Evening star., 1933-04-29
LUXURY LINER
BY Gina KaMs-
s0oPYRdoHT. 1898, DY oNA xAus)

Its because Of the Shipping gamble, I"
he said. This fellow Stephanson has
/ got them all in a pretty mess. But Mr..
! Exl needn't make such a row about it
he got more out Of the American than
he lost"
Mill was sitting on the well-uphol-
stored bench in the lift At meal time
there were no passengers. And the boy
told her all he knew-about the fabulous
"Rosy-star" which Stephanson had
bought for the Baroness Mergentheim,
but had not given to her, because last
night she had carried on with the piano
player from the bar, who really was a
Russian prince.
Can you understand it?" asked the
bright lad. "Stephanson would have
put his millions at her disposal To hook
big fish like that, and then let him
get away"
No. little Mill could not understand
it. Quite incomprehensible, this Fried
erike person.
And Prince Glebon is an ass too"
continued the lift boy. He could have
become rich man overnight"
"How?" But before he could reply,
she moaned Il am dreadfully hun
CRY. My mother has"
He patted her on the shoulder and
ran off. risking leaving the lift alone
for 10 minutes. He went to the buffet
and bought two huge ham sandwiches
and a bagful of cakes.
Prince Gleboff," he went on. while
Mill was taking huge bites. could have
been a rich man overnight, II only he
had paid little more attention to the
crazy Mrs. Morris. Every night this
10 hor r,1o of hA hay
next to the piano, orders him cham
payne and gives him hundreds Of dollars
in tips. Finally she wrote him let
What marvellous pearls she's got, J"
Mill interrupted with her mouth full
And her relatives have put her un-
der trusteeship, because she goes
entirely off her head every time she
falls In love" the boy went on "She
isn't allowed to spend more than
50 100000 year. The two chaps that
always dangle after her are what you
might call her attendants. One of them
Is doctor, the other a lawyer
imagine they've got tough job. those
do for dear moneys sake!"
Both sighed profoundly-lit Mill
Lensch and her new friend, the lift
boy This little kid from the third
class In some way or other belonged to
him. They felt a brother-sister kind
Of sympathy for each other; they un-
derstood each other without having to
tell it in so many words. Here both
Of them were sitting in the first class,
though they did not belong here, yet
both were determined, each in his own
way, to rise to this world of wealth.
Together they bemoaned the power Of
money-but they bowed down before
that power.
II shall never forget this" said
Mill. when after having finished her
meal she wiped her mouth-with the
back Of her hand. just as she used to
do at home after she had swallowed her
| food standing in the kitchen
There was q ring for the lift from
B deck. As quick Is lightning, Mill
! took him by the head. pressed a kiss
upon his mouth and slipped out of the
! door.
! A few minutes later Mr.. Exl ap-
| preached Kohler In the wireless room
HAS the final quotation on German
Shipping come in YETI" he asked.
"Ninety-two," said Kohler indiffer-
emily.
"Ninety-two," Exl repeated over and
over again, as If he had to learn care
fully what this figure meant.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow