Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-30

2i-ss, sInIieu ave1,
4 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 l made for
you in the pantry, dearie," explained
the stewardess, in her coaxing whine,
and bobbed her neck. ITS fine slim
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 womans
mouth was hall open, and she was
breathing hard.
With a flash of intuition June jerked
her lips from the glass and threw it,
crashing and splintering, into the fire
place.
why, deariei" 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 biue boudoir
and sat thoughtfully upon the daintily
upholstered settee.
The steward came pompously in.
well, you've done it again, you!' he
growled as he surveyed the splintered
fragments of the delicate Venetian
glass.
NO, 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 guest"
How much?' whispered the woman
in a sibilant hiss, which carried as it
was intended to do.
Them glasses is $40 apiece, and it'll
be taken from your wages That
comes out of my pocket
June bit. her lips. Twelve dollars.
1t was 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
Al
thing but kindness.
"Is this breakage charged against
you?' asked June
why, yes, dearie." A sniffie went
with the whine.
How much will it cost you?'
Twelve dOllarsr' Sniffie. but it's
all part of our job. so never mind.
dearie"
II do not wish you to lose the
money" and quite .thoughtfully June
counted $12 from her slender store.
She added another for che 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 l give
YOU stated Percy wilkins grufiiy.
That's the law, and you know it.
Clean up that mess, YOU" and he left
the room.
The womans whining humble could
be heard all the while she was cleaning
up the fireplace. She was going when
June returned to the stateroom, but on
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 up
and opened it with idle curiosity. On
the first inside page, at the top, was
the big scrawled word From" At
the top Of the opposite page was the
word TO" vhe first item Oh the
From" page was dated four years
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 "FroDl' side they were
chiefly the wages of Percy wilkins and
Sally Fish Wilkins, for they had APP
parently gone into private service i'm
mediately. On the To side. which
represented the expenditures. there
were very few entries, but they were
interesting. In the four years the wo-
man had had four cheap dresses be-
sides her uniforms and very scant ac-
cesSories. The last entry among the
receipts was June's S14 under the head
Of Tips" On that page the book
showed an item, Banked to the credit
Of p. wilkins, $4,000"
And it all belonged to the man, ev-
cry penny. If the woman had any
thing it was gift, no matter what she
brought to the man on her marriage
nor what she had earned since! 1t
seemed universal. this condition.
startling thought came 10 June.
Suppose she achieved her independ-
ence, suppose she earned her own mon
ey, so that she could go to Ned, asking
from him nothing but love in return
for her love. would he own what she
had earned? If so, what would be-
come of the principle for which she
had run away? She paled at that
thought. and then she laughed. She
did not know the law in this matter.
but she knew Ned. Dear Ned. She
hunted her handkerchief in a hurry.
CHAPTER III.
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