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THE PEOPLE. BARNWELL. S C mmmiamiHmmsimmimrammmmHmmEnHmE HunamnstinEnEnnaiafflmmmBnamimiamB “ ' • Q T B ; w By dEORGE AGNEW CHAMBERLAIN Author of “Home,” “Through Stained Gla»s,” “John Bogafdu*,” Etc. (CopyriKht. 1919, by Bohbs-Merrill Co.) FIVE KEARS OF SUFFERING A-Aft* J9y x^ODDS-AT PiTuI v^Q.)—_—: — £ j^jSdr. » ____________ I - - — The story of a man and a woman—utter strangers—forced together by circumstances, living in the heart of tho African jungle, completely cut off from the civilized world. CHAPTER I. —1— Andrea Pellor stood on the edgQ.of the elifT at the bark of the Indian Ocean hotel and pazed out across twenty-five miles of itioottm hay. It was not for lack of a pm*^ner that she stood alone^TJfie had promised this very extra to four insisti'iit in»*n, but had excused nersolf to one after an other of them, “Just for a moment. Just while I powder my nose.** They had all s«*irn her nm “up Jhe stairs In the main hallway; th«\v had not seen her travel steadily on through the length of th** hotel and >wn the biddt>r-like exit tnto CtUue the Tliat ' 41. Why have «n« • t o |i**r n< •ft. n had t||*J t V.mI I It? e h- rs. lf tb^t did f..r m.»o- sible. port up the coast and whose in habitants had seized upon the occasion to give a grand ball in the mode of the English, who have ever danced, courted and loved best when on the eve of bautfl ,l, ''' 1 " i_ Andrea drew a long and quivering sigh. Tomorrow the hoys would be gone. Tomorrow Aunty Gwen and she would depart In state In the pri vate car her affianced, too busy to the ! last for the soft preliminaries of love, j had sent down from the high veldt. Tomorrow — tomorrow -would indeed mark the beginning of the end. “The ( end of what?** cried something within 1 her—that same something that had m» often spurred her fo momentary I e*eiip.\ She felt a great despondency, a ter- ! rnr of the morrow that would bring ! the end of nothing but that nevertbe- lew* w.iu'd mark tlM*'«U nth of |Kirt **f Andrea I'etb-r. Th* n a mor** Martllng »’tie*le r» IM !/••«) her, St»e r. at- her face—a light that attends the eter nal wistful child within us—but be neath their shining gaze Were shad ows and her cheeks were over-pale. Just to one side of her rounded chrrr was a bit of black courtplaster, shame ful mask of a tiny sign of too mirth chocolates and too little exercise. She was slim enough to look tall in spite of that cloak-like affair of dark blue glove cloth that fell from her shoul ders to her ankles in ever-widening folds. Through all his Inspection the man’s face never changed. He looked her over deliberately, judged deliberately, and deliberately let down the little ladder that gave aecesitito the observ er’s seat. He helped her up without a word, strapped her In npd then turned to pour out voluble Instructions In dia lect to tlie bronze statue that stood at attention, black eyes fixed on his mss- ter’s face, red Ups reposting like a prompter In a Latin theater all that bis master said. The white man liver's seat, ptseed h clambered 'to th n r .%i' ro un. Andrea's. and. The forward u| faster, e straight I kwM|» Jlk u» ^ wu»-te a r t*Hi had I U. aw f»*e he r*.