La Junta tribune., 1914-11-28

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expectations u suH,~ osst nr~t Instead
VI second. would things nave turned
\ out differently: SHE i.r,k.4i NJ Il she
\ didn't mind so very much my navtns
detained her to talk aisput whst~.
l wonder ir'-
4 But what wis the use OF g nier,na
anything abOut w0nsau ne wou,d
4 probably never Ss.e again:
1 So this EngiiShniau who had lived
4 ~ long IN the States that ne cs,uld no,
+ Keep AWAY from them rs.eri, ua rk.ti fur
( his adopted country ~ a tirst cabin
/, deck room and tried t0 be hanpy II,
4 spite of handicap that he couIdp
I forget
4 During the rrst night ont II came on
I 10 blow great guns Roberts iay IN
] bis berth late. deba ting whether 10 r.,
( up or not when suddenly something
( shot through his open port ANA nit
. him squarciy IN the face.
/ II was soft aud red. with Yo,d
threads running through II. and /,
Great Scott!' calculated Roberts.
starting up In his berth -Her tam.
surely there could not be twu OF
them-at least. he Hoped there t.pu,dn L
But how had It cotnc into nis c.ibin.
IL could not he possible that she
sncw be WIS there and had taken this
means Of apprfsins him OF her pcs
cncef Why. she had scarcely spoken
I half dozen words To him IN her life
But the cap WAS hers Enthusiastically.
He fondled II foolishIy for min
1te or two and then got up and pro.
gccded to dress with all speed. or AT
east with rs much speed as was con
s.stent with the rolling OF the vessel
All day he haunted the iadies' room
md the decks. almost deserted on nc.
count OF the storm. and had begun To
reai the cards affixed beside each
stateroom door when he suddenly re-.
mcmbercd the foolishncss Of this pian
10 find woman whose name he did
not know
This Is simply maddening." he told
himself after % day Of fine weather
and still no sight of the tam's owner.
AT this rate she will escape the again :"
Then he betbou:bt him OF a brilliant
cNpcjicnt
lie took pen and wrote the follow.
Ing notice:
Found a lady's red tam. sho, with
sod Owner may have same by applying
at cabin = between bugies any evening
This he affixed to the bulletin board
In the companionway and that night
dressed half hour before the nrst
buele sounded 50 as to te In readiness
10 receive company during the, period
uamed
But nobody appeared that evening
nor the next. and now there were only
two days left on the voyage.
lie had passed n half hour OF i'm.
patient waiting In the stufYy state
room on the third day Of the notice.
und. quite discouraged. threw open hls
Soor To co To dinner. when he stept~i
squnrely info the rrrson who had
emerged from her room Just opposite
in the narrow cnfryway.
= beg your pardon said Robcrts.
aud then he fairly gaspsSi as he real.
ixed That the other person was the
lady of the tam
u have something of yours" he
blurf.d out-"that ncd tain you lost
once before"
The rirl's checks suddenly took on
III. I'M. Of the cap that hung over
Roberts berth.
'oh." she Sald. was u your port !
nun; II inioi I didn't know II start.
ID to blow away again TINT first morn.
ins. and ihourht was tossing u
inio my avn rabin."
And you've b--n Jus; across that
nvc foot space t;ot~rs rrjoIncd.
while I've been rnnsacking the ship
for you-io restore the tam" lie has.
tened e. add Didn't yuu see the To.
iicc on the bulletin boardr'
"No. This Il the Ar.i I've hss.n out
.ince the storm. u left me with n
nnsty reminder of the shaking ore ali
received. I'm :" glad to lr on dsck
again! pid yon have ! pleasant trip
% the other -id~y''
'Iolly an-. answered isotsrrts
But he wasn't thinking of the other
side Rt NIL when h~ said II. bni of the
wpman he had ,o.i and found ngsin.
umOnseiou.i, they hnd walked a.
that imu of the dss'k wh~re Dorothy
had tswn standing when the tam blew
"a an the voyage over.
Il snri~~r u,a-t pin the cap In
tightly this time" she unmarked. "you
son't l'~ ihrr~ TO catch Il n u dies on
again And she glanced over st the
-esvnd rabln.
Tie hsk.d np ut the one she was
wearing
That's . very pretty tam" b OBJ
-erved irelvnntiy. Il trust e b
.kewrrvd In tightly"
Whether she rad his inner mean.
Ing. SHE rnse no token then. bue s1e
a1oM Mat n WdonGolDo ~ ~
vent down 3" dinner The ue1t nlghs
wss the dance. aud after The enal twv.