The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-03-31

EDWARDS, Win nanQ on SnOulQer
Of each The stewardess, with side
long glance at the quiet Blye In the
corner. hurried over to the group on
the bench.
"She wants some water" she whis-
9ered. bending over aud g-inning bar
ugly grin.
--Un, yes Again the grin. Young
ladies' always trust me. Say. 1 think
she wants to escape"
Blye, with a frown on his dark,
handsome face, walked across and
spoke to Cunningham. Grin nodded
and, his eyes twinkling, went to the
portable buffet, where he selected a
long stemmed, gracefully shaped. gold
lncrusted goblet of Venetian glass. He
filed it with ice and set it to one side.
Then, while the others watched him,
Tommy Thomas, with half sneer, and
Mrs. Willard, with shocked concern, he
took from a locked case a tiny stone
bottle. Now he emptied the ice from
the beautiful goblet and poured into it
few blood red drops. Mrs. Willard
half rose and looked toward Gilbert
Blye; then, with a catch In her breath,
she sat down and was silent.
Blye went to the door as the stew
ardess came up the gangway and call
ed her in with jerk of his head. On
the lips Of Edwards there had come
firm set, and his heavy lidded eyes had
narrowed. Without a word Cunning
ham handed the glass to the steward
ess, but between the two there passed
look which was full of meaning.
Blye, with his glowing eyes on the
glass, smiled suavely.
| 81 brought you the water, dearie,"
said the stewardess, entering June's
stateroom.
"Oh" An exclamation of delight
from June as her eyes widened with
the beauty of the delicate Venetian
| goblet.
That's something else / made for
you in the pantry, dearie," explained
the stewardess, in her coaxing whine,
and bobbed her neck. Its fine stim-
ulant and soothing to the nerves"
June took the fragile glass in her
hand. Its sheer beauty had won her.
She inhaled daintily. The fragrance
was most appealing. She looked at it
again and smiled. She did feel faint
and weak. She lifted the glass to her
lips. and the tip of her tongue caught
the delicious flavor. Suddenly, as she
tilted the glass to drink, she caught
the pallid eyes of the stewardess fixed
eagerly upon her. The woman's
mouth was half open, and she was
breathing hard.
With flash of intuition June jerked
her lips from the glass and threw It,
crashing and splintering, into the fire
place.
"Why, deariev' exclaimed the stew
ardess, and in great agitation she
pushed a button at the side of the
mantel.
June's eyelashes lowered for an In
slant, and her lips set; then quietly
she went into the little blue boudoir
and sat thoughtfully upon the daintily
upholstered settee.
The steward came pompously in.
well, you've done it again, your he
growled as he surveyed the splintered
fragments of the delicate Venetian
glass.
mo, Percy" whined the woman and
glared toward the boudoir door with
her pallid eyes. She jerked her thumb
In that direction, and then she winked.
That's you," snarled Wilkins. You
always say it's a guest"
slow much?' whispered the woman
in sibilant hiss, which carried as 1t
was intended to do.
Them glasses is SD apiece, and it'll
be taken from your wages. That
comes out of my pocketr
June bit her lips. Twelve dollars!
1t was a lot Of money to a girl who
had found dollars coming slowly and
independence hard to win, but she
picked up her purse. After all, she had
no proof that the woman meant any
thing but kindness.
"Is this breakage charged against
you" asked June
'Why, yes, dearie." A snifie went
with the whine.
How much will It cost your
Twelve dollarsr' Sniff1e. But it's
all a part of our job, so never mind.
dearie."
81 do not wish you to lose the
money" and quite thoughtfully June
counted So from her slender store.
She added another for the customary
tip and gave one to the man, and they
thanked her most obsequiously. As
June returned to the boudoir their sup
pressed voices broke out again.
NO" protested the woman in that
whining hiss; that's my money-the
dollars mine, anyhow"
Nothing yours except what 1 give
you" stated Percy wilkins grufly
That's the law, and you know it
Clean up that mess, you," and he left
the room.
The woman's whining humble could
be heard all the while she was cleanine
up the fireplace. She was going when
June returned to the stateroom, but OIL
the floor near the door was a yellow
leather bound blank book, its side
worn like glass from the constant fric
ton of a pocket. June picked it VI
and opened 1t with idle curiosity. Or
the first inside page, at the top, was
the big scrawled word From" Al
the top Of the opposite page was the
word ITO" The first item on the
From" page was dated four year,
back.
From Sallie Fish. wedding portion
1000 pounds"
Beneath this was the item
Savings, Percy Wilkins-162 pounds.
On the opposite page the first entry
, was:
Booking to the States,
, "Percy and Sally wilkins, % pounds
After that the entries were all In dol
. lars. On the From" side they were
! chiefly the wages of Percy wilkins and
Sally Fish wilkins, for they had ap
. parently gone into private service Inn
mediately On the .sTo'' side which