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much here? He's apparently asked
everywhere-at least so Mrs. Shelf says
and he knows everybody who's worth
knowing"
Fairfax laughed. Why does london
society take up with an eX-bushranger
from Australia or a glor!fied advertis-
ing cowboy from the wild, wild west?
Simply because London society is OK
trenoly parochial and gets desperately
bored with its own little self undiluted.
Now. Cambel has undoubtedly wan
dered about outside the parish. and oc-
casionaliy he lets drop hints which
makes one guess he's seen some queer
ish rough and tumbles in places where
polite society doesn't go. and, in fact.
preserves a good hu,norcd reticence
about most of his doingS. This makes
people Thoughtful and speculative. If
IL Chinese c%Xt1adition warrant Was to
turn up tomorrow morning to arrest
him for sticking up IL two button man
DARN beyond the great wall. nobody
would be Il bit surprised. or if he were
to tell the city this afternoon that he'd
n concession for "A silver mine in Para
quay which he wished to dispose of at
reasonable rates we'd take 1T with
pleased equanimity. Now. you know.
Amy. there's a fearful joy in enter
tanning a man of that stamp"
"Espe'ially when he's as entirely
fascinating as Mr.. Cambel can be when
nv " NAV SuNIi Il Mill.'I. Ibul
you speak as If he We're a savage from
some back settlement come to decent
society for the first time. He isn't that
in TIE least. He's Il gentleman dis
tinctly."
My dear girl. l lever meant to sug-
sest that he Was not. There's no par
ticular secret about his raising. He
comes of IL good west county family,
Was ar Elton boy and played in their
eleven, went through Cambridge and
aftcrward found a berth in the diplo-
matte service. Thea by way of variety
he got engaged to be married to a girl
who Tilted him. on the strength of
which he began to run Wild. He start
81 eff-&ix- manihs.leaN fer a-trip into
Tibet. but he stayed beyond the limits
of the postal system for two years and
a half. and when he got back to Eng
land The diplomatic corps found that
they could get on very we'll without
him. so he continued his rambles. He
doesn't seem able to settle down."
That's because he can't forget the
girl who threw him over" exclaimed
Miss Rivers. How awfully romantic,
| wonder who she was. She couldn't
have been anybody nice. or she would
MT have done it, because he a regular
dear. And fancy his remembering her
all this line l just love him for it
Some fellows" remarked Fairfax
judiciously. would get jealous if the
girl they were going to marry talked
Gbout another man this way
Miss Rivers treasured him first prac-
tically AMI then in word. You goose
said she, IF l care for him in that way,
cont YOU see | shouldn't have spoken
about him to you at all"'
Fairfax did not answer directly. He
kissed her thoughtfully, and after
awhile he said: Tn rot superst:tious
dear. as n general thing. Work in d
shipping office end to make one pain
fully matter Of fact. Bat for all that ]
wish this fellow Canlbel would either
marry the queen. or get crushed up in
q cab accident. or ave himself safely
fastened down out of harms way
somewhere. I've got a fo%reboding'
An y. that he's going to do a bad turf
either 10 you II to me. which means
both of Us. l know it's absurd. but
i can't get i'd of it,"
How creepy said Amy Rivers
Luz what nonsense. IiaTilton!'