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t t liillllililla "'~ '"fi'tiililllim iliii I t Cotii inued from Iit-st page, this sect ion. eyes, something you could leani upon, Hie was suilddenly not of her old world. "I am afraid the soup is a little cold," he said as he stopped around t to draw her chair for her. The dinner was good beyond tho eacett' of iere gross a)petite, and it was served with a rapidity and .moothness that would have done credit to the oldest of the Pellor but lers. "Your servants are well trained," sail Andrea. "Each- has little to do," said the man. "lle nmust do it well. That, in cilentally, is the secret of getting sati-factory w'ork out of an African." "Is ."said Aliriii absently. "I've alwa ys heard they were ia shiftless lot an11d that a whit.e inna could (10 the work of ten I i t-r. "S he Ia, n. linaily, answe'red the n1:111. :hu1ost ::; a ibSently, "hl there a tim es when bin 'boys.,' pickoel 'ho.-" to stopped as if he were lost ;I Sotne far eIninIth(cLenlce. A :i1ence fell Io the eOnd of the mewal, wh1: -1 1I4inl(leil with ;ho suiCdden end (f th' trIopie -lay. The inian poke to t:: srvants for the Iirst I 21nn. Thy cleared the tab le. set it aglaini with glasses and1(1 liquttirS. Cigar1s, ciarettCs and votTee, ad moved it slightly to onIe sid. 'hen. from the IIea rby hut, tihey brou.rht out A% enshion.tled wicker chiairs!, home-nul"4 but comlfortable. Andrea saniik 1int hIers with a pectui r I feeling of well-heing tmixed wiith ss pense. The41 111a n Sat1 (lOwn! opposit 0 her, the table within e:asy rellcl of both but (not bt wee i I tieli. Solluethinig swayed with a jerk b'o1ve their leads. Androa, startled. looked up1) Just in timtie to i-e'an ellortnolue white disk unroll fromn its euges, leting fall in a icle arPoundt0 them at snowy Imesh of hob hinet. Th y. and all they ieeded for com fort. became enelowed In an insect proIf engue t1hat swaiyod softly to t he evenI) stir of i r. Tle servailts weighte-d dowl its edges with flat stonos and tlien lit two c(etyleine iits that stooi outsile on stan1ds pihived at r-igh1t .1n101- to the couple wilthin the net so that tle eyes of both wer- spared the glire. The 111111 polred coffee and lilqueurs. lit Anirea's (igairette, chose a eigar for b6inu-elf and sat duozni. During the P' *!T they eyed each other in silenCti, 0A Silent Rotary \ No carbon Trot Bot~h water anc hiorse power th. Make y iking each other's measure. "It is too ad," he said finally, "that we can't ake this hour for itself alone andI rink together a clip of peace and I tillness and comfort." Ills words were hitilf a question and was so that Andrea uiderstood the0n1. lie drew a deep sigh,,slirtugged her ire shouilders and turiied squarely to er coinpanion. "It is too bad," she itid, repeating his words with hitter tphasis, "(hat I can't forget that ol his night I lose everything that mat ers-too bad I can't birush atitstropheo n rIuin aside for tle sake of a fool aioon and a elgarette." As she spoke, the man braced him elf. "E4verything that matters," lie eleated. "Ruin ! What have you lost hat matters? Wherein have you been Wined?" T'114 gIrl stared it lii, open-eyed. 'You kIow who I amn, what I stand or in my world, and how that world 'ill inake I chasm that I can never ecross after this night an*d you Call It there Itild say it doesl't matter and tsk where's the ruin?" The nan looked i'iway frolm her tIense ae. "The things that lufI'tter," lie 11i1 (iietly, "'are liealtih-irt of body Ind Ilen of soul -holnor that ann stand tione, and tho llameo of an inner inmp. L'ire ik nothing ls" thl I really colnis mnd yr.ui've lost none of Iies.. As for 'in-" 1' tu.rned his eyvs back to ter anld Inl themt wa.s a1 gleam of qi .ieal hlmilvnige. " hall I delline ruin 01' * 1 "Please do." SaidAnreunmii "Rinl, " .sid thet mtanl, "Is bu a. Whether iV's Poinoeii or an enire "'J. lizat!o". fying 1114c l. ta of' a ten lousand) y':ia r:s' stride of tic-or ai ndIvidual rottig under the sod ,o !otiven'tions, it's aill one ind the sano hiig. Itollu(itie is " 1 11111. 1m and wII en I o') go so deep inl its f'oil air ithat you ain't keep huri ig jie fiu) moe of that iltier l111111) 1 mentioned, why you're lead to every intent andI(] every pur ose. Tiit, Andrea Pellor, Is ruin." le used her name without prefix, mt without failiiiarity; Sihply as a :orollary to his stark frankness. Sh Ie realized this almost suI)conscioushy. [Ier thoughts lingered on the substance )f what he had said, but when she ;poke she proved herself a woman. 'Speaking of names, what is yours?" dhe asked. "Mimie? My name?" said the man, Itartled out of his role. Ile stared ibsently through itad beyond her. 'Why, I haven't inly-now. Not that imoints to anything." ills eyes _.ame mek to hter. "Call mile Mr. White Man is you have Ieguti-just White Man wlen you feel genil . If you ever do." "Well, Mr. White Man," said Andrea, witi emphIasis, "What you said abollt r'uin didn't pass quite over my head. b helieve you spoke with genuine sin eerity and that, as you doubtless re nember, is conversational had (aste. Somehow it didn't bore me, but do you really think that women are persuaiided by words?" Lb1 mum FULLY AUT( 'alve Four-horse Power i ible; High Speed--No Vib l air cooled; Only one p nition' system; Larger b: :arburtor constant~ spe our home more boys on the f H. W. The inin dropped his eyes. "No," d 0e sali listlessly. "I don't. I know, ut I had forgotten, that women are i er10suiaded by love alone." "What !" ci'ed Andrea. "Wlomel," sald the Inan, "know no a onversion except through love." "I have lit) Interest whatever in your .bstractions." sidI Andrea an-grily. "I c lon't cnre what you think on any sub- a Pet under the sunl. At this moments here Is only ole thing that Concerns ( Ile-only one." Sl itiurned from him, hrew her bare arms across the table ind dropped her face against tihem. c 'What Is to become of me? What do I care about women? I care about m nyself, about Andrea Pellor." "I Hia glad that you do," aild the nan, and added grimly, "If you cry, f you even start to cry, I shall go o bed." Andrea threw hack her head and j urned her face toward him. "I am I lot crying," she said quietly, "and I I vill not." 11er anger had tied and In its place mnd (Om1e into her eyes something ter P11)ly potent, the unforgettable look f a hunted thing at bay. "I want to ask you," continued An Irea, "to implore yoU, to tikte me back. [f not tonight. Ohen tolmorrow. 1lying )r on foot, if only we could start now. [will say that it has all been my fault. that you did nothing beyond what 1 skttd you to do in bringi ng am' witl ouli, it' onily-if' only you wvill take mt mek. Will you' The ia n elnIchedt his teelh. "I would it' I could. I've t .ltd you that Idremly," hle -:aid almost1s in1 p whisper. Then1 his voice rwcerr n odr "It would take O.ight days by anly ns at my I db,-W.;osal ---cightl days Otere :nd eight (lays hac'k. I can't afford it and( nothin111. wouldi be saved mr gainled as- far11 31s Yon :Irl( conclw~erne. It wouiltl t'nly entail n loss I haye no right to give." Ills tioml h:trlend Andrea's. "You Inean that when it toimes to choosing between 1my plrsol lo4ss ald yours, you see no rea sol to hisitate." The Man tlushed uneri' Ills tan and lils eyes gleamed Its though her words had given, thie Itn \ew life. "Mllne would not le a persoal loss," he said. "I amilt not a loafer nor am21 I here for my pleasure." ",I set,'" s(I Andrea. "My life a gaint the lnterests of your employer. Are you it foreman?" lit, shiruggetd lils