The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-04
CHAPTER V-Continued

III the library, winch was also the
music roOI Mrs. Padway and Mary
were sitting.
Mary" Mrs. Railway said sud
denly, as very selfish of me to
have brought you here"
''You needed me, and I'm glad I
came" Mary returned. She had con.
ceived one of those almost extrav-
agant admirations for the beautiful
woman. Literally. at the eleventh
hour, the maid who was TO have come,
declined the risk of oceans wrath anG
deserted her mistress at the very dock
The gong sounded which summoned
them to luncheon. Railway was genial.
He presented tall and distinguished
man to his wife
ut seems we shipped doctor
aboard Here he is. Doctor Waite
Mrs. Railway and Miss Unwin."
The intimacy, so enforced and in
evitable on yacht, with which one
must come to regard another after
a time, presented problems to Mrs.
Railway not wholly pleasing. She
conceded that this stranger had face
which inspired confidence in her, as
much as that of the steward with his
perpetual smile created aversion He
had fine head and keen but kindly
eyes And there was something re-
assuring in his splendid physical pro
portions. She thought he looked with
especial kindness at little Mary I'm.
win. AS for Mary, she breathed
sigh of relief. Instinct told her here.
at last. was a man on board she could
trust. She had not confided in Mrs.
Railway her apprehension of most of
the men she had seen.
81 hope you will find very little pro-
fessiOnal work to do" Mrs. Railway
said to Betttington. -.--
He was charmed by her low, yet dis
tinct, voice. He had thought Lavery's
portrait to be idealized until he met
the original of it. He had often, in
other years, read of her. Ii seemed
likely, when she was first married
that she would accomplish that almost
impossible ambition, salon. She had
birth, money, wit and beauty. And
Railway among the many who put
their all at her feet. lie looked from
her TO the financier.
What was it, Bettington asked him.
self, that had made bin, in her eyes.
more attractive than any other man
Ambition probably, and the enthusi-
asm aroused by his big moment at the
capital. He wondered how much she
had repented of it. There could be no
doubt now as to her disillusions He
thought he could discover trace of
sadness in her lovely face; and, like
La Giaconda, "her eyelids were little
weary"
Whatever uncomfortable pauses in
the conversation there were. due to
Railways incessant grumbling at the
food the motion of the boat and his
inability to enjoy flavors that once
fascinated him, she filed in without
seeming effort. She lad, no doubt,
become adept at this. Bettington
thought.
After lunch Radwav went to his big
staterOom at the extreme bow of the
boat. Got some work to do" he an
nounced. at will keep me busy till
dinner"
Mrs Railway knew he was going to
sleep. Then he woulc wake, feeling
wretch"d He would take highball,
two or three. Then he would dress
for dinner and the real man would be
tray himself. She was not sure
whether she was sorry or glad that
there was a new element introduced
by Doctor Waite. She knew her hus.
bands imperious ways too well to sup
pose that anything but his own will
could moderate his appetites.
She watched him walking up and
down the deck with the secretary who
had so little to do. A man who would
take such a position as this, with it's
relatively small pay and insecure pros
poets, must We a failure at his profess
sion. And vet he did not look like a
failure.
Mary liked him, and admitted his
charm, but to eighteen he was old
The captains nephew. young Crosby
Todd, who bad shown her the mys-
teries of wireless, was more of her
age. Bettington saw her eyes brighten
as the lad came from the wireless
room and crossed the deck, a little
efficiently. to her. He smiled at the
young man. Bettington liked boys of
this clean-cut sort; and he knew that
there might come day, not far off.
when the hoy would be called upon
to prove his mettle. He was little
distressed that the boy showed an
tagOnism and answered his questions
as TO his work with smileless face
Well. IL was perhaps better so. A man
was known by his companions and