The evening world., 1913-03-03

Miss Iris Dc,ue's large blue eyes sur
veyed him with innocent Indifference to
strict accuracy. incidentally, she had
obtained the Information from her maid.
a nose-tilted coquette who extracted
ships secrets from "a youthful quarter
master.
"weli-er-I had forgotten" explained
the tactful sailor
us It truc?'
Indy Tozer was unusually abrupt to-
day But she was annoyed by the as
sumption that the captain took "A mere
Girl into his confidence and passed over
the wife OF the ex-Chicf Justice OF Hong
Kong.
yes, It Is" said Captain Ross, equally
cunt and silently thanking the fates
that her ladyship was going home for
tho last time.
GLOW horrible" she gasped. in un-
affected alarm.
This return to femnlnty soo,hed the
sailors ruffed temper.
Sir John, her husband. frowncd 1udicl-
ally. That frown constituted MS iesaI
stock I'm trade, yet Il passed current Tor
wisdom with the Hong Kong bar.
what evidence have you"'' he asked.
DO tell US" chimed IN Iris. delight
FUZZY unconscious OF interupt'ng the
court. ibid you find out when you
sau.nted at the SUM-"
The captain smiled. You arr nearer
the mark than possibly you imagine.
Miss Dcane." he said. when we took
our observations yesterday there was
very weird looking halo around the sun.
This morning you may have noticed
several high squalls and smooth sea
marked OCCASIONALLY by strong rlpples.
iva earosuS,sr In falling rapidly. and !
expect that. ms the day wears. We WIN
baa swell IL the SkH
looks Wild tonight, and especially X Wa
observe n heavy bank OF cloud ap-
proaching from the northwest. you Will
zee the crockery dancing about the tar
ut dinner. ] AN afraid you are not
good sailor, Lady Tozer. Are YOU Miss
Deane?"
capital. I should just love to see
real storm. Now promise mo solemnly
that you will take me up into the chart
house when this typhoon Is slmpy tear
Ing things TO pieces
''Oh. dear. / do hope Il Will not he
very bad. IL there no way IN when
you can avoid n captain VIII It last
iong?"
The polite skipper f,r once preferred
10 answer Lady Tozcr.
There Is no uneasintss' ne saiu'
"Of course, typhoons In the CHINA sea
are misty things while they last, nut
shin like the Slrdar Ia not troubled bv
IL.
gale she IL likely to meet mere III less
than twelve hours. Besides, alter the
course somewhat as Soon as ! discover
bur position with regard TO lis centre
You see Miss Deane--"
And Cart Ross forthwith illustrated
On the back OF menu card the spiral
shane and progress Of n cyclone. lie so
thoroughly mystifed the girl by his
technical references to northern ana
southern hemisphcrcs, polar directions.
revolving air-currents, external circum-
ferences and diminished atmospheric
pressures that she was too bcwildered
to reiterate a desire to visit the bridge,
Then the commander hurriedly ex-
FUSED himself, and the passengers saw
40 more OF him that day.
But his short scientific lecture achieved
a double result II rescued him from
q request which he could not possibly
grant, and reassured Lady Tozer. To
the non-nautical mind 1t IS the unknown
that is fearful. A storm classed as
periodic" whose velocity can he meas
dred. whose duration and direction can
be determined beforehand by hours ana
distances, ceases to be terrifying. Ii
becomes an accepted fact, akin to the
steam engine and the electric telegraph,
marvellous yet commonplace.
So her ladysh!p dismissed the topic as
,f no present interest and focused Miss