Gunnison news-champion., 1916-01-28


wo~ia be The reprisai7 For maa of bis
~ hover strack without exyecsAS -
- silck back. ssmethIaf mast be
'ecas should he ssek han and kolaU
go Ehai he intended to ae7 Certaiuiy
- e0ald not o. much on board hsse.
eseHpi 70 dsnoaaee ham 70 the oakosss
- Bfuiess.o.al ssubasr Ard Paul
USsid scarcely % sAaa siacs -. Cnig.
- . better shoa N his sun. Ne ceuld
~ She Paul wss and ~hat be had
60 Bodily kassa wss vhsa he rsally
ouosed
n lad seen k.lsa. hut he kaA WORKED
- thai problem easily. she was sure
- sas nothing se loHG - he ~ hss
-; and with the episode Of the bat
- still fresh in his memory. he -
susedy Would keep his distance. Ne
had made mistake. and was not like
" u repeat IL.
but Pagll he Rnished his dessert
saa ssui on to the stuay little smoke.
voos. and strsgslea with . burma
cher0ot Paul was q smoker. sHd
0ooHer Or later he would drop in he
Wsiiad IN vain for his man that Night.
AID so dad Elsa. She felt Indignant
at one momeat and hurt at aoothes.
The mans attitude was inexplicsbie.
Their was neither rhyme nor reason in
it, The very fact that she could not
understand made her wonder march
oeside her even in her dreams that
nighi She began to feel genuinely
s<psry that he had appeared above her
hOrizon just before she retired she
beaned over the rail, watching the re
1ection Of the stars twist and shiver
On the smooth water Suddenly she
hstened She might have imagined it,
for al night the ears deceive. "Jah,
tah!" Somewhere from below came
the muiiled plaint Of Rajah.
kext day, at luncheon, the chair was
still vacant. Elsa became alarmed
Peshaps he was ill She made in
Quiries. regardless of the possible mis-
tnterpretation her coacern might be
given by others. MIR. Warrington had
ha1 his meals served in his cabin, but
the steward declared that the gentle
Hsa was not III. only tired and irrita
bae, and that he amused himself with q
trained parrakeet.
Al day long the sea lay wsveless
on1 unrppled. = sea Of brass and lapis
basHli. brass where the sun struck an1
lapis -lazuli IN the SHADOW Of the lazy
swells. schssas Of AyiHS -hsh broke
Gaa-xsso - Aashes Of silver. and por
poise sp0sted alongside. And warmer
and warner grew the air.
Starb0aFd was rugged up for cricket
and the ships officers and some of the
passensess played the game until the
first G0nG. Elsa grumbled to Martha.
There YES little enough space to walk
in as h Vas without the men taking
over The whole side Of the ship and
cheating her out of a glorious sunset
Martha grew troubled and perplexed
If these was one phase of characteI
unknown 10 her in Else 1t was irritabil
ity, and here she was, finding fault
like any ordinary tourist.
Where 10 Mr.. Warrington?
Il coat know. I haven't seen him
since yesterday" Elsa dropped her
book petulsntly. 81 Am weary Of these
namby -pamby stories"
Martha's eyes had q hopeless look
in thsm as she asked: Elsa. what is
the matter?''
Il don't know, Martha. believe J
should like to lose my temper utterly
I'm irritable because | do not know my
own mind. I hate the stuhy staterOom,
the food, the captain. Nothing seems
to disturb his conceit. Tonight we
sleep on deck, the starboard side. Al
five O'Clock we have to get up and go
inside again 30 they can holy-stone
the deck. And ] am always soundest
asleep at that time Doubtless. | shall
be irritable all day tomorrow"
Sleep up here on deck? But the
mem" Mortified.
They sleep on the port side" Elsa
laughed maliciously. Don't worry
Nobody minds"
4 hate the East" declared Martha
vindictively Everything is SO slack
1t Just brings out the shiftlessness in
everybody"
Perhaps that is what ails me, ] am
growing shiftless When ! came on
board | decided to marry Arthur, and
have done with the pother. Now | am
at The same place as when I left home
] don't want to marry anybody. Have
you noticed that fellow Craig?
What will you do if he speaks?"
L have half q dozen good hatpins
left" dryly.
i hate TO hear you talk like that"
It's the East There goes
that hateful gong again. Soup. chick
On. curry. rice and piccalilli. am go
ing TO live on plantains and mango.
srsens. lin glad we had sense enough
ta order that distilled water Come :;
we II go down as We are to dinner. and
watch the ridiculous captain and his
Isn-bearer. The punka will at least
give us a breath of fresh air. There
doesn't seem to be any on deck. One