The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-12-07

and 6ftsr al the boat was hlrdly
rolling at all-he would enjoy .
further chat about his ruined life.
Besides. he had another reason for
seeking Eustace's society. Az q man
who had bee1 actually engaged to
marry this supreme girl. Eustace Hie-
nett had an attraction for Sam akin
to that OF some great p0bIIcs monu-
menG He. had, become q sort Of shrine.
He had taken on Z Slanaor. Sam en-
tered the stateroom almost reveren-
tally with something of the emotions
Of q boy going into his first dime mu-
scum. .rr 8 s,c.r
: The exhibit was lying on his back
staring at the roof Of the berth. BY
lying absolutely still and forcing him
self to think Of purely. inland scenes
and objects ne had .contrived to reduce
the green in his complexion to mere
tinge. But It would be paltering with
the truth to say that he felt debonalr.
He received Sam~with wan austerity.
yi.Sit down r. he said. Don't stand
there swaying like that. can't bear
It." -
"Why, we aren't out of the harbor
yet. Surely you aren't going to be
seasick already"
Il can issue no positive guarantee.
Perhaps II can keep my mind of II.
I have had good results for
the last ten minutes by thinking stead
lily OF the Sahara There" said Eus-
tace Hignett with enthusiasm. '.is q
place for you'll That Is something like
a spotl Miles and miles of sand and
not drop of water anywhere"
Sam sat down on the lounge.
'You're quite right. The great
thing Is to- concentrate your mind on
other topics. Why not. for instance
tell me some more about your unfor.
tunate affair with that girl-Billie
Bennett ! think you said her. nams
was"
"Wilhelmina Bennett, Where on
earth did you get the idea that her
name was BillieY Egg4Ftks
II had a notion that girls called
Wilhelmina were sometimes Billie to
their friends"
II never call her anything but VIII
helmina. But I really cannot talk
about It. The recollection tortures
me-" 4 r~
THAT'S jdst what you want. It's the
counter-irritation principle. Persevere
and you'll soon forget that you're on
board ship at all. ~ --..',---.----.--g
|. 'These;s2 something In that" admit
ted Eustaee reaectively. ITS very
good Of you to be 80 sympathetic and
Interested"
"My dear fellow -. anything
that can do where did you
meet her first for instance7"
AT a dinner ~. :" Eustace Hig-
nett broke or abruptly. He had
good memory and he had Just recol-
lected the fish they had served at that
dinner--a fabby and exhausted-look-
ing fish, half sunk beneath the sur
face Of q thick white sauce.
"And what struck you most forcibly
about her at firsti Her lovely hair. I
supposei'', seo~,,-,1 -;.-.>n-.,..
"How did you know she had lovely
hair"
my dear chap, naturally assumed
that any girl with whom you fell In
love would have nice hair"
"Well. you are perfectly right. as It
happens. Her hair was remarkably
beautiful. 1t was red :"
Like autumn leaves with the sun
on them T. said Marlowe ecstatically.
"What an extraordinary thing
That Is an absolutely exact descrip-
tion. Her eyes were deep blue ="
"Or, rather. green.
"Blue."
"Green. There IL a shade Of green
that looks blue"
-"What the devil do you know about
the color Of her eyesr' demanded nua,
tace heatedly. "Am telling ycl
about her, or are you telling mer'
my dear old man, don't get excited
Don't, you SeeI am trying to construct
that girl in my Imagination. to visual
ize herr don't pretend to doubt
your. special knowledge, but after an
green eyes generally do go with red
hair and there are all shades Of green.
There Ii the, bright green Of meadow
grass. the DUH green Of the uncut
emerald. the faint yelicwish green Of
your face at the present moment :. :"
"Don't talk about the. color Of my
lfaeel Now you've gons and reminded
me Just when was beginning to for.
get" 80 Il
''Awfuliy sorryi Stupid Of me Get
your mind of It aeain--quicki What
were you .sayingf Oh, yes. this girl. i
always think II. helps one to form {
mental picture Of people II one knows
something about their tastes-what
sort of thing they are interested In,
their fayorite topics Of conversation,
and 20 on This Miss Bennett now.
what did she like talking aboutr'
@Oh, all sorts Of things" Aa
h ~Yes, but what7- s4fsATI9A
even. for one thing she was very
fond Of poetry. II was that which
| nrS drew N together" xn N,y-
~Poetryls 6am's heart sank q
- =.