The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-01-11

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stretched hand.
"Not really7 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 It, Sam"
Sam thrust aside his hand. Had 1t
been his neck he might have clutched 1t
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. I know I
I've been there. After all. Will
helmina Bennett :. what is shef A
rag and bone and hank Of hair"
"She is nothing of the kind" said
Sam, revolted.
"Pardon me-" said Eustace firmly. II
speak as an expert. ! know her and /
repeat, she is q rag and a bone and q
hank Of hairw
"She Is the only girl In the world,
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, I will tell you. A week ago I
was In the Subway In New York. :"
"Tm going to bed" said Sam brusque-
ly.
"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 a 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
Eustace with quiet determination. II
didn't know 1t at the time, but she was.
She had grave brown eyes, a wonderful
personality, and this elephant gun. She
was bringing the gun away from the
downtown place where she had taken II
to be mended."
"Did she shoot you with ftr'
"Shoot met What do you meant
Why, mol"
''The girl must have been a fool r.
said Sam bitterly. ''The chance of q
lifetime and she missed 1t. Where are
my paJamas?"
II 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, II you recollect, was
aching at that moment-Quite unneces-
sarily II had only known-because II
was only couple Of days since my en-
gagement to Wilhelmina Bennett had
been broken OF. Well. we parted at
Sixty-slxth street and, strange as II
may seem, forgot all about her"
do 1t again J"
Tell 1t againr -
"Good heavens, no Forget all about
her again"
Nothing" said Eustace Hignett
gravely, "could make me do that. Our
souls have blended. Our beings have
been called to one another from their
deepest depths, saying. =. There are
your pajamas. over. in the corner. /.
saying. You are miner How could
forget her after thatf Well, az l was
saying, we parted. Little did I know
that she was sailing on this very boat
But just now she came to me as I
writhed on deck. :"
did you writhe2" asked Sam with q
flicker Of moody interest
II certainly did"
That's goodi"
| "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 fin-
ished."
."She seemed to understand without
word how was feeling. There are
some situations which do not need
words. She went away and returned
with a mixture of some kind In glass.
II don't know what 1t was. It had
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my lips. She made me drink It. She
said 1t was what her father always
used in Africa for bull-calves with the
staggerA Well. believe me or believe
me not. =. Are you asleepr
.Yes."
| "Believe me or believe me not, In
under two minutes I was not merely
freed from the nausea caused by your
cigar: was smoking. myself I was
walking the deck with her without the
slightest qualm. I was even able TO look
over the side from time to time and
comment on the beauty Of the moon on
the water. have said some mordant
things about women since came on
board this boat. Withdraw them un-
reservedly. They still apply to giris
like wilhelmina Bennett, but I have
ceased to include the whole ser In my
remarks. Jane Hubbard has restored
my faith In woman Saml Saml"
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