The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-15
An. Atlantic !.
Episode,
8, CHARLES LEWIS PHlPPs
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Coming over the Atlantic ocean to
America on a finer I picked out d moth
er and daughter as worthy Of my at
tentiom A young man had been intro
duced to the daughter. who seemed to
be very well pleased with him. The
mother was also well pleased that the
daughter was well pleased. The young
man was we'll pleased TOO. What
struck my delicate %perceptive faculties
was that the mothers pleasure in the
matter seemed to arise from n OF
relief. How OF why ! inferred this !
can't explain. A woman would under
stand it without nm explanation. AS
for a man. you couldn't stick it into
him with a hatpin
These two young things were get.
ting on like two mating turtledoves
when one day. the girl being on deck.
[ saw her go to the stern of the
ship. The weather was bad. and !
was the only other woman on deck. !
scudded along after the girl on the 9th
er side Of the smokestack and deck
houses till she reached the limit to the
first class part of the ship and she
stood looking out on to the second class
part. A young man appeared. He saw
the girl. but he didn't see me, for | was
crouching under a lifeboat. He threw
a kiss to the girl, who. after looking
-! around to see that she was not oh
served. returned 1t in kind.
Now. wasn't that interesting?
OF course 1t wouldn't have been half
SO interesting If 1t hadn't been for the
other young man the girl had met on
the voyage. She was fooling her moth
err with him. The real lover. whom the
mother condemned. was travelling Sec
ond class SO that it wouldn't he known
to the girls mamma that he was on the
ship.
Now, what was the upshot Of all
this? In order to keep track of it !
must be up and doing. | mustn't let
the slightest incident escape me.
And l didn't.
A couple of days after this. when it
was stormy. l. remembering that lovers
chose just such weather to send kiss
es. vent on deck early and stayed all
day. having Il steward bring up my
lunch. About dusk the girl came up.
and l knew by her looks that some
thing was up. She didn't know It. but
out Of the corne of my eye ! saw her
scowl at me. was the only woman
on deck. She didn't care for the men
She. could fool them. but she couldn't
fool me. ...
That girl scudded along to the after
part Of he ship without any n seeing
her except me-, and just as the dark
ness was settling, down she was lost
to view. 49,. !,
III about an hour from that time
there was the biggest racket aboard
that ship you ever saw The girl had
disappeared. and her mother was wild
about her. One or two Of the men
who were. on deck when she came UP
reported having seen her. but none Of
them saw the last Of her. But her
mother abused them so frightfnlIy for
not keeping an eye on her. especially
as the ship was rolling badly. that aft
er awhile one Of the sailors said:
"Missus. we didn't want to hurt yer
feelin's. The truth is ! saw the
young lady skiddin' along till she
struck the port rail about midshlp.
and afore could get my hands on her
she toppled over"
This. II 1t had not been for the dis
tress It gave the poor mother. would
have been amusing. 9 was bound !
wouldn't give the girl away. and yet
couldn't bear to see the mother suf.
fer. We were to reach port the next
morning. and somehow ! dOnbted II
the mother believed her daughter had
gone overheard. The latterknew mighty
well that she was trying to keep her
from q young man. and l don't doubt
that 1t was probable she was some
where on the ship She had a thorough
search made Of the erst class portion
and u p~erfunctory search made Of the
second class. but none Of the steerage
didn't know and ! don't know now
bow the lovers managed 1t. but I know
what would have done had ! been
one Of them. ! would have gone. at
least temporarily. from the second
class cabin to the steerage and remain
ed there till the fuss blew vel. They
could easily have got some emigrant
clothes and. besides, could have dodg
ed any one looking for them.
The next day nothing was said about
the girl who was e to plunge into
the ocean. The passengers were busy
getting ready to 60 ashore. and perhaps
they hadn't time to concern them.
selves about a person they didn't even
know personally Seeing Q group Of
three persons standing together wait.
ing to 60 down the gangplank !. ap
preached them They were the mother
and daughter and q young man who
bore q strong resemblance to the sec.
ond class passenger who had been
throwing Kisses during the voyage.
|! The mother looked our enough to bite
Zoo a nail The daughter looked III at
ease. but the young man seemed to he
quite proud Of himself.
The only way I could dnd out about
what had taken place vas to remaip
aboard TIL after the passengers bad