Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-15

in and tell her now,' and she made
step forward into the moonlight.
In a moment he had drawn her back
into the shadow again.
That would be madness. Stewart in
England is Mat Han here. This place Is
within the British sphere of influence, it
Is true, but it is not British. There are
two white men and four hundred coolies
on the railway line seven miles off, there
is Charlie Denton a couple of miles
away, and there is me here. The Chinese
coolies we can't count ON. They haven't
] the pluck of mouse, so there are four
white men, three fonrths of them a good
way Off Now Mat Han can command
the whole district. He cam raise thou
sand fighting men, | DOUBT not. il he
wants TO, but ten would dc tll:s 80. He
has got the girl, and he means to keer
her"
Peggy had her hand on his arm. and he
felt her SILVER. He put his hand over
hers-"Dont be afraid and there was
tenderness in his voice.
I'm not afraid for myself when Pm
with you"-his hand pressed hers and
sent the blood bounding in her veins
but Ethel! What are we to do about
Ethelgs
Il don't think Mat Han will move
yet" said Petrie, more as if he were
| thinking the thing over out loud than if
he We're addressing the girl beside him.
| No, he viii let the fact sink in that the
parson is not coming, and then he will
| begin to show her she's in his power.
lmpulsive, eager as a native is, / think
she is safe for two or three days, and we
must maneuver to get her away"
How" breathed Peg. 1t was Won
| derful the trust she had in this man
She was prepared to do his bidding
whatever it was She found time for a
second to wonder at herself she who
had always chafed so against all au
| thority.
| Gould you persuade her, do you think,
to run away tonight when they are all
in bed, without saying a word TO Mat
Han about it 2"
II don't believe | could" said Peg,
| shaking her head. She trusts him. She
would say she has known limit is only
a fortnight really, but she calls it ages
and che would say | had known YOU
only Why, good gracious, | have
known you only about fifteen minutes!"
| He nodded grayely. Her eyes were
accustomed to the gloom now, and she
/ Il
mouth was that of man of action, but
the eyes when they look at her were ten
der and kind and even in this gloom she
could feel the attraction in them She
believed this man; she would trust him
to the end of the world. Here in the
wonderful tropical moonlight, in this di-
lapidated Malay compound, in the midst
of her anxiety, she was tasting first Of
bliss
Trust me-" he said, "trust me. At
least l am an Englishman And YOU
know Denton. I'll make Denton guaran-
tee my bona fides. Come with me to
Denton now"
Il can't leave Ethel'
"And / feel as if l can't leave vou'
He held her hand tightly for a moment
mo, you ought not to leave her And
yet-and yet"
Couldn't you get Charlie and come
back? She might believe you both if
you told her there was no parson here
and never had been a parson. She will
believe you easier than she would me
because you are men," said Peg.
"Yes; but butt can't leave youi |
want to take you along with me-
Peg felt as If he had been her trusted
friend and she had known him for wears.
She felt too that she could speak and he
would understand.
Il think you must leave me-" she sid
gently. Bring Charlie here; Ethel knows
of him; she has seen his photograph and
rather admired it. / might persuade her
to come out here and speak to him How
long would it take your"
81 will be back here in an hour and a
half, probably less; but an hour and a
half will be too soon. Meet us here at
o'clock. There is some chance of the
household being asleep by them ] think
But remember one thing, it will never
do to arouse Mat Hans suspicious"
"They can't have been reused YETI"
no, l think not yet" The eyes Of
both of them wandered to the patch of
light on the veranda which marked the
room where Ethel and her eastern lover
were sitting. Even then Peg wondered
that they had not come out to take adj
vantage of the gorgeous night, but she
was glad they had not
Il can't leave you!" said Christian Pc
trie again, but even as he spoke Ethel
came out and stood on the veranda.
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