Show A cruise for love by LEETE STONE 10 0 by mcclure pr pur p r service S idea 1 by side bide moored to BO close to each other that they could just clear wl with t it the shifting of the tides floated two craft A portraiture of 0 ironic contrast one was the palatial steam yacht versailles the pleasure hobby of young gregory anson who was using his youth to poke the I 1 lissome prow of hla his pet into nil all unfamiliar ports the other was a long squat lumber scow recently free frea of a load of cypress from some southern port gregory had guests for dinner this night from the open portholes port holes of the dining salon floated gay laughter serious beriou s talk and the congenial warming cl clink ank of fragile glasses in addition to two chums his fiancee and her mother who were making the cruise with him there were on board it a famous portrait painter and a noted engineer all but gregory and loua lona lascelles were lingering at table these two had excused themselves and were up above leaning against the bridge rail mil youre very silent not like yourself at all tonight lona gregory finally murmured the matter old girl you know I 1 love you know ill do everything to make you happy why weve grown up together you ought to know me by this time just the trouble greg dear I 1 do know you oh im a foolish idealist of course I 1 love you and youre never earned it dollar in your life not net even me greg ive always dreamed of marrying a man who if he had to could make his way vay without a dollar to start with greg dear if you knew women a little better I 1 think understand sorry if I 1 seem to hurt you A comans womans got to do more than just love a roan man sties got to look up to him its her nature I 1 yes lonal I 1 understand while you were talking I 1 wanted to give you a good shaking just as I 1 used to do when you filched candy out of my pockets at school hut but I 1 got a sudden hash flash at your viewpoint and I 1 guess youre right ive never earned a dol lar never even traded pocketknives when n I 1 was a kid exercised the goldon golden spoon sure enough well old girl this ought to be remedied there must be a way have you any suggestions because you see you so much to me that I 1 dont want you unless I 1 can have every bit of you love respect understanding the whole business that goes with the right kind of marriage by jovel what a portrait A deep voice from behind them exclaimed it was weyman harris barris tho the painter lie he stood gazing over the opposite bridge rail at the squat scow hardly a hundred amundred feet away squarely etched in bright moonlight rose the boxlike little cabin of the scow with its one dark window sitting in a nondescript chair tilted back against the wall of the cabin was a man a young man sound asleep A man whose every rugged feature clearly visible bore the stamp of toll and aud strife one knew that those closed eyes had sailed many seas and seen them from the strugglers struggle rs angle levman narris harris stepped quickly to the panelled panel led wall of the wheel house thumb tacked a tiny sheet to it and was at once immersed in sure rapid pencil strokes turning his head every second to look at the model greg and lona iona I ona still remained in rapt contemplation yes my lads ads its worth a try came finally from greg in what must have been an unconscious whisper what ahat did aid you say greg gregory did not reply lie he lit a cigarette withdrawn with elaborate care from a gold case put four fingers in his mouth from which at once there issued a shrill and piercing whistle the sleeper a hundred feet away jumped from tits his chair as if shot and looked about him warily say friend P 1 gregory called clearly come over a moment please 1 I want to see you A few moments later having rowed over in the scows little punt the stalwart sailor stood on the bridge facing grog greg and lona yes air earl I 1 he said expectantly chos your chief over there from greg captain janson sir iles ashore well Laddy buck youve got u new nen job at a hundred a month and keep youre going to report to my captain at once and get a suit of whites deckhand dockhand Deck Dock hand on the versailles six months cruise ayou mean it sir air why wco twice what I 1 get on n th the barge ah but say I 1 cant leave the old man flat all fixed im taking your you place when he comes back hell find me and ill square you gregory anson turned to lona and there was that in his eyes that thrilled her lona fix this boy up with cap maln smith ill see you sometime somewhere just now im going to work for you and gregory started down for the little punt bobbing at the side |