The Signal, 1927-12-29, Page 6d-Tilurrfay', December 29, 197.
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THE SIGNAL,
The Wreck of the "Redwing'
•By
Beatrice GrinlshULC
TRISC $TORI KO EMI
h• 1 •
An English srhooltn$ tor, Albert Pei -
sou, finds himself stranded tit TLurs-
dote Island (North Australia'. and un- I
exper-tedly meets,llernd Pas,'x, WI old ,tr
•ehc",ltnee, now a sutciew'ful trader 11:
the `south Seas and Awner of For..
well (alas& F'aseote Insists that' 1 • I
sou accompany hint au,L los wt!,.
sown. to Farewell to nndettake the
,ducat pan of a child whot11 1,• 1..r
adopted. Polson emeeut11. and a"•'r
reaching Farewell Iskintl sera r:
little two-year old girl whom Passes
halls "Laurie" and about whom there
Is some mystery. r•
l'aw •r instil:,: Poles' lit a Meese e:
the iskind. where he tires and,00,tn•ts
a school for the oath,• children 11.d
arts as tutor to ianr;e. The years
lana quiet(%,' uet11 011e •''-uy Pasoo•r•
shows hlllts.1? Iu n fury beennse
sl,iMing agency has /ser+t him.
as tom
Pot It. "the wrong calt
Imfeel e, buta1Wetlthere are other things, too. 1
Wes as if I'd met the things
the natives talk ataout-the ghost-
elgeou that lecke your liver out, only
gull don't 'know it, you just waste
a ,a .' -r t)ie ghost woman who's like
any one else till yon happen to see
-he.eatks with her feet tdrned back-
wardsfwd teeu ypu know you're go -
.1.s t„ clic. utl•t nothing c•xn help you."
I'1,• truth. IS." I told her, -that
,, a to ices talking a great deal too
laugh to the natives. That's It, Laurie.
r .. Ihen, :g lore. That"•ye frightened
GODERICH, ONT.
"WLleh of the native women is most
your friend?"
"Old Concha, the Filipino."
"I'll send for her, and another, and
they will stay hese with you. you
will live in thla honor• for a Ilttle,
Laurie, and 1'11 go and stop with your
-your-with Herod. Keep the wo-
man with yon, but don't talk to them;
dont talk to any one about anything.
Just stay here for a few days till I con
arrange something."
"What ' are you going to arrange,.
Maddy Bente? Am 1 going to join
Aunt Susan?"
11 , on . ,chat lot r,
, 1.,,.; iti1g,•, una ... with their Nilly tales. and 'you're all run down. Tulk to me, or .your ` "God forbid," I cried, before I could
tl,r•,..Lig Ihrottch . elr: you ulwu)a have aa. Your L, stop
pale.
stn myself. Then I was sorry, for
• tl, slight of $111,1111nn, :e 1- one of the cleverest men 1
,ret. fwd pitied -- "Tina anything happened to AMA?"
ua star knew*" n:for she most be ,.ib;N the devil" she sudden( xtxt. thing. if 1 had IL',':'":!w 1f I'd lac she asked me.
y 1 Heim( her' I thou !'t "Laurie, Ido not know. Yon must
IGO pige.,11 had flown in my face and tt I could 1'e lance. Stay there and I'll send the
al,.., -.n.- 1 ough oto locked me. l ,.maid not }race been more ' it was the end of • .is 7 women, and don't ask me any more; 1
�, :u•r through as• sr, -Yes. y - go no further. Ans :1, furious green women,
hens-"
I wonder what
waves were washing yg:!Uast the plies. Yrdce lolled me; I did not finish. I
•Yes, you're shocked;' she went on, aaul the wind, wort. ': up. struck me
t„r ...ming furiously into her pile like a blow, so t! I could scarce went out nettn foto the twin and ike
t hot the orlgiunl • odor s. "You think I'm a little dol& a wind, and left her atnding there. Like
,!s Tom might haveBatch my breath. .U',1 out nn the I the needle t the north, ahs hod turned,
Attie baby, I'm 'not!- You and he -trouble) sea. from sseison-to welter
his actual descent : Chir k you eau ki'en me here for star ,,.+t no sign of the T more more, to the seaward window,
i h r tzoa there "I suppose she is anxious about the
schooner," i thought bitterly. remein-
baring the etailnCh hurld et ilerod's
r+irlt was a ate ter 1 Utes t I l She Presently. I *still k, it ' berluxltlnn, and wishing, with all my
.! a still better nig- tibula that had con • •tit Ia trouble) heart. that Stson were
i, tuna „e,! at nu• cu ,; % veno er now•.
