The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-31
Between
Bugles
3..'tst..
A Salt Water
s<.s". Romance.
By MATTHEW White, JR.
Copyright by Frank A. Munsey Co.

The dressing bugie had sounded some
time since, but Dorothy still stood
looking out over the sea. She was
thinking how unfortunate 1t was that
dinner on shipboard always robbed her
Of a view Of the sunset. She was a
good sailor and consequently had no
excuse for taking her meals on deck.
Still. If this were the only thing |
had to worry over" she reflected. Il
might indeed be a happy woman"
And this was why Dorothy Shaw
was a mystery to all her friends She
refused to be happy. though rich
Try it yourselves" she would re.
ply to their expressions Of %incrednlity
"Have 80 much money left You that
your every movement is followed by
reporters. II you happen to order a
different paper on Friday from the n
you bought on Thursday you are Ger
tain that you will read in all Of them
on Saturday that you have decided
to give a million to the campaign
fund"
She felt that she could trust no one
BY sorry experience she had learned
that wealth was q bait few could re-
sist, and "How much does he or she
want ow?" was her first thought IN
the advances Of every new friend she
made.
Finally in desperation she had taken
passage in a slow ship under an as
sumed name. but even SO was beset
by the constant fear that some n
on board would have seen her picture
in the papers when her uncle left her
the fortune which was her nightmare.
That was an additional reason why
she liked to linger IN deck after most
Of her fellow passengers had gone
down to array themselves for dinner
"Oh!
The exclamation was forced from
her by a sudden gust Of wind that took
her tam on its wings and blew it
straight across the gap Of lower after
deck that interviewed on the Alicia be.
tween the first and second cabins.
The next instant she smiled and bare
ly RETAINED from applAudinS 4 man
standing well forward on the deck had
stretched III his hand and caught tn"
truant bit Of red worsted AS it went
whizzing by him,
A half minute later and the two We're
standing on the neutral territory of tn"
deck below. for Dorothy had descend
ed in order to meet him halfway in re-
storing her property.
Pm very much obliged" said h
Not at ALL" said the a
He was tail and straight and had the
clear blue eyes that Dorothy preferred
above all others.
She was about to turn back when the
other exclaimed:
Look: there's a whale. He's just
spouted He'll come up again in a mir
ute. if you care to watch See, where
my finger points"
Dorothy certainly did care to watch
In all her crossings she had never seen
a whale. Now she was rewarded with
a fine view of Il large specimen.
AS it happened. this II kept on in
the direction Of the steamer for awhile
and after each spout she felt she must
wait and see the next one. And then
her companion seemed to know Il good
deal about the creatures. which he i'm
parted in a voice which possessed for
Dorothy an indefinable charm.
Voices were a sort of hobby with her
She often declared that this was thu
n point on which she was not thor
oughly patriotic--she could not bring
herself to admire the average American
accent
But this strangers voice puzzled her
He looked and dressed like one Of heI
countrymen. but be spoke with etrbe'
the western bur, the southern twang
the Boston affectation nor the New
York natness.
She did not know until some weeks
later that he was English born. blu,
had come to the States as a young
fellow hoping for better opportunities
to make q living than his mother coun
try afforded him. BE was returning
to England to claim Q sum of money
left him by an uncle.
The dinner bugle sounded. and tn,
man. AZ II reminded by its notes tina
be- belonged In \ different atmospher,
.tl,e second cabin Is called to meals BY
i pIel,eian bell,. lifted his cap an(
walked away.
rvr the remainder of the voyage
Sherwood Roberts hung over the bact
rail IL gaze into the swirl Of water,
surging out from the twin screws ant
curse the fate that had led to his meet
ing this pretty woman on the present
trip instead of On the vne be expected
to take q few weeks later
Il might a. well be q thousand miles
away from her ~ In second cabin" b,
suffered between clinched teeth. Lido
that l was for coming this way AnC
- think that within ten days , couit
ny . fortune ut her feet And the con
ventjons won't wen permit that / sent
~ . note 70 say that this n positive
y ny last appearance In poverty. 1u'
perhaps III meet her In London ~
he never did. however. although h,
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