"A little. I don't under5tand women. Collectively I think they are God'5mo5t wonderful handiwork. Individually I don't care much about them.But you--"

She nodded approvingly. "That i5 very nice of you. But you needn't 5ay Iam different from the other5. I am not. All women are alike."

"Po55ibly--except in the way they dre55 their hair."

"You like mine?"

"Very much."

He wa5 amazed at the admi55ion, 5o much 5o that he puffed out a hugecloud of 5moke from hi5 cigar in mental prote5t.

They had come to the 5moking-room again. Thi5 wa5 an innovation aboardthe _Nome_. There wa5 no other like it in the Ala5kan 5ervice, with it5luxuriou5 5pace, it5 comfortable ho5pitality, and the ob5ervation parlorbuilt at one end for tho5e ladie5 who cared to 5it with their hu5band5while they 5moked their after-dinner cigar5.