Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-08-10
..Irust you to play the fool! Don't

/ shadow OF her DedStead, In deadly ter
ror lest she be detected at her involun-
tary eavesdrOpping-so strong upon
her sensitive perceptions the psyche
logical effect Of this surreptitious pas
| sage.
! But her fears were quickly dissipat-
i ed, the interview terminating as abb
ruptly as 1t had begun.
Goodnight" that well-remembered
voice continued incisively. "And for
the last time warn you: Don't APP
proach me again aboard this ship~
"But-listen," the other pleaded
and threatened in the one breath.
1--WE got to get straight answer out
Of you"
1--WE given it already-twice. For
j the third time-no!" With this the
last speaker strobe briskly forward.
Rising as silently as any shadow,
Miss Carteret again turned her face
to the port.
The man who had Kissed was still
there, watching the other way.
She fancied something sullen and
menacing in the lowering inclination
of his head, the stoop of his narrow
shoulders.
Suddenly, with q mumbled word,
inarticulate with anger, he turned and
went swiftly aft.
| Two minutes later the SteWardeSS,
Fastening to answer a series Of impa-
| tient rings from BIS, found that state
room bright with light and tenanted
| by pale but animated young woman
frantically struggling into haphazard
selection of garments, with the evil
dent intention Of making immediate
appearance in public.
"Winant, do you think you could
find me q passenger list?"
"Oh, surely, MISS
II want very much to see one.
Please fetch 1t at once
Gravely Winant shrugged and went
her way, shrewdly guessing close to
the cause of the passengers excite
ment. "Some sweet'art, likely" she
reflected with the indulgent pity of
| self-supporting married woman not
obliged to live continuously with her
husband. "Found out some'ow 'e's
| on board, witch she wasn't eXpectin'."
So instead Of summoning the ships
doctor to pass upon the ACCESSIBILITY Of
allowing the convalescent to go on
deck, Winant Serenely carried out her
Instructions, returning to find Miss
Carteret all dressed save for hooks
and shoebuttons.
you've been in since I went to sleep
this afternoon, Winant?" the girl de-
manded as Winant entered
ayes, miss, tidyin' up a bit.'
"You didn't notice a brooch any
wherein top this chest of drawers?"
"A cameo brooch? Yes miss, did,
and left 1t Were I saw it."
Really? But it's not there now.
What can have become Of it? Oh, is
that the passenger list?"
In her excitement. almost snatching
from Winant's grasp the printed list
Of flrst-cabin passengers. the girl
promptly forgot the missing brooch.
"You're sure, MISS the stewardess
pursued, first examining the chest and
then kneeling to paw the carpet be-
meath 1t, you're sure you didn't by
any chawnse knock 1t off while dress
in'?s
"Whatr' the girl murmured abstract.
edly. her gaze racing down the dense
columns Of small type
1.-THE brooch. miss
"Oh. bother that! It's surely some
where about. I'll find it later. Oh.
Winantr she broke off with cry Of
delight. ut is truel I knew couldn't
be mistaken! He is on the shipls
Her trembling forefnger indicated
midway. down the column headed &c"
the entry, Craven, Thaddeus-New
York"
"The gentleman as you're engyged
to, miss?" Winant hazarded imperson-
ally; and having noted the name
stepped behind the girl to hook up her
frOck.
Engaged to? Oh. no, Winantl
The girl laughed. "How absurd Why,
he's my father!s
"Mr. Craven, miss2 But I thought
as 'ow your mime was Carteret, MISS"
"Oh!' the girl gasped in transient
lismay. Then she laughed. "To be
sure, that is the name I sailed under.
But my real names Lydia Craven-not
Lucy Carteret at all. You see, didn't
t-well-somebody in England-to
know was sailing"
@Your father, miss?" Winant hazard
ed dispassionately, kneeling again to
attend to the girls shoes.
"No; someone else. IL didn't
know my father was in England, you
see," Craven's daughter faltered In
first faint chill of doubt. "He-he
must have made a hurried trip on BUSH
ness-he's very busy man-and didn't
have time to notify me. But that her
spirits dictated on the rebound. "only
makes It more strange and wonder
ful-that we should meet this way
He will be surprised"
II warrant II Winant commented
with an ambiguity lost upon Lydia.
s1,ho oooontaI tho rocnopco 90 ono 0f