..• sews,./:,, n.r have something of ,sad . t, r. tgith nn one to talk to but old ng r r•
• • Ismst.i. msri ng ,.f the Western
fn;u.l,• 'l),e him and you. sod her -I ,torts•
r,rnel to me
.Is e. I...�...s o. in Ids eutu{",Nitron. nil about her and about-" $!lf•ps,5seesinn
the hideous leer•
1I, A' I"- Tellies'. ft
111 t•, sae • P
IIrIP a 111•
dr.tet , nningly out of the i
.711:."1,1111
i r ,ri, • r ., ` I++ ^ 0u doubt, en .•n ..f Ler r•yc•s, as a woman almost Docent words; but 1 + aboard that ship, to care of Paul lustre tinkled and glittered in the
ell i' t int i • it• y b Ick. with
lie sus is l) •seri s wi'I. Then she went on. and could think, NI, 'houghts helped pinw,•n, little anxiety should i have- mblst of the calling.
mP little, The , -ling fleet - was hail abort her, then. But the launch,•
r t:d,i-! man. n n black. with 8 short -Well, hat'. what you think--andanchored round the,.- ,enter, in the bur- In the tuidxt of all this finery. the'
r.,.r.1, woolly l':opuun hair, and liens 1 „rowel( inland its and the sea. and Henxt's creature. lung, {launcliy figure of Pascoe. topped
1,;., e�,•• Isse u hlxwu's. He hall you're .wrong. wrung. You Nit there anti
bar bac that gave Idaek T"ID-Sugan'a own vague fears.
I reu;wuher.. the it II14 canine teeth twtell mc. about Itunae--uud ft's all ehlt+t vett*. If I ,• +-t to the v11!otm. and the all but certainty of cnntem- I e his red head and attiring t•yet•
ath!ti^ 1111111th that I ever saw, dry as dust to y!m-" and tried to get M ';'1, or 1liroshlt I plated crime that had •struck me ' seemed
erred nut a little grotesque. . Would
•' ll seemed rather if one had not
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moat." The ne}+ captain is a young e' , ++. - Lourie." t cried. suddenly ee' to take nota 1ngg' r at my orders. when I hence of Herol's attentions to e
than ltttaaad=a l E Y&au YHsene ur„I his urn.. tv• re w PsrP{+llunal•. i ahuuld simply be :., sensed: through the nbsur•lity of the
-lrtMttat'a alma° to Itaamhe't dor the tale of Dana(' in .:;;bed at. The together made matter
+,,,el wltar:tad , "_ =-� 1rt1x slultgi•'+s ,t• b+tY1`E`I/• a tunLt. at41. alp rota a, lin,rlmngter to ;IMAM), lagan his ptc+rtentna% strength, like
,..fl -fhnt ihtr 1 1 1 , P ec•oe`e
tit Brom` Int -I•a'Kr1r ' "' k f 1 load been a rel ant fleet! if 1 told tl what 1 �Pare'1
the,
c Ls r ser as 8 t,. sial in my _heart _11�_.�
Toting
t'aptseen nEven yet. I did quite. under-� ktrelieth of some huge making.. t
ut
meet-- it tall Salt
torethwith each 13'1•1-1'. ' " ruse !•ut' r.o ; hi of would sr 111111 ,, h.,'n• um�alttiedt+ to 'sok what I sup- without proof, orifi •. ' any corrobore- stand. Bat I purpd not to do pn, and hug reptile, lance -1 knew well --he
This 111/04 t'not full the plans of ['ass e. nu; n'/lyl ,•u, r_. y' tion %ave m own •.!d fnncles-th0y fosse is aha t, end, after haying seal had had charm. kiadlita sort n[
;ad the :It ,ler. now Ina Iri.l tot". t�trg dead 11.1'wp over the threshold of p,a•d to 1"• the childish mind of my y caprlIt al s, gay geurrwsly• always
would a to Herod !o he would havethey the �[anila women to Lancia, I walked
threatens N, have Bowen ,firmisd. hi. brick humpy, and then pass tttxdnre•y ayn+ r 1t ury,lOne ibeen amaking love to ynuu?. tell me at once. ons mo silenced-1tOn]P T11Pre'wax nn-, strai ht to the Big House, rind into pluck anal determination. The pluck
Ili the nlPautlun, 1'a „i• N %11.4.,•011.11:!,.rs 1..• 1r1 1 beT.1, log- ...thy ant' Has every one's" she thing I could do. the storm parlor, at the south side of , and determination were there Alit
the tutor. salt., i 'lIe cagily fears of !:ad t +ie .ti!: cords. you would Is I enormously hypertrophied; the klndll-
.Is+t. But now i was "''• sure as death. ,the huildine. Herod was there,
-"meriting she believes to IM going. oveIlikrtaken l l uu1111�e.,w,111 It1g ' .f a therhntu firework, 1- R'hn is every one'" I demanded. that Herod had seer! his wife out into stretched on a lounge, with a mass oaT nP"s• the gehen,lrlty went swallowed up
wrot+g on the island. wheel- Ike iitehs, in chase of tome /runt (-Lord. Lord:' i was saying in mS books and papers beside him. He was and g,•nc. M trxlly s{o•nkliu, he wnN
't bat raging sea, r:••t.-mew ninR her to little more than • a mouth he a
of .' III k w:.rk•,1 down for the $afar- , i 1 mined, "this is Susan's business -1 return.
