Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12


Something in the way said it caught Enid's
attention and she turned and pointed to me-
why, look at papa!" she said and she broke
out laughing as If I'd been the funniest thing
she'd ever seen in her life. why, papa!" she
shouted. Papa, you're going to be seasick"
I'm mott" told her and spoke sterny.
"rm not going to be seasickl" was right,
too. and the effort made to look severe prob
ably did a good deal to make me right. I
wasn.s going to be sick; already was. Just
said Hurry" again. in kind Of whisper, and
the worst began to happen. After that whis-
pered Hurry" whenever I could and every
time said it could hear Enid break out gig
Cling esain.
That is I heard her for q while but got
into such a condition that my impressions of
external matters were dirnmed and facts had
difficulty in penetrating to me- Then became
vaguely aware that Enid wasn't laughing any
more and wasn't sick herself, but was in great
distress about something. heard her moan
ing. "Oh, heavens!" and Scolding Eddie Bull
finch for not having any ammonia or other
remedies on board and for not being able to
start his engine. heard her saying, in gentle
tones, Here, let me hold my cool, wet hand
kerchief on your poor forehead. How horrible
that you should suffer sol" From this and
other things I discovered that somebody else
was beginning to share my Illness.
Eddie Bulfinch mistakenly thought I would
be interested in hearing about it. for he got up
and leaned over me, speaking In q low. tense
voice. Its going to work." he said. You just
watch He's commencing to be something ter
rible! II she could ever stand to let him come
within q mile Of her after this I'd sell the
Shooting Star for 40 cents! You Just watch!"
Well, managed to say "Watchl" in a voice
family hoped might convey q little of my
opinion OF himself. It wasn't Mushmelon I
was disliking by this time; 1t was Eddie Bull
finch I wouldn't have cared. just then, If
Mushmelon and Enid had got actually mar
ried the minute we stepped ashore just so we
stepped ashore. And the worst Of 1t was, my
whole Anisery was absolutely useless. We rolled
and tossed in that channel for more than two
Of the worst hours this worlds ever seem and
the longer we stayed the greater was Ends
anguish on Muchmelons account and the
rendered her ministrationS to him. Finally
I-heard Eddie Bullfinch speaking in a desperate
voice. We'll dog-gone it," he said, and the
next minute he had the Shooting Star going
again.
AS soon as we touched the pier where Eddie
kept his vile boat I limped right off home to
lie down. without even looking back but that
evening. feeling feeble but better. I had talk
with Eddie alone on our front porch. He
In low spirits. 1T didn't do any good at ALL"
he said. They're absolutely different from
men,"
who do YOU mean?" asked him
women" he said. IT never dreamed but
that if she just once saw him going 1t the way
he did-and he certainly did-it would wean
her away from him right the minute she saw
him that way, absolutely Why. I'd have kept
that boat out there till now II hadn't seen
there wasn't any hope Of it. Why. I'd have
kept that boat out there until even got sick
myself"
Don't say that, Eddie told him. II hope
you wouldn't have gone to such extreme"
II would' he said. But the longer we
stayed, the more she nursed him and the
it was 50 absolutely sickening started up the
Bgine and came back, because I couldn't stand
It. The way it looks to me, when q girl gets
that way about wet splash like old Sloppy
Weather Mushmelon, why, the more anybody
in the world does to him and the more awful
he Is himself the more she seems to think Of
hint"
[ E groaned and scratched his left ankle with
the side of his right shoot seemed a
kind Of desperate motion, the way he did it.
We'll" he said, cit was the last thing and it
didn't work. 1t certainly looks bad!"
1 agreed with him, and so did Mrs Massey
and so did Ciarissa when talked trouble
over later with them. Clarissa didn't offer
any hope, but seemed to feel she understood
the case better than her mother and did.
Didn't tell you nobody could do anything?"
she said. From the way Enid was always
ready to scalp the boy who showed any symp-
ION. knew all along she was Only p1llng
up symptoms in herself that would all break
out together some time the slightest excuse
You couldn't find slighter excuse than Mush-
melon Turpie. Of course; but that didn't matter
He just happened to walk in when the breaking
out time in Enid couldn't be postponed any
longer. When that time came It didn't make
any difference what kind Of q boy walked in
lust % 1t was one she wasn't used to-he was
certain to be it. Papa thought that kind of
thing could be dealt with Well, we've all
done every bit Of the dealing with it we could
and II you think it's ever going to do any good
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