Evening star., 1921-09-04

"I thought" said Mrs. Waite. doubt
fully, Il thought ] saw some one near
the sea last night. She may nave
| fallen in. One never knowsEahq
there was a bottle of wine missing,
think
Hold your tongue, she devilf" SAID
one of the men. 81 believe you know
more than you care to tell"
bationary week that they had still TO
SshcreM"No Ssss; sl!Sl s1sss"s esssss The men were
perfect bears" she afterward told her
friend. Especially she disliked the
sharp-tongued American youth; When
the launch came at last to take them
Off and convey them to the steamer
outside the reef mot their own inner.
which was far away, she oreW @
skirts away from him az she steppeo
on board and hissed q word ,s, 40 snd @
passed him. which WAS the last anu
only word she addressed to MIN ee
fore Sydney separated the party LOT
good.
.swhat'd she say to your asked one
of the men.
"called me q canal; goldarn,sdd ,sd IL
know why-er care. said the lae;
Mrs. waite had a good deal OF shoo-
pins 10 do In Sydney. as became
lady of refinement who had !oet lns
greater part Of her clothes throusn
the cruelties of quarantine nesu ia
the Palace Emporium OF farinsf f,f
Jones, Brothers. she found hsrn.a ,a,a
somawhat tired out. and drifted INTO
the writing and waiting room Ior
rest. Reposins there h.n,. IN assailed By
q vulgar voice from behind that re-
marked "Pep" almost in her ear.
She Jumped to her feet engriiy, .ho
was very much Gstonished 10 see .
captain Of the unlucky i'her .,e,ng nn Ms
i"nvht.r with q new pocket handker-
'" aIs tn. man mad7" she asked Of the
green velvet furniture ard the emporium
Not mad. only married" answered
the captain. buryins his face In, IN MS
handk kerchief again. ut Is such =
lark, 1 really can't help II. 10 see
you sitting there like colo io%i IN
the storage room. and know all the
time that you went and burned that
paper and never told and thought the
sea itself was going TO tell on you
oh, my good lady. 1t 10 a joke:
Mrs. Waite, with a cnoEe IN me
asked ma3estically: ITO whom do you
suppose you are speakinRr But she
could not find the words. For there,
at the captains elbow. stood tail,
dark eyed woman with CRAVING nair'
handsomely but quietly dressed.
| woman who looked younger and
brighter than ever the stewardess
/ had looked. on ship or shore, and
yet who was, Enthusiastically, the
stewardess.
Good Godr' was all that Mrs
Waite could find to say at last
Don't have a fit" said the cap
| tain. ''They don't like people to Mt
| in expensive resting rooms. where the
Elite go shopping. Let me explain.
My wife didn't have pneumonia
| plague at all. She had malarial
fever: small wonder. in An island full
of mosquitoes. But she didn't think
Of thnt. she just went and killed her
self. for the sake of the rest of the peo-
Die on the island. including you. you
Jack" said the ex-stewardess.
warningly.
We'll. she didn't kill herself
enough. because the tide rip and her
clothes noated her out to sea. and she
was picked up insensble by steam
er that was just leaving the port-A
steamer that had a doctor on board
And they patched her up. And there
| she is"
Very interesting" said Mrs. Waite.
with factitious yawn. And a very
nice arrangement for people in your
| class of life. Good morning"
Let her CO." said the captains
| wife. as the captain betrayed some
| tendency to follow and have il out"
She didn't harm me. Anything I did,
! did myself. And alfs over and done
But there's nothing, Jack-nothing
! that will bring back the dead