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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
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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
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un.
Andrea's.
and. The
forward
u| faster,
e straight
I
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wu»-te
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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
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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
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Aa*lroa bad (a g\%r frut ta fiM* groat
•Ugb brft«ca %br . auJ alulr ab«*
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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
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“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
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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.
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new process iSculpture
Invention of Italian Sciential Will
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of the Chtael.
A process f«*r pnaluclng baa-rollefa
I'T photography la the fruit of tho
invention of an Italian scientist.
The basis of the Invention Is the
property possessed by a film of chromi
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to the intensity of the light falling
Upon It. The swelling Is greater ')>ilh
a Imv thrm wHh a jMgh
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The transparency of an ordinary
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model, but by an Ingenious automatic
device involving double exposure this
difficulty is avoided and a negative
is obtained having its lights and
shades correctly graded to produce the
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There had been unpleasant wordi
• before between the dramatist nnd a
leading comedian as to. the latter’s
habit of adding impromptu J<*kes to
his part. “There’s no need for you
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after the comedian had done it again.
“Your part as written Is quite funny
enough. All you’ve got to do is to, say
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to laugh.” The comedian did not look
convinced. “That*5T all right for you,’
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• an afford the time. But don’t forget
I have to cat* b the midnight train
to my place in the suburbs, and I can't
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cold-breaker”
r Wath Day on tha Deep.
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