The Titanic Locket by Suzanne Weyn

Author:Suzanne Weyn
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2014-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

JESSICA LED them to a café, also in first class. “Dad showed me this place earlier. You’ve got to be starving.”

“I am,” Samantha admitted. Samantha and Jessica were the only customers in the café, and Samantha was glad that the place was casual, with wicker furniture and tropical, potted plants. A waiter in his twenties came to their table and smiled. “I’m Trevor, and I’ll be your server tonight,” he said.

“Is that how waiters spoke in nineteen-twelve?” Jessica teased.

Trevor laughed as he handed them each a menu. “I’m sure they didn’t. I’ll be back for your orders.”

The menu was the same as it had been back in 1912. “I don’t even know what any of this stuff is,” Samantha noted as she read. “Consommé fermier, fillets of brill, egg à L’Argenteuil.”

“Try the roast beef sandwich,” Jessica suggested. “At least we’ve heard of that.”

Trevor returned with silverware wrapped in white cloth napkins. “So how are you ladies liking the cruise so far?” he asked.

“Trevor, tell us the truth. Does the crew intentionally try to scare the passengers?” Samantha asked. “Is that part of the so-called fun?”

“No!” he replied emphatically. “Not at all. We copy the Titanic as close as we can. But we would never purposely scare anyone.”

“Are you sure?” Jessica pressed him.

“Really,” Trevor insisted. “Why? Did something frighten you?”

Speaking rapidly, the girls poured out their stories to him. “And then when we saw that there were miniature replicas of us on that model ship, we got so creeped out that we had to leave,” Samantha concluded.

“I can explain that,” Trevor ventured. “The costumes you have are almost exact replicas of clothing worn by passengers. I don’t remember anyone hired to dress as Astor, though.”

“And what about the locket that’s following me around?” Jessica challenged.

Folding his arms, Trevor studied them skeptically. “I think you two are trying to scare me.”

“Honest, we’re not,” Samantha assured him. “It’s all true.”

“Let me put in the orders,” Trevor said. “Give me a few minutes, and I’ll show you something that might interest you.”

In several minutes, Trevor returned with their drinks and a large album tucked under his arm. He laid it on the table between them. “This isn’t the original, but it’s an exact replica,” he told them. “It might interest you while I’m getting your food.”

The girls gazed down at the big hardcover album. In gold letters the words White Star Cruise Line: Titanic Passenger Lists were embossed.

Gently opening the ledger, Samantha read the first page. “Maiden voyage. April nineteen-twelve. Passenger list.”

“When the voice spoke to me, it called me Alice,” Samantha recalled. “It must think I’m Alice Littlefield. Let’s see if we can find her in here. It might tell us something.”

The girls sat at the table, running their eyes up and down the columns, mesmerized by the seemingly endless list. All these people from every walk of life, rich and poor, thought they were taking the most wonderful journey of their lives on the greatest ship ever built. None could have dreamed of the tragedy about to befall them.

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