Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 28, 1912, Page 7

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The Pure Food Store Ask the Inspector The Telegram Is Up-To-Now 1 $1.80 fore the dance they were to The Ball at Sea By Aona Woodward The Indian ocean was a smooth gray blue, shining in the afternoon sun like 1 sheet of polished steel. Every now and then fifty or a hun-' dred flying fish would spring from the water, skim for some distance and drop into the sea like a shower of sil- ver. He kept leaning over the rail, quot- Ing Kipling to himself and watching the play of these fairy fish, when she rested her book on the arm of her deck chair and said: *“1 waited for you for nearly half an hour.” He turned with the intention of sit- "ting for a moment on the foot of her chair, a privilege to which he had come to assume some right, but she did not move her feet to make room for him. “l am sorry,” he said, standing be- fore her. *Our challenge was to play quoits at half past four. 1 was on the upper deck precisely at the time appointed. 1 looked everywhere for you. 1 waited five minutes—even more. 1 thought you had forgotten.” “The wind bad blown my hair. 1 bad gone below for a minute. You might have waited. you, anyway?" little, “I have been in the music room,” be sald. “They wanted me to accom- pany a song.” “They? Everything s explalned—and forgiv- en,” she added lightly, “Jealous?" he said, smiling. “Yes, dying with jealousy,” she sald and laughed merrily. He wag disconcerted. If he could bave taken her by her shoulders and shaken her he would have done so with pleasure at that moment, “Jealousy—it {s, of course, an un- pardonable emotion,” he ventured. But the prince, who was sitting next to her, had bent over to make some | trivial observation, to which she had ! begun to reply with animation. He strolled down the deck toward the smoking room, quite light hearted now over his determination. Almost since they had left the docks at Til- bury, since Gibraltar, at all events, it bad been plain salling between them. It was even possible he had been too devoted, he thought. He had been testing his power over her a little In the matter of this game of quolts. To night he would find out He was wanted to make up a party of four to play bridge. In two minutes he was happily absorbed in the smoke room. On the deck outside she, equal 1y happy, was talking to the prince. It was the night of the fancy dress ball and in his cabin the steward had lald out the costume he had brought for him, and to which she had put some finishing touches. It was the costume of an Arab chief which he bad bought at Port Sald, and though of all men the least vain, be might be excused for thinking that the sky blue cloak and vest embroidered with gold, the flowing white hair and scar let slippers were not unbecoming. The bugle sounded for dinner and he found himself descending to the saloon with a motley crowd of fellow passengers—a brilliant and gay assem- blage, making a scene all the more Impressive because this night those who wore fancy dress were seated to- gether at the long tables down the center of the room, She—her name was Iris- -did not ap pear till rather late, and It was a sud- den burst of applause which made him look up not to recognize her for a mo ment ag an Egyptian water carrier, bearing on her head an earthonware vessel. “The Egyptian wili win the prise,” people were saying. Certalnly she looked beautiful and he was pleased at the tributes to her grace and charms. He had exjected that she would take the vacant chair opposite to hig own and it had crose od his mind that after all he would, as on the night of other dances, clalm all, or nearly all, the waltzes: the Arab chief must dance with the water carrier of the Nile. But she found & place at the farther end of the table, a seat next to the prince. After all, then, he would not dance; he would not even gratify her vunity she asked, frowning a by praising ber costume, when, with her sister, she, ag they alwa:- did, took their coffee with him the lounge. He went up early to secure i1« fa- vorite sofa, ordered his cigar, !.is cof- fee and brandy, and walited. But Irls and her sister did not ap- masqueraders was being !orr' i ¥ The oir and deliclous; the ropleal rising in full splendor be It was beautiful on deck. T Eai of clouds. Tihe fore deck was hung wit: flage Chinese lanterns light- space stretched from side hich formed the balliroom of i i F ¥ The com| M'MI were divided Into classes, those who bad made thelr es aboard and those who like and like Iris, wore clothes tuey lflllt on the voyage, in Italy or ; and there were tome Who, ggg!gga ; . i ! obtained from What became of | You mean Miss Roberts? . | he sald. igem | false beards and elaborate costumes | some theatrical ou., and had come provided with wigs and fitter. Yet even these were rivaled by some of the dresses made on board ' feminine fingers. 