Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-25

given Dy OJHeTS. MI. WuilAhStoh hae
had his meals served in his cabin, but
the steward declared that the gentle
man was not Ill, only tired and irrita
BILE, and that he amused himself with q
trained parrakeet.
All day long the sea lay waveless
and unrippled a sea of brass and lapis
lazuli: brass where the sun struck ant
lapis-lazuli in the shadow of the lazy
swells Schools OF fying-tish broke
fan.wise in flashes of silver and por
poise sported alongside. And warmer
and warmer grew the air.
Starboard was rugged up for cricket
and the ships officers and some OF the
passengers played the game until the
first gong. Elsa grumbled to Martha
There was little enough space to wall
in as it was without the men taking
over the whole side of :he ship and
cheating her out of a glorious sunset
Martha grew troubled and perplexed
IL there was one phase OF character
unknown to her in Elsa it was irritabil
ity: and here she was. finding faul
like any ordinary tourist.
where is Mr.. Warrington"
II don't know. haven't seen hin
since yesterday" Elsa dropped he'
book petulantly. 81 am weary of thes'
namby -pamby stories"
Martha's eyes had hopeless lool
in them as she asked: ELSA. what II
the matter?"
II don't know, Martha. I believe
should like to lose my temper utterly
I'm irritable because do not know my
own mind. hate the stuffy stateroom
the food, the captain. Nothing scent
to disturb his conceit. Tonight VIZ
sleep on deck. the starboard side.
five o'clock we have to get up and e
inside again so they can holy-ston'
the deck And am always soundes
asleep at that time. Doubtless. | shall
be irritable all day tomorrow"
"Sleep up here on deck? But thu
menu" Mortified.
"They sleep on the port side" Elsi
laughed maliciously. Don't worry
Nobody minds"
~ hate the East" declared Martin;
vindictively Everything is so slack
1t just brings out the shiftlessness il
everybody"
Perhaps that is what ails me; an
growing shiftless. When ! came OF
board decided to marry Arthur ant
have done with the pother. Now l an
at the same place as when left home
don't want to marry anybody. Hav'
you noticed that fellow Craig?"
What will you do if he speaks?"
81 have half dozen good hatpin
left" dryly.
II hate to hear you talk like that"
Its the East There goe!
that hateful gong again. Soup. chick
en-. curry, rice and piccalilli. am so
ing to live on plantains and mango
steens. I'm glad we had sense enough
to order that distilled water. Come
Wen go down as we are to dinner, ant
watch the ridiculous captain and hi.
fan-bearer. The punka will at leas
give us a breath of fresh air. There
doesn't seem to be any on deck. Ont
regrets Darjeeling."
Martha followed her young mistress
into the dining saloon; she was anx
ious and upset. Where would thi.
mood end? With glance OF relief SHE
found Warrington's chair Still vacant.
The saloon had an air of FRESHNESS.
tonight. All the men were in drill OF
pongee. and so receptive is the imagi
nation that the picture robbed the
room of half its heat. To and fire.
the punka tapped; the pulleys creakec
and the ropes scraped above the
sound of knives and forks and spoons
Elsa ate little besides fruit. She
spoke scarcely word to Martha, and
none to those around her. Thus, she
missed the frown of the colonel and
tlss lifted brows of the spinsters, and
the curious chances of the tourists
The passenger list had not yet come
from the ships press, SO Elsa's name
was practically unknown. But in some
unaccountable manner it had become
known that she had been making in
quiries in regard to the gentleman IN
cabin rs, who had thus far remained
away from the table Ship life is
dull life, and gossip Is about the only
thing that makes 1t possible to live
through the day. 1t was quite easy
to couple this unknown aloof young
woman and the invisible man. and
then to wait for results. it would
have amused Elsa had she known the
interest she had already created il
not inspired. Her beauty and her APP
parent Indifference to her surround.
ings were particularly adapted to the
romantic mood of her fellow-travel.
ers. Her own mind was so broad and
generous. SO high and detached, that
so sordid thing as IAN affair never
entered her thoughts.
AS she refused course after course,
a single phrase drummed necessarily
through her tired brain. She was not
going to marry Arthur; never. never
in this world. She did not love him,
and this was to be final. She would
cable him from Singapore.
That night Craig found it insupport.
able in the cabin below; 80 he ordered
his steward to bring up his bedding.
He had lain down for half an hour.
grown restless, and had begun to
walk the deck in his bath slippers. He
had noted the still white figure for
ward, where the cross-rail marks the
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