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By Amy Miller
ii She had sent him from ber ie he ssaid, be said, and took a pipe
anger, but she had expectedhim to from hie pocket Ailed it; and began
come and plead for forgiveness. She i . tin smoke.
had never thought he would leave 6 He watched the crowd, and Pop?y
her without a word of farewell, with- smelted her cigarete, She hoped
out any attempt at reconeiiliation. t she wasn't sitting out tai long, The
Iter thoughts strayed far from the { place was getting crowded now,
man on the other side of the table-- I "I think perhaps I ought to go
the dark etrangor who had travelled back," site said, hesitatingly,
towards her from far seas. leis f "You're coming back to dune
voice recalled her to the present. • with me," he returned. '"It'e all right
"So Ibis Is your first night boreas long as Pm looking after you,
Think you're going to lige it.' lent it? You donit have to keep
Peppy rose to the occasion; damcing all the time?"
"I'm crazy about dancing," she "No," she replied, uncertainly.
said. "You just take it easy for a bit,
'Dancing's all right some times." , and then we'll have another tango."
said the man from Mexigo, "You must have clanged in ali
"I've never met anybody who sorts of places."
could danee like you,' she told him "Pretty well all over the world."
"You haven't met many men," he he agreed. "And its much the
said. same everywhere. Do you belong
`.You don't know," she returned. to this town?"
"Don't I You're not drinking "No, my home's up North."
yur wine." "Then what are you doing so far
She lifted her glass and sipped away from your mother?"
She couldn't drink. but she woull "I lost my mother when I was
have to pretend to. little."
"What eolour are your eyes?" be
asked, suddenly.
She looked straight at him
startled.
"Tbey're not 'brown," he said.
"And they're not grey --mat blue
It's bard to tell the colour." His
eyes laughed into berg - half -mock-
ingly. "You're just a lithe girl,"he
"And you're not very big new."
he commented. "Wh o do you live
with— friends?"
"Yes,' 'she told him. Ile was ask-
ing
sking to many questions. It was no
business of his with whom she lived,
and she wasn't going to tell him she
was on her own.
"Well. I hope they take good care
said. "What do they call you?" of you." be said. "What time do you
"Poppy,," she said. get away from here '
"That's a pertty name. We'll wait "Two oolock.'
for the other band before we go and That's long boors or you."
dance, Poppy. What kind of cigar- She let the remark pass
esu WiW
ettes de you like—fancy ones? getting annoyed with him. She was
Where's the cigarette girl? M. tbere to .dance with any man who
Miss." asked her, and to make herself
He chose from the tray the most agreeable up to a certain. point, not
attractive looking!pa,eket and lair it ; to tell strangers her business.
by Poppy's plate. 1 She loioked
Oh, thank you," she said. ; Boron"Theree then tango dances the band
Ir.'s lit one for her, very carefully beginning„” she said.
and she said "thank you," again. 1 "All right, 1f you want to go back,
"You can call me Jan, If you like." Popy, come along."
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rem liberally,. They went bank
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it ware a. dreaamler measure this
time. Ile did not allow her to
exert heneelf, bet glided about with
her, #a that site seemed ie, be rest,
fug to his strong arms,
Ile spoke little. Only, in the In-
ter/el between elle dances he
askee—
•'Will you be 'here every night?"
"I hope so;,
she murmured,
In. the impulsive words, the tome,
she told ,hint More than she realised,
but he only said --
"Then• I'll be dancing with you
again someltttne.
The muee° struck UP . and they
were off. Lf only all ber captures
could be like him, she (bought,
After the dance they panted. as
waw the custom of the place, at the
entrance to 'tbe enclosure, Sbe
went back to the table; he was lost.
in the crowd.
She hada glimpse of him once or
twice after tthat. For her, his pres-
ence pervaded the hall in some
curious way, but after a while she
saw him no more.
The hours wore on, It was a long
night for Poppy. Sbe rather won.
dered how she would have got
through it, bat for the hoepital'ty
of Jan. For weeks she had been
lnsufficienrly fed, and her vitality
had been stlil further lowered by
anxiety and fret.
She had some agreeable partite'•s,
ani some who were the reverse;
and she was thoroughly tired, more
mentally than physically, whenthe
hour of release came.
All the other empl::fyees were
strangers toe her, except Gladys,
whose sweetheart was seeing her
home, so Poppy came oat alone into
the y' , and
madedand:her 'wait
yparking 'towardsgroundthe gates.
She had a long walk before her.
Just as she crossed the rood, one
of the cars that had been lined up
ontelde the hall shot out through
the gate suddenly and startled her.
The shock unnerved her, already
overwrought as she was. A little
sob broke from her lips, 'the tears
started to her eyes, as she begat,
to walk down the dark street that
led to the long, tree-sbaded main
road.
Thent ala if to crown her distress
she felt someone come behind her
,put an arra around her. She cried
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"Dona be frightened,
darling, It's only 140,' said a v
she knew,
ISdie eora1d not reason. Instinct
iy, she tuned to Irim, as re he.
been her natural protector.
