Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-13
Their Married Life
by International News Service.

| to spend vacation. An island off the
coast sounded rather nice, and Helen
was only too glad to have the chance
OF staying at a hotel for the summer.
Camping out did not appeal to her in
| the least.
She lay for a long time listening to
the water tapping against the side of
| the boat. She wished now that she
had taken the upper berth. She WASH t
sleepy and it would have been fun to
look out Warren had asked her which
she preferred, and she had said the
lower berth without thinking that the
| portfolio was situated in the upper
! berth.
She drew up the covers with a little
! shiver; the air was getting very damp
in the room. Suddenly a fog horn
| began to blow. and she started vio-
! lently-it sounded so near. A heavy
| fog had evidently come up, for the
| horn blew at regular intervals, and
| Helen, doing off, started awake with
every discordant shrek. She Won
| dered vaguely If Warren could sleep
with all the racket going on, and al
most Immediately he growled out:
How do they expect anyone to
sleep with that Internal racket going
on?"
There must be a bad fog-don't
you notice how damp the room is?"
These staterooms are always damp
| "a fog doesn't make any difference
a lot YOU know about it, anyway
Helen was silent. Someone passing
out in the corridor stopped outside
their door for a moment and Helen
| raised herself on her elbow to listen.
suppose you thought it was some
| one coming to steal that watch" War
rem remarked. sarcastically. Next
time | take a night boat YOU bet I'll
see that our stateroom isn't right un-
der the fog horn. I'll pick out clear
night, too
But, dear. it might be clear when
we leave New York, and still be foggy
fectly clear when we came on board
Tonight"
Warren GrumhIes Again
We'll. we can get a stateroom on
the other side of the boat. anyway.
don't expect to sleep a wink"
Helen sighed YEARLY: with the fog
horn still blowing harshlY, she dropped
into a doze. 1t seemed a long time
later when she woke up, conscious that
the noise had stopped She could hear
voices outside and the sound of people
walking. but it was still dark too dark
to see what time ii was by her watch.
Warren had evidently dropped
asleep, too. for she could hear regular
breathing In the upper berth. and, as
she wondered where they were. the
huge boat pushed off and was again
under way. Too sleepy to care where
they We're, she again dropped off. and
the next time she woke up dawn was
stealing into the room.
With a cautious move toward the
end of the berth she pulled out her
watch and saw that it was nearly
quarter to five. Their train went at
sin twenty. and unless she wanted to
wake Warren she would have to lie
still a little longer II was light enough
In the room now to see everything.
though. Perhaps she could dress
quietly and steal out on deck, il was
SO tiresome lying there and waiting
for the time to pass. What a long
night it had been. she thought. as she
stretched and vawued and then slipped
carefully out Of bed and began to get
into her clothes.
We'll. what do YOU think YOU re do
ins'" said Warren so suddenly that
H"'on dropped the SOAP and had TO get
down on her hands and knees to
find it.
It thought I'd dress and go out on
deck for some air. Did YOU sleep at
all, dear?"
sleep? | should say not: never put
in such a night. What with that horn
blowing and you dropping everything
around the room I'd like to know how
could get any sleep"
Helen finished her dressing in
silence.
'J'n 60 on deck till you're ready.
dear, ] think the air will do me good"
'All right. I'll he out in iiffy A
good breakfast with some strong coffee
will set me up as well as anything"
tAnother incident in this striking
series will appear soon on this page.