The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-01-11
By p. 6. UODEHOu

right He knows women-as do
now. Womenl What mighty Ills have
not been done by women7 Who vast
betrayed the whats-its-name7 A wom-
an! Who lost :. lost lost :.
who-er-and so on3 A woman :.
So all is overl There Is nothing to be
said but good-byr
| "No."
"Good-by, then, Miss Bennetti"
"Geod-by." said Billie sadly. Tin
sorry
Don't mention itf'
"You do understand. don't your"
| "You have made everything perfect
ly clear"
Il hope-I hope you won't be un-
happy"
"UnhappyT Sam produced a stran-
gled noise from his larynx. like the
cry Of shrimp in pain. unhappy I
I'm not unhappy! Whatever gave you
that idea7 I'm smiling I'm laughing !
l feel I've had merciful escape"
ITS very unkind and rude of you to
say that"
"It reminds me Of moving picture I
saw In New York. 1t was called,
Saved From the Scaffold'"
"Oh!"
I'm not unhappy. What have got
to be unhappy about1 What on earth
does any man want to get married for I
l don't ;. Give me my gay bachelor
lifel Ny uncle Charlie used to say,
It's better luck to get married than It
Is to be kicked In the head by mule
But he was an optimist. Goodnight,
Miss Bennett, And good-by-forever."
He turned on his heel and strode
across the deck. From a white heaven
the moon still shone benignantly down,
mocking him. He had spoken bravely ;
the most captious critic could not but
have admitted that he had made good
exit. But already his heart was aching.
As he drew near to his stateroom, he
was amazed and disgusted to hear a
high tenor voice raised In song pro-
ceeding from behind the closed door.
I fee-er nav faw in shee lining arr-mor.
Though his lance be sharrrp and-er
keen;
But fee-er, I fee-er the glah-mor
Thorough thy der-rooping lashes seen:
I fee-er, fee-er the glah-mor -.
Sam flung open the door wrathfully
That Eustace Hignett should be alive
was bad-he Aad pictured him hurlina
himself overheard and bobbing about
a pleasing sight. In the wake OF the
vessel; that he should be singing was
an outrage. Remorse, Sam thought
should have stricken Eustace Higneti
dumb. Instead Of which, here he was
comporting himself like q blasted lin.
net 1t was all wrong. The man could
have no conscience whatever.
WELL" he said, sternly. $50 there
you areI"
Eustace Hignett looked up brightly
even beamingly. In the brief interval
which had elapsed since Sam had seen
him last an extraordinary transforms
ton had taken place in this young man.
His wan look had disappeared. His
eyes were bright His face wore that
beastly self-satisfied smirk which you
see in pictures advertising certain
makes Of ane-mesh underwear. II
Eustace Hignett had been a full-page
drawing in 4 magazine with my dear
fellow, I always wear Sigsbee's Super
fine Featherweighti printed under
meath him. he could not have looked
more pleased with himself.
"Hullo I" he said. II was wondering
where you had got to-"
"Never mind" said Sam coldly,
"where had got tol Where did you
get to, and whyf You poor, miserable
w0rm," he went on In burst Of gen.
erous indignation, what have you to
say for yourself7 What do you mean
by dashing> away like thst and killing
my little entertainment2"
"Awfully sorry, old man. I hadn't
foreseen the cigar. I was bearing up
tolerably well till began to sniff the
smoke Then everything seemed to 60
black-I don't mean you, of course.
You were black already-and got the
feeling that simply must get on deck
and drown myself"
swell. why didn't your demanded
Sam, with strong sense Of injury. II
might have forgiven you then. But to
come down here and find you singing
l.. -"
| A soft light came into Eustace Hig-
}nett's eyes.
! II want to tell you all about that" he
said. "It's the most astonishing story.
A miracle, you might almost call II.
Makes you believe in Fate and all that
sort Of thing. A week ago was on the
Subway In New York :"
Il He broke OF while Sam cursed him,
the Subway and the city of New York,
In the order named.
my dear chap, what Is the matterr'
"what Is the matterf Hal"
something Is the matter" persisted
Eustace Hlgnett. II can tell It by your
manner. Something has happened tc
disturb and upset you. know you %