The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-01


the fog had shut down upon them.
HIS brother had kept sail on the
Sally however, making what he
could OF an occasional capful OF
air UNTIL heaving the lead, he had
found less than three fathoms of
water That showed him that he
had got out Of his course somehow,
20 he had Immediately cast anchor
TO wait for the fog to lift.
There probably would he a
breeze Of some sort about daybreak
that would blow away the fog and
permit them to sail again. Within
an hour that might be. he thought.
From the whitening color OF the
mist, the dawn must already be
breaking.
The Princess shivered as much
with excitement as with cold.
Thereupon Joe stripped of his
sweater and insisted upon her put.
ting II on. After a moment OF
protest she yielded and let him
help her into It.
She must have been, | think
just about the only pretty girl OF
twenty in the world who'd never
played a game like this before
which shows how unnecessary q
thing experience is. II was an i'm.
memorial instinct that told the
Princess 20 accept service she
didn't need as the prelude to ask
ing for one she did He was very
shy about touching her, she
4.
sort of panicky enthusiasm to bang
ing his bell.
She was a little in doubt where
10 begin, but he saved her the
trouble by saying, as he struck the
last blow, There was something,
didn't you say, that you wanted to
talk 10 me about?s
1T all depends" the Princess an.
swered, "on whether you know who
I really am. Because If you don't
know. Why of course you wouldn't
believe It " | were TO tell you"
Yves, | know" he assured her
at seems too wonderful to be true;
or 1t did while you were down
there In the forehold and | sat here
thinking about Il. But | didn't
really doubt II even then because,
you see, people who Just look like
other people-other great people
well. that's all they do-they look
like them. But you aren't like
that. You understand what ! mean,
don't you?"
The Princess nod of eager assent
was, I'm afraid, histrionic, for she
hadn't been listening. Already she
was drawing her next arrow back
TO the head
We'll, then" she said. dispatching
II. "if you really know who l am,
Will you take my word for Bill and
help me get him away before they
can put us in jail at Michigan
City?"
She was quite prepared for his
wrlthing at that, and was not at all
disconnected. She may even have
been family pleased, who shall say,
over his making II plain that Bin
was bitter TO swallow. She didn't
hurry at all TO reinforce her re.
quest with pleas and arguments.
Somehow it was given to her TO
know that he'd find silence harder
to resist than anything else.
"Of course" he said, after an.
other bout of bell.ringing. I'D do
pretty near anything In the world
that would be-well--a real service
to you, you know. And | suppose
helping you run away with that
foreigner seems to you like about
the biggest service anyone could
.,ussibly do for you. That's how II
seems now, this morning. But
what I'd hate to have happen be-
yond anything | can think of would
be to have you look back at this
day from a week from now. or a
month. and think that II I'd been a
real friend of yours I'd have done
something-anything-just to keep
YOU from running away with him.
| know that sounds cheeky, but I
don't mean it that way"
"Oh," the Princess said. that's
all right, of course, though | don't
see why you should be afraid I'd
feel like that. Anyhow, I'll promise
you that | won't"
Most of Joe's feelings found an
outlet through the bell clapper. but
there was still some left to spill
over into his next words.
That's just like girl--millions
OF girls-who feel just as sure az
you do right now; and then find
out when it is too late that they
were mistaken"
What do you mean--too later"
asked the Princess.
There wasn't light enough to re-
veal poor Joe's bushes, but his
voice betrayed him.
why" he said, when you marry
But the Princess stammered
through chattering teeth, Il am not
going to marry him. Tits not
like that at all. I'm not running
away with him. I'm helping him
run away"
This was perfectly true. you
know One hemisphere-the San.
cho Panza hemisphere OF the Prin-
cess mind--didnt conflict at all
with the other-Don Quixote-half:
with the radiant daydream wherein
poor Bill, revealed as the rightful
heir, the true prince, had asked her
TO become his queen, and they lived
happy ever after in the Kingdom
OF Zenda. Nor. in turn, did this
shining future interfere in the