The Lamar register., 1920-08-11

II was Miss Riley. and she WAS al
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 9 and
10 On the upper promenade deck. list
ing at 500 for the vogaye to Naples.
II was the finest suite on the ship,
There was, however nothing un-
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 d habit OF fading
into the furniture and becoming a sta
tionary part OF her surroundings. She
was easily the hest listener on the
boat. Her daughter was devoted 10
her. and Mrs. Riley plainly showed
that her Interest was restricted TO her
''Giriie." 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. shes 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
II assiduously. The day OF his Inter
view with the captain he had per-
formed a slight favor for Mrs, Riley.
the ubiquitous steward being on 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. like
veteran battery"
whats a battery" asked Miss
Riley.
Win Shute was amazed. but he
cheerfully explained: pitcher and
catcher Aren't you a BASEBALL fany'
81 never saw a game IL my life" she
confessed.
You're got something coming to
you" ssid Win.
You can't get me excited about any
game to watch, I'm devoted to ten
mis- and golf, and l played hockey and
basketball at school. But l 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
Eet-up to play. He sits idly BY as
other persons exert themselves. Its
too yicarious for me
1t was d decided shock to Win that
Miss Riley didn't care for the ua-
tional game.
II anything were needed to enhance
Miss Riley's charm, It was the mys-
tery that developed about or envel-
oped her the third day out. Win
Shute heard Of 1t from his room stew
sSd. who had picked 1t up from the
waiter at the purser's table. The
purser was the agent Of publicity, and
II was surmised that he had CLEANED
his Intelligence from the captain. Any
how, 1t was d matter that the captain
and the purser would naturally talk
over.
Via wireless had come an inquiry 10
the captain Of the COlonia about u
passenger The inquiry was from the
united Slhles eONSI Ht4cut heti
was known. II concerned "a young
woman who was travelling with her
mother. She was described In the
general terms OF srrikingly handsome
and clever From this the descriptions
varied according TO the whim or
Imagination OF the person repeating
the morsel of gossip. The nub OF the |
tale was that the young woman was a
fugitive from justicei
Immediately new ships game was
started-find the fugitive. The search |
.wEs carried on by a process OF elimi- !
nation. First the sailing list was
combed for Il mother and daughter. Ii /
turned out. unfortunately, that In the |
first cabin there were exactly TWEEN /
ty-one pairs of mothers and daugh- !
ters As TO whether these twenty |
mothered maidens were handsome and |
clever. opinions differed markedly. |
Some of the daughters were good-look-
ing but undeniably dull; others were
clever but plain. Not half dozen
could come within range OF the speci-
hcations.
When the consensus OF opinion was
about to pounce upon Miss Riley. who
headed the list OF suspects" another
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