The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-06
CHAPTER XII.
UNDER RUSSIAN RULE.

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When Dan found his seat in the
dining saloon, that evening, he
glanced up and down the longt table
lin the hope that, Miss Ward and
her father might be among his
neighbors. But they were not, and
it was not until he was half
through the meal that he deserted
them at n of the tables on the
other side of the room. At his
own table there were the usual as
sorted types of the middle class
tourists, bis wife and family, most
of them frankly glad that they
We're homeward bound, with the
greatest part of their pilgrimage
accomplished.
The sea was smooth and tie
great boat forged ahead with
scarcely any motion, so that every
seat was occupied and every one
in good spirits. There was d hun
OF talk and rattle Of dishes; the
white coated stewards scuttled
back and forth, and the scene was
as pleasant as the wholesale hui
man consumption of food can ever
be.
Dan went on with his dinner
with one eye on the far table
where Miss Ward and her father
We're seated; but his attention was
distracted for a time by a disehs-
sion with an AnglonlaIsiac across
the table started as to the relative
merits Of England and America,
and to which he could not resist
contributing a few relnark> ~ hen.
he glanced d, ross the saloon again.
he saw that Miss Ward and her.
father were no longer there. Eaws
ever, he finished his dinner With
the comfortable consciousness
tue second class quarters i isna
tied, and that SIR could 81 ~
cape from them except b. Jumping
overheard and when tile .nea!! was
ended, he made ris way ;sssnrely
through the loun:c a..,; along lie
decks in search Of her. There
were girls, girls everywhere. but
notthh one h. sought and f.nalI..
with a little smile. he monnee.l tie
ladder which led 10 the after boat
deck
Already other couples, scontin..
about the Chi. had discovered ne
advantages Of its dim seclasipn.s
and fnost of the lsanch hes IN the lee
of the boats AMI about fhe litt,a
wireless house were occupied inst.
that one bench. in the shsa ~
of the after Iife boat. Dan desc riedi
q solitary figure He aavanse ii
without hesitation.
was hoping should find
i.yeil- he said.
She moved a little aside, as an
invitation for him to share the
bench.
like it up here, She said.
with no light but the stars ana
that strange luminous glow along
those wires up yonder.
Looking up. Dan saw that the
gridiron Of wires stretched be
tweeDthc fnasts was. indeed, .; ~
Ely luminous against Hse sky.
That's the wireless he sid
Iisten-you an hear Il, md
from the open winao. Of the Mrr.5
less house came fhp vicious nap
and craekle Of elcetr:city. IN
operator isl se1dinr 4 message
She looked lp ngains al the grow
ing wires. ss
think il tie most wonderful
thing ia the world she said.
can understand tT can { Be.
leye and vet there il
YYes-and suppose ii has Sc
COME an every day affair Ia the
operator b there ii isn non.
dsrfnI q him any more WA forget
how wonderful lot ofsthingx arc.
EWhenwe get uacaosthcm
wonderful, everything
she corrected HE snnrise.
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They sat for sosiis time ia 81
|lence, gayifg ont across the dark
arid restless water t0lsr here
and there With White. saI 1ssve