South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-24
HOW \ STRANGE WOMAN INDI-
RECTLY REPROVED DICKY

RECTLY REPRONED DICKY.
Would IL be quite useless 10 ask
YOU 70 stop admiring the view and
think Of anything so material as
luncheon"
Dicky's merry voice recalled me 20
myself with a start For fully half
4 an hour I had sat spellbound. so alb
sorbed in the brilliant autumn color
+ ings of the wood-crowned heights
bordering the Hudson that I had
almost forgotten Dicky's presence
beside me.
II do beg your pardon. Dicky." I
said. contritely. II am afraid / have
\ been fearfully remiss. but can
never resist this view at any time,
and as I have never happened to
I see IL before in the autumn after
7 the leaves have turned, YOU can i'm
agine I am not quite responsible"
Never are, are you. where seen
| cry is concerned ." Dicky returned.
smiling. but I thought I detected a
thread Of resentment running
through both smile and words I
had had enough experience with
Dicky's rather exalted sense Of his
own importance 10 know that ne
/ resented my absorption in the
/ scenery. But ] meant 10 give him
no hint Of my knowledge i'm my
manner.
I So at his query ] returned only a
\ non-committal smile. and then.
moving my chair slightly. so that I
( cound look at the people seated
along the side OF the rail, I OBJ
served carelessly:
II don't wonder you feel hungry
with chat array OF lunch baskets be
! fore YOU"
Makes me ravenous." Dicky adj
mitted 1T was a toss-up i'm my
mind whether 20 go over 10 that
fat woman there and ask 20 share
+ her bologna or 20 bring YOU down
/ from the clouds"
II am glad you decided upon the
latter course" 7 said rising. for.
now that I think Of if. ] am decid-
you1l just get my small bag for me
I'll take it in the women's dressing
! room and freshen up a bit"
( Across Dicky's face flashed the
quick frown that I so dreaded It
always shadows his countenance
| whenever he is asked 10 do any
/ thing that Inconvenience him.
What under heaven do YOU need
\ the bag for?" he growled. "ITl
\ have TO go way down 10 the check
room after il and then come back
up TO the dressing room. You look
all right. What do you want TO fix
up for luncheon for?"
"Oh, Dickyi" 7 protested horri-
ned, my hair is almost blown down
with this wind-Tm a fright
know. 7 simply cannot go into the
dining room in this condition"
ooh. all right" Dicky returned
sulkily, suppose I'll have TO. but
It's a cOnfounded nuisance just the
same"
"TH BE Ready"
/ AS I followed Dicky's protesting
back over the upper deck and down
/ the stairs 10 the saloon. / wished
that I had put a few necessary ar
/ ticles in a large handbag. relic Of
my teaching days. and had carried
/ 10 myself I had not done so be
cause I knew Dicky's fastidious dis
like of large handbags but 7 might
as we'll have annoyed him in one
way as another. 1 felt, with a touch
| Of bitterness.
Near the door Of the women's
dressing room Dicky stopped, mo-
/ tioning me 10 chair
Wait here" ne said gloemily
while I go down 10 the deck room
and bring mp the bag"
He was back in short time and
\ handed the bag 20 me with the NUT
/ tered adjuration:
Now don't be all day primping
I I'll he back here in ten minutes"
'Tu be ready" I promised But
when I opened the dressing room
door I found 1 had my work cut
for me If I kept my promise. Six
women and FIVE clildren were al
ready in the dressing room The
only place besides the floor on which
one could rest ones bag was an old
fashioned walnut bureau with deep
drawers. evidently used by the
stewardness for linens The top Of
this was already occupied by two
bags. and the owners of the valises
were elaring at each other. as each
endeavored TO appropriate all Of the
space possible.
As 7 emerged from the dressing
room. bas i'm hand. saw Dicky
snap his watch shut and knew that
he had been timing me.
You certainly stretched that ten
minutes" he said ungraciously. as ne
took the bag from me and started
i'm the direction Of the dining room
An Unexpected Champion.
N,v heart sank as we came I'm
sight Of the dining room door for
massed in front Of il was a grumb-
ling. fostlins crowd Of people In
fact. the lines OF men and women
waiting for a chance 90 get into the
dining room extended far out along
the corridor.
"N0w Just see what your Internal
Drimping has done" Dicky growled