Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-10-26

III | she Sulu ont iuu S,s's
II pressed She said she Kne" ne'e
q went ont In the mornings don as
!, rule-and they would be back az iunc'
time fat lot Of use that was
!, bad m he Mt the church at eleven
h Well. | told her had most llhpo'
!, tant engagement with man at eleSeh
: and she wanted to know what IL wa
) and I tried to think of something pu
II sounded pretty feeble ana she say
had better telephone to the man ano
put 1t off. ! did it, too Rang up lhe
first number In the book and told some
fellow had never seen in my HE tha'
couldn't meet him He was pretty
peeyed, Judging from what ne saiu
about my being on the wrong ilhe.
And mother listening all the time, ana
| knowing that she knew-somethins
told me that she knew-and she
knowing that / knew she knew tell
you 1t was awful u
"And the girl?'
"She broke Off the engagement. Ap-
parently she waited al. the church
from eleven till one thirty and then
began to get impatient. She wouldn't
see me when / called In the after
noon, but / got letter from her say
Ing that what had happened was all
| for the best and she had been think
| ing 1t over and had come to the conclu-
sion that she had made a mistake.
She said something about my not being
as dynamic as she had thought was.
She said that what she wanted was
something more like Lancelot or Sir
Galahad, and would look on the cpl
sode as closed"
did you explain about the trou-
sers?'
YES. 1t seemed to make things
worse. She said that she could for
give a man anything except being
ridiculous"
~ think you're well out of It," said
Sam judicially. "She can't have been
much of GIRL
II feel that now. But 1t doesn't
alter the fact that my life is ruined.
I have become a woman-hater. Wom-
en When | think how mother be-
haved and how Wilhelmina treated me
| wonder there isn't a law against
them. What mighty Ills have not been
done by Womanl Who was it be-
trayed the Capitolp"
'Tn Washington" said Sam, puzzled.
He had heard nothing of this. But
then he generally confined his reading
Of the papers to the sporting page.
81 was quoting froin Thomas OF
ways Orphan I wish l could write
like Otway He knew what he was
talking about"
We'll, Of course he may be right in
, way. AS regards some women, |
mean. But the girl I met on the
lock"
"Don'tw said Eustace Hignett eff I
'ou have anything bitter and deroga-
DRY to say about women, say it and ] +
will listen eagerly. But if you merely
Wish to gibber about the ornamental
xterior Of some dashed girl you have
zen fool enough to get attracted by,
o and tell it to the captain or the
hips cat or J. B. Midgeley. Do try
0 realize that l am a soul in torment
am a ruin. spent force, man with
ut a future! What does life hold for
le? Love? l shall never love again.
Iy work? l shaven't any. l think !
lal take to drink"
Talking Of that" said Sam, 81 sup
ose they open the bar directly we
ISIS. the three-mile limit How about
small one?"
Eustace shook his head gloomily
DO you suppose l pass my time on
ard ship in gaddlng about and feast.
g? Directly the vessel begins to
owe | go to~bed and stay there. AS
matter Of fact l think 1t would be
sest to go to bed now. Don't LET
e keep you If you want to 90 on
ck."
ut looks to me- said Sam, "as IL !
d been mistaken In thinking that
u were going to be ray of sunshine
the voyage"
Ray of sunshine p said Eustace
gnett, pulling a pair of mauve pa.
mas out of the kit-bag. 'Tm going
be a volcano!"
sam left the stateroom and headed j.
the companion. He wanted TO get
deck and ascertain If that Girl was
Il on board. About now the sheen
uld be separating from the goats
passengers would be on deck and
ir friends returning to the shore
slight tremor on the boards on which
trod told him that this separation
st have already taken place. The
p was moving. He ran lightly I'M
companion. Was she on board or
she not? The next few minutes
lid decide. He reached the ton of
stairs and passed out onto the
wded deck. And, as he did so. a
'am, followed by confused shouting
le from the rail nearest the shore
perceived that the rail was black
b people hanging over ii. They