Show The Evening Telegrams Telegram's Daily Shor Story J SALLY OF THE SEA SEABy By CATHERINE COOPS COOPE Copyright 1014 1914 b by the McClure Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper syndicate John Bellew had always hated th the sea Never ever had he crossed the ocean and he hoped ho lie never would Somehow he had hada a premonition that tho sea fea held some vast ast secret whether tt tragedy or comedy corned he lie knew not but he feared to t test Its power When t the c opportunity car came to him to travel el for foe a year after his college examination exam exam- he refused and later when business really demanded a trip across to Liverpool U he threw tho trio responsibility on another r man and remained in New York Now however r. r the stress of oC business forced foreM him cither to take tak a n. quick trip or 10 lose 13 a great reat contract Bellow Bellew cursed his fate and made hurried hurried hur hur- ried preparation for tor the voyage lI He lle would sail pall on tho the Lusitania and amI thereby y reach teach foreign shores in a scant six days das His dl disposition and his office force suffered suf suf- fored during the thc days das before tho the ship sailed Bellew had told himself on man many occasions occasions occa occa- that there was vas something fundamentally fundamentally funda funda- mentally wrong with a person who ho could elect to take a round trip on an ocean liner for sheer Joy of sailing There was nothing worse in his estimation than to tobe tobe tobe be be literally thrown into an appallingly close proximity to a thousand strange people and to have to eat sleep and epen spend ever every hour of ot the day with these theeo same people He ne felt that inano questions questions ques ques- would be hurled at him from morning morn morn morning In ing until night in efforts to make mako con con- On th the other hand h he did lid not want to be put putdown Clown as a l snob Also ho he hofelt felt po positive that sea sickness would assail as- as sail eail him and make him want to to Jump overboard However all aU his hla fears tears wore were In a way minimized when the great reat ship sailed smoothly out and past Sand Sandy Ho Hook I A cursory cursor glance over the people on deck told him that th thy they y were a harmless enough looking crowd and not lacking In a variety of attractive girls lrI Bellew cheered up considerably and ana even strolled the full length of or the deck with a Q perfectly pet per strange and garrulous lawyer from the South who ho wanted to know lenow all about him from the tine cradle to to his present thirty thirty- summer record Later L. in the evening when a a. soft and timid moon trailed up and ov over r the ek sky Bellew found himself treading the upper d deck ck with a most bewitching maiden whose eyes reflected the moon rays ras in so 80 generous a manner that Bellew did not noto po go o b below low until the moon was WOoS well over the heavens hea Much luch to his amazement ho he realized that tha t the soft sort motion of ot the boat bOllt the swish of ot water anI and the rhythmic chug pf of tho the engines engines' gave c him a sense or of re rest reel t such as the noise nole of ot tho the city had nover never offered him When hen morning came and ho lie saw roW the great vista of ot sunlit water and know knew that his inner was most doll delightfully comfortable Bellew pondered over o his hisor or erstwhile antipathy toward ocean tra travel el It was waa not until after beef beet tea had be been n served 4 and he r remembered rn business bu cares caru that he ho really learned the reason reaton On for his premonition It was 11 oc o'clock ek on the morning of ot his second cond cIa day out that bUsI busl- ness letters Impelled him to s ek tk out a and dictate te them to her For the first in his life Bella cv re regretted regretted re- re the claims of ot business He w wont went nt b below and sought a a- a typist The Tho seagoing ateno stenographers W were war r for COr the mOment moment mo mO- ment reent all om engaged Aged and BeU Bellew w was obliged ed to wait waft va It until on one wee was free to take tak his lett letters re When finally a cott cotton n brok broker r Came out of or th the tha office riM nearest rut w ho stepped in and gazed blankly at tho girl Irl sitting at her typewriter t Humph ho he muttered I r 1 see now h why so much business Is dono done on one ship board Goo Gee whiz what whiz what A beauty Did you say MY iy anything an Sally P Parker looked straight ht into lido Bellew s 's eyes ees an and 1 that thU young nun nan knew then and th there re what his fears Of the