Evening star., 1914-04-19

out backward, court style Kitty smiled
across at her maid, who was arranging the
combs and brushes preparatory to taking
down her MISTRESS hair. He looked as if
he was afraid of something, Celeste.
Celeste smiled enigmatically. MA M
selle shout haff been born in Pariss.
This was translatable or not, as you
pleased. Kitty slipped the chocolate, and
found it excellent. At length she dismissed
the maid, switched off the lights, and then
remembered that there was no water in the
carafe. She rang.
could not have been farther off than the
companionway. "You rang, Miss?'
yes, Webb. Please fill this carafe.7
as it possible that it was empty, Aliss9"
Il used it and forgot to ring for more.
All this in the dark.
Thomas hurried away, wishing he could
find some magic spring on board For what
purpose he could not have told you.
As for Kitty, she remained standing by
the door, profoundly astonished.
CHAPTER VII
THIRD day out.
Kitty smiled at the galloping horizon;
smiled at the sunny sky; smiled at the deck
steward as he served the refreshing broth;
smiled at the tips of her sensible shoes, at
her hands, at her neighbors,- till Mrs
Crawford could contain her curiosity no
longer.
kitty Killigrew, what have you been do
ing?n
"Doing?'
well, going to do27 shrewdly.
Kitty gazed at her friend in panied sur
prise, her blue eyes as innocent as the sea
f,,11 Cf hIr
4Good gracious! can't a person be happy
and srnile?'
Happy l have no doubt you are; but
I've studied that smile of yours too closely
not to be alarmed by it.
well, what does 1t say
mischief"
Kitty did not reply to this, but continued
smiling-at space this time.
On the ship crossing to Naples in Febru-
ary their chairs on deck had been together.
They had become acquainted, and this ac-
quaintance had ripened into one OF those
intimate friendships which are really sounder
and more lasting than those formed in
YOUTH Crawford had heard of killigrew as
a great and prosperous merchant, and KILL
grew had heard of Crawford as a millionaire
whose name was rarely mentioned in the
society pages of the Sunday newspapers.
Men recognize men at once: it doesn't take
much digging. Before they arrived IN
Naples they had agreed to take the Slcllian
trip together; then up Italy, through
France, to England. The scholar and the
merchant at play were like two boys out of
school: the dry, whimsical humor of the
Scotsman and the volatile sparkle of the
Irishnlan made them capital foils
Killigrew dropped his Rodney Stone"
aSay, Crawford he began, latter seeing
ten thousand saints in ten thousand cathe-
drals, since February, I'd give hundred
dollars for a ringside ticket to scrap like
that one," indicating the volume on his knee.
Crawford lay back and laughed.
WELL" said his wife, with an amused
smile, "why don't you say it,
"Say what?'
$50 would T."
4Men are hopeless, sighed Mrs. KILL
grew, when the laughter subsided.
"You oughtn't to object to good shindy,
Molly" slyly observed her husband.
you'll never forgive me that black eye: ,
@I'll never forget the country you got it
n" grirnly. But what's the harm in a
good scrap between two husky fellows,
trained to hair to slambang each other?'
at isn't refined, Dad said Kitty.
He sent a searching glance at her: he
never was sure when that girl was laughing.
9Fidd1eStickSi For four months now I've