Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-22
The Daily Story
Between Bugles-By Matthew White, Jr.
Copyrighted. 1914 by Associated Literary

mp or not, when suddenly sor,...ess
shot through his open port AZ 4
him squareiy IN the face. =
1t was soft and red, with -,
threads running through IL. ana ~
"Great ScoLtT' calculated go,.-
starting up In his berth. "Her ,.-s
Surely there could not be tva !.
them-at least, be hoped there co.,a.s
But how had it come into his cs,s.s
1t could not be possible th,, !.
knew he was there and had taken ~
means Of apprising him Of her -
ence? Why. she had scarcely snss'
half dozen words to him in her b.
But the cap was hers unmistsksE.
He fondled it fooIishly for e
ute or two and then got up and =
ceeded to dress with all speed. o..
least with as much speed as wa. {.
slstent with the rolling of the vessel
All day he haunted the ladies' ~.
and the decks. almost deserted a, :
count of the storm, and had beevr !.
read the cards affixed beside ~.
stateroom door when he students !
membered the foolishness Of this p,,,
to find a woman whose name he sa
not know.
This is simply maddening,, be s,p
himself after a day of fine vesAs.
and still no sight of the tam's owns,
Eat this rate she will escape me AGAIN.
Then he bethought him Of briIlI,D,
expedient-
He took a pen and wrote the fo,lov.
ing notice:
Found. - A lady's red tam, shot W..
gold. Owner may have sane by apu,v-,
at cabin q between bugies any eventnr
This he affixed to the bulletin boar
in the companionway and that MIN,
dressed a half hour before the frr
bugle sounded so as to be in READINGS
to receive company during the per,a
named.
But nobody appeared that evenhs
nor the next, and now there were onJ
two days left on the voyage.
He had passed a half hour Of il,
patient waiting in the stuffy stat.
room on the third day OF the nors
and, quite discouraged, threw open Ii
door to go to dinner. when he stepps
squarely into the person who h.
emerged from her room just OPPOSITE
in the narrow entryway.
81 beg your pardon said Robert
and then he fairly gasped as be real
lied that the other person was he
lady of the tam.
at have something Of yours" b
blurted out-"that red tam you los
once before"
The girls cheeks suddenly took on
the hue of the cap that hung osg
Roberts berth.
"Oh," she said. twas it your port I
flung it into? I didn't know. II star
ed to blow away again that first morn.
ing, and thought ! was tossing 81
into my own cabin"
"And you've been just across tbs.
FIVE foot space" Roberts reioined
while I've been ransacking the ship
for you-to restore the TAM" be has
tened to add. Didn't you see the D.
tice on the bulletin board"
mo. This is the first I've been OF
since the storm. 1t left me with
nasty reminder of the shaking we d
received. I'm so glad to be on dea
again! Did you have a pleasant n'
on the other side?"
"JolIy fine" answered Roberts.
But he wasn't thinking of the oiis
side at all when he said it. but OF u
woman he had lost and found again
Unconsciously they had walked
that part of the deck where Dorcir
had been standing when the tam ns'
of on the voyage over.
ct suppose / must pin the cap
tightly this time" she remarked i@
won't be there to catch it II It MES ~
again" And she glanced over al @
second cabin
He looked up at the one che VIZ
wearing.
That's a very pretty tam ne
served irrelevantly. Il trust
skewered in tightly"
Whether she read his inner msap
ing, she gave no token then. out s.s
gested that it was nigh time they ".
went down to dinner The next nsA
was the dance, and after the hnai wv
step she reminded him that ID ~
morning there would be the pnsus
landing.
And ] haven't relieved you Oh y"
tam vet" she added.
ct shall miss it very much
piled. And you won't need W.
the voyage is over" =,
YES" she said softly. her eyes
ed on Nantucket light. toward W.
they were swiftly cutting tnen ~
IT suppose it has served It's pu,F
but / don't want to lose 1t AGAIN
Roberts knew she wasn't tninkils
all the words implied. but ne
quick enough to seize at the oPe'
and-well. before they faced tus
toms officers on the pier be knew W.
to take the tam.
But he always forgets TO car
with him when he calls. ana
Dorothy one evening said yes
certain question be asked her sue -
ed. ''This IS a desperate step
to regain possession OF little o''
tam-o'-shanter."