El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-06
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TO the water tapping against -. ID
OF the boat She wished now fbs+ s Ifl
had taken the upper berth. 81 80 q ny
/ sleepy and II would have been I'm ~ -
| look out. Warren had aSi-eJ - +, -
/ which she preferred, and she - me- me-
] the lower without thinking H. 80 -
, port hole was situated in the 1,I SL5e
| berth.
! She drew up the covers with 1i++I.
I SILVER; the air was getting ye-v 5a-Ie
In the room. Suddenly a fos H., 80
gan to blow, and she started vio 3iia H.
[ 1T sounded so near. A heavy foec ~ ~.
I eyloenlIy come up' Ior Inc horn blew
at regular intervals, and Helen ,iOz-
ig off, started awake with everv az
cordant shrek She wondered ya.y1,e-
~ if Warren could sleep with an fhe
racket going on and almost Immediate
. " he groWled out:
How do they expe-t any ma 70
sleep with that Internal racket going
on2n
you notice how damp the room 1s?f
These staterOoms are always damn
"a fog doesn't make any difference2
a lot you know about IL, anyway
Helen was silent Some one 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 SINE
one coming to steal that watch"
Warren remarked, SarcaSIicaily. NEXT
time / take a night boat you bet IN
see that cur staterOovn isn't righ- un-
der the fog horn. III pick out a clear
night. too!'
But dear II might lie clear when
We leave New York, and still be foggy
when we are out 4 .vay; it vas p,s--
fectly clear when We came on board
tonight"
We'll, we can get a stateroom on
the other side of the boat, anyway
I don't expect to sleep a wink"
Helen signed YEARLY; with the fog
horn still blowing harshiy. she
drOped into a doZe. It seemed a long
time later when she woke no So6sc tiT-ls
that the noise had stopped. She could
hear voices outside and tne sound Of
people walking, but II was SIiu dark,
too dark to see = nat time it was by
her watch.
Warren had evidently dropped asleep,
too for she could hear ocular breath
ing in the upper berth, and as she Won
dered where they we're. the huge boat
pushed off and was again under way.
Too sleepy to care where they were,
she again dropped off, and the next
time she woke up dawn was stealing
into the room
end Of the berth she pulled out her
watch and saw that IL was nearly a
quarter to five. Their train went Al
six twenty. and unless she wanted 10
wake Warren she would have 10 lie
still a little longer. It was light
enough in the room now TO see every
thing though Perhaps she could dress
quietly ana steal cut on deck, 1t was
So tiresome lying there and waiting
for the time TO pass What a long
night IL had been. she thought, as she
slipped carefully out Of the bed and
began TO get mo her clothes
well, what 80 you thiuk you're
doing2" said Warren so suddenly
that Helen dropped ;he soap and had
to get down ol her hands and knees
Il thought I'd dress and 90 out on
deck for some air. Did you sleep at
all. dear2"
Sleep" I should say not; never
put in such a night What 1ith that
horn blowing and you dropping
everything around the room ia like
to know how I could get sny sleep"
Helen finished her dressing in 81
lence-
I'll 20 on deck ill you're ready,
dear. think the air viii CO me good
"Au right, I'll be out in q fifty A
good breakfast with some strong cof-
fee will set me up as well as any
thing
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