Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-01-31
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,, N TWO FARrsLFART TWO
Y me two following days were packed
ng there was to do on the ship.
always In the company Of one or
bre of the young men. The ones
10 we're not with her, were usually
In Blanche. But sometimes Blanche
X long walks with the clergyman,
captain or the army officer and
!, wife. She seemed to be always
/ billing with interest, in whosever
1 tnpany she was. always turning up
lod When the two girls were in the
me group Irene found that talk died
her lips. Blanche depressed her
Id she fell silent. She disliked
ancne. more and more, yet 1t was
ain that Blanche liked and admired
n. Everyone on board seemed to
mire her. Everyone knew that she
Is on her way TO Hollywood and ap-
rently took it for granted that fame
RATED her. Blanche would exclaim:
when you are star, with pink
lace in the hills. you must invite
to visit you"
In the afternoon, horse racing was
bid on the sheltered side Of the deck.
Fene dressed with special care for
us and, each day. had a front seat
Ear the finish. Though she had been
yenturesome in setting out across
he world she found that she simply
build not bring herself to bet on the
orSes. BY the time she had made up
er mind which horse to back, the
Zee was started. Also the thought OF
bsing money in this way was re-
elient to her. McNab was not for
citing either. He and she sat side by
|de, watching with keen interest but
hiking no part.
Blanche, on the other hand. put a
milling, sometimes more. on every
nee Luck seemed to follow her. She
lmoSt always won. Sympathetic
tiumph Irene began to hate her.
he said to her. after an especially
keiting race:
ITS funny for a missionary's daugh-
Yer 10 gamble. I wonder what your
ather would say"
Il don't believe he'd mind" said
blanche. jogging her handful Of sill
Ter You see, I shall give all my
INNINGS to the missions. I think
daddy would agree with the Jesuits.
hat the end justifies the means" she
FASTENED off to the next race.
The weather turned cold and the
Yea rough. They were in mid-Atlantic.
rene suddenly was seasick. She lay
|or two days in her cabin. feeling
kretched. She was reSentful too at
cSing all these hours from the COM
bany Of those whose help she hoped
|or. She was anxious about Mr.. Fitz-
kugh in particular. So much might de-
pend on the impression she made on
him She writhed, as she looked at her
bilious reflection In the glass. She
esked Mrs. Mayne what had been
happening in the last two days.
Just the same old thing" was the
cheerful answer. II always think one
Day is just like another on shipboard,
don't your"
two more days like the last, I'd want
to die"
oh. you'll soon be all right. You
look better even now"
Better! Did look worse than
|thts?"
Mrs. Mayne laughed comfortably.
|"Far worse" Then she repeated-"But
you'll soon be all right. I think 1t
would do you good to go up on deck
today"
How is that girl. Blanche some
thing r-other? I never can remember
her name"
Just the same. She seems to like
all sorts Of people. And all sorts of
people like her. She sat beside me
knitting for long while this morn
ing, She was asking about you. She
and Mr.. Fitzhugh are a good deal to-
gether."
Irene stretched out her hand for her