PAGE SIX
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First Instalment
A whistle sounded across the harbour,
the signal for tne Marenia tc
3lip from her moorings, its booming
note spread tumult through the midnight.
stillness and startled a flock
of sea gulls into flight. Two snubnosed
tugs prodded the shin's sides
and eased her slowiniy into midstream,
where she paused for a throbbing
second, a dark monster riddled
with rings of gold.
Along her decks, passengers leaned
at the rails. The band played and
the music drifted faintly back to
those who stood at the end of the
pier, waving good-bye to their friends
who were starting out on a cruise
around the world.
Keith Macduff turned a v.-ay from
the rail and climbed to M e boat
deck, where he could breathe the iced
night air without distraction. The
Wool worth Tower, eld and friendly,
went shimmering' past, as the Marenia
cleared the tip of Manhattan |
Island.
Macduff oreathei deeply and his
chest swelled under his ulster. There I
was no one in New York that he j
would miss: that was one of the great I
advantages of going through life I
without ties. Ho had boasted to Ha-'
mish Ingles that he would sail around !
the world and never speak to a soul.
Hamish had laughed him to scorn,
telling him that tiiere was nothing
more difficult to down th&r. the overtures
to one's fellow travellers on
a cruise. As a solace, he had made
him a list of the best cocktails of
every port.
A light breeze was ruffling the!
water's surface and Macduff looked!
back at the sparkling towers that
were now no more than a trail of j
phosphorescence. New York was the'
place for work, he reflected, thinking \
of all the pleasant things that a man j
could do when he lived by himself.
lie would miss his peaceful exist- i
er.ee in New York, and his pleasant
eve rings with detective stories, un
uei- uve nattered lamp mat Susannah
wanted removed in favour of something
she called a bridge stand. His
thoughts ran back over his years in
New York Finch one was locked in a
dark chamber in his mind, and it was
oniy at rare intervals, when something
unusual was happening to mfn,
that he switched on the lights: then
tilings sprang to life like pictures on
Macduff looked back towards New
York. It was only a phantom of light
on the water's edge now, but he knew
that its tiers of stone and panes of
glass aspired to (he drifting clouds.
Etor a brief flash he could sec thru'
it all, as if the walls had collapsed
heier * his eyes?bright rooms ir.lia- 1
bit ad bv people chatteiug about nothing;
men an! woman quarreling, making
loye, reading and dancing; bands
playing; radios spreading din; children
making a noise. Such a race for
huddling! They did not know what it
was to spend an evening alcne. or
to seek quiet with a book. Must have
company, must make whoopee. Bah!
He turned away. He saw a fur coat 1
and a huge hur.ch of orchids curled j
rt-gixmst iae ran.
Clare Laugford, lost in thought,
watched his receding back for a mo-!
ment, then turned her attention to j
the sea. Dick Charlton, the chief officer,
came stalking along the deck,
and leaned against the railing, several
yards away. His cap was tilted ;
over a profile a3 shaip as the blade I
of a knife.
"Are we near Quarantine?" she
asked, aware of his presence.
"Just about there." He moved responsively
in her direction.
Clare turned her face towards him.
It was pale and oval in the halflight.
marked only by the full curve
of her lips.
"I'm so glad to be leaving New
York!'* Her admission was as swift
as the blaze of her eyes. Then she
remembered herself and was quenched.
She turned to the rail again and
forgot that there was anyone else on
the top deck. Dick moved quietly on
his way. A shiver ran through her
frame. She was glad to be leaving
New York, and to be going around
the world. It was an excellent thing
to be getting away from Hugh. Four
months were too many to have devoted
to him. ;
She looked back at the trail of light 1
that marked New York and could see
hivn returnincr alom> tn
ment. How had she ever come to
throw in her lot with his? It was so V
unlikely?a dusty scientist who had <
turned to writing and worldJy living, '
after a lifetime in his laboratory. Her
friends were continually telling her
that his mind was gay and enterprising:
they had discovered that :
from his books. 1
"Poor Hugh!" she thought, as she i
leaned over .the rail. "He looked so i
mournful as the boat moved out.
What will he do with himself now?"
But Hugh was less at a loss than she
imagined. Soon after meeting Clare, l
one of his oldest friends had warn- '
Cd that she WAD the wrnnv wen)- fl
an for him, and that he must not
neglect his work for her.