shoulders and ig nEoiedt the question. "Your life?" he sil. "What Ire you worth, after all? Tile best specimen of Woman in this caimp represents an Investment on the part-t of the husbi atd of two pounds ten shillings-say three poutiIs aII it the most. l'very girl chiid sit he's an11d ctrars briigs him a hiii idred per cent - a tu11rn, and inl addit !4n site kee'ps housie, cooks, ''hps wOoi, tet:s waiter and ilL; hl Thi ls." Again AnIdrea Jerhel himl, o!:t of his .ole with her inconsetquence. "Whas , ANNOL MATIC-4T SI DINOMICAL Al EMBO] ration; iace to YO I attractive and arm. Write to WEBSTEF lJENT FOR LA oes tote mean?" she asked rather icIly. I "To tote means to carry, fetch, lug, ear-" "Thank you," site interrupted. "By he way, did you imean to measure mile gainit that Iiree-pound standIrd?" I "I d," said the man. She threw out her arms In a gesture f disclosure and laughed. "To think," he s'aid, "that it's only a fewv weeks Inee I was knocked down to the high st hi!der it twenty thousand ia year!" "Not you," said the m11an quickly. lie wasn't blyim' you. You nlover vel thought It. I halppen to know 111n, erhaps better than you (o, and I can ,sure you that the tInsel aind the oip he was bargailning for, innocent notgh In themselves, would h1ave be ome despicable and tainted by his ossession."' lie was silent for a montezt; then, ust as Andrea's lIps were opening; to L remark, lie added, "l'm glad you >rouglht him to my mind. 'I'he thought ifl hin has free( m1e fron my regret. 'ou're here, I'm glad you are, and you ill stay. The only question Is vhether you are going to sulk or vhether you will smile and aecept klle .ure of tile philosophy of coitra ts." "Tha'llt's at new one," said Amllre. "No(t at Ili]," replied thle 1mn. Th'le ihilosophy of Contrasts Is imsed oil hL ida 0hAt a1 -lit and death are on1 111u1 thit sm thing." "You've missed your Vocation, Whilt \fani." said Andrea flippunttly. "Yott ho!bl "'At your pulpit undil turn'l mis 4ionary to stelety.' " ' golt 1t fate of the 1arth for it 1mi11l, "..11hi the nuan easily, "and I C111int do wilh less." "I ha(d Slspectetd that there Wa1"s s4olithIling cols ahout you, replied Andrea quickly, "nd111 now I know it. It is your iipertinent self-sufli elenIcy-"' "You iiSunderstood 12e," interrupted the mn12, himself unmoved. "What I me2an by that flimiiboynlit statement vas that no philosophy has ever lived except through example and one can't fulfill the creed of contrasts with less than the whole world for a play ground." "And has it never failed?" His eyes wandered to the half wrecked aeroplane. "Yes, it has failed --once'." "A case of 'physvllan cure'-" began Andrea and stopped. Illk eyes had sw'erved hack to hers ain( the naked look of regret in theim frightened her. "Well," she continued, glancing away hastily, "do you really want to-to convert me?" lie started In his chair and If lie had been thinkling of his personal troubles, promptly forgot thei. Had it been inerely a chance shot, hie spec uilted, or was this young lady pos -;essed of that rarest of virtues, a quirk of mlislief In the face of ad ve rsity? "Womern know no conver loin except through love," were thie exuet words lhe 1haid lisetd. le recalled 'ARTS AND S' qD DEPENDAI DYING 40 A <1 112 A '~:~ Absol' st~ar-t i convenient for i day for further i, Mountvi URENS COUN hem perfectly, and watching in silence telltale flush rise from her bare neck nto her hot cheeks, he perceived that he also remembered. "Ol I" cried Andrea, "I think you are torrible." "I haven't said anything," romon trated the man. "That's why," snapped Andrea. 'You could have said something. You ceep quiet and give a beastly signifl !ance-signlificancet-" He helped her out. 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