Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-07-15

game which you might help to win.
No. stree! He would stand for
"James"-he would be S. w. James.
Quietly. but none the less decisively,
he would devote himself to an unemo-
tlonal consideration of his highly ex-
asperating plight. He would see If
past devotion to the stories of the
Great Detective had taught him any
thing worth while regarding infer
ences and deductions from a limited
array of facts. For the next nine
days, or until the ship touched at
Gibraltar, he would do nothing else!
On land James Winton Shute would
have kept steadfastly to his resolve.
But he was to find it different on ship
board. He was to discover something
revolutionary about a sea voyage,
something that Jars one loose and cuts
one off completely from ordinary life.
The great white trail which fetches up
at the stern of the ship leads away
from everyday existence. lengthening
the space back to the confines of duty
and custom and habit as one nautical
mile is tossed high on another.
For the first time in Win Shute's ex-
perience the pleasing shape of girl
bending to the wind, skirts taut like
sail close-hauled. tousled wavy
brown hair brushing her animated
face, Irish blue eyes bright and beam
ing. cheeks aglow with the delight of
living suddenly swept into his ken,
and away went the restraints of an or
derby, carefully planned scheme of
life.
Gee. what swell! grill" he NUT
tered. Then: why's she with that
crook?"
1t was Miss Riley, and she was at
tended by Jerrold Mansel, the wireless
operator. More to the point. they were
having jolly time together.
Miss Riley and her mother. Mrs.
Daniel Riley, occupied Suite A 9 and
Is on the upper promenade deck, list
ing at 500 for the voyage to Naples.
1t was the finest suite on the ship.
There was. however, nothing I'M
democratic about Miss Riley. AL
though she was the most fascinating
person on the ship, she didn't let that
bother her. Her mother was a sub
dued. almost timid. woman past mid
die age. who had a habit of fading
into the furniture and becoming sta
tionary part Of her surroundings. She
was easily the best listener on the
boat. Her daughter was devoted to
her, and Mrs. Riley plainly showed
that her interest was restricted to her
"Girlie," as she called her daughter.
Miss Riley's beauty, which, Of
course, endeared her to the masculine
element, for some reason did not de-
tract from her favor with the women.
They liked her because she never
failed to notice" them. "She's nice
to every one" was another general OBJ
| servation.
Win Shute was not one of those
| who worshiped from afar. Just as In
!. baseball he was in the game every
minute, SO in this new game he played
1t assiduously. The day Of his inter-
view with the captain he had per-
formed slight favor for Mrs. Riley,
the ubiquitous steward being off duty.
This led to an introduction to my
daughter" and that resulted in the
Transformation of the voyage. From
the first he got on swimmingly with
Miss Riley. They seemed to perform
| in the points," as he put 1t. nike a
veteran battery"
whats a battery?" asked Miss
Riley.
Win Shute was amazed, but he
cheerfully explained: "Pitcher and
catcher. Aren't you BASEBALL FAM"
"Inever saw game in my life" she
confessed.
you're got something coming to
you," said Win.
"You can't get me excited about any
game to watch. I'm devoted to ten
mis- and golf, and played hockey and
basketball at school. But Played
didn't merely look on. A baseball fan
must be the LATEST sort of human be-
ing; he runs away from his business.
and then he hasn't the energy or the
get-up to play. He sits idly by as
other persons exert themselves. It's
too vicarious for me-, Lid.
It was q decided shock to Win that
Miss Riley didn't care for the ma
tional game.
If anything were needed to enhance
Miss Riley's charm. 1t was the mys-
terry that developed about or envel-
oped her the third day out. Win
Shute heard of it from his room stew
ard. who had picked it up from the
waiter at the purser's table. The
purser was the agent Of publicity, and
1t was surmised that he had CLEANED
his intelligence from the captain. Any.
how, it was matter that the captain
and the purser would naturally talk
over.
Via wireless had come an inquiry to
the captain Of the Colonia about q
passenger. The inquiry was from the
United States governments much
was known. It concerned young
woman who was travelling with hei
mother. She was described in the