Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-16

O OIH 81 near to the sides of the ship the water
@ ~ slipped back greasy and smooth.
~ Above them at nervously regular in
QlO tervals the foghorn yelped, "Bah-h-h.
Bah-h-h!"
Older travellers talked of the danger of speeding ahead
in fog; but Charley Haly and George Palmer, not
being versed in the dangers them that go down to the
in ships, considered the incident of the tobe
expected features of marine travel and kept promenad
ing. The second morning there fog 1t early
June The laughing blue, such blue one has
always expected the to be and has always been dis
appointed at not finding it when he looked it from
the shore The waves leaped and shook white fingers.
The whole scheme of life seemed pretty good to the
two young men. Were they not making their first
voyage Europe? Was the air like wine? Did not
the stewards salute them respectfully as though
they the multimlionaires in the cabins de luxe
And they, were not seasiek! And from away, ahead
of them they could hear the call of London and Paris
They sailing into life, they felt.
RUTi it was the third morning out when Haly became
aware that the same young woman was taking the
same early constitutional. Strangely neither he
Palmer had noticed her the first second morning She
had been on deck, trudging, trdging, rudging in the
opposite them They had met her every round
and yet it was the third morning before Haly dis
covered her.
She was coming toward them. A cap and veil
her hair, long coat buttoned about her. She
down the deck with free stride that betokened
indifference to wind and weather But the thing that
struck him most strand of hair that had blown out
from under the veil and draped careessy her
face Her eyes sparkling blue, much like the blue
of the sea on that particular morning Her cheeks were
describe beautiful woman and wax doll in the
language. This particular girl looked like the of girl
who would be very beautiful when to know her.
Now we come to something that really should be
whispered in utmost confidence She looked at Haly!
The young woman went on but Haly stopped shot.
drew Palmer to his side and leaned against the rail and
looked after her.
Isn't she winner" he asked
II should say" Palmer agreed.
How do you get acquainted with people on ship
board? Haly wanted to know.
Il understand" Palmer replied hopefully. that you
apply to the Captain for introduction you
wait until they fall overheard and then them,
or-or you find someone among the passengers
whom you know and who knows them, and they will
ask them they want to meet you, and then they will
tell them, and"
II not interested in theys and thems: | want to
know Her, Haly interrupted.
You might well be in San Francisco and her in
New York We don't know anyone aboard and you try
to speak to her without introduction you will be put
in irons, locked in the hold and hung from the yardam
So they continued their promenade meeting the
discreetly refraining from gazing at her than
necessary to enable them to avoid humping into her.
Then they went below to breakfast.
A FTER breakfast Haly left Palmer and went back to
= the promenade deck He found his way to the bow
and there right his favorite spot, she stood Haly
hestated Should he walk right up there and stand be
side her as brazenly possible? Or should he take him
self the side sterno Well, he had been watching
this from that spot all along, and he guessed he
had much right as anybody to keep doing so!
Therefore he went to the rail and leaned against and
looked out the ocean. He maybe two feet
from her. Standing there, he medtated upon ship Ell
quette. He had many people nod or bow to
strangers. 1t seemed to him that here a small COM
munity OF human beings temporarily thrown into the
society of one another, and that there reason
why they should be standotlSh and grouchy Just be-
cause they did not know another. Surely if they
kept being stiff and solitary of habit, they
would know anybody, and the voyage would be very
lonesome. He looked at the girl and she looking
at him: right at him, you know; but Of
ally To have looked away, to have pretended that