"Ivo been watting for you,"
,said. "1 thought you might h
somebody to see yon safe home;
1 didn''t know, and I couldn;t b
the thought of you ga:mg by you'
'
so late."
"Oh, wheat makes you so good
me?" site cried
"Wouldn't anybody want to
said Jan.
"It was silly of me. I di
know it was You,"
"I didn't think".he said, remo
fally. 'I'm a clumsy fool. .I 5
hale
aloe
ive-
had
he
aye
but
ear
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to
bey„
dn't
rse-
rest
saw you going along in the dark,
and you looked so little it seemed
I coultlnt help taking hold of you.
But you're not frightened now, not
wall me?"
"No, I couldn't be."
"I didu'•t want to hang around In
there," be explained. "I've been
walking along thinking about. you.
And then I came back and watohed
for you. is this the way yon go?"
"Yes, straight down to the town,"
"Is it tar?"
"Near the harbour. You mustu't
come out of your way. It's so late"
"I'm sloping close by the docks,"
he answered. "Its, a long way for
you to walk. Your feet mustbe
rtiraR
07 a taxi."
suppose there's no chancel
"No, and, Pd rather walk, I'm
of tired." ,
"INS lonesome here at night,"
el Jen. "I'm pied I went up
ere and found you if I hadn't you'd
ave been walking alone. It doesn't
em right to me.'
"I shouldn't have been afraid—
ere's nothing to be afraid of,"
"But you'd rather .have me taking
re of you, wouldn't you, Poppy?"
"Yes, Jan."
"Do you like me?" he whispered.
do like you!'
"Yes, I like you," she answered.
You're kind. I should think you're
ery good to your awn ,people."
Ile gave a rueful laugh.
• ha,ben't any people, Poppy. 1
raw away to sea when I was a
youngster and I've been roaming
bout ever SOME. Sometimes---
never used to feel like it, but this
t year or two I've felt as if I'd like
have somebody waiting for me at
n:d of the trip—somebody wbo
o uld alwayls be there. You don't
notice so much when you're emery."
"But you're not old.'
"I'm a good deal older than yon
e—olglad d enough to lok after you.
you Ifke me, Poppy:"
"vest I do," she said.
Indeed she liked him more and
re. Fle had drawn her arm
aught his so that she could lean
it, and she was conscious of a
teetive gentleness. No need
be on the defensive with Jan
e =my men who have roughed
e had; time deltcaey o1P feeling
eh would have made a girl like
Po
at ease dith new under the
t emlraapiaslsing circumstances,
at
e had a nausea instinct, cultic
d by expenien;oe, where women
e concerned. There were the
with whom one might be free
easy, talk and make love to
out any restraint, and here and
one happened on a girl like
pry—innocent, defenceless, claim
all reverence and humble set,
e did not undersitand this' -how
she, to whom he was etdll a
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Teddy had awakened bet. from her
ohildtonde dreaaning, and loft her
lonely
!S'ome't'h'ing in' her was swift to
remould! to Jan.'.e appeal, Re was
big- end strotrg and kind, and she
was very tired.
"What time do, you have to go to
that place to llonew?" he asked.
"Nat till haleensit
"Wd11
you, came with me in, the
allteaneon? You'll Want a good fang
,eieep, so I shantt come for you till
areout 'top. You'll let me call for
You, won't you?"
"I dont know.'
"Your friends wont mind, will
they?"
'Woo,"
'liadn',t you better tell me what
it is," 'he sold. "Why dant You want
me to come to your' house?"
"I didn't tell you the truth," she
confessed. "I'm on my awn."
"How's, that?" asked Jan, quickly.
She told him the whole story. It
was easy, walking along with him
down through the sleeping town.
"You ought to ga hems to your
dad, -Pone," he said, gravely. "It
isn't right a little girl like you, so
dainty and pretty, living by 'iter
self."
"1 dao, easrn my own living,'' she
said. "1'11 get a better job great
eptly.'
"Does your dad know What you're
doing?" questioned Jan -
"I bavenit told him—he thinks
I've found wank in a elhop—things
are so :bed; at home."
"But he wouldn't let you be like
this if he knew—no man -weed.
Are the people you live with . all
righ"
""Oft?course."
'What's the good of asking you?'
said Jan, in ddserese. "You would
n't know if they weren't. When. I
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"So this ie your first night hers
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"Suet Pm not alone. I have friends
--'halt kind girl I told you of Who
helped me to get this work."
"I'd. like to meet her," said Jan.
"Wheres she working '
"We'll go up tomorrow afternoon,
1f it's as hot as 1t is to -day." Jan
settled the question in his usual
fashion.. "And then I can -'meet
your friend."
"1 can't swim," Poppy demised
"You wIll," said Jan,. equably,
"Everyone • can swim if they try."
"I had! a fright when I was at
school. .A girl pushed • me In the
water at tIbe swiming bath."
"Little beast " cried Jan: "Never
mind, Poppy You'll get over your
nerves when, Pm with you.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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