Evening star., 1914-08-23

ing said the second officer @The ladies and gentle
in the upper-deck cabins used to complain about
his snoring in the night; but, Nurse Amy said,
there are people who'd complain about anything And
of 'em didn't like the smell of elephant-which,
I'll allow, when you happened to get to leeward of
Bingo, was-phew!
3Pooty vociferous?" hinted the young
@Until, went the second officer @Nurse Amy took
to washing him with scented SOAP
The pencil stopped. The reporter looked up with
doubtful eyes. 4Scented-"
aSoap,' said the second officer @No expense to
be spared-and we'd several of special toilet and
complexion article board. By the living Harry. if
you'd that elephant standing up his morning
tub of hot water swabbing away at himself with deck
sponge Nurse Amy had soaped for him, and then squirt
ing the himself to rinse off the soap, you'd
have believed in the intelligence of animals. The sight
drew like pantomme
3But by the sixth day out Bingo had given up all
interest in his appearance The weather
squally bit of got up hardly passenger put in
appearance at the saloon tables, and Bingo only
shook his when the buge blew, and turned away
from his morning haystack and mound of cabbages
with disgust Nurse Amy got him to eat biscuits
and drink bucket of Bovrl, but you could see he
doing it only obge her. oh, come, cheer up!' she
said in a brisk professional way. You'll get your sea-
legs directly and the officer says we're having
derfuly smooth passage, considering the time of the
year.. But Bingo only sighed and two tears trcked
out of his little red eyes he swayed from side to side
He'll be before he's better, says l. for somehow
I generally about when Nurse Amy looking
after her charge He'll be before he's BETTER,
and he acas."
THE very young reporters face was streaked and
shiny, his hair lay glued to his brow. The pencil
went on devouring page after page.
"Nurse Amy, luckily for her patient, not upset
by the pitching of the vessel for it blew half gale
steady from the souwest and the old Centpede dipped
her pretty frequently. Nurse busy bee
endeavorng by every means she could devise or adopt
from the suggestions of the stewardesses, who showed
good deal of interest her and her charge to alleviate
the sufferings of Bngo. have that little woman
stand for hour the wet planking, holding sxoo
deck swab soaked with de cologne to Bingo's fore
head"
The reporter jotted down, breathing heavily. Deck
swab soaked in de cologne" he muttered "MuSt
have cost slathers of money, reckon
ANo expense to be spared, the second officer re-
minded him gently. 4As for the brandy, he must have
put away a dozen bottles day.
ANo blamed wonder his head ached!" said the
porter, mostening his own dry lips.
Except occasional bucket of arrowroo with port
wine and tin of cuddy biscuits, the animal would
take nourishment whatever, continued the second
officer 3As he grew weaker and weaker it was touching
to see the way he cung to Nurse Amy
4Clung to her?' the reporter wrote, marking the
words for a headline.
Fact" said the second officer "He would put his
trunk round her waist and lay his head her shoulder
she stood ladder ashed against the side of his
cage. And he would hang out his foreoot to have his
pulse felt quite in Christian style Then when Nurse
Amy wanted to take his temperature the docie brute
would curl up his re-hose-I mean his trunkand open
his mouth that the instrument might be comfortably
placed under his tongue
4By gngs! this story is going to knock off
creaton!' gasped the young man, pausng to wipe his
perspiring face.
ave lost many instruments of the ordinary kind in
this way the second officer almost pensively,
4that at last Nurse Amy obliged to fall back upon
the large thermometer and barometer combined that
usually hung the first saloon But it recorded