Clare was suddenly weary. Yes, she
was glad to be getting away. There
was no excitement for her in the
ethereal beauty. "I think I shall turn
in," she thought, looking around to
see if anyone were in sight. "I won
v\
'E1SADE
ISHBEL ROSS
j der if I couldn't have my deck chair j
! up here. It would be quiet, and more
I romantic under the stars."
The passengers were disappearing
! for the night, until only a sprinkling
remained on deck. The Marenia was
heading* for the sea, and her four
i jewelled strings of light were show
ing blanks above the water line, as
i one porthole after another went dark.
i in a, minimum rate eauin on ij ut'tn
Miss Alice Mudge bent with flutter- j
j ing fingers over a straw suitcase ly- j
j ing open on her narrow bed. Her!
I black eyes gleamed from a nest of I
j anxious folds, for she was ner r :
sighted and had decided to avoid her j
glasses as much as possible. Some
where she had read that glasses were j
! a hindrance to romance, and nothing
must interfere with the full -enjoyment
of her trip around the world, j
In a spasm of anxiety lier hand I
moved to her waist. She took off her;
belt, undid her skirt, and fumbled j
for the small chamois bag that Ror-!
| tense, the seamstress of Or.onto, Wis. j
consm, had made for her. along with j
her travei wardrobe.
At last she had dug her way thru' I
tapes and buttons and had reachedI
the chamois bag. Twittering, she j
turned it upside down on the bed,;
having first made sure that the cabin 1
door was locked. Before her lay five
hundred dollars in crackling bills
which Mr. Brown, the banker, had
given her with a flourish, remarking!
that it was not every day that Onon-!
to had a citizen leaving for a trip i
around the world.
Her ticket, which had cost two
thousand was safe in her handbag, i
ready to be turned over to the purser I
tomorrow. It. had taken her twenty j
years of saving and scrimping to ac-!
i_uu,uiai.i; c%v?jrtcy-jiivt.* nvpiurea aouars:
| though now it seemed like a day. By
I being" very careful Miss Mudge would
j see the world sumptuously on her'
I surplus of $500
: The boat was beginning to heave
j arid Miss Mudge wondered if she
, should take her Scaoxyl now, or
| wait until she felt ill. No, the direc!
lions said to take it before feeling
! iil. Hail she been wise to have her
j hair bobbed before sailing, or was
| it frivolous and out of keeping with
her years and occupation ? It was too
j late to worry about it now. Besides.
| she rather liked it, and, whatever
i happened.. she was going to be utter7
(ly frivolous for the next five months.
I No one could stop her.
! Her cabin was comfortable enough i
although her bunk seemed perched at j
a great height. She lay on her hack ;
and at last she turned out her lights j
and murmured a little prayer She j
was so thankful to Providence tor
letting her go round the world at |
last. With the words slipping over
her lips, she fell asleep, lulled by the
poimd(ng of the engines. ]
The Marema began to creak and
roil in answer to the sea Sandy Hook
was left behind and the pilot had !
taken off. Captain Mark Baring,! 1
nrr An t-Vn J-? - " ' ' '
mn unu^t', ana straining
his eyes into the darkness that lay j
ahead, was the least cheerful person
on board. He saw five hard months
ahead of him. care and responsibility,
strange harbours and the monotony
that drove crew and passengers
to erratic behaviour. 1
A panorama of faces swept before
him?middle-aged women starved for
romance, travellers who had been everywhere
and who made him a target
for their ill-assorted knowledge,
women who talked too much, women
who laughed too much, and, above
all. women who drank too much.
He lived in a world of his own
and escaped when he could from the
ship's festivities, but the cock-tail
parties, the teas and dinners, were a
necessary part of ship routine that
he could not avoid.
Only his intimates know that he
played a muted violin in his own
quarters, and that there were times 1
when he wrote verse. None of the j
crew suspected that the quiet, hard
man who skippered the ship was an
artist at heart. They thought he was
made of ice?hard to chip, slow to
melt, but a capital seaman.
The Marenia creaked a slow refrain
from bow to stern. His heart rose
suddenly to the tune of the sea. Here, 1 j
at least, was something that fitted i j
his mood?master of his boat, sailing JI
the seven, seas!
? i
The Marenia was three days out
and her passengers were settling
down to the routine of life at sea.
The unwary were rushing heedlessly
into friendships which they were soon
to regret.
Clare had scarcely left the top deck
since sailing. She sunned herself tiil
her skin had the warmth of a pomegranate.
The flame of the dying day
flickered in her half-veiled eyes as
Dick studied her attentively.