*as(/mil»ly healrtry-young woman who had ridden .straight* to hounds at many a five-barred gals* before which men had often paled. What was she fright ened about? A man? Why. In the' vulgar vernacular of across the water, men had been her aihnent^for years! Her backbone stiffened with a snap, she assumed her natural erect and square-shouldered carriage, and, lean ing forward from the hips, laid her hand on the man’s arm. Gentle action failing to command his attention, she tugged at him, then shook him. He showed no sign and Andrea’s lips gradually set In a thin straight line. I>ouhling up her fists she started to pummel him Into submission. The onslaught was sudden, and It was reasonable to suppose that the man would half jump out of his akin to their mutual peril. She was pre pared for ibwt but not for what really transpired The man merely raised Eupora Lady Broke Down and Was Most Miserable, But Cardui Brought Relief and Now She Is Well. 1 * ■ X ; V . —*».•' Eupora. Miss,—Mrs. B E. Tedder, thmltlo. .Tied An<lr.a. «I recently Mpoke as foil.,-vs: '“About must know, what you mean. How can five years ago . . . I broke down I talk to you with that awful din go- ^(1 took to my bed. ir,f? on/ - , What 1 Mhfferwl m) on*- kn<»\v. I was “Oh. you’ll have lots of time to talk," said the man, and no sonnort"* tmtn ham. my kneea to m; were the words out of his rn^uth than waist, cramping nnd drawing, until I they were almost wiped off the slate thought I 'would certainly die. of memory by the sudden roar of the | Ifrrew so tfekk I eoubin't e U t. and engine. * ^ ( j i7/ j. :( TjTf f ain t ami ever* time l Andrea snnk : hn<'k In her sent, crum- , , ■ , , , i , i stood on my feet I had the most mis- pled up In body and mind* ami cried . 1 ‘ ■ like a fiaf^TTreaTl)!^ soha dfiiUrfUTlF erabie nnd h-nvy in the lower bling up and out of her swelling part of my body. throat. For the first time in many j | )e g an «, D Cunlul. It strength- years she felt that she Wanted her enei , me nUer H few , dosej* and ill- mother and at once. i r. . __ _ • «tt .. a minislipd flip - . . hi ter tn€ nrst “Oh, mummy! nrummy! she sobbed n like a little child, and u moment later, h<ittle. I commenced 1° better. Just exactly like a little child, she I regained my appetite ... I Stopped crying, sniffed twice, blinked her eyrta dry and presently smiled for no special reason. Just ms a dawo his *h'*uh!**,-* nt the fin* i blow nnd paid tb«* de’ wy clouds of morning. What fe*'l fir no h****d wluitever to th< p ones that fol* bad ha P|M-n**«l? HTt y. f) mo*.t lm|M.r- C’»n loved in rapid dimin u«*ti'l*k. o-aaing tant tb iftfV ti ftff | Midd* !<•> r eal»x»*d Oal^** ou«l*b nty wh< n Atidren i/'*d tb t *>L ti *- av | paiitfully r*»l 1.^9 *-9r** f»**V»T that tin [ e% **f) h< otic c«*uld It* | . r |# t ur lo r cfyl ng not l do nt« inroad* <1 Urn §t'»t»«* •■ru? *t»er«. Kbt* eat ry iw irorfi on* • mm ^ t bomrht way • Isftrk f 'I* *j »(h r 40*1 a %agoe Androa SflrMtH lft£ til *• 1•fit* •»! m p* f f 1. fk* Hflfffk f' ^ f • • ,* fNctk* *trw* tl*4i of tb*- 1 ***99 to »-• up Ho imI# ^ "l I I |9"»»|>lr Brv* Im^snitu ntftV l« and Y*hi In tWi i aivnintid* I % • HI Jf) r% are — AU» took the Cardui right along ... . 1 am well nnd strong. That has been four years. 1 can do all my .work and •n found to t»e a ' al- wi.inen. 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Wheti the d«K*iiii! plcfed It was i*ti! Andndi for at that tlnit furth* r *•-« ivhero (he t< vat* «| it« w iture **f the to l*e m.ii • lit was Iiii: sh. tin A i!d >\ ai. dolll Nobraly •t for n * con i,: rr intaliHsl! ;illy (‘••in* ihfed !•* dreamed iiiotucnt in familv >he ramr up-*o it r atrpfaoe «o abd n f.*r 1 d* nly that stir f*»rr»*t to t<r ill-appoi * art - 1***^ It* rr*si* matrrtaltstn. It w ,1 |,| j very real iudeisl; mi were the nn-n w i rr* I .*M« n*b d It. < *ne was the tulle a H |,, Mackest. naknh si native slie had ’ «♦*»•«. a mighty statue In unlmng l*roUie. pag:ihly clothed only at loins with a apotted pelt. 1 he otl v..is a wl.it.