not reading. He was smdking a heavy Ile
t'1L\1'1'l:it lt'. - dill', •Mex! if you eared-tri-fnlll.l,�+'- wish she-�`t.my sPn?cs. efewr. and stnrft+g so lard out of the
A day or so l:u• r. I' o.• • 114 w1+�'neT i do not know Insel kept ll,' • • • of the light 11m[itriiuitli.*
- 1 did not y, tl would Bad him by and i don't tore if the whole world or made myself memlN'r, as 1 did. window that he did not notice use R tg
left for Cairn-. sIx inndris! miles t ), R!,,;tttug!% immerse( In btu dt•ta11N knows, , tte010 that devil sent trim .that Laurie y`epnirs4: Laurie. who until i' spoke to him. It was an Open ur,ments, uLlUcxs and danger was
tlwac. •1'tl!td ttnKaf+ cal.r.iuing her. 1 of bt1 Indite, singing as he socket• off. be met me on the beach at the back sans. In a way, a.5- eharge, and who r window, on the sheltered side. and it with me still.. 1 saw much, ute tr-
s lw the little ship Rn out. and admired
Tout Poul,l ',• it n est with ids •fist. of the island. X10. 1 won't tell you might newt help almost more than looked mit on nothing at all except a +rood much, in u flash of Intuition. such
Susan. 1 have no ;seethe -Bon of how wide verandah and a screen of climb- usscarce had visited me to alt my
I got back to my ! sole : i just found , Ing 'passion-frlilt vine. The room had life before. The last pttr rags of my
myself there, entrrnC the room where , been decorated to suit the owner's odd old admilrsitit it forrity rodmp lesireslde
IAurt stood, her ra-e against the rain- I tastes: it was painted Nellow.and had away
bentenInindow glass. Probably I had , yellow cushions and curtains. A nom- one would call it now -that had ruled
not been gone more than a few minutes. I her of books, in heavily gilded coverts, my life, flickered out. I was no bench-
II' 1 e Man of his any longer; I knew' myself
mire . t. lines and shining toly figure
ad- 21" "I"' i• with one %trnke of a what he said, If you ask me a mU-
utir•d, ton,, the Mu,• mtlnh figure of 111 1 liked fret ••
t. r than . killing. A naafi' mon o ..You dont need to, child. I was
The 1N...p. as he conned. her 1111f cif h••r I.,.t, about :'n Island %ettlemeut. (tut. yang once myself," To myself 3
rr. Thp oil engin..was Rasing; its it'1 here sat•(. 1 did mit care for him. added. "And at any rate, the Ia�!'s
,nrricd pit -a -►eta. pita-pita ,r•ul,l IN• cont. Sus n. and the launch were x gentleman. it might be worse.
heard (1.111 acro'. the hay, sonndinx, but it seemed oto 1, n2 to me that T was made a and
of brI vtnr•e n on
to my. fancy. like the 1#+nd+ if as ox• rood deal in my mind as • I walked But Laurie had not done.. She was
1.•t k to the house. but I tint them flinging herself -there is no other amazed to see her 'grill there- comer: aad sA old•tnsal„ne.l glass a•Ilybaayh even ltphy�lcaTlyll now. mor
krifr: thee:• was nothing u' fun-
ltow1t. etgutdtng ant eau::xl•rcuoush •'o t
a
sited heart. ,A0.1 1 wondered wheth away. Laurie was nearly elle now: word--upand down the room. now• There is a spur:: that. counsels us in
m it did not find an echo, 111 n heart ''iN• had been back -at work since tile like x tragic actress. Her beauty rII} stere One r: t it his nsels t' "-
made
made of eater stuff than steel and
day before. and 1 was 8 little amaze( me and her maturity; she „titer the SnLC�e+'itnts: a third Rices
Iron, not very ear away troubled about her. The child did not might have been twenty-five.
1 had not wen Laurie tai
a the day
seem tn•reelf. It was almost as Id the '\'hat 1 mean by every one." she it the name and ,reality of some dead I
northwest storm now shaking Farr said. L every one, except you. T'ncte friend. } have i•soneh reverence for
when 1. to had called. She was sue
well island. had fennel Its way to her, Paseo.. fwt't my uncle. you know very great things --to r••frntn from .saying• i
t 'soled . to be xllgltly ill- the usual just here, what 1 ••all it. But. 111 time
bee
island "touch of facer ielt stilted
i had heart, driven the stun out of It. (.eaten . well. and he looks at me -he looks at of stress. I know 1' can rely on it, It
u't tett Nelle atonehhik, h spited ese down life flowers, nod sent the little me-;' ofd not fall nmeo now; I saw what 1
not ill. Never, I tLtsl, 111 all those T,lleate birds of her thoughts to re- . I suppose my answer was the last
years. had I entirely sated the crncine moat do.
•
for peace, for solitude, that haunted free. terrified. in some hidden /Janette thing nn earth she expected was
11 e in my ,shod-teaehing days. like 'try. She was silent - she who used 10 certainly the last thing I should have "Lamle." I %ad-& The girl turned
round, and looked at me --through IDs. 6 �� C O N T r N V A L
nlusatr+Heol thirst. Al }ierod. with his ''hatter like an island parrakeet -and expected my(tali.
she fell sometime% into strange fits of "Oh, my Grel!" I cried. "Susan," rather --as 1f I were not there; 1 sow dosing upsets
r
sharp intuitive judgment of chnrncter,
hid sl+td. 1 was a linen bachelor--al-
year!'
though no one. 111 all her six- For instantly 1 knew. Ilett the child her thoughts were cert' far away. childrrn's delicate stomachs.
matt a born hermit, . . helpDoes th1'° Trnr! of life, ever before had seen there. standing flu%bed, angry. moat- "Listen to me." 1 said sharply. i. pm' Vicks is applied on'i.a tally and
i,•Pm lnenmpnflblP with certain things! seriously ¢icing th••nght to any- beautiful and moat misled, in my little think I'm not your friend,
Ripe She 1 I Inst sylrite and looks. whitewashed room, and Bed wildly, as I've tried. to keep trouble awn. but fore cannot disturb the diges-
} own to the whatie .0 seems It cap's be lot ; tion, It acts in two ways:
But he was dangerous; 1 sensed that
in every cell of my holy. There was
need for caution. ' 1 could help oto one
'
h Id j What Henxl thought me -the gore-
a natutecl, uneuspieioua seholmaeter.
who hacl serve/[ hint blindly for sr
Ig
"Laurie's out of sorts." i sable wtoh
out introduction. "Got an attack of
nerves or something -cru know what
girls are like."
"I don't." crashed Herod, and som-
how, with that new light 1n my mind.
1 guessed at the unspoken words that
lite shad -"How should I know any, 1
thing about bdantitnl youth, chained I
to a woman near is old as myself?"
Oflt doSe • unless i
remained. to x11
appearances.
•
O
1
1 have even
Saint
chte most T d his her color, the ea ere pa a pink of a aro- fust as 1 could non, throngb.
ler that even Snlnt Anthony had his I on now, rich. Thebodyheat releasesthe I went oo-
c rose, was fndpd. me i ever. when F -all r -el, all t yon now,
1;stentng now, looking .!'Rel yo
drefm< pun meat'% hrw+k came to the work. nnd0ratnrd, and 1+' is In the form of vapors
one. too- as If I were her � tt, you til !I
w rely before the: wlsich are inhaled. leave her in
i
t everything -1
ledge blast
one to myna
1 ea I� 1f n don't mind. I'll camp
God. I rot w. ent •1 ra, Pascoe return., and -
1 .and the rain -"Lie and trembled fn a my house. Ata and Con-
It,,p„ some pte,ple who remember a books. far t • paaslnnntP (2) At the same time Vicks Chita'are w' h her. I tele her to Ile
monottrap h of mine upon The Growth I ors%he1 rooms arc fit themselves on the means It. And adding corse% thatus foiehtfuth Init Ref-absorption
or its lof pus love -tragedies. "draws out" the soreness like a 'cMwn and haven sleep. She seems al -
(prison line of :he tos'Inc eorap S•':+• 8111 nit write upon this page• j For Laurie. now, the whole world )es
of Coral Reefs. u' pamphlet of two con- l though theywere. 1 most "Talking
hysterical."
