Show tiff REE mer N BY J P G AN AND DA A MA MAID 1 INT copyright by george H R doran co BILUE BILLIE ur mrs 1 horace hignett world famo famous us writer on theosophy author of the spreading light etc air etc arrives ires in new york on lecturing lestur lne tour eustace her ton mon Is with it nr her ancestral home borne of the Hlyn Ilig etts Is his wr life lit is largely devoted to keeping him hi unmarried enter enle hr br neph nephew ew sam son on of sir mallaby marlowe the eminent london lawyer it is I 1 arranged that sam kod and eustace shall mail all torether 0 on n the atlantic the next day agy enter bream mort mortimer 1 mer american son of it friend of an american named bendett Bena Bella ett letL who has ba been pestering mrs mr hignett to lease breard informs her that wil belmida heini ln bennett la 13 waiting tor for butac at the little church round the corner brearn him it if is 1 in I 1 love with wilhelmina mr honett marches off to eustace caces room the scene shifts to the atlantic at t her pier sam heading for the gangplank pang plank meet a 9 glorious redheaded red headed girl with whom ishom he instantly falls in love though her dog bites him eustace appears appear heartbroken heart broken it appear that his mother had pinched his trousers and delayed the ceremony whereupon Wilbel mins had declared dic lared tile wedding off sam sain Is pushed overboard has baa a desperate struggle in the water with another swimmer and plans to rejoin the atlantic at quarantine CHAPTER 11 continued 4 the ne trousers did not even quiver hut this girl was a girl of decision there was vass some nautical implement resting in a chek convenient to her hei bund blind it was long iong solid and constructed ted of one of the harder forms forma of wood deftly extracting this troia from its it place she smote her inoffensive par ent on the only visible portion of him ba B turned sharply exhibiting a red bearded face ta pa this gent gentleman lemin wants to be took aboard the boat at quarantine lgee B U give you fifty berries the te wrath died out of the skip skippers pees face like the slow turning down of a to amp the fishing had been poor and so 10 far he bad only managed to secure a single ingle two dollar bill in a crisis like the one which had bad so BO suddenly arisen you cannot do yourself justice with a boat hook fifty berries I 1 fifty seeds the girl assured him are you on queen said the skipper simply you ald aid a mouthful twity minutes later sam was as hining up the side of the uner as it lay lowering over the tug like a mountain clothes hung bung about him clammily he squelched as he be walked A kindly looking old gentleman who was smoking a cigar by the rail regarded him with open eyes my lly dear sir air boure oure very wet he will syn passed him with a cold face and hurried through the door leading to the why Is that man wet 7 cried I 1 ie clear voice of a R child sam whizzed by leaping down the stairs good lord ter youre very betl I 1 said id a steward ta in the doorway of the diniah saloon you are wet said a stewardess in the passage sam raced for his bis stateroom he bolted in and sank on the lounge in the lower berth eustace Illg nett was wag lying with closed eyes he opened them hem languidly then stared hullo I 1 he said 1 I bayl youre elsam removed his clinging garments slid nd hurried into a new suit he was in BO mood for conversation and eustace Hig frank curiosity jarred upon him happily at this point a udden sudden shivering of the floor and a creaking of woodwork proclaimed the fact art that the vessel was under way gain and his cousin turning pea iren green rolled over on his side with a hollow moan sara sam finished buttoning his kl vest and went out he be was passing the inquiry bureau on oa the C deck striding along with bent bead ad and scowling lirow brow u when uben ben a sudden exclamation caused him to look ID ud and the scowl was A blied flied from his bis brow as with a sponge for there stood to tile the girl he had met on the dock with lui her was waa a superfluous young will wh looked like a parrot oh bw are you asked the girl splendid thanks said sam you get very wet 1 I ud did get a little damp I 1 thought you would said the 1 l nan man who looked uke like a parrot erectly ly i saw gaw you go over the bide I 1 mid aid to myself that fellows going to get weir sa billere was vas a pause oh ohl V said abri tb girl may I 1 ur mr r marlowe farlov Mar lov e mr ILL ld marlowe arloe mr brearn bream sam ml irked at the young man the I 1 lung S roan man smirked at sara sam X arly arly got left behind sald said bream Or ort tAner nier YOG M nearly NO 0 loke joke getting arft behind nol NO 1 ato H Is tu t U tb ur next boo bo loe a ia lot of u time said mid ur mr mortimer ralmer driving home his point tile alie girl had listened aed to these in III exchanges with impatience she now spoke again oh Brea bream lull I 1 ll hello ellor do be a dear and run nin down to the saloon and see it if its all right about our places for lunch it Is 18 all right the th table steward said sa id so E yes but go and make certain all right ile he hopped away and the girl turned to sam ham with shining eyes oh mr marlowe you to te linie done really you tl yon might have been drowned I 1 but I 1 never saw anything so wonderful it was like the stories