Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-24
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1.-THE doek-pier 161a, East river Know
how to find that? Well, Ill tell you
as we go. Here! Taxi" And Rosa
lie waved to the chauffeur.
Sixth avenue elevated. Nearest
station" she directed.
In the midst of her minute instruc-
tons Estrilla (or Perez started once
to thank her.
How do you come to do this?" he
said. And how did the police
ever"
Rosalie put her mouth close to his
ear.
"Taxis are built funny sometimes"
she whispered; "the chauffeur might
hear"
He turned on her a caressing look
of gratitude. Life was back in his
face and motion now. And Rosalie,
looking him over, was moved to speak
in such general terms as no chauf-
feur could possibly interpret.
What 1 can't understand" she
said, lis how a man could live in a
lsituatio like that an be gay an
natural an take risks. Dagos-Ital-
ian an Spanish an sueh-like mean
must be different. 1t beats me"
I'VE are different, said Estrilla. 81
have learned that" He looked out
on the serried rows of West Side
apartment houses and dropped for
second into Spanish.
"Sangre de Dios!" he said, and then,
How shall always hate New
York;"
They were drawing up at the ele-
waited.
Remember how to get there?" she
whispered before she opened the door.
Sure? Go ahead an, take the first
train. I'll follow on the next. Walk
slow after you git off. I'll walk fast
neither of us wants to loiter on that
lpier."
If Estrilla hoped that he would
hear further clearance of these mys-
teries at the dock he was disappoint-
ed. AS he passed the gate, Resale
shot from under shadow %of a truck.
She glanced to right and left. None
of the roustabouts was looking or
! listening.
THAT first gangplank." she said.
'The captains aboard expectin' you.
Just say to him, I am Corri.' He
knows the rest. You'll change clothes
in his cabin. He'll keep you at work
below until you sail-at daybreakr
| Go-dont thank me-go-rm sure
you'll see your sister in a year or two.
Co." Now for the first time in her
dialogue with him, soft emotion en-
tered her voice. An God Re good
to you'll" she said. She turned from
him almost roughly.
"One moment" he said, my love
to my sister-oh, take care of her"
His voice grew lighter, then, and he
almost smiled. "And tell the man
tilla blanca for me that she is beau
tiful and good" He walked away.
When second later, he glanced back
over his shoulder, she was making
a>rapid pace toward the dock gate.
Rosalie passed the shadow of the
pier, and gained sight of the Maud's
deck She saw EstrHla go aboard,
saw Captain Baldwin meet him, saw
them enter the cabin together. She
waited no longer.
That was a day of heavy personal
expenses for Rosalie. Two blocks
away she took another taxicab. This
time she hesitated moment before
she gave the driver his directions.
"Hotel Cyfano, Brooklyn, first,
guess"
| After a time she began talking un-
der her breath again-repeating her
| last phrase to Estrilla.
"'God be good to you'-God or
somebody will have to be awful good
! to me now" Then her thought
turned. and so did her speech.
"'Tell the mantilla blanca she is
beautifur-an smilin' when he said
it-well, there's one relievin' feature,
he won't break his heart over Betsy
Barbara. 1t was only a Irritation
with him, after all. I wonder what
they're made of inside-those high
class dagos!"