The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-03-26

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Come along on Deck said Marsh.
81 want Il drink-of ozone
They paced together for some time
without many words. Brill was dream
ing over again that wondrous waltz,
and his companion vas softly Whis-
thing the English clog that had put an
end to it. But Marsh kept his eye on
the horizon astern whenever their
promenade was in that direction.
"Iou can see that other steamer
plainly" he observed once. shell be
pretty nearly up with us by night.
Must be Il fast one
Brill did not reply. The speed of
the steamer Interested him not at all,
even though he ordinarily loved a race
of any sort. After Il little he excused
himself, found Stcbbins and went to
his stateroom to make heroic attempts
to look more than usually dressed for
the evening.
L
The Christmas dinner was a feast CT
true English solility and length, ap-
| propriale to the degree that included
| the boar's head and blazing plum
pudding. Even with the absence OF
Captain HUMPHREYS, who was again
| indisposed, there was jollity in plenty,
for the doctor, who sat in the seat Of
! the mighty. was Il witty dog and a ca
pablo master of ceremonies. Much
| punch was consumed, and cheers for
! the English sovereign and the .Ameri-
can president were both hearty and
| mellow in consequence.
Brill and Marsh were Of rather than
with the m~errymakcrs. Neither i'll
dulged in any of the potent beverages,
| the younger man because of his part
in tho concert and his companion for
reasons best known to himself. They
fingered ovcr their nuts and raisins
until Professor %Pcnnythorpe arose to
make Il speech, then fled With common
accord.
Brill could not have written Il cry
illuminating count of the way i'll
which he passed the hour between
their escape from the booming bore
dom of tho professor and the time for
the concert. He know that Marsh and
he had the smoking room almost to
themselves. and that they putfcd their
perfectos i'm stolid silence. He remcm-
bcred that about halfway of his long
wait Marsh had offered Il conjecture
whether the steamer behind them had
gained OH the Olympiad since after
...., 1,,A H., hal "a. ,;.,., $50, t1,, ..,,l,
ject. He recalled most wildly the mo-
mcnt when his rotunu friend pulled
out his watch and declared that it was
time to sneak for the show
The drawing room with its lights. its
wreaths. it's bunting and its grcencry
was a very pleasant sight. The pas
senscrS had begun to arrive, and al
ready there was that murmuring drone
that prercdcs every entertainment
where people know one another. The
performers were seated at the sides
of the stage. and thithcr Brill betool
himself. Stclbins. whom he had left
at the door. discovered that there was
an empty scat next to the ono occu-
pied by Marie, and with Il self posses
sion that absolutely alarmed him, he
walked calmly down and took it. Ben
cdict was we'll in front. with a watch.
full y ON his ter McNicans whom
Marion Jclnison had put on the pro,
grammc as the spanish Troubadours."
AS III appropriate beginning these
and guitars. gave Il light overture
Then came Il sentimental song by q
gaunt and funcrcal tenor, who scowlcd
tierccIy as he praised his beloved ones
alabastcr neck. Brill had to turn tho
music for Miss JcnniSon at the piano
forte. He battered himself that Inc
read the notes well enough to know
when to act. although it w;ls really tho
little mods from the player that kept
him from misfortune.
"Your mastcrrc, Mccslnirc Overflow
he ccS Il Ncr-Wnt You call ect:-han'
somcly man." observed Marie to Arts
tides in the interim that followed tho
gaunt tclnr's final blcat in Il flat. alt.
'My-my, what did you say. miss
stammered Stebbins, very much sur
priscd at this apparent knowledge O.
the situation.
'Havc l &c mccstakc? Arc YOU no
hoes man, hccs valct:' uucricd til,
girl. The youth could not lie. and hi
would not tell the truth; he therefore
said nothing.
'Eef l have &c wrong continued
Marie, II have not &c right to sit here
: wiz you, to talk to you like &c equallc.'