Show Rogues Rogues' Gallery L H HI I y Y d cc a W M t IA- IA r 7 jr 1 After the Exhibition Jack Made a Beeline for her Table Before 1 I Could Say a Word and Asked Her to Dance Either the Boy Was a Very Good Dancer or the Girl Was So Expert She Made Him Look That I Way Because Pretty Soon Every One Was Watching Them BERMUDA BLOES BLUES By 81 KAY KENNEDY ND D all I J had to do J J. J G. G told A me was to keep the boy from Crom getting engaged already already al al- al There ha have hae e been two ready ready this winter he confided anti and It upsets his mother Besides paying them off orr Is beginning to run Into money Now down In Bermuda with you ou he can have ha a change from all this Broadway stuff and perhaps get some sense How Ilo about the boat boat boat- you boat you oll know shipboard romances I protested weakly J J. J G G. G Laughed Nothing to It Jack cant can't even en see a canoe without getting sea sea- sick Hell He'll be In his berth five e minutes minutes minutes min min- utes after neter they pull pun up the gangplank gangplank gangplank gang gang- plank and you Oll wont won't see him until you ou hit the Island That at nt least was a break and andI I looked forward with a lighter heart to the trip After Arter the kid got gotto gotto gotto to Bermuda n hed he'd been so busy playIng play play- Ing golf and swimming he ml might ht not have time for romance I promised m myself self grimly that hed he'd get so tired every enry day hed he'd be bc In bed bcd b by nine o'clock and glad to get there So It was settled Or so I thought While the steward was arranging our luggage In the cabin Jack pulled a n bottle out of his pocket Some medicine a n doctor pal ga gave ve me for seasickness he ex ex- Swears Its It's a sure cure I I woul wouldn't nt take It 1 If I 1 were you I said quickly Ive been traveling for Cor years and never ne have been heen sick yet yet that that kind of stuff stul only upsets you Jack looked at nt It dubiously Oh Ob well wen couldn't make me any sicker than I usually am nm and he tipped the bottle to his mouth I watched him anxiously at nt dinner dinner din din- dinner ner that night lIe He looked l all on right so 80 I kept urging food on him and finally sold him the mistiest nastiest looking piece of pastry I could see on the the tray for Cor dessert It almost threw me Just to look at It but Jack Jacl finIshed finished finished fin fin- cheerfully and turned to his coffee con as ns the ballroom dancers provided pro b by the line Une for the entertainment enter enter- of the passengers made their appearance Gee what a n swell looking gal chirped m my charge Ive seen better I said As a n matter of fact she was extremely pretty but I thought It advisable advisable advis nd able not to menU mention n that I thought so After the exhibition e. Jack made maden madea n a bee line for her table before I could say a n word and asked her to dance Either the boy was a n very ery good dancer or the girl girt was so expert she made him look that way because pretty soon every everyone one was watching them After a n tango that looked pretty professional proCessional to me I cau caught ht his attention and dragged him down to the cabin going to play deck Vleck tennis with me In the morning Jack In Informed Informed informed In- In formed with n a look In n his eye eve that I didn't like That me medicine Is certainly the goods never goods s never felt Celt better better better bet bet- ter In my ray n life fe We were running Into a n heavy sea seaby seaby seaby by then and blessed each wave as ns It lifted us Just high enough to drop us n again aln with n a good thud Each creak of the thc boat was music to me and I went to sleep certain of a fn free e day on the morrow When I T woke wole up Jack was dressed and taking a n swig from his medicine medicine medi medi- cine bottle bottlo I J started d to get up and then su suddenly lay flat fiat on my back again I 1 felt queer Very queer Sick asked Jack cheerfully Just n a IRtle IRUe under the weather must must have eaten something f that disagreed with me I T tried trIed to make my voice hearty Then Oh well th theres there's rc's no use going Into that I didn't leave the cabin till tillI I 1 got ot on the ten tender er at St. St Georges George's and even then I 1 didn't feel so hot Jack had hind been out of or sight most of or the time but considering ering my physical and mental con condition at atthe atthe atthe the time he could have gotten himself engaged to the captain and five fi stewardesses for all I care cared See Sec you jou ou on the tender he had said as ns I struggled to dress at nt the thelast thelast thelast last possible moment 1 I finally caught sight of or him standing with the girl an and her dancing lancing partner at atthe atthe atthe the rail of oC the e boat Swell pair of dancers those two said the man next to me fol following following fol- fol ol lowing my mj gazo Yes very good I wasn't Inter Inter- ested estell Too bad the first fellow got sick Ick but we wc sure had Imd some rough er or This was news to me nn and andI I didn't answer My wife thou thought ht the thc red headed boy who danced dance with her next night was wits better signed better signed up for Cor some lessons him while were we're at the hotel You know how ho women are I guess every female on the boat made a date with him For the first time In 24 hours bours I forgot my stomach The Tire red-headed red boy Perhaps I J didn't mention that Jack has the same flaming hair as ns J J. J G G. G You mean the thc one over o there In the brown suit Just at nt that moment the boy bey caught sight of or melIe me lIe Hey Uncle George 1 I have always always al nl- al- al ways disliked this form of or address as ns It seems to me that a n man of thirty-eight thirty still stilt has n a few good goodyears goodyears years ears ahead of oC him before he lie win win- dow shops dow shops for wheel chairs I Feeling FeelIng Feel eel In Ing better That didn't help either either J I would have preferred the whole affair to be forgotten Say what a n swell trip I I didn't want to bother you you with all of It while you were so sick Slightly Indisposed I murmured mur mur- It But gosh osh Nancys Nancy's dancIn dancing dane dane- In ing partner got sick as the devil and I pinch hit for him now Mr Townsend Townsen Townsend Townsend-he's hes he's he's hes the fellow that arranges arranges ar nr- ranges for the dancers to come comedown comedown comedown down to the hotel and do their stuff on the boat and all has all has hired L me too 00 He lie stopped to take a n breath You mean menn I said quietly that you have undertaken cn to dance with this Nancy Only part of the time Jack said sadly You see Jerry wont won't Ibe i be sick at the hotel botel Im I'm n afraid To continue You are one of ot other her dancing partners and you have been engaged to teach dancing at nt atthe atthe the hotel while we are there First Job I ever had had he ex ex- I e.-I All AU I 1 have hare to do Is donee with all the women who want lessons lessons les- les les les- sons sons sons- you sons you ou know one two three hop or something something and and get mon money y for or It t In fact he added modestly modestly mod mod- modestly estly If they like me well enough I can stay down here for the whole season mid arid then perhaps continue the Job In the New York stu studio Io Walt till un dad hears about It I My r two weeks In Bermuda can cnn be passed over quickly There Is no point here In n discussing my golf scores although I must say they were pretty good or in describing In detail the cablegrams I had received received received re re- from New York Jack came cameto cameto cameto to the boat to see me off oft He couldn't wait for the final farewells as ns h he had to give he two dancing lessons lessons lessons les les- sons to some girls who had arrived the day before beCore He ne did lid however have ha time to shout at nt the top of d a pair of disgustingly lv healthy young oun lun lungs s that he hoped I woul wouldn't nt be beso beso beso so sick on the return trip I T haven't seen J J. J 0 G. G since I got back p Say Kay Kenne Kennedy 7 SY N |