La Junta tribune., 1914-11-28
Between
Bugles
A Salt Water
Romance.
8, MATTHEW WHITE. JR.
Copyright 3, Frank a Munsey Co,

| The dressing bugIe hid sounded som.
time since. but Dorothy stlli stousl
/ looking out over the s.s, She was
/ thinkin. bow unfortunate II WIS THAT
E dinner on siipboard always robissi her
( OF view of the sunset She WAS a
/ good sailor aud consequently had no
I excuse for taking her meats on deck
/ still. II this were the only thing
might indeed be hnppy woman"
! And this was why Dorothy Shaw
Z was mystery to all her friends She
/ refused to le Happy. though rich
Try 1t yourselves" she woGid re-
ply to their expressions OF incredulity.
/ Have - much money left yon that
I your every movement Is followed by
reporters. II you happen 10 order a
different paper ON Friday from the one
yon bought on Thursday you are Ger.
tain that you VIII read In all OF them
on saturday thnt you have decided
TO give million to the campaig1
fund
She felt that she could trust no one
BY sorry experience she had learned
that wealth was a bait few could re-
sist. and How much does be or she
want now was her first thought on
the advances OF every new friend she
made
Finally in desperation she hnd taken
passage In slow ship under an as.
sumcd name but even 50 was beset
by the constant fear that some one
on board would have seen her picture
In the papers when her uncle left her
the fortune which was her nightmare
Tint was m additional reason why
she liked TO nngcr ON deck after most
Of her fellow passengers had gone
down to army themselves for dinner.
OH
The exclamation was forccd from
her 10y sudjcn gust of wind that took
her tam an lis wings aud blew II
straight ncross the gap u lower after.
deck that int.rven.l on the Alicia be
tween the fifSi aud SECOND cabins
The next instant s'i. smiled and bare
~ r.frnin.d from arpiauding A man
standing well forward on the deck had
stretched out his hand aud caught the
,ruani bii OF red wor>t-d as II went
whizzins bs him.
A half minute later aud the two werr
standing un the ncurrai territory of the
deck below for Dorothy had descend.
III IN order io meet him halfway IN rr
storing her proI-rty.
''i'm very much obliged" said she.
Not NJ an said the man
lie was tail aud sirnighi and had the
clear blue ewes that Dorothy preferred
above alt oihrrS.
She wu- hiuut To- turn back when the
other .xr iiim.d
"is-ik iiirr-s y whale Hes Just
stput'd ii'''il rom. NJ again ia mir
ute " Nuu -nre to watch See. whcr,
my Bnsrt l-ninis
p"rihH '-rtaini, did care to watch
In all her crossings she hnd never s.-n
a whats. Now she was rewarded with
. fn- view of lars- specimen.
A. u haW'"n-i. this onc kept on n
the dir-'iion at IN. steamer for awhile.
aud after ,-a-h -I-ui sh. felt ia. must
wait Hni >.c ib" next one. And then
her companion seemed to know a good
deal about the creatures which he I'm.
parted IN u voice whirb Possessed Tor
i,or,il, Hn indriibabic chnrm
Voices w.p' ~ snft Of hobby with her
Sh. often declared that this wss the
one f-uini "n whi-h she was not thor.
ougbly Iairintr-.h- could not bring
herself to admire the average American
accent
Iui thi. strangers voice puzzled her
~" I"ok,ri npi dressed like on. OF her
coubif, in.n. tut b. .ipkc with neither
the western bur. the southern twsng,
,h. i'"-ion 'n~cin'ion nor the New
Sorl rsin.s.
She Jii not Know until some weeks
'n'ef that b. wss Ensiisb ,prn. bu,
had ronr 'o the States o.. q yosng
fellow h"pibs for bcticr opportunities
TO make a iirins than III. mother roup.
Try afforded him tie ws. returning
to England Z" claim q sum Of tnon-,
left him b, ab uncle
'fff-' 'tsf' -'NtbsNsa tHe
naas. .. N rrp,is.issl ~ ". sssss tia,
Ne teiohsssi ~ = different aino. ph.rr
th. SECOND 'sbin 1. called ., meal. b,
pIei'.ian i~Ii,. Bnsd HI. esp sbJ
walked asss
Tor the remainder Of the soyns,
sherwood isob-'t. hung over the bars
fnii io sns. into the swifi ~ waters
.ursinr oni from the twin .srvw. nnd
cur-e the fate that had isSi 90 hs- meet.
ing thI. pfvtfs woman On the pfvsrn,
trip instead ~ on the ~. n. espccssa
10 tnke fe~ wswks later
y might ~ well i'e n th"a.atsd snlI.s
awsy from bet ne in sesvud rsbln,- nc
mHiisrvsi bci ~re1 ~iibch~d sevsh -ldIN
thst vas f"e coming this way And
% think that within ten days : rvs,Is.
~ fortune ~ is~f ss-t AMI the con
sei'ts""s ~c1t etess f'vtwit that Z ssnd
nef \ usseS u spS 0hoe ehls A. n s~tsts.