* man gone brown In -un. He was neither very voting n<»r old. he carried himself erect with the b esting of* ;* man who Is full-grown a! to decide what - *. tH*st b r *tMl knows It. and when be moved be her nr.d fiiTboJv was right. Shi* merely -«ve nn exhibition of bmc. thin mus- kTlifiiMTed TTirorfiJTr—The—tyr '.vrlTtcn—tdew under tt tn*rf> > <*t eentral cNmtrol. pages of the prenuptial agreement, sat- His mouth seemed to he possessed of istie.i herM If tliat a va<t sum of money a smile that never wavered in spite was destined to the upkeep of IVIIor, ‘of the fact tlmt he held a piece.of and dreamy-oyed with suddeu- tnemo- wire between his teeth and was other- ries, nodded her adorable head in con- l wise iub'nt on a number of things, sent. ' — j H was ihe blaek man who first AM doubtless would liave taken Its sensed -Andrea’s presence and gave appointed, course had not the Euro- warning to Ms muster in a low, gut tural, rolling string "of flowing vowels. The white man did not look round; he merely shrugged his shoulders land went on with his job. Andrea watched him in silence until she was convinced that everything that could ho done to the maul line was about to bo accom plished and its proprietor on the verge of flying away and then, emboldened by that unwavering smile, she said in such a voice as children use when pleading for- cake, “Please, .Mr. Man, take’mo wi^h you.” She knew a good deal about flying machines; she knew- they ’ couldn’t stay up vory long and -1 hat if they •I ft tlofty MMBvU 1*4 ftpftaUMf !■••««4 »4n— v ak* 1^*4 4a4lv«c*4 ymr 41 Mfe* 1 ** »w Ifup «4 • kfen#lkf wMftf VlMt %hm t«n«4 • |»>4ix WvaMlX. Inaftrot • •f4, I (W 4rft|y •ro«»ft4 |W MMi a tw«| It Ml • •Imgl* •l»|'t* c> 4 Im4 utai TW fa tivfv liM>n»4ia«c. Tla^ ummi lMa*l<a4 liar ulrfAaua up for a ftaat grab at aNtfu4r. •tafi»4 It a* a W"Qf vtrateb. 4awuaaf4 fi*«W aa4 cut •»ff ruyiu^. Th*- blc—**i| atllMarau tbal «a« m» ltia*vai*ty aw^ut tbat Aa*lroa bad (a g\%r frut ta fiM* groat •Ugb brft«ca %br . auJ alulr ab«* aat ibsii£ tbat tbr man calm’* 4f* ** a b«tntit>X knife fnaa lt.« l*rU ami W+4 r**l th# roatratalor afrawta af a X- .. a^g a* i^u b«4 a»«u> fb| a4 au If b»tf aim auu **44 I UtaJUk fwaral ig tbat fi | hrfi •f tbr attkb pean war put In its mightily discon certing finger. Surprising things hap pened in Soutl* Africa. Andrea’s affi- unced sailed on twenty-four hours’ no tice. The diamond mines closed down, took a short nap. and then suddenly awakened to the fact that America alone was demanding ns much of their product as had tin* wimloworld before it turned its entire attention to mak ing munitions and paying for them. Andrea’s betrothed found himself har- nesved to his .job, possibly for the du- • atton of the war. As a result It was decided in family conclave that It was incumbent upon An<tNfe~4a bake «d- vantng** ql a provldeifiial detail of two I were worth anything at alt they Inva- of her brothers on the Nyassaland ex-*j riably catne^ back to. whyre they peditionary . force and., accompany started from like well-trained pigeons, them, surrendering St. George’s chapel , She hud left her door locked and she fora quiet nutfriage ln-4he colonies. .. i flgure<l that she would be buck long It wtt« a bhm'. but the fact that the j before Aunty Gwen roul'd work ber- entlro rot of tci»**r»4 • fllowances, self up - to tbe itolnt of having It not start until thf* aacriAHal ; broken In. When her voice rang across nv had taken |*la**e more than * tbe silence of tbe false dawii. clear he U>'4 tn i-tiip* Androa atari- f and light ya a §11%er bell giving tongue AXncm rae»rii4 nut onJy by lb/' aeyu**' •Ck»« r . (be white tnaa V* < 1 i. mvtamuiMa iy Oveu rfi ' Jkale ami hearty at *4 > V t % +* %r^ yuaff gpMNl . Auafy ami dhh 9 mm a« «tf PtpMtSl *4# He rmiMSkl It it the* 1* fditt %m |tur fTt'gfi r - * | | 1 *p4 u* §*K taro i cvrpaiapf QMMMtka 444 PS 4’•4a 4a.