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Show arried Life the Ul Third Year ten Leaves Helen on .pu ie Deck Alone and Si1 amends His Time in the J mnoking Room piMABEL HERBERT URNER. f oai 4Ltlu! first start of awakennKi flKelen had that curious sonsa-nt sonsa-nt HJjtion of not realizing where sho 3 lUliraB. Then the 6trange sur-n? sur-n? pHngs resolved themselves into ater, a Ateroom. lfnfjfc a few moments she lay list-Bl,,? list-Bl,,? to the rushinfr waves and the ned 2P,n thc ip. Tlien ver-r 1st, wjn, o as not to awaken War-fhi War-fhi the berth above, she climbed Sf the narrow bunk and over iie porthole. jT I was a wonderful glimpse of LJJ toorniug sun on the ocean. Far : "Ajjto thc horizon the deep blue j the waves was changing to a allic glitter as they caught the "ft, Rnd then broke into white Its of foam. Btri fut through her thin night dress jr Taalt air was piercingly cold. (rping into her bathrobe she ,g for the bath stewardess. only Warren would sleep un-'ENTlfiBhe un-'ENTlfiBhe could get dressed and out. m-tti stateroom was so small, she ilted to get all her thiugs put frojmy before he got up or he would ie iWflihplain again about her bringing J2B f truck " although it took her almost an ausei fa, 8he was all dressed and was 1 to Jin j, tying on her veil when he .kfUh h," turning with diffi-i diffi-i 'y in tlu-' narrow, creaking berth todijk ; pushing back the curtain. he u: ou up .' ' ' 1 -'t: Yes. dt.-r. I'm all readv to go h- t: deck. I thought I'd hurrv and !p re; 0l,t c0 von wouhlu t be 'e wotli Wed. ' ' Jafona fWhat time is it?" ''Ten minutes of eight," looking frouidj the tmy traveling dork which moms had put in one of the net :over tks. erso&i 'Oh, thst thing's not right they i:rt thc t :-rv. am on nu now r icta y twelve hours. It's nearer n-riuG l. King :'or the steward, there, iniet Ij'ou? V-d shut that port hole likwt ft infernallv cold m here." todivi 'It is shut. dear. Wait. I'll give sehria 1 20UT drCf?ln gown." 0"rtj, 'Hand up those slippers, too vJre by that suitcase. And see if too can t h) --r,- that steward as imn,!j5 go mil. Hustle him in here. ri?l.Jtook j :ni halt -m hour yesterday JrSlx mv bath " t ''3feer '":r!ir ui t :f' st?,n'ard an lt .K went up on deck. A number J' 'passeiigeis were walking about, a f"'w w---i .- already settled in of Br et'?,l"u r ('n:i'r?- indiriVl&s a Glorious Day. 'Jlwlt was a glorious da v. The deep Jc of the sky dotted, with fleecy ' Aiite clouds seemed almost exactly frrflecten in the deeper blue of 3 tfc sea. with its caps and white 5th. tfcBlen walked briskly up and 1311 wn, taking deep breaths of the in?"SlB air and gazing out at a 'w:il Miner that could .just be seen on k horizon. cohe was thinking of Warren and Benafcug ; e would spend more time rs tomb her today. Yesterday morn-liasehe morn-liasehe had tucked her up in her d ymmer hair and then strolled off luUfBbe smo': ing room, not reappear-jus' reappear-jus' 1 until lum h time. After lunch- mp : he had v.-:ilked her around the iuEJBk a lew moments, and again ;d, teKdled her up in her chair and Tihm her. jtffR-eadv for breakfast?" de-hjwfeded de-hjwfeded Warren, as h now came id M behind her. lob a J' Oh, ves." Then pointing to net ' steamer now hardly more than dllaftftint streak against the sky, jnjpWLook. dear there's a steamer If fat there. " jjf wjfever nund nhmit steamers now 0t'km hur.gr- It's this air and salt baths." And he hurried )S down. m . 3tthft long white dining saloon jmk its red velvet carpet and tift pairs. !ir;d its Ho-.v t laden tables Jtmoif afra.'f.-c idnfl'With an air of satisfaction War-.doh War-.doh took up the breakfast card. irf'Grape fruit, kippered herTing, a Spanish omelette that's TjJput mv ri?.e this morning. How ''jjpnt von?" throwing the card ttgkT to Helen. Jl'rn rorrv. sir, interrupted the gjfyrard apologetically, but we jm't serve anything but boiled and coffee after 10 o'clock." r-Jf'The d il von don 't'" Jpl' the -ule of the boat, sir." 5mWfdi. it's a now rule; other iT'jata of this line don't hare it." thffrarrfrn had never been on nnv pjjjer boat ot this line, but it was iUjl habit : i 1 1 Ti 'date waiters in gf lAc fuK-h sva v However, in this )rffne it did not work. Thc steward Uted, pret f"!)v attentive, hilt (iBoWthout anv sign of yielding. j.flfl'Brm-? f.n 'ou-- 1, ruled egg, then Litkott boiled," Warren finally r, jwled "I'll see the head stew-ie0' stew-ie0' jifl about this. Inter." yBut, dear. I suppose thev must. tve some rules," conciliated Hel--JB when the tew.nrd had gone for es Your Grandmother. 