Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1933, Page 30

LUXURY LINER —By Gina Kaus— (COPYRIGHT, 1933, BY GINA KAUS.) fin way with Ralph Shortwell. m their home in Kissingen. where ous liner Columbla and gificuities by Substititing. as .mp. ‘doctor nr Dl‘ ‘mann_Veif a boyhood friend. wan Veitn takes “Tnomas to St n MrBardelt an American oiplo who has_been in Germany conducting otiations. and a shigping " ma Stephanson, who, Veith says, began life as & poor, barefoot Greek or Armenian boy and was a millionaire in 20. Only a arlier. een levh\nsons Sectetary. omas nervously awaits n oppertunity to before going gearch for bl introduces Fim' Go sister Martha. woman cease- the ore &t the ¢n of nd has re- e, fised more offers. of marriake th Woman gets in seven seasons of balls, Thomas is called to Stephanson's six-room suite to give him the insulin treat- ment. Stephanson talks of himself and the Dandicaps of sreat wealth. saying he is one ©of the richest men in the world. INSTALLMENTS VL HOMAS remained silent, still holding the hypodermic in his | hl.nd he oould not quite make is he telling me this, he thought, he want to impress me? Is he lying" “I am too rich to liquidate my affairs, doctor. Up to a certain point money means freedom and an independent, easy life. If you can have half a mil- lion dollars in a bank, you can do what you please. But once you have become wlut. the newspapers call ‘a factor in | the economic world, you are a slave to your money, just as most rulers are slaves to their military. A fortune like mine constitutes a power, a living force, in which there are such destruc- tive ntialities, that you simply can- not let it take care of itself. You al- ways have to supply it with new and fruitful possibilities of action—other- wise the whole structure will blow up— you will ?be careful with the needle, won't W 'rhomu introduced it very cmlu!ly “I don't know,” said the boy, still enraptured, “but I shall know after lunch—going to the dining room at once?” Thomas considered. No, he would not lunch at once. He wanted Sybil ssport | t0 be there ahead of him, so that she could not escape as soon as she saw him. He would enter the dining room s[in a quarter of an hour. He wandered into his consultation room, and opened a bottle of bromide. He dissolved a knife-end of powder in a glass of water and slowly drank it. He wanted to go up to their table, sit down beside them and stare at them like Banquo's ghost. . . . What nonsense! He went to his desk, found a sheet of paper and wrote: “Let me know at once when you will see me. - It must be before evening, Othmllt— He stopped. Every- hing that might follow this “other- wla filled him with intense repug- herwise an accident might happen,” or “otherwise I shall not be responsible. for my actions.” He was entitled to write in this way, but when ‘t flashed through his mind that Sybil might ignore his demand, his con- sciousness became befogged ‘with rage and bitterness. Thus to warn Sybil of the danger seemed almost like extortion, something quite alien to his whole nature. He crossed out the “otherwise,” and wrote: “That is the least I am en- titled to ask of you.” He leaped up and dashed through the cabin, tore open the door to the operating room, and turned right about without entering it. He was as excited as if he were already talking with Sybil. How could he find the right words— compelling ones, yet without any threat implied? After a pause he agaln sat down and added a further line. “I promise that THE EVENING. STAR mhlvenoulln‘hlmmmn interview. Whmhemmtmhm calmer. He knew he would keep promise. He folded the letter mdmxt flmmhl.!pol:k ‘Then he looked & his watch. The quarter of an hour had passed. ‘The dining room was on E deck also; he had only to pass along the cnrflaur He tried at flru! to look through tht window of the huge double door, but it was curtained with white silk on the inside. “Go in!” he said to him- self in a tone of command. He pressed both his hands to his temples—then he_entered. Immediately a steward was at his side. “What cabin number, please?” “I am the ship’s doctor.” ‘The steward nodded, and went ahead, past innumerable small, round tables, where people sat, ate, chattered and laughed. Sybil must be among them, but he did not see her; in fact, he saw nothing at all. His legs had grown curiously weak and he had a sort of cramp in his jaw, as though he could neither open nor close his mouth. “Hello, doctor, there you are! I was Just going to have you sent for. Thought you couldn't find your way here,” said the captain. ‘The