of knights who ubo us used ed to jump into lions dens after gloves 1 V yes said sam a litle vaguely the resemblance had not struck him it seemed a silly hobby bobby and rough on the lions too it was the sort of thing sir launcelot or sir galahad would have donel but you have hare bothered really I 1 its ml all right now oh its all right now yes rd id quite forgotten that mr mortimer was to be on board lie he has given me all the money I 1 shall need you see it was this way I 1 had bad to sail on this boat in rather a hurry fathers head bead clerk was to have bare gone to the bank and got some money and met me on board and given it to me but the silly old man was late and when he be got to the dock they had just pulled in III the gangplank gang plank so lie tried to throw the money to me in a handkerchief and it tell fell into the water but you yon have dived in after it oh welli well said sam straightening his ue tle with a quiet brave smile he ra d 71 oh you are the man poor pin panky ky doodles boodles bit had bad never expected to feel grateful to that obese bounder who had shoved him off the rail but now lie he would have liked to seek him out and offer him his bankroll ban kroll you really are the bravest man maill I 1 ever met betl I 1 ob lob no how modest you arel but I 1 tup nul pose all brave men are mod modest estl 1 I was only too delighted at what looked like a chance of doing you a service it was the extraordinary quickness of it that was so wonderful I 1 do admire presence of mind you hesitate for a second you just shot over tile alie side a as though propelled by some gome irresistible forcel force it was nothing nothing really one just happens to havis have the knack of keeping ones head and acting quickly ill C 13 on the spur of the moment some people have it some ba vent and just think As brearn bream was saying ait oit it Is all right said mr mortimer reappearing suddenly 1 I saw a couple of stew ards and they both said it was all right so its all right splendid said the girl oh brearn bream 1 I hello fellor do be an angel and run along to my stateroom and see gee if pinky boodler boodles Is quite comfortable bound to be yes but do po fro lie H may be feeling lonely chirrup to him a little Ch chirrup irrupT yes to cheer him up oh all right run along mr mortimer ran along he bad ard the air of one who iho feels that lie he only needs a peaked cap and a uniform two sizes too small for him to hit he it a properly equipped boy toy and as brearn bream wan nab byln re glided the girl you might have been left k ft behind that said sam edging I 1 step that for to rurel lure d thought closer close r was the 0 so o friendship friendA dp me the thought th that at a delightfully besun ben lave hav we but it begun never spoken to each other th er b before alor now have you forgotten on the dock 1 sudden enlightenment came into her eyes oh you are the man poor pinky boodles boodler bit betl I 1 the lucky man danl I 1 her face ace clouded toor poor pinky Is feeling the motion of the boat a little its his bis first voyage 1 I shall always remember that it was pinky who first brought u us 1 together would you care tor for a stroll 1 on deck not just now thanks I 1 roust must be getting back to my room to finish unpacking after lunch perhaps 1 I 1 will be there by the way you know my name but oh miner she smiled brightly its funny that a persons name Is the lost last thing one thinks of 0 as asking king acine Is bennett Beat iett bennett I 1 Wilhelm wilhelmina lna bennett sly my friends she said softly as she turned away call me Bl Illel 1 CHAPTER III for some moments sam remained where he was staring after the girl as she flitted flirted down the passage lie ile felt dizzy listening to eustace Hig story of his blighted romance sara sam had formed an unflattering opinion of this Wil belmina bennett who had broken oft off her engagement simply because on the day of the marriage his cousin had been short of the necessary vt wedding edding garment he had indeed thought a little smugly how different his goddess of the red hair was from the object of eustace signett affections and now they had proved to be one and the same it was disturbing it was like suddenly finding the vampire of a the he reel feature film turn into the heroine some men on making the discovery of this girls identity might have felt that providence had bad inter bened to save them from a disastrous entanglement this point of view never occurred to samuel marlowe the way he looked at it was that be had been all wrong about bennett eustace he felt had been to blame tl throughout kroug hout if this girl had maltreated mal treated eustaces eustacel Eust aces finer feelings then her reason for doing so must have been excellent and praiseworthy after all poor old eustace quite a good fellow no doubt in many ways but coming down to brass tacks what was there about eustace that gave him any license to monopolize the affections of a wonderful girl where in a word did eustace ilig clignett nett get off ile he made a tremendous grievance of the fact that she abe had bad broken off the engagement but what right had lie he to go about the place expecting her to be engaged to him eustace hignett nig nett no doubt looked upon the poor girl as utterly heartless marlowe arlowe SI regarded her