The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-24
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should have 30 clever Q hrotherT-
III In like that with me. toe." Ian
yard Insisted warmly.
lie made en- early excuse 20 got
away, having something now 20 think
about.
Mr.. Musscy put up = sitter fight
than Mr.. Swain. eince an avowed
cynio In necessarily q Man Who
Knows About Women. lie gave
Lame fatty 20 understand that he
saw thru her and couldn't be taken
In by all her h'andishments-. Al tho
end OF - hours. however. the convic.
ton seemed somehow 20 have inzid-
ieusiy penetrated that only a man
OF his rtpe wisdom ana disliusion-
mont could possibly have any appeal
90 woman like Lame pciorme. II
wasn't long after that the engine
room was Illuminated by LANES
pretty ankles and Mr.. Mussey was
beginning 10 comprehend that there
was In this world one woman az least
who could take an intelligent inter
est IN machinery.
MIR. Collision suecumhsd without a
struggle. True "a the tradition Of
Southern chivairy. he amhied up 60
tho block. laid his head upon n. and
asked for tho AKA. Nor was he kept
long waiting
on the seventh day the course
prfcket on the chart placed the
Syharite's position az noon as APP
rrcximatoiy IN mid.Atisntic. Con.
templatins q prospect Of seven days
OF such emptiness isnynrd's very
soul yawned.
And nothing could induce Captain
Monk 10 hasten the passage. Mr..
Mussey asserted that hls engines
could NJ a pinch deliver twenty
knots an hour: yet day In and day
out tho sybarits pokcd along AZ little
better than half that speed. II was
no secrc; that Lane Delorme's panic
flight from Popinot had hurried tho
yacht out OF cherbourw harbor four
days earlier than her proposed sail
Ing date. whereas the sybArits had q
rendezvous to keep with hor owner
az certain hour OF certain night.
an appointment carefully calculated
with consideration for the phase Of
the moon and the height OF the tide.
therefore not readily 20 b altered.
After dinner on that seventh day. a
meal much too long drawn out for
f.anynrd's liking. and marked 10 boot
BY the consumption OF much too
much champagne. no loft the main
saloon tho arena OF an imprompsu
poker party. repaired TO the quarter.
deck. and finding wicker lounge
| chair by the taffraii subsidized into II
with a Sigh Of gratitude for this fra
grant solitude OF night. 90 soothing
and serene.
Tho syharife. making sasy way
thru q slight sea with what wind
there was--nos much--cn the port
bow. rolled but siightiy. and her d.
iibernts and graceful forc-and-aff
motion. ss she swung from crest to
crest Of the endless hsad-on swslix
caused the stars - stream ABOVE her
r1Ast-headr. . boundieas river Of
broken light The puising Of the en-.
gfnsA unhAstfrg. unrsssfnG ran thru
her fnhx1e Ia eeAssiess succsns1on Of
gentle sremorA. whtis tho rumble OF
their rvvulusions rssemhisd the ~
frain Of an old. quiet song. The
mechanism of the patsnt los hummed
and clicked more obsrusivsiy. Direct
~ undcrsoot the screw churred .
, softly ciashing waks- From the
saloon compsnionway drif,cd inser-
mittentiy . confusion Of voices.
Lanes light laughter. muted chatter
Of chips now and then the sound Of
q popping cork. Forward the ships
bell sounded two double strokes. then
single. followed By q wall In minor
keys Five bells and ail's welifs !.
Ard Of q sudden Lanyard suffered
the melancholy oppression OF know.
Ing his iittiencss Of body and soul.
tho rsiativs insignificancs even Of
the ship. that tmpertinent atom Of
human organization which travsrssd
with unabAshed effrontsry the WA
tiers Of the age. beneath the shining
oscillations Of eternity. In pro-
found psyohscai excavation be pre
ccived with bitterness ana despair
tho enormous fusiiisy Of all thinrs
mortal. the horelesxness Of effort the
certain black defeat that waits upon
even. what mon term snocess.
He felt crushed. spiritually inver.
tsbrnss. destitute Of object IN exist-
cnos. bsreft OF all hope. What mat
tered u whether he won or lost In
this stupid contest whose prize was
possession Of few trfnkets set with
bits Of giitterfna stonsf IL he won.
Of what avaii7 What could II profit
his soul 20 make good n vain boast