Evening star., 1933-04-18

4 II EANWHILE Mill sat at the
Hu cleared table and waited for
V Wolzogen. The hrst half-hour
/ i went fairly quickly; the Sec
ond followed at q snail's pace.
The lounge began to empty, the music
was now playing only to half . dozen
very young. tireless couples.
A steward came up to her and asked
to what cabin number he should charge
her bill. She was very much frightened
and had to confess that she did not
belong, up here at AZ. but had come
from third class. In that case, he said.
hadn't q penny with her. Almost weep
Ing, she said she had been invited up
here. BY whom, might he ask?
But Mill didn't know the name Of
the gentleman who had invited her.
Mill was very much surprised to md
that she didn't know the name OF her
friend. She thought this was extremely
funny and laughter began to rise In
her throat, but 1t got stuck there be-
cause the steward looked terribly Sc
rious, and 50. instead, tears weIed up
in her eyes.
She hovered between laughter and
tears when suddenly three men, talk
ing English. entered the room. At the
neighboring table some one said. LOOK
that Is Stephanson."
Immediately Mill forgot the stern
steward and her awkward position; aer
curiosity held her enthralled. With her
hungry eyes she took In the three men
at once. One was the ships doctor
the second was . young ofdcer. 80 the
dark man in Light dannels must be
Stephanson. stephanson. one Of the
yirhasf mon IN the world
What can Q little wisp Of . girl do.
q girl who looks like hundreds Of
others-what can she do to attract the
attention Of the master Of uncounted
millions? There was no time for re-
Election, and what she did she did en-
tirely tmpulsively. It was some little
devil who inspired her and who 50 skill
fully directed her hand that she upset
the bottle Of mineral water at the very
moment when the three men passed
her table. What Is more, 1t was so
cleverly done that the contents Of the
bottle poured over the edge Of the table
and splashed onto Stephanson's white
fannels.
"I'm 20 sorry" cried Mill . little
too loudly, and she leaped to the res
cue with her table napkin even more
quickly than the frightened steward.
Naturally, stephanson would not ac-
cept her help.
That's quite all right" he said, and
had already gotten over the slight an
noyance every one feels when anything
has been spilled over him. Really, its
nothing! A douche on such q hot day
from such . beautiful hand"
He reached out for the hand which
held the table napkin. At this very
moment It occurred to Mill how very
unattractive, how red and uncared-fol
her hand was, and involuntarily she hid
It behind her back. She blushed. and
her eyes flashed with anger on account
Of her poverty. She was sure that
Stephanson had misunderstood her ges-
ture and her nervousness. Surely he
was taking her for an excessively shy
creature, for . Wild savage who was In
nocent and knew nothing Of the world
As q matter Of fact, he was rather sorry
for her. yet at the same time she stirred
him. 1mpelled by two such powerful
emotions. he would, at any other time
Of the hand which refused to be kissed
but at the moment he had no time for
nonsense. He put two fingers OF his
own hand upon her pouting lips, bowed
with exaggerated politeness, and disap-
peared with the other men.
The steward alone remained, and he
elected Mill without further ado. I,
wasn't because Of the tea which hadn't
been paid for, but because she had
drunk this tea in the company of q
gentleman whose name she didn't
know, and because she had Intentionally
upset a bottle Of mineral water.
"Atrocious manners" he grumbled, a
he laid q clean cloth on the table.
It was o'clock In the morning. Mr.
Bartlett, the great statesman, was ac-
customed to ride horseback for an hour
before breakfast. He was now sitting
In the gymnasium on wooden horse
and was mechanically going through
the accustomed motions. Harry Haw-
kins, Stephanson's stock exchange man