The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-13

Yesterday | told you about the fell
lows and girls tobogsaning in snow
time in Canada-how they took the
long ice-trail down the mountain i'll
one eXpress-train minute-.and trudged
the long mile back up the steep cOUu-
try and mountain side. | told You hos
the sloe-eyed Oriental in the clubhouse
eyed their scarlet-and-v hite figures %
first speeding by like falling stars and
then plking back up again like crawl
ing tortoise. How he eyed them scorn-
fully and dubbed the whole affair
indecent hour. Here, YOU" as the
stateroom steward rushed up. We put
shawl strap on top of that wardrobe
what did you do with it,"
Sorry, sir, didn't see it, SIR ana
he began a hurried search
Now they We're all searching-Hel-
en-, Warren, the room steward and the
steward At any other time it would
have struck Helen as irresistably fun
ny-theSe four people falling over
each other in their frantic search for
the shawl strap in that tiny stateroom.
But with the tender waiting, and
no way to take the rugs and coats, the
situation Wa. lar from humorous.
Now the second officer came to the
door to find out what was the trouble,
and to say the captain would hold the
tender only three minutes longer.
He'll hold her till we get on" al
most shouted Warren, or I'll raise d
row at your London office that your
whole blame line Will hear from"
Then to the room steward, Get rope
and rope up those rugs. No use look
ing for the strap
OFF TO THE TENDER.
The steward dashed out for a rope.
and in second two OF them were on
their knees trying to tie the rugs.
The chief steward caught up the rest
of the hand baggage and fairly swept
! them down to the tender.
Although only a few Of the passen-
gers were landing at Plymouth, many
i OF the others were up to see them off.
And now as Helen hurried on she
flushed hotly under the many disap-
proving eyes. All these people know
it was for them that the boat had been
kept waiting.
The tender itself was something like
a terry boat, and the other passengers
who with their baggage had come on
| board IN plenty OF time, stood in a lit
/ tie group at the bow. Helen bowed and
| smiled to a few she had met on the
| trip, but she felt they were talking of
| her and Warren and wondering what
| had kept them.
Already the sailors We're pulling up
the ropes-in moment they would
be Off. There was heavy morning
mist which obscurod the shore and
even the masts of the big ship that
still loomed up beside them.
Just as she began to put off a shout
of 'HOld!' went up from the deck and
Warrens stateroom steward came
| rushing down the railing
! It's for Mr.. Curtis-Mr. Curtis" he
cried as he leaned far over and gave
something to one of the tender Off
GERS just as they swept away.
Everyone turned to look at Warren
as the officer handed it to him. Hell
en- caught the CLINT Of gold-it was the
watch!
! Warren quickly slipped it into his
| pocket. but not before they had all
seen or guessed what it was. There
was general laugh in which he was
| forced to join. As he waved back his
/ thanks to the steward.
Your watch!' cried Helen INTACT
fully. "Oh. where did you leave ito
Under the pillow I suppose" he
snapped. Now you'll have something
to harp on for the next six months"
! why, Warren, you know | neye,
did harp on anything. Only you were
so hurried If you only had packed
last night, and ~
PACKED your grandmother. 1t was
that internal shawl strap that made
the trouble. If you hadn't hidden il
away in one of your STRENGTHENING
up manias we'd been all right
| Where'd you put the blame thing
that's what l want to know!'