Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-08-18
Between
Bugles
A Salt Water
Romance.
BY MATTHEW WHITE. JR.
Copyright. by Frank A. Munsey Co.

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The dressing bugle had sounded some
time since, but Dorothy still stood
looking out over the sea. She wa:
thinking how unfortunate 1t was tha
dinner on shipboard always robbed hel
Of a view Of the sunset. She was Q
good sailor aud consequently had NJ
excuse for taking her meals on deck.
"Still, II this were the only thing
had to worry over" she reflected. 81
might indeed be happy woman"
And this was why Dorothy Shaw
was a mystery to all her friends. She
refused to be happy, though rich.
"Try 1t yourselves" she would re
ply to their expressions Of incredullty
"Have so much money left you thai
your every movement Is followed by
reporters. If you happen to order q
different paper on Friday from the one
you bought on Thursday you are Ger
tain that you will read in I'LL Of them
on Saturday that you have decided
to give q million to the campaign
fund"
She felt that she could trust 10 one
By sorry experience she had learned
that wealth was bait few could re
sist, and "How much does he Or she
want now?" was her first thought on
the advances Of every new friend she
made.
Finally in desperation she had taken
passage in q slow ship under an as
sumed name, but even SO was bese'
by the constant fear that some one
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 on deck after most
of her fellow passengers had gone
down to array themselves for dinner
"Ohw
The exclamation was forced from
her by a sudden gust Of wind that tool
her tam OIL its wings and blew Il
straight across the gap Of lower after
deck that intervened on the Alicia be
tween the first and second cabins.
The next instant she smiled and bare
ly refrained from applauding mai
standing we'll forward on the deck hat
stretched out his hand and caught th'
truant bit Of red worstcd rs 1t went
whizzing by him.
A half minute later and the two were
standing OH the neutral territory Of tlr
deck below. for Dorothy had descend
ed In order to meet him halfway In re-
storing her property.
"I'm very much obliged" said she.
"Not ut all." said the man.
He was tall and straight and had tlh'
clear blue eyes that Dorothy pref"rre'
above all others.
She was about to turn back when th'
other exclaimed:
Look: there's whale. He's JUS
spouted. e'llseome up again In mir
ute, II you cafe to watch. See. where
my finger points"
Dorothy certainly did care to watch
In all her crossings she had never seer
O whale. Now she was rewarded viii
a fine view Of large specimen.
As 1t happened. this one kept on II
the direction OF the steamer for awhile
and after each spout she felt she mus
wait and see the next one. And theI
her companion seemed to know goo'
deal about the creatures. which he I'm
parted In q voice which POSSESSED To-
Dorothy an indetinable charm
Voices were sort Of hobby with her
She often declared that this was tn
one point on which she was not thor
oughly patriotic-she could not brin'
herself to admire the average American
accent.
But this strangers voice puzzled her
He looked and dressed like one OF he
countrymen. but he spoke with neithe
the western bur. the southern twang
the Boston affectation nor the New
York flatness.
She did not know until some weeks
later that he was English born. bu
had come to the States us younl
fellow hoping for better opportunitie'
| to make living than his mother coun
try afforded him. He was returnin!
to England to claim sum Of none!
left him by an uncle.
The dinner bugle sounded. and tn
man. as If reminded by Its notes tina
| he belonged In q different atmospher
| (the second cabin Is called to meals b.
a plebeian belD. lifted his cap an
walked away.
For the remainder Of the voyag
| Sherwood Roberts hung over the bacl
rail to 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 presen
| trip instead Of on the one he expected
| to take q few weeks later.
IL might as well be thousand mile
away from her as In second cabin" b.
| muttered between clinched teeth. Lido
| that was for coming this way. Ant
to think that within ten days l coul'
lay a fortune ut her feet And the con
| yentions won't even permit that SEM
her a note to say that this Is positive
" my last appearance in poverty. Blu
perhaps I'll meet her In London"
He never did. however, although b.
haunted Hyde park and the fashion
able hotels after his claim to his un
cle's property bad been establishes
and he had come into the possession o
that which enabled him to dress thre
times day.
II wonder now" he would sometime
ask himself, III I had put my pride u
nv pocket and borrowed enough on m
expectations to come over 6rst instea'
/ Of second. would things have turne'
out differently? She looked as II sh
didn't mind so very much my havin
detained her to talk about whales.
wonder IT,
But what was the use Of wonderin
anything about woman he woul
probably never see again?
So this Englishman who had live
80 long In the States that he could nc
keep away from them re-embarked 70
his adopted country In a 6rst cabi
deck room and tried to be happy