behavior as thoroughly sensible she had bad made a mistake slid and realizing this at the eleventh hour she had bad the force of character to correct it he was waa sorry for poor old eustace but he be really could not permit the suggestion that bennett her friends called her baille had not behaved in a perfectly splendid way throughout it was women like wll wil belmina bennett to her intimates who made the world worth living in her friends called her he did not blame them it was a delight gotzh 4 t sit dohnt he said dont stand there SW swaying abing aying like that I 1 cant bear it ful name and suited her ber to perfection lie he practiced it a few times billie billie it certainly ran pleasantly off tile the tongue billie bennett aery very musical billie mar lowe still better we noticed among those present the charming and popular mrs biro billie mar marlowe loue desire came over him A cossu consuming ming to talk about the girl to 60 some we one obviously indicated as the party of 0 the rt second part as eustace capable 0 speech it eutace eustace was still till and after BB all tte boat wits was eardly rolling at all he would enjoy a further farther chat about his bis ruined life besides be bad another reason tor for seeking eustaces eustacel Eust aces society As a man who had been actually engaged to marry this supreme girl eustace hignett bad an attraction tor for sam akin to that of some great public monument ile H had become a sort of shrine he had taken on a sam entered the stateroom almost reverentially with something of the emotions emotion of a boy going into tits his first dime museum the exhibit was lying iring on his baralt baeck staring at the roof of 0 the berth iv irv lying absolutely still and forcing himself to think of purely inland scenes and objects he be had bad contrived to reduce the green in his complexion to a mere mera tinge but it would be paltering faltering palt ering with the truth to say that he felt debonair ile he received sam with a wan austerity st sit t down he said dont stand there swaying like that I 1 cant bear it why we arent out of the harbo barbot yet surely you arent going to b seasick already 1 I 1 can issue no positive guarantee perhaps it if I 1 can keep my off it I 1 have had bad good results for the dinst ten minutes by thinking steadily of the sahara there said eustace hignett with enthusiasm la is a place for you 1 thatis that Is something like a spot I 1 miles rod and miles of sand and not a drop of water anywhere sam sat down on the lounge youre quite right the great thing Is to concentrate your mind on other topics why not for instance tell me some more about your unfortunate affair with that garl ballie bennett I 1 think you said her name was wilhelmina bennett where on i en earth rth did you get the idea th that at her n nine name wa was 8 billie 1 I had bad a notion that girls called were sometimes billie to their friends 11 1 I never call her anything but bot at wll helmina helm lna but I 1 really cannot talk about it the recollection tortures me just what you want its the counter irritation principle persevere and soon forget that youre on board ship at all theres something in that admitted eustace reflectively its very good of you to be so sympathetic and interested my dear fellow any anyta tAng ang that I 1 can do where did you meet her first for instance 7 at a dinner eustace alg nett broke off abruptly he had bad a good memory and he be had bad just recollected the fish they had bad served at that dinner a flabby and exhausted look ing fish halt half sunk beneath the surface of a thick white saum sauce and what struck you most forcibly about her at first her lovely hair I 1 suP suppose Doser how did you know she had lovely hairr hair sly my dear chap I 1 nat naturally rurally ashamed that any girl with whom you fell in love would have nice hair well you are perfectly right as it happens her hair was remarkably beautiful it was red like autumn leaves with uie tile sun run on them said marlowe ecstatically what an extraordinary thing 1 that is an absolutely exact description iier her eyes were a deep blue or rather green blue green there Is a shade of green that looks blue what the devil do you biow about the color of her eyes demanded eustace heatedly am I 1 telling you about her or are you telling mer me my dear old man dont gt get excited dont you see I 1 am trying to construct that girl in my imagination to visualize her I 1 dont pretend to doubt your special knowledge but after all green eyes generally do go with red hair and there are all shades of green there Is the bright green of meadow grass the dull green of the uncut emerald the faint yellowish green of your face at the present moment dont talk about the color of my face now youve gone and reminded me just when I 1 was beginning to torget forget awfully sorry I 1 stupid of me I 1 tet I 1 your mind off it again quick l what were you saying oh yes this girl I 1 always think it helps one to form a mental picture of people if one knows something about their tastes what sort of tiling thing they are interested in their favorite topics of conversation and so on this miss bennett now what did slie site like talking about oh ob all sorts of things yos yes but what well for one tiling 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