ocean had meant H He was was to b be bEl e m mand made ade captive on the sea sea and Bellew Bellow hated bon bondage of ot au any kindI kindI kindy kind I y want to dictate ems omo letters letter he lie said eaid more ote or 01 less Are Ar Are you not feeling well wen well Sally Salty asked with a peculiarly irritating sweetness I Iam nm am so 56 torn corn to for people who cant can't stand th the tho sea Perhaps If It your our letters could wait walt you Ou will 11 feel fed better Itter tomorrow onO one ono da day mak makes s such a difference e. e I will write mUe them now now Bellew Belt neU w said and Sally Sall put racer paver in her machine wIthout without with out another r word The TDA dictating went on smoothly enough h. h and when the tho lett letter r was wan finished finished fin fin- ana another one ne started Bell Bellew w found himself inwardly After Arter all cU bon bondage afe to a girl Irl like Sill Sally wax was going to prove rather Interesting That she rhe he woe HOB possessed of or a great a amount of t Ind-e Ind inde Ind independence was noticeable In the toss of ot t h her r 11 head d and the tho level look Jook In her ber blue ores eyes Bellow Bellew wondered re 1 If It he h ever evor came mo on deck eck deckand deckand and anti what hat nho would tt b se liko aWIl away from her typewriter But Hut he na a e Itt destined not to know irm much h c. c H r b n l h of ot the Iho day during tho trip over o and when whon Liverpool was reached she seemed to dl dis disappear appear with madden maddening In swiftness from froin the wharf Bellew cursed curse his lily into fate a again cain and from the tho moment he stepp stepped cd from rom the gangplank he lived only for the tho moment mo me- ment merit when he would again step on It He called himself every er kind of ot a fool for tOr falling Jailing hea headlong long in love e with a seafaring seafaring sea sea- faring stenographer apher but that fact tact did not frighten away the picture of ot a golden head bending over a a. typewriter I am every kind hind of an Idiot he repeated repeated re- re many times a day to when he watched ev every cry ry r feminine fig fig- fl ure If Ie that girl Isn't on the sailing homo home I most certainly will Jump Bellew began to feel again his erstwhile erstwhile erst erst- while hatred for the ocean but his present present pres pre ent feeling was wag due t to a fear that Sail Sally would not be on the ship and that the sea would be a an n vast t mile space be between between be- be tween him and her His His' business In Liverpool ol proved pro a a flattering flattering- success and when he again went wept up the gangplank lank to board the ship I It was with a startlingly weak pair of ot kne knees s and a heart that beat with painful ra rapidity I I would bo be worry sorry for tor myself If It love lo camo came to me moro more than once in a lifetime if Je this is tho the it bowls bowl way one over o he heiM iM himself with a short laugh If that girl wont won't listen n to me me-It me it will trill bo be all up with yours Ours truly However ho he had been crossing man many bridges before the they camo came even Into BI sight ht Sally was at her post in the typewriting office and she looked up with a a. most charming smile when whon Bellew stood tood beside her Tier herI I 1 want you to take down a letter Imn- Imn immediately im frn- mediately he said and Sally Sany put a afresh afresh afresh fresh sheet of paper in her machine Dear dictated Bellow Dellow darling Girl darling Girl of or the Sea Sea u This letter lotter Is rather of at a n. private nature nature na na- na ture tur suggested Sally looking In a very ry startled fashion at Bellew I love lovo you ou continued tho the young oung man and watched with delight th the color that leaped into Sallys Sally's cheeks If It you OU wont won't try to return my my love loe I shall Jump jump- OI I r wouldn't do an anything desperate despera to Sally interrupted with a soft laugh It delays the trip when lifeboats have ha to lo lobe tobe tobe be lowered to fish Ish for people who act foolishly It wouldn't bo be acting foolishly Eel Bel hew lew said with more feeling than he thought himself capable of ot Life wouldn't be worth a n. farthing to me if It you OU refuse me Sally please Sally please dont don't refuse to love lov me ho lie pleaded boyishly Sally lau laughed hed and her level blue eyes met his with a world of warmth In them The typewriter remained idle for tor Sallys Sally's fingers ers were engaged I t did not sa say I 1 intended to refuse she tol told 1 him Wonderful thing thing the tho ocean Bellew mut murmured |