'ndid beyond all the others costume of the Arab chief. | He determined to seek out Iris for the first dance, but before his end of the procession had completed the sec- ond turn of the deck the band had struck up and he perceived that the pretty water carrier was already the partuer of the prince. He found a chair next to her sister, who declared herself too old to dress upor to dance, and sat there rather moodily watching the brilliant scene. After all it was not much fun to dance on the floor which at every roll of the ship changed its angles and least of all with a girl who seemed to have forgotten the fact of his exist ence. In two days she would get oft at Colombo and thig special friend- skip which had been so delighttul, might as well end tonight as a few nights later—yet, as a matter of form, he would ask her for a second waltz. But the interval ended, the second waltz began and Iris had not returned to her chaperon. “The prince promised to show her the southern cross, which will appear tonight for the first time,” said her slster. "It was rather a long lesson fn astronomy,” she remarked a little rebukingly, when Iris made her ap pearance at the end of the second in- terval, Irls looked radiant, and he put his | bride in his pocket and determined to beg for the third dance, but before he could rise from his chair the first of- ficer had come up to claim her. He watched her furtively, determined she | & should not have the gratification of | knowing that he was even aware of her presence. “How Iris enjoys herself!” said her | sister. night ?” “Not tonight,” he said. “I am weary, and shall turn in early.” Nevertheless, he remained watch-|? ing the dance, and each time that Iris |5 I | returned to sit down a partner appear- ed as If by magic to take her away. | All the evening they had not ex- | changed a word. | He turned to her sister. “When the ball is over we will have claret cup and sandwiches here,” he suggested. He was feeling restles and unhappy. | The evening, which might have been | 80 delightful, had been wasted; he | had been badly treated; he had been ! deliberately slighted; but what he felt most, he said to himself, was the dis- covery that Iris was like every other girl; that if she had not flirted with the prince and the first officer, with all the officers and all the eligible men on { board, it was because she had been having fun at his expense. He lash- ed himself into a fury. The band had already begun to put away their instruments. Deck hands were taking down the Chinese lanterns and still Iris did not appear. A storm of jealousy swept over him. } e at all events should not be found sitting there waiting till she should graciously return. He got up has tily, pleading a headache, and went be low. It was the first time since the voy- age started that he had not sald “good night” to Iris. After 20 minutes he was conaclous of suffering unbearably. He went on deck again, hoping to see her; the lights were turned out; the deck de serted. The next morning he was on deck soon after slx. There was, of course, no chance that she would be visible before nine; but the mere fact of be- Ing up and dressed seemed to bring her nearer to him. His own anxiety now was to see her to explain everything, to apologize, to beg her forgiveness, He was amazed to see Iris advanc- ing toward bim. It was still very early; sallors were washing down the decks, one or two men In pajamas and dressing gowns were taking exer cise before their bath. Thelr eyes met while they were still some distance apart and, moved by the same instinct, both turned, it was inevitable, however, that they should meet on the other side of the deck. Iris greeted him almost timidly, The radiance of the previous evening had vanished, there was tenderness in h.r eyes, muenou in her voice. “l could not sleep,” she sald. "I rose early to see Minekol.” He noticed for the first time the beautiful coral island, the gleaming white beach and the waving line of cocoanut palms that seemed floating on the blue. “It 1s a dangerous place,” he sald. “Three or four ships have some times been wrecked there at the same time.” “We at least have run no risks,” she sald. “About last night” he began, and stopped. She gave him a radiant smile. “If 1 deserved it you punished me,* “And you looked 8o beauti- tull® “Last night we were masquerading,” she sald. “Ihave decided, like you, tospend & fortaight at Colombo.” “It 1s & decision we must celebrate,” m-u,"bynmm-mnm My sister wiil not be up for hours. nlnennnwlfimnvm tion where you ended yesterday. ‘Jeal ousy s, of course, an unpardonable emotion.’ Go on.” "If 1t 1s caried over from coe day to another,” he ended. “Come, there #oes the bugie for breakfast” “And you—are not dancing to |3 Pair They are happy in the poss nn of the piano par excellence of the Becker Bros. 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