The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-23

caught the first mail steamer back to
Ireland
Nellie Cosgroye was out in her
great field of carnations when she
heard the postman's knock. Carna-
tons We're hobby of hers and her
great yellow blossoms were the out
come of varied experiments. She was
proud of the rare color she had grown.
tr out a letter from New York,
please, when the steamship Bolivia
anonymously to the skipper. Capt Ban
| the ship sails toward New York. Later,
when you come over to see me in October,
sal! on his ship He is the kind of man to
make you lose a dozen hearts to say moth
ing OF your head-Your dear, sun-kissed
he s;, Ever your romantic chum, Edith
Nell Cosgrove gasped; then she smiled
and finally went inside to ascertain for
Ger ain when the Bolivia would take on
enlsmat1c in her smile Perhaps she, too,
was longing for romance.
1t was not surprising, then, to any one
concerned save Capt. Bangor When he re-
ceived a box of golden yellow carnations
from an anonymous sender. He pondered
deeply, thinking perhaps a mistake had
been made. The flowers Were, however,
a great pleasure to him, and adorned his
table until the day of reaching the New
York shore.
His conversation with the Danes. along
with a multitude of other similar chats,
had escaped his memory. Each voyage
was laden with like dinner talk.
trips of the Bolivia Capt; Bangor gazed
three times a day at the cluster of yellow
voyage from the tender at Neville. He
had come to the knowledge now that
some one was paying him secret homage;
he admitted the pleasure of the situation
When, upon the October sailing, his snip
stopped in the Neville harbor Capt Ban
delightful bit of fenininity from the EN-,
erald Isle had boarded his ship. Nor did
he realize what excellent Judgment ms
dining room steward had until he found
Nellie Cosgrove entering the dining room
and being piloted to his own table
brought a swift blush to her cheeks and
tIeeting shy. glance from her eyes. over
carnations the skipper found himself ad-
miring something as compelling as it was
Surely the yellow carnation is a new
discovery?' Nellie Cosgrove asked with
feeted the growth rs, the color a de-
velopment of your OWN
No These flowers were sent me by
ne girl waited. but the captain was not
the kind of man to mention his conquesfIs;
fact she found that Edith Dane had not
exaggerated the fascination Of the 5,ef;n man
she acknowledged after a few days 81
closer acquaintance, to preT 1[e i1er seii
AS for the captain, he longed for calm
sea as he had never before ionged I t'a
an Gd not be c eam to remain on the
bridge when he might be dining with
Nelh CoSgrove- i'll,
Romance had rushed into his life with
sudden and wonderful force 1t lett the
captains vocabulary more or less weak;
so that when he attempted to tell the slfl
of his love she sniIed-there in the moon
Highland Knocked him. -, o,,
EFYou might be schoolbo CIa fq Pr an you
Then when she was swept INTO MS
arms a breathless laugh escaped her- tho
words are not necessaryLanG, t tIie
scent of carnation is in your halr the
man man whispered and drew deep breath;
81 will take you into my garden-solrie
I hi1ngsSthere. ''E(Copyright 1913, by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)