1 1 r' Rule randmother! When Ipflti iRf $17" for his passage BUjexpeefs som thing besides boiler! jks for breakfast - rules or no "f68, c'xt 1 'me T '11 go on n boa' rSlfW n" n 'n ''''' rtr' ";'"'rv'''r'- where pjta can get what you want and iu)5fcn von want il. Boiler eggs '"rffcr after 0 o'clock huh, that's tbKlne rule for an ocean liner " iwjjll-'Biit vou knew, dear, thev serve ."tb and sandwiches on deck at, Kjt 'clock. ' rtKfes. riuI I never touch that Tt4Ht What T want, in a substan MKireafJ,st not a lot of mdi-JBttble mdi-JBttble truck between meals." "'Bfe the ntewnrd came up with JJBofl'ee and the despised boiled i I i Br p'fi' steward 'says, bit, 'lRt hereafter if you'll get your I ffT in before 10 yon can be fr'r ' ' Von can send order bv vour stateroom stew-a-3U9t so it gets to the kitchen ore in " -A?(J 'Hiimph that's v:ome hetter." A ",' VriI'r''n- somewhat molli-lUIO molli-lUIO f. ought to know von isrf t ' ' 1 " r nr Hny H1K"h nilp" ri9 j Then turning to Helen as the, & mvr- 0(T- " SGO 7 ?t v,Jv'!,v ,0 humllfJ tnesfl fel" IP It' the '" i'" '' I U' t,,0m nndertand you know what good service is and that you intend to have it." "But T thought the service all over the boat was very good," protested pro-tested Helen. "It seems to me thev do everything thev can." " Why shouldn't they? They've got vou here for a week and it's up to them to make you comfortable. comfort-able. Besides there's 60 much competition com-petition now between these big lines that they've got to keep up their service or they don't get the passengers-' ' Warren's attitude was always that he was conferring a favor upon anything that he patronized, and he exacted and usually received, re-ceived, as he expressed it, "all that was coming." While Helen's attitude was wayB an apologetic one. She was always afraid she was asking too much or causing unnecessary trouble trou-ble Vet curiously enough it was Warren's ability to "lord it over" everybodv that wa for her a part of his fascination. The Band Was Playing. When they finished breakfast and went ur the band was playing on the saloon deck, where it plaved for an hour every morning. There was nothing that Helen loved more than to walk around the deck with Warren during these band concerts. The sea, the music and Warren beside her there was an intoxication about it all. But now when they had walked around onlv a few times, Warren paused before their steamer chairs. "Better lit down now and let me wrap you up." "Oh, no; not vet," pleadingly. "Do let's wnlk a little longer it's so lovely this morning.' Reluctantly he made a few more rounds and then drew up again before be-fore their chairs. The deck steward stew-ard had already brought urt their nips, and now Warren took up one and spread it over He'en's chair, holding the other Tcadv to put about her when she rot in. ? "Whv, vou 're giving me both rugs don't von want onef" Bhe tried to ask it naturally, as though of course she expected him to sit down beside her but she was fearful fear-ful of the answer. "No, I'm not roing to sit down. T'm dun for a rubber of whlt about now." "Oh. Warren." tremulouslv, 'von 're not going to spend the dav n that smoking room again f" "Who said anything about spending the dav In the smoking room! T said T wan going to plav off a rubber of whist." "And then vou '11 bo through? You're not going to leave me alone all the trip?" She knew she should not ask this- inst the quiver quiv-er In her voice would anger him. "T'm golnc to do exactly as T darn please1" sava-lv tucking the rug about her. "T'll mv time on this trip in the smoking room or wherever T see fit. Tf von think T'm going to hnng around von all the time .vou '11 get bad ly left." And he strode off, leaving her miserably conscious of the vm- t pathetic glances of two women who sat near, and who must have heard. Helen leaned back motionless, her eyes fixed far out n the waves. The band still played, but. for her all the iov had died out of the music. And iu spite of the sunlight glittering on the water, the ocean seemed now only a gray, dreary waste. |