"It's an odd .thing about sunsets,"
he was saying, "one can never remember
them. They're marvelous for
fifteen minutes and you think thatl
ail your life you will hold their beauty,
but try to summon up the picture
the next day! It's gone."
He was staring at the sky, and
she thought with impatience that he
was lost to her?a missionary like
Hugh, the most tiresome kind of
man. They were always floating off
in their mental airships when one -
'AT AUG A DEMOCRAT?EVERY
D ECK
j most wanted their companionship.
"How often have you been around
the worid ?" she pursued.
Dick looked at her suddenly and
! Iii3 thoughts receded like fading plc!
tures. in the presence of this dazzling
I creature with skin like honey.
''This is my seventh cruise with
i the Marenia, and before that I knockj
ed about, the world a bit on other
Knntc- "
She measured him with her eyes,
i "What a wise young man you must
be?knowing all about love!"
"What rot! I scarcely believe in
love."
Clare laughed.
Dick looked down at her. "Women
are constantly building up the fiction
of enduring love," he said, "but
it really doesn't endure, unless one's
life is so deadly dull that there's no
chance for romance. Usually women
destroy their own images by holding
on for too long. They should always
be first in knowing when things
are over. However, it's an instinct in
which thev are totally lacking."
?:You haven't told me half enough."
she observed. "Tell me some more
about women. Tell mo what you think |
of American women."
Dick threw back his head and
laughed. "I wonder if you were wise
to ask me that," lie said. "Shall you
be offended if I tell von I think them
a hi'Je overbearing?too intent on
their looks, their clothes, their careers.
their an bitions? And I haven't
words to describe the .vay they treat
l>ier men, nibbling at their self-respect,
leading them by the noses, mak. \
ing them wait lor hours for the mer- j
est whim."
"You rather extreme, aren't you?"
said Clare, lazily, amused by Dick's!
tirade, '*and you're not very polite.!
Take my word for it." she added de- i
fensive.ly, "American women are be-j
loved by the gods. Show me any
women on earth who arc more clever
and chic, more free and independent,
or having*, so good a time."
"That's it." .saiii pick, equally.
They're self-sufficient, self-contain-:
ed and frozen over with ambition/"j*
He was watching her with a glimmer |
of amusement. Clare's mood flashed
to annoyance.
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Thousands of old automobiles so ol
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dor the nation-wide "junking" plan | a
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Obituary
The angel of Death has entered our
me and taken a beloved father isharid.
neighbor and friend from
ir midst.
James B Calloway, one of a famy*
of S children, of James Erviti and
isephine Calloway, was born at
hulls Mills, N. C.. June 15, 1S75, and
ted at his home at Amelia. Ohio,
eceniber 3. 19S5, aged GO years, five
tenths and 18 days.
He was twice married, the first to
liizabeth Shook, December 20. 1895.
b this union was born one son, Arillar.
They soon afterwards moved
> Oklahoma. when his wife died
ray 20, 1899. Coming back to North
arcvina lie married Mae Church on
anuary 3, 1901. To this union was
orn four children of which two died
! infancy.
lie is survived by his widow, Mae
alloway, two brothers, Harrison,
nd Melvin, both of North Carolina,
ne son, Arcillar Calloway, of Ame
a, Ohio, two daughters, Mrs. Azaa
Coffey of Shulls Mills, N. C., and
!i-s. Udilii White of Amelia. Ohio;
S' eight grandchildren.
They took upon themselves the
aring of an infant whose mother
;ed at birth, and which is now four
bars of age. earing for him as ten;rly
as if he was their very own.
lay tho good Uord bless them for
lis mercy act. In his eaiicr life he
illowed the carpenter trade. For
sveral years he was contractor for
le Whiting Luniher Co.. working
round the old Grandfather llouniin.
in the shadow of which he was
urn.
lie came to AemHa, Ohio to his
omc on Coles Road March 3, 1B2C
here he resided until his death. He
uictly went to rest after an illness
r aliout u year. He was gonial
iendly, kind, a true friend and t
oo.1 neighbor, lie was a man ver\
rooted to his wife and home. lit
iadi several vsits to North Carolins
> visit his relatives and friends anc
om every side you could hear thi
onorable name of Uncle Jim bj
hicli he was known.
Ho is leaving hi3 family and friend!
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FEBRUARY 20, 1936 I
' only for a short time until they are
joined in companionship in that permanent
home where there wili be no H
' more parting.
| Funeral services at Amelia Baptist
| Church Friday, December 6, 1S35. Ir.
; terinent at Mt. Moriah cemetery.
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