Talking nonsense?" Asked Herod.
ICC.
b (eine .dusercnthna..nn the Tatllata. Laurie," I s111d, ss the oral spirit: 1 don't know why I ran to the hot fnPl to her flame; i was a %trek ills eves. eriler their reel bristling eye
leerily kin I her hooks. "h t. arc i had ttnme that mleht he cart into the tire -there I c K
Ansi 1 had tnterPita. all Thr AWS,
her eyes swept far nasty !rpm Ler one. T remember
that sinal me well. There are {ser ,,,t of the little white- through the sats
Mush of my ,,.lacy was !pent on j ass y plc g 'l ' wharf : t think. perhaps,- a,
hrlok I had iu my hermitage. the one been unkind to y„1g Y' God kn4ols mud hist of dgllalling to the launch, lore she listened. brows looked at me curiously. and I
t t trust a and do
1
fleas her innPltnles. ,. *-no kyr-pcea an renes
`it '� f' -s. [ let t
I wu+ holiday time n the txt tr ' ting forth n chase. "The ,. said, Let aces nailed to - - -
1e tweeting tip, w Ile nn •tt. i ied I stn She dl n'
inlay of what might bP 14aon - Then. with .. Q!,nn,R. w..1•Ir. ��st�
e.tnre that .'$- lu•-+. +o1•'rdaw for tl:.. nuderxtand-hot guessed some- mine.
file
Island, Therefore. It sop" nqa xnr- g -.-
prise me. when l turned out. one wet. ten millionth lino,• wt • • • 'hf. ehil.l �f
„ e I:tt 1 hn�.• n
gusty IITy.._ ter _.. A... walk. Tow. Ila• dcla'vd captain. handing Ills pain herr, - ilw: y a" .\t ! ,' e •, ; ,ger
• •r -hag; 4105511 to the jetty. where n hand nti her •htv1 rt.
youth 1:,111,11 was to.s1ng 11114l strain- -Good grog ilio:..s.L :not iet . I ".i C-
inR 0 ",•r nude. claimed.
"On vno'' 1 nsk.d liim, easunlly. shoat l hove told r , L nt tw t et.• -1:•.
•'\Yh l: • ,For the Munch meant wetlt away- ",q . . " have c ne
a trip tet Thur -•lac iskied. with her to the d1N t_ -
'The doctor ,`sod'•:. do 1TIP any
pie I•n'eu,h•,!toot .to he:,r Ire. 1 re- ;
Ieated nor goestloh• _and." gb' an'tt.'r•-' 1 hnru!. kt.•w'.
^gis.r." Pe answered reluctantly. the burning. 11 ivy et,s aha I,.••1.,•,I
1 never had g•'t 0'' with Tong, Her• ,hilly nt me. for Noss. 's toss '1 at
r , ¢ 111. of
,. •'r,r
its • t r• •,t ('dant' mat general foe- used to be hrrxunlnl, i
inn hinki' r '• u h:ery !>1Nrilad and ! "Itp nut my b•.I •shot u : :,t is
r iii„• 1 ',o n n L tit - 1111 seemed 'enticing* awn}. • 1' ' ,,
. ten 1; efril Ih,un •,•u.11 toilnp:;po"l ' ile '.
