Evening star., 1940-07-15
CHAPTER w,

aiens. she takes them up and says she
will so.
CHAPTER w.
It was the third day out and
nothing had happened except Phyllis
had met Algae and he had fallen
head over heels in love with her, to
the exquisite JOY of Ada Burwick
and her mother, and to the all too
evident satisfaction of Dick Wieland.
"Of all the idiots I have ever
encountered, Dick had said to Ada
frequently (the first time being
after Phyllis had left them at lunch
sailing day. "OBrien is by far the
worst"
And as often as he said this, Ada
replied, "Oh, Dickie, isn't she alb
'surd? Imagine"
But Dicks satisfaction in the
pairing off of Phyllis and the man
named Algae was not as complete
as it might have been. In the first
place, Phyllis was pretty ideal as a
shipboard companion. She was an
excellent swimmer and diver and
presented easily the most attractive
figure displayed around the tank.
Not that Ada wasn't all right, but
the follow-through for a cherubic
and bright-eyed face was, with her
as with others, much too generous
for real beauty. Phyllis figure was
firm and 1.-THE, almost athletic. Her
walk was a rhythm of grace and
self-confidence. Every movement OF
her body was smooth, easy, sure.
There were always more watchers
when she was in the pool, and the
vast majority Of them were men.
Algae Shows How.
When Algae first offered Phyllis
advice on how to improve her swan
dive a violent scene was for mo-
ment impending.
ut isn't that you don't dive we'll, y
he said, looking at her slightly side
wise, as if cautioning against an un-
ruly outburst. Its just that you
come down a trif1e too fast. That's
why you splash more than you
should. Here, I'll show you what I
mean"
With that he climbed up the lad
der and ran lightly to the edge Of
the board and with apparently no
effort at all executed a beautiful
swan. And just before he touched
the water his head slid between his
upraised arms, taking all of the arch
out of his body and permitting it to
enter the water as smoothly as a
lance.
1t wasn't the first time he had
been in the pool, but it was the first
time he had done anything in the
way of diving other than few cas-
ual leaps off the edge of the tank,
Phyllis had quietly revelled in ex-
ceiling in one thing that he hadn't
the nerve even to try. And all the
time he had been picking flaws in
her performance. She stood with
her hands on her hips waiting for
him to approach her. When he
climbed out of the water at her feet
and shook the wet hair out of his
eyes, she said nothing; just looked
at him. And when he finally said
do you see what I mean?" she
started to speak and then had to
cough, her throat was so dry.
"You Are a Cad"
"You are cad," she finally said
and turning abruptly she walked
away. Had she looked back before
descending the companionway she
might have had the pleasure of see
ing Algae looking very awkward and
elf-conscious, with all eyes upon
him and half a dozen ill-concealed
laughs rising from the gallery.
This wasn't the first time Phyllis
and Algae had clashed since the
cruise began, but at the same time
there had been many hours during
which something of truce had
prevailed and they had had genuine
fun together.
At the dance before dinner the
hrst day out, for instance. That was
when they met for the first time,
for the benefit of Dick Wieland and
Ada. It had been we'll carried of,
because Phyllis made a point of
coming into the salon where she
knew Dick would be waiting, shortly
before Ada arrived. Then, when
Dick courteously got up and started
to walk toward her, Algae got up
from where he was sitting near by
and got to her first.
May I introduce myself?" he
asked, bowling graciously and look
Ing far handsomer than she had had
any idea he would in his well-cut
tails. Dick came up at that moment
before she could reply and he was a
trif1e awkward, not knowing Algae
and certain that Phyllis didn't
either. He probably hadn't heard
Algaes opening remarks.
Algae Meets Dick.
Hello, Phyllis" Dick had said.
~ShaM we have ourselves cocktail
while we wait for the others?" He
had looked with a bit of confusion
at Algae, who stood quite still, look
Ing into Phyllis eyes. She looked
from one to the other, then blushed
becomingly and held out her hand
to Algae.
This is Mr.. Wieland," she said
turning her eyes toward Dick. I'm
sorry, I"
"It is a pleasure" Algae said
stiffly, inclining his head toward
Dick. Then he looked back to
Phyllis: MY name is Algernon Beet
root" he said, and she noted a bare
trace of a smile at the corners OF his
mouth. Nervously she wondered II
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