Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-07

nS6Fu any signs or he from TIE afEeG
suit. Then heard the door pushed
back and saw q head come ont, a bend
with dark tendrfls Of hair at the white
neck's, nape and two curls at the tenn
pie. she was vision Of lovely sweet
ness, as thoroughbred SIS the Belle
Helene herself.
cHAPTEK x.
IN Which is Further Parley With tire
Captive Maiden.
fTw1ELENA did not look at me, bat
IHI atudiously gazed across the riy-
ILL er. pretended to yawn' idly
followed. as she knew she was not
to be-
At length she turned as she stepped
along the deck. She was fresh as the
dew itself and Ike a rose.
She turned, say. and by mere
/ chance and In great surprise dfscOv-
cred me, now cap in hand and bowling.
( "Ohg' she remarked, very much sur
prised.
Good morning. Eye.' said L Have
you used somebody's soap or what is
it that you have used? It IS excellent"
Il faint color came to her cheek; the
corners OF her bowed lips twitched.
''For pirate or a person OF no culture
you do pretty well AS though 3 girl
could sleep after all this hullabalooP'
you have slept very we'll" said L
''You never looked better in all your
life, Helena. And that is saying the
whole litany."
you are absurd" said she. "You
must not begin it all again. We set
tied it once"
We settled It twenty times or, to be
exact. thirteen times, Helena The
only trouble is it would not stay set
tied Tell me. is there any one else
yet. Helena o.
1T is not any question for you TO
ask or for me to answer" She was cold !
at once. I've not tried to hear Of you
or your plans. and 7 suppose the same
is true Of you. It is long since have /
had a headache over You. A headache /
is all you can give me now or ever
could. That is why 7 cannot IN the
least understand why you are here !
now. Auntie is almost crazy, she is so /
frightened She thinks Won are entire
~ crazy and believes you have muir /
dered Mr.. Davidson"
Il have not vet done so. although # /
is true 7 am wearing his shoes or at /
least his watstcoat How do you like /
it?"
y ike the one with pink stripes bet
ter" she replied demurely,
so then-so Them I began, but
oh0iSed in anger at heC familiarity with
Cal Davldsou's wafstcoats. And nay
anger grew when I saw her smile.
Tell me. are you engaged 10 him,
HelenaT'' 7 demanded But 7 can see.
You are" She drew herself up as she
stood. her hands behind her back.
"a fine question TO ask. isn'c it? rs
pecialIy in view of what We both
snow"
But You haven't told me-
"And am not going to-"
"Whv u0tG"
Because 1t is the right of a middle
-ged woman like myself
Twenty FOUR said T.
TO DO as she likes in such matters.
md she doesn't need make any conf
.ences with man she hasn't seen for
ears. And for whom she never-she
ever
Helena" said I, and I felt pale,
whether or not Z looked it. "he careful
mat hurts"
oh, is it SOP" she blazed. - am glad
{ if does hurt"
I bowed to her. 81 am glad if it gives
on pleasure to see me hurt I am.
EabeoH'
But it was not SO as to me" add
d presently, yes. said e0odby to
on, that last time, and / meant it.
ave tried for years. 7 believe, with
very argument in my power, to ex-
lain to you that I loved you. to ex-
lain that in every human likelihood
e would make a good match Of it,
nat We we-well, thac we'd hit it Off
he together, very likely And then I
as well enough o1-at first, at least
"Oh. doD'tF' she protested. 1T is ike
1en1ng q grave. We buried it all.
AIRY. It's over. Can't you spare a
H. middle aged girl Of twenty four,
us resurrection? We ended It. Why.
AIRY, We have to make out some sort
life for ourselves. don't we7 We
mt just sit down and-and"-
No" said I. II tried it. I got me a
tie place far up in the wilderness
ith what remained Of my shattered
rtunes-a few acres. And I sat down
ere and tried that 'and-and' bust
$50. It didn't seem to work. But we
mt get on much in our parIey, do
aP'
No. The most charitable thing / can
ink Of is that you are crazy. But
hat do you intend TO do with us?
e can't get Off the boat, and we can't
t any answer to our signals for
lp"
50 you have signa1edPs
OF course. Waved things. you
owT
Delightful The passing steamers
doubt thought you q dissipated lot
northern Joy riders bound south on
ne rich mans yacht" p
Instead Of two troubled women IN a.
tolen boat"
Are you engaged to Cal Davidson, h. =.
lena2'' Ae
What earthly dinerenceY