Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-15
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Adventures? 12sAN---

, slipped that phoney card into the pack
last night?"
"Who do you think slipped it there?"
81 don't know; but l don't think
ought to have been forced to hand him
back his dirty money, do you?"
But the way, what lighthouse Is this
we're passing?'
you'll do cried Barnette. Shaping
me on the back. "You sure are the boy
with the reap hook. Fond o the ladies,
reckon?''
Are yOu?"
He laughed and handed me the best
cigar | ever smoked.
That afternoon l lay dutifully in my
bunk for some five hours and dozed al
least a part Of the time. At dinner
where l sat, as always, opposite Sifert,
he asked me where l had been all the
afternoon. l replied by seeming to be
/ surprised at the question and asked him
where he had been, and l caught Bar
nette's eye in friendly approval.
There was quite a game that night
but neither Sifert nor Seriano took a
hand in it, and it broke up early and
without much money changing hands
/ found the air in the smoking room so
! sitting that / repaired TO the general
salon. There at the grand piano was
Sonora What's her-name with Nelson
| turning the pages for her. She was
playing Gottschaulk's Last Hope" in
rather a hopeless fashion. / sat down
and while pretending to occupy myself
with set of stereoscopic views, watched
| the face of the woman. 1t was a sim
pering Latin american face, rather
pretty than otherwise. II did not re-
veal any pronounced shrewdness. and
1.
convinced Of one thing: The possessor
Of that face had never been inside my
cousins drawing room. Henry had mar
ried lady Of the most exclusive Of the
old Knickerbocker set. I had lunched
with them twice, once at the house and
once at the Waldorf and l was sure
that this woman had never met my coIs-
ms wife.
approached the piano and in spite
/ of Nelson's frowns asked for a favorite
of mine. one which the lady did not
play. Then l introduced myself, using
my best Spanish, and asked that the
lady sit for me the following day and
every day during the voyage that I
might paint her. l gave her to under
stand that Henry Jarndyce was a special
friend Of mine but did not let the
charming lady know that we were cOus
ms I wished to see II she would tell
me that she had visited his home. I gave
her numerous opportunities to do so, but
not TIL l said something that implied that
l had not been there did she assert that
she had.
Poor as my Spanish was, It was too
rapid for Nelson to follow; bnt when he
finally learned that she had made an
appointment to sit for me he was full
of protests and Jealous rage
What was 10 become of her condi-
tionE' he demanded holly.
Her ccndition?'
Yes, her fitness. She and I have
agreed to take a constitutional twenty
five times round the deck every morn
ing Of The voyage. How can she keep
fit il she is to sit idly in a deck chair
while you draw herr"
Keep fit for what?"
Just keep fit. A lady has got to
keep ii to keep her beauty"
Keep her beauty for whom"
"Wby-why, for me, if you must know.
But in spite Of his protests We two
agreed that I should paint this lady
every morning from to 10 so
When I went below according to in
structions I found Prothro wrapped IN
blanket and waiting for me.
There's a storm coming UP from the
south" lie said; better bring your rub
Der poncho as we'll as blanket. You're
to stay on deck with me tonight: Aqua
ros stayed alone last night. On deck.
we don't smoke. talk, nor sleep. HereA
a little persuader. You don't shoot ex-
cept by my orders"
(TO BE COntinued.)