Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-07-26
AUTHOR Of THE LONE
WOLF, THE BRASS
BOML,"ETC.
coPrRIcnT sY LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE

i've given 1t already-twice. For
the third time-now 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 mumbled word,
inarticulate with anger, he turned and
went swiftly aft.
Two minutes later the stewnrdess,
Fastening to answer a series of impa.
tient rings from BIS, found that state
room bright with light and tenanted
BY a pale but animated young woman
frantically struggling into haphazard
selection Of garments. with the EVIL
dent intention of making immediate
appearance in public.
"Winnnt, do you think you could
ind me passenger list?'
"Oh, surely, MISS"
Il want very much to see one.
Please fetch it 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 a
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'."
| 80 instead Of summoning the ships
doctor to pass upon the advisability 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 went to sleep
this afternoon, Winant?" the girl de-
manded as Winant entered.
eyes, miss, .tidyin' up bit"
"YOu didn't notice a brooch any
wherein top this chest Of drawers7''
"A cameo brooch? Yes, miss, l did.
and left it were I saw 1t" =.
Realty But it's not there now.
What can have become of it? Oh, is
that the passenger list?"
In her excitement, almost snatching
from Winants grasp the printed list
Of first-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 it. "you're sure you didn't by
any chawnse knock it of while dress.
in'?"
WHAT" the girl murmured abstract.
eddy, 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
Winant!" she broke of with a cry OF
delight. ut Is true! I knew couldn't
be mistaken! He Is on the ship!"
Her trembling forefnger indicated
midway down the column headed &c
the entry, "Craven, Thaddeus-New
York"
1.-THE gentleman as you're Engaged
to, miss?' Winnnt hazarded imperson
ally; and having noted the name
stepped behind the girl to hook up hel
frock.
Engaged to? Oh, no, Winant =
The girl laughed. GLOW absurd! Why
he's my fathcIss
"Mr. Craven, miss? But thought
as 'ow your mime was Carteret, MISS
"Oh" the girl gasped in transient
dlsmay. Then she laughed. ITO bt
sure, that Is the name I sailed under
But my real names Lydia Craven-not
Lucy Carteret at all. You see, dldn'
want-well-somebody in England,
know I was sailing"
''Your father, miss?' Winant hazard
ed dispassionately, kneeling again t.
attend to the girls shoes.
mo; someone else. II dldn'
know my father was in England, 20,
see," Craven's daughter faltered in {
first faint chill or doubt. "He-h,
must have made hurried trip on bust
ness-he's very busy man-and didn'
have time to notify me. But that" he
spirits dictated on the rebound, "onl!
makes 1t more strange and wonder
ful-that we should meet this way
He will be surprised"
" warrant" Winant commente,
with an ambiguity lost upon Lydia
who accepted the response rs one o
. simple concurrence, whereas the won
an at her feet was hiding an ir0ni
smile.
In point Of fact, this Tad Craven o
Mrs. Beggarstaff's acquaintance was {
, conspicuous figure among transatlan
tic travellers, one who crossed FIRE
quently, and, lacking any other title t
nUtOriety, would have made himsel
remembered by his lavish tips. More
over. Winant read American as well q
English newspapers, and knew q vas
, deal more about Craven than that MAJ
! would hive cared to credit-whe
: when all's said, wasn't lightly to b.
termed man Of retiring disposition