set going by
the mate and continued by the Jap
anese steward. AS Chris was chilly
and had brought no wrap, the captain
doubled up the German flag and folded
her in 1t; and 1t was thus draped that
she sat on the poop and held Matt S
hand in the dark. Above them rose the
bow Of huge four-master, whose sail
ors were clustered together, also lis
tening to the music, and occasionally
joining in one of the choruses. The
water stopped against the piles and
gurgled along the schooner's sides;
red and green lights skinned the
shadowy surface of the bay, borne by
unseen tugs or launches; giant ferry
boats glimmered in the distance and
blew melodious warnings from their
deep-toned threats. To the young lady
IN the German flag it was an evening
never tn be forgotten; she felt herself
on the edge Of an unknown world; she
was glad OF the monograph that al
lowed her to lie back and dream I'M
disturbed eae.. e.. r
"Ten o'clock tomorrow" said the
captain as they stood on the wharf.
1--WE tow out with the tide, you know
mustn't keep us waiting"
"You will see US at dawn" returned
Matt with laugh. Wont he, Chris?'
| AT breakfast, anyhow" she answer
Ell gaily. May we come to breakfast,
Bsron?' as'g a7,z
May you Gomez" exclaimed
Schwartz wat foolish way for q
queen to talk about her royal yacht.
Behold, will order re gold plates. and
| instruct re major-domO to warn re
japanese gentlemen In waiting!",
With this they parted, the captain de-
sCending the ladder while Matt and
Chris walked through the vast shed
and past the Waterman at the gate.
ooh. Matt, isn't he splendid?"
Schwartz? Why, he's just the best
little fellow that ever lived" D..
| "Afd like the mate, too-liked him
immensely" .., .....
80 did I. He's one of those quite
MEN that grow on you" .- ....
s"And wasn't the Moselle good,
thought" " q
and the dinner! BY George, what
a change after those ring-a-ling eating
houses, and that shabby marble place
today, where you seemed to be eating
Off tombstones." .....s -. ...
And we're going, Matt-we're 60
ing" - ... .-. r...-..
| Sail tomorrow at 10 o'clock"
! Its like fairy tale, isn't It? Think
of our having little fairy ship all
ready and waiting for u.s."
1T makes me shiver to think OF how
narrowly we might have missed It..
But Matt, we've caught It! Jus1
by one day, we've caught it,"
1T is supposed to be extremely In
decorous to show affection on the
street; but it was such dark street,
and there was nobody in sight any.
where, and why shouldn't an ecstatic.
ally happy man kiss his ecstatically
happy little wife, and even press her
for a moment to his heart?
! If the stars blinked, we'll
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