The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-12

| before ten-you can be served after
! that. You can send the order by your
stateroom steward-just so it gets to
the kitchen before ten"
! "Humph, that's some better conced-
ed Warren, somewhat Modified. you
ought to know you couldn't put over
any such rules as that
| Then turning to Helen as the stew
ard moved off. you see? That's the
way to handle these fellows! You've
got to put up kick, let them under
stand you know what good service is
and that you intend to have it."
But / thought the service all over
the boat was very good protested
Helen. ut seems to me they do every
thing they can
why shouldn't they? They've got
you here for week, and it's up to
sides there's SO much competition now.
between these big lines that they've
got to keep up their service or they
don't get the passengers.
Warren's attitude was always that
/ he was comforting favor upon any
thing that he patronized and he eX-
/ acted and usually received, as he ex-
pressed it "all that was coming"
| While Helen's attitude was always
an apologize one. She was always
afraid of asking too much or cusing
| unnecessary trouble. Yet curiOusly en-
ough it was Warren's ability to lord
! 1t over everybody that was for her u
part of his fascination.
THE BAND WAS PLAYING.
When they finished breakfast and
went up the band was playing on the
saloon deck, here it played for an
hour every morning.
Where was nothing that Helen loved
more than to walk around the deck
with Warren during these band con-
certs. The sea, the music and Warren
beside her-there was an intoxication
about it all.
But now when they had walked
around only fe witness, Warren
paused before the steamer chairs
Better sit down now and let me
wrap you up"
"Oh, no, not yet pleadingly. do
let's walk little longer-it's so love
ly this morning"
Reluctantly he made a few more
rounds and then drew up again before
their chairs. The deck steward had al
ready brought up their rugs, and now
Warren took up one and spread it
over Helen's chair, holding the other
ready to put about her when she got
in.
why, you're giving me both rugs
don't you want one" She tried to ask
naturally, as though of course she ex
pected him to sit down beside her, but
she was fearful Of the answer
! mo, I'm not going to sit down. I'm
due for rubber of whist about now
"Oh Warren" TREMENDOUSLY, you're
not going to spend the day in that
smoking room again?"
who said anything about spending
the day in the smoking room? | said
: was going to play off a rubber OF
whist
And then you'll be through? You're
not going to leave me alone all the
trip" She knew she should not ash
this; just the culver in her voice
would anger him.
I'm going to do exactly as / darr
pleased" savagely tucking the rus
. about her. "I'll spend my time on this
trip in the smoking room or wherever
: I see fit. If you think I'm going tt
hang around you all the time-youl
get badly left
| And he strobe off, leaving her mis-
erably conscious of the sympathetic
, glances of two women who sat near
and who must have heard.
IL Helen leaned back motionless, hel
eyes fixed far out on the waves. Thu
band still played, but for her all thu
joy had died out of the music. And il
spite of the sunlight glittering on thu
. waters the ocean seemed now only .
gray, dreary waste