1••,.r ' n. _.1,. ttitii,nif"-hihfifag any . "'That's .your -•111' '1: ,1,1. ' 1 tol,1
sits), i 'lame e1\ hat can she .3'e -her. lt'N not rot seal " •hr• '-a i,1 1
ming . star • • -•'1' 1 -' on %11(11 n
11 wits all very well • don't know wlt;t It i+. hot -i'': dark
,,.r �,.. •-t -• ,r.'will, her come- rind heavy. laitdt hent, ,ke,1 le
i, u r it in wirer 1 eke rain' oa.-" Psis a s cried
n.• tcentl,er: 1 dhoti). ttdngs. What 11,111 ,►ngit
Bowen had her ?tui.an fon one. She mightn't' 1' hate
toy now -hut gone to T. 1. to,tat. ft's h t 'i,! tcr•n-
,r •' , 1 ut out 111 the fifer-- 1'es, she hod to Li,' t!,••w she
elnnda and a thought .n: 1'11. In I'a: , t ! 1i r •he
ism , spray -smoke !mght to see the d,• t •r nit. nit !ler
oo , •nth of a hendn,h -. but i Shirk 'in.; r• flouting
books: - - -. „Yon have oto a rte. m
ext ..f eotnlwny. A day or two alone 1 what '2 t me .117 11--:- � 11J.1L,.� •rhe sort if she were nit out of sight, of finding ?/VAPOR V
rause to t'11k aD-' SE�.e1d 1st n I sa,r," 1 told her ">.re you rea,lc
It f tI t.be ••torted Brio ltr,..dtf 1 h child felt to do rot"
n,. s s • 1 ae dully �o. didn't Yes she ea ,
14.4 c{dtirgttJhe_r e. t 1 >ettsT - ex r -
B f.lt it behooved me to answer with
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{k t %.e nt•t.rt hod m
• at the very but fever..ansi 1 told rood then
lir' was wild with tee '"r t•tl•ing her
about.. arch_ part he quid -he 1 er w n ,t Look
t �nlst allow.�� ulcer her v, •,Ym
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NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD FRIENDS
i
By Peggy
Harvey
DICKERY, DICKE RY, DGCK
Vickery, dickery, dock ,
The rnouse ran up
the clock;
Our come the Coo -Coo
And said r` Bent ii'-
skiddoo!il
This Done Tittle mousse
a Shock.
MERCY:
Dickery, dickery, dock,
The mouse Jumped
frp m 'the clock,
And felt,tliP -a-flap,
Down intothe lop
Of 0 darne that was
knitting o Sock .
Mi.- ` 1 rota Lim. "A e
silly talk alemt native ghosts. Wo-
- with -has .feet -.turned baek, and
• =host pd.ron that picks your liver out.
the doesn't really mean any of it. i've
warned the. wlrtnen against encour-
oglug her."
"Yon had better warn theta against
,-n,our+tgiuz her•" sat) llerod and.
:ata 1 sett„,•,) Liddell tom).
-
t+I -t t)*-idtac•---t4 w4.. t h,•r watt_get-
ting w„r..': a gust of wind and roto
came etoldettly against the ::loped win
ensu. shaking then(. and at the rime
time shaking my heart. "Sturm. Su-
san!" 1 '•Tied Inwardly, "God help
you. my sweet. where are you now?"
Outwardly 1 stayed calm. though t
had tb help myself by` slowly ltghtittg
mut liegiuning to smoke n cigarette
froth llerod's box. When i thought
1 eoonld trust niy voice I asked hint-
-'Are yon expecting Niro Pxoct'e hack
.nun ' -
NoW it rocas n strange point of Her• I
oil's meulyduewtel character, that he
soul,{ not. or mould not. ile. 1 anpr
ptrse•.I hTtn quite capable et- T1'11111114'.
possibly gprlty of it : 1111 1 knew 1
•
,.bomb get the Truth from hitn, even !f
not all the truth. nail 1 tatted to
anxiety for his atewer. it .11.1 not
eomc at unci' ; he rontninert lying per-
_ fectly. still on the yellow coueh.
!taring at nothing In particular- for A
• gooiI mart of a minute, :effre_ he
reel1 et
W0 4houid. ner_e_newe or in a
;d'..f days."
\ feeling of sickness. 'Simnel physi-
end, swept neer me. I mastered it, and
wild, as lightly as i could:
"I'll send My traps rip tonight. shall'
1?"
Ile nodded In reply. He had Scarce-
ly novel or tnrJted hl! held; his
tossers hall II'70171
n given ap n man moi%
slxcnk'through sleep. Ile kept Ionktng
81101111 rf tttm: 0411 through the 11100
leeward window, a% If he wiw ninny
thh,ga. Yet there w•ae nothing there
'eve the cernn41nit and the aereen of
tlowertng vines.
With all my strength. as 1 went ant
,•f floe room, 1 tried to personlle my-
self that me fears had lied: that i hod
no grounds to go Ippon. in thinking
that mischief wall meant, was doing.
nut upon that tormented sea. Perhaps
1 sneers.icd 1n part ; at any tate. the
natural rebound from sorrow, that
moat of ns knew well. had its way
with me for a while, and T was able
to find a native servant. send him for
' my things, and settle down
0 for Latta',
night, to comparative pe
the bounds of fear caught me sore
more, dragged me down. and had their
way with me; but of that i shall say
nothing.
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