Evening star., 1933-10-01


~ ~ between a man with trousers
and boy who has been
" spanked 1t was the Rev. Mr..
Tinsmore informed him, that
the man with trousers wears a belt-"Do you
catch on, Mr.. Douglass?" Mr.. Douglass said
yes the man wore belt. the boy bore welt.
quite" said Mr.. Tinsmore, and his eyes
grew vague with searching his brain for
another.
Mr.. Douglass was annoyed because in the two
days that he had been on board the Seronia he
had become very tired of the way Mr.. Tins
more strung jokes together like Sausages. He
resented, Also that Mrs. Lenihan. who sat at
the same table. should laugh at them. He
envied them both their positions in the scale
of life-Mr. T1nsmore was secretary of
board of foreign missions: Mrs Lenihan had
buried a manufacturing jeweler.
For only two of his Al years-that was
during his short married nfe-had Mr.. Doug
lass felt that he was any part of existence.
After the death Of his nice little wife he soon
lost the memory of her face and the warmth
of her hand, and he was never quite able to
associate his daughter with himself. He did
what he could for her of course, but he was
relieved when she married Ralph Corbett He
had watched the Acme Sulphur Co. grow,
merge reorganize while he sat unaffected in
the accounting department. highly trusted
and poorly paid. His dreams of empire we're
gone when he was 40 and in their place was
hunger to taste the fruits that were reserved
for big guns. calm, dogged desire to step
through the portals of tho mighty and
browse bit.
CO, when the youngster from the Harvard
- Business School began to make the &C
counting department efficient and told
Mr. Douglass that he would not be needed any
more he rather welcomed being free. He had
81 500 in the bank and he had heard that a
sea voyage, next to the grave. was the greatest
leveler of mankind.
Mr. Douglass glanced about the dining room
that was executed in the quiet tones of the
newer modernism and thought it was some
thing, at least, to see so many people in eve
ming dress He noticed that table which
had been vacant at every meal, occupied
The people were young around 80. Their
clothes their grooming the erect carriage Of
their heads. lifted them out Of the heterogen-
city
Mr.. Tinsmore followed Mr Douglass's gaze
and whistled
What good fortune!" he said Their
names weren't on the passenger list
Whose names?" Mrs. Lanihan asked
Richard Van Skaat and his wife" Mr.
Tnsmore said.
the names Vanderbilt. Rockefeller, Whitney
1t was a sort of figure of speech that stood
for horses, yachts and SO on
Il knew this boys father WE'LL" Mr. Tins
more said expanding. He was a fine man
contributed most generously to our splendid
work hope the boy takes after him"
will you please tell me why" Mrs. Lenihan
said as though she had been personally af-
fronted, they haven't showed up before?"
They've probably been dining in their
suite" Mr.. Tinsmore said. you would be
amazed how people of their standing
peStered."
Mr.. Douglass detected a note of idolatry
in the sonorous voice. And Mrs Lehman
the woman's face flushed with excitement.
Mr.. Douglass excused himself and walked on
deck in the cold bracing air that came off the
Atlantic
The next day he kept to his cabin until
noon, when he began to wander over the ship
like lost SOUL
the warm sun above the game deck and
watched four men play deck tennis. He won
dered whether his hand ball training would
help him if he should play. He was spryer
on his feet than many men IS years
younger and he had held the club champion
ship once.
ONE of the men quit the game-his wife,
~ he announced, would raise Cain. The
others looked for fourth. There was no one
but Mr. Douglass One of them called to him,
"Care to play?" Mr.. Douglass replied that he
did not know the first thing about it. Neither
do we." the man said, Come on down.
He nervous in the opening plays netting
one, outing one and dropping one. Later at
the net he floated the ring into an uncovered
area for an easy point Mr.. Cleaves howled.
"Oh, mol" he cried. He can't play!'
"My partner" Mr. Yates said