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She looked in a ht without, any one could see

she had been crying, and there was so much work to be done that she did

not wish to remain in her stateroom until all tokens of the storm had

passed She searched for a powder-puff, and was at a loss to discover

its whereabouts until she recollected that the doctor had borrowed it

for the use of a htly scalded when his own supply of antiseptic

poas exhausted So she went into Isobel's roo it for

the first time since the Kansas struck on the shoal The two cabins

co a door

broken through the partition for the girls' use during the voyage If

Elsie had not already given way to tears she ings strewed in confusion over the

floor, chairs, dressing-table, and bed Isobel possessed a

gold--case the size of an ordinary portmanteau It

held an assortment of pretty, and mostly useless, knick-knacks, and

they had all been tumbled out in a frantic hurry At first Elsie

flinched from further scrutiny, but coht She dropped to her knees, found a

mother-o'-pearl poudrier, and picked up other scattered articles and

replaced the-case To accoe various trays and drawers Portraits of girl

friends, including her own, and of men unknown to her, letters,

memoranda, and other documents, were thrown about in disorder All