The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07
Cynthia DelmOrtOn'S Mistake
(Published by special arrangement with tn
Chicago Tribune Syndicate)
IN TWO PARTs-PART TWO
THE STORY so FAR


variabIy terminated with her refusal Of all |
offers Of marriage Cynthia is ordered by /
her doctor to take a sea voyage and she /
takes with her an old schoolmate, Marjorie |
Blackton as companion. On the train while |
going to the coast they meet UP with a Mr.. |
Fraser and Cynthia acts very snObbish- |
Mr. Fraser discloses that he is second officer ]
of the boat on which they are to sail Gym
thia fiirtS with him on the boat and Mar
jorie discovers them at love making on the
deck.
And now the story
For while he stood there; then, sud
denly, with little start, he saw Mar
jorie. He came over to her slowly and
sat down beside her.
You saw" he said quietly. I'm
80 am l." she answered gravely.
VERY sorry. Oh, Mr. Fraser" she went
on impulsively don't think me i'm
pertinent and foolish, but l-oh, it's so
difficult to say!''
He was staring at her steadily and she
went stumbling on bravely.
You see-I know Cynthia And I
don't want to be disloyal to her-after
all, she's paying everything for me. But
please, please, be careful. SheS-zshe'S
different from most girls. She's been
spoiled, I suppose-and she doesn't mean
to be cruel.''
no" he agreed quietly. "Tt's nat
ural'
But she hardly heard
She just plays with men. And
then she turns them down without a
thought Can't you see-oh! can't you
see? 1 don't want to hurt your feelings,
! but you must realize that she has the
world at her feet, and-and-"
"And, therefore, is hardly likely to pay
serious attention to the second officer Of
the good ship Ortolan," he said, lighting
cigaret.
She looked at him, surprised. He
seemed singularly calm about it.
That's why I am so sorry you saw"
/ he concluded.
But I don't want you to be hurtl"
she cried. And you will be-"
why don't you want me to be hurtP"
| he said gently.
"Oh, because- OF course don't.
hate to see anybody hurt"
"You dear-you dear grill" And now
she was staring at him in genuine
amazement and dinly realizing that both
her hands were in his. I'm only sorry
you saw it, Marjorie, because can't now
do what I would like to. At least, not
at this moment"
And then he, too, was gone. and after
a while Marjorie got up little stifly
and went below. What on earth had he
meant?
my dear" said Cynthia, ''too humor-
Gus! Our worthy pachyderm has kissed
me. Upon the boat deck"
Cynthia-can't you let him alone?"
What on earth do you mean?" cried
the other. And then she suddenly burst
into peal Of laughter. why, I believe
you're in love with him yourself"
"I am" said Marjorie, gravely, and
started to undress.
Of course this was too much Of g
scream, altogether: it really added relish
to the jest. That MISUNDERSTANDING lit
tie Marjorie have fallen in love
> with the second officer was too exquisite
MY DEAR" she cried, but this is Ro-
nance with capital R. Does he reciprO-
= cate your feelings?"
j "Of course he Doesn't answred thC
. other, flushing 'And Cynthia-yoJ
" won't say anything, will you?"
my dear-trust me. Perish thI
. thought that should spoil loves yoUnl
dream. But I must insist on being al
! lowed to deal with the dear man jus
once. I'll let him down mildly, I prom
: ise you, but he has been exceedingl,
,, rude to me-and he's got to take hi
- Cruel like a good boy"
t. But I'm sure he didn't mean it, Gym
! thia," said Marjorie miserably.
!. Then he's got to learn. And anyway
my dear" she went on with a smile
= you have the remedy in your owl
,r hands. Get him to take you up on tn
n boat deck tomorrow night"
y You know I don't stand a chance
= you're about" said Marjorie simply
= Anyway, I'm nothing to him. But
st don't think you're playing the game
IL He's-he's not the type Of man. It's no
: fair to a man like him, Cynthia; it's no
fair"
a; Then he had better not go and Sc
L. people about dogs, my dear, when Nv
asked him to come and talk to me-" sal
Y the other softly. 81 don't like men VIII
% do that. Besides, he must be trained
N if you're going to marry him."
E. She got into her bunk and opened
= book; with a little shiver, though tn
~ night was tropical, Marjorie followed he
al example. And when at last she did ia
ty asleep she got no rest. For she dreame
81 without ceSSation-dreams in which st
ss saw Cynthia, gloating and devilish, an
a white faced sobbing mana man 81
tried to comfort, but who always turne
he away from her.
9g 1t was the day after that piece Of IL
u formation arrived in the Wireless Bullt
of tin whic hfor nearly six hours annoye
= Cynthia thoroughly. Marjorie saw
first, just as she was going in to breal
or fast, and thought no more about it. tt
% news that the Earl Of Administer had bee
!, killed in a motor accident interested h
but little more than the fact that Il
~ French exchange was 129-47. It w
otherwise with Cynthia. Not that Il
ed death of that we'll known and sportil
iu nobleman at the early age Of ffty-siX di
7r' tressed her in the slightest, but mere
- DCSdNAoC ~ AlldllG nGL WISH bLdJ S1lG ni
- acted otherwise. And it is annoyil
,e? when one cannot rectify a mistake. 81
25e might now have been the Countess
~ Administer. And she wasn't. Which W
al a distressing thought-most distressir
o. Had not Hedderton-his eldest sons
in her pocket for complete season?
an face, she had almost-but not quite
cn, become Viscountess Hedderton. And
ge she had, Hedderton would not have go
g his fool journey to Central Africa, pick
nc up some horrible tropical disease Al
70 died. Undoubtedly most annoying.
. She recalled that last evening perfect
- She had known he was coming for b
ICY answer, and during the afternoon S
as had finally made up her mind-balar
les, ing the points for and against. And t
her result had been against. Heddertol
ow. father she had decided was more tn
rV- likely to live another thirty years, a
that was too long to wait even for O
d. Of the oldest titles in England. The Il
per per that he was utterly infatuated with /
est. was his misfortune and not her faU
& And so without the smallest tinge
. compunction she turned him down. s
could see him now, white faced a
ar aa stammering. He couldn't quite und
or stand; he'd been so sure. He had kiss
FUR. her so often. And she had laugh