table beside which Thomas stood was at one end of the dining room. In contrast with the others it was long and narow. There were only men, most of them in uniform. ‘Thomas pulled himself together, rec- ognized “Frederick the Great,” the captain, with his narrow, ugly but wise face. He bowed to the officers, and when he sat down at the only vacant place, found a cup of steaming bouillon on his plate; he took it up, burned his tongue, but did not even notice it. His eyes searched the room in a wide circle. Sybil was not there. Neither she nor Shortwell. This filled Thomas with all sorts of apprehensions, but, for the time being gave him the presence of mind which he needed to carry on an in- consequential conversation with his neighbor on the left. He had intro- duced himself as Kohler. He was a melancholy looking man of about 50 with heavy mustache. ‘Thomas told of his call on Stephan- son and expressed his recognition of the } WASHINGTO! waved the statement sside. as though it were the sort nonsense iyloull‘uyxhsdwmwum. Since e seemed to know a lot about every- thing, Thomas asked Stephan- son’s business was, why he had come to Europe and was returning on & ‘German steamer. “If any one knew that,” said Kohler, “he could be a rich man without any effort by next week. All you have to do is file an order on Wall Street with Hawkins. But ncbody knows what Stephanson was up to in Europe, whether it was to arrange municipal loans, buy newspapers, or have a look at the German merchant marine. I don't even know whether he is acting as intermediary for the American Government, or whether his govern- ment merely serves as a smoke scregn for his operations. One thing is sure, something big is going on. Today alone I have sent four cipher messages {li’mmm;r_hum His neighbor wear- for him to New York and have re- ceived three. I am chief”—he an- swered the question written on Thomas’ face—"of the radio station on board.” Thomas suggested, just in order o say something, that it must be a thrill- ing sensation to sit at a tiny apparatus | in the midst of the endless ocean and be in touch with every corner of the| world and every great event. With a weary gesture of his hand the engineer waved the very idea aside. “I ask you, who cares about great events? Who except Hawkins? He | may find sublime emotion in the fact that he knows in the middle of the ocean, that sugar rose to such and such a point at Singapore yesterday afternoon. As far as I am concerned —my little daughter had a high fever when I sailed from home. a high fever and severe pains in the throat. All I am waiting for is a tiny message from my wife, just a few words.” He moved closer, and asked anxiously in a low ol “Do you think, Doctor, that it may be diphtheria?” en if it should be diphtheria,” he said, “you have no reason to worry about it. Modern serum treat- ment—" Again there was the same weary, negative gesture. “It is my only child,” said the wire- less man. Now, Have Beautiful Hair 1f your hair is dry, dull or lifeless you need D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1933 At this moment the conversation of the men at the officers’ table was con- centrated almost entirely upon the Barcness Mergentheim. Thomas had noticed during his conversation with Kohler that the lady of the lift had come in, but he had paid no particular attent! to her. Now, he thought, she must be exceptionally beautjful if all these men at his table are as enthusiastic at the sight of her as was the lift boy a short time ago. 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In that cue he would have offered an extra large fe Stephanson wcompmled the doctor to the door, just as a little earlier he had escorted Bartlett, the great states- . Thémas for the lift. It arrived ; few seconds later from above and out the red-faced, thick-set man who been dictat! to Miss Fielding. cigar was ha in the left corner his mouth, as though he had for- it. He held a couple of open in his hand. He passed without recognizing him. is Harry Hawkins,” the alert volunteered without hnvlng been “He is one of Stephanson's 2, but is & big broker on his own ew York. I him. This is third time he has sailed on the Oolumbia. though he doesn't knu' 10 words of Thomas smiled inattentively. His thoughts again returned to his own af- fairs. A few minutes later he would meet *Sybil in the dining room. She would be sitting by, Shortwell’s side, completely secure, glancing about with hgr clear, blue eyes to see if she could find any one interesting. 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