The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-12-07
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a AccuAt VI thdt SVhCCAt Ahy Sh6AbCnASAe
is broken or"
Enstace sprang forward with out
stretched hand.
mot really? How splendid! Accept
my congratulations This Is the finest
thing that could possibly have hap
pened. These are not idle words As
one who has been engaged to the girl
himself, speak feelingly. You are well
out Of 1t, Sam.v
Sam thrust aside his hand. Had Il
been his neck he might have clutched it
eagerly, but he drew the line at shaking
hands with Eustace Hignett.
my heart is broken" he said with
dignity.
THAT feeling will pass, giving way
to one Of devout thankfulness. know!
I've been there. After all. =. VIII
helmina Bennett >. what is she?NA
rag and bone and hank Of hair
"She is nothing of the kind" said
Sam, revolted.
Pardon me,"",said Eustace firmly, 81
speak as an expert. know her and
repeat, she is a rag and a bone and a
hank, of hair!"
"She is the only girl In the worli.
and owing to your idiotic behavior
have lost her."
You speak Of the only girl in the
world" said Eustace blithely. "If you
want to hear about the only girl in the
world, / will tell you. A week ago
was in the Subway in New York. !"
"rm going to bed" said Sam brusque-
~.
"All right. I'll tell you while you're
undressing"
II don't want to listen"
"A week ago." said Eustace Hignett.
II will ask you to picture me seated.
after some difficulty, in New York
subway; got into conversation with a
girl with an elephant gun"
Sam revised his private combination
service in order to include the elephant
gun.
'She was my soul-mate," proceeded
Justice with quiet determination. 81
didn't know it at the time. but she was
She had grave brown eyes, wonderful
personality, and this elephant gun, She
was bringing the gun away from the
downtown place where she had taken 1t
to be mended.'
Did she shoot you with it?"
shoot me? What do you mean?
Why, mol"
'sThe girl must have been \ fooi!'.
said Sam bitterly. 1.-THE Chance 2ofsa
lifetime and she missed 1t. Where are
my pajamas?"
u haven't seen your pajamas. She
talked to me about this elephant gun,
and explained its mechanism. You can
imagine how she soothed my aching
heart. My heart. If you recollect, was
aching at that momeAt-quite unneccs-
sarily If had only known-because it
was only a couple of days since my en-
gagement to Wilhelmina Bennett had
been broken or. Well 1--WE partedSRat
Sixty-sixth street and, strange as it
may seem, forgot all about her.
"Do it againw 4
Tell 1t again?"
Good heavens, no! Forget all about
her again." -
Nothing" said Eustace Hlgnett
gravely, could make me do that Our
souls have blended Our beings have
been called to one another from their
deepest depths, saying. I. {. There are
your pajamas, over in the corner :.
saying. You are mine! How gould I
forget her after that? Well, as was
saying. we parted. Little did know
that she was sailing on this very boat !
But just now she came to me as l
wrlthed on deck.
did you writhe?" asked Sam with
flicker Of moody interest.
II certainly did,"
"That's good"
"But not for long,"
That's bad"
"She came to me and healed me.
Sam. that girl is an angel"
Switch off the light when. you've I'm
ished."
"She seemed to understand without
word how was ceiling. There are
some situations which do not need
words. She went away and returned
with mixture of some kind in glass.
81 don't know what 1t was. It had
Worcester sauce in it. She put it to
my lips She made me drink 1t. She
Said II was what her father always
used in Africa for bull-calves with the
staggers. Well. believe me or believe
me not. =. Are you asleepf"
ayes"
Believe me or believe me not, in
under two minutes was not merely
freed frem the nausea caused by your
cigar; was smoking, myself! l was
walking the deck with her without the
slightest qualm. was even able to look
over the side from time to time and
comment on the beauty Of the moon on
the water. !. l have said some mordant
things about women since / came ON
board this boat. withdraw them I'M
reservedly. They still apply to girls
like Wilhelmina Bennett, but l have
ceased to include the whole sex in my
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