* mL ftkr rfan ■ttHB “Please, Mr. Man, Take Me W.th You. smiled. Erom where she snt nt his stioTitrtor the goggl»>s w » re lTdt'SO' Coin plcte a imrtk. She lookid an<l her eyes beep me fixed in a fnscinti’qd stare. Two deep lines lay like paren theses from the man’s nostrils to the ••orners of his mouth. Tluy made hi* month look as though' i? smiled; Pm flip man was not smiling. Suddenly she knew that through it all. from the moment he had laid his masked eyes upon her, he had never smiled; Her heart turned cold. CHAPTER II. ■ i wach § th^ni ptfua^ar uu* Up to the moment of the sudden chilling of her exultant blood, Andrea had been Almost oblivious of the din of the engine. Now she Could think of nothing else. The deafening roar that made speech futile-was a very real harrier; it Imprisoned her, held her like the Imr?* of an iron dnge, and even beat her remorselessly with its rapid- fire explosions of defying sound. She sank back on her seat, panting nnd sobbing. •* She was frightened. Never since the day when as a little child a closet door closed and locked upoh her nnd inexorable darkness had held her for momenta that were such an eternity had ahe known such ter ror. The feeling that had enm^ to her tb«o came to her now—dartne'*. m aiitkibg of tbe heart down. d<• •* 11 through an latmwinaM** void and and a efutetang band, nil cnb* r» in tbn ■Ukrt»irr*p of fewr We pro-fetwn nagMatonr 4*t n*t In* koag Aasiron gr* b— ify nmbsnoi 1 lb Cant e x* 4funbr gsro-nn mm • <%a« ' ntb bm § mnng ••niy a i had U *-n altoo«t wnrtle it hnt| r|Mth«*d and ad<»m«d. “oh”* gu*|*et| Andrea. “Is that all you had to »ay the titan. Into the va stillncas his mini voice an c«h»I and hard ns p** AliUr«*a choked with rage. She had to swallow u lump in b«‘0 throat l•♦•for** she could gasp, “1 want to go back— at once.” “You nsked rue to take you.with me.” said the man in the same calm vtb<*e. “ttnd I <b»n : t happen to Le going 'h.TT'Kr ;— “Not going back!” stuttered Andrea, , trying valiantly to appear collected. ”1 did ask to c—come, l*—but it’s ev- i ty woman’s privilege to ch—change ln r mind. —,— ! “When I first kxiked at you I saw a smile that was kindly and Thtval- 44His,—J low could I know that your, smile is nothing but camouflage made. up of lines of dissipation,--and your hideous goggles nothing but a mask for bard eyes? I thought’you were a man, buT you’re nothing but a beast, willing to torment a girl who has fool ishly put herself in your power.” “My dear girl,” said the man, “you asked me to bring y«»u with me, and like a fool f did. Now, fike a woman, you are crying because I didn’t bring you and leave you at the same time. •Same old story. Women are forever wanting to eat their cake nnd have it still.” - < I “I am not crying,” said Andrea, “and my name isn’t ‘my dear girP but tin* Honorable Andrea Pellor.** She pause<l on that weighty announcement. “Kcally?” said the man, uuinoved. “Brother in th»* Flying Corps. Nice, humdrum nob!** family, as ! remember It. Welir i r ‘ j • a t atari that horrible* ooUe again. 1 want to talk to you. 1 want to—oh, what aro y«m going to 4n with me T" m«. G'wi eg roa They arrive at their jour ney*! end. You’ll enjoy the next instalment. «lu liA tv>N X4N1 *.4» * new process iSculpture Invention of Italian Sciential Will Revoluttoniza Work of Matters of the Chtael. A process f«*r pnaluclng baa-rollefa I'T photography la the fruit of tho invention of an Italian scientist. 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