Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-08-03
CHAPTER u. (contInued).

wood. The giri calls Amber by name.
CHAPTER u. (contInued).
You will have 1t that l must u
render my only advantage--my In
cognito. If I tell you how I happen to
know who you are, I must tell you
who am. Immediately you will lose
interest in me, because I'm really not
at all advanced; ! doubt II l should
understand your book If I had. to read
It."
Which heaven forfendi But why"
he insisted mercilessly, do you wish
me to be interested in youf"
She flushed becomingly at this and
acknowledged the touch with arueful,
smiling glance. But, Because I'm
interested in you" she admitted open
".
sand . whyf"
"Are you hardened to such adven-
tures?" She nodded in the direction
the babu had taken. Are you &C
customed to being treated with ex-
t%raordinary respect by stray Bengalis
and accepting tokens from them? Is
romance commonplace to your"
"Oh," he said, disappointed, III It's
only the adventure! OF course.
that's easily enough explained. This
half-witted mammoth-don't ask me
how he came to be here-thought he
recognized in me some one he had
known in India. Let's have a look at
this token-thing."
He disclosed the bronze box and let
her take it in her pretty fingers.
Tt must have a secret spring." she
concluded, after a careful inspection.
Il think SO, but . :"
She shook it, holding it by her ear.
"'There's something inside-it rattles
v so slightly. / wonder!"
mo more than l."
"And what are you going to dc with
It." She returned it reluctantly.
why, there's nothing to do but
keep it till the owner turns up, that I
can see"
you won't break it open?"
Not until curiosity overpowers
me and I've exhausted every artifice,
trying to find the CATCH"
Are you a patient person. Mr.. Am
ber?"
mot extraordinarily so, Miss Far
rell."
ooh. how did you glless?"
by remembering not to be stupid.
You are Miss Sophia Farrell, daughter
of Colonel Farrell Of the British dip
tomato service in India" He
chuckled cheerfully over his triumph
of deductive reasoning. "You are Wis.,
fling the Quains for a few days, while
en- route for India with some friends
whose name I've forgotten"
1.-THE Rolands," she prompted in
voluntarily.
Thank you. The Rolands,
who are stopping in New York. You've
lived several years with your father
in India, went back to London to
come out and are returning. having
been presented at the court of st.
James. Your mother was IN Ameri-
can girl, a schoolmate Of Mrs.
Quain's. I'm afraid that's the whole
sum Of my knowledge of you"
You've turned the tables fairly,
MI. Amber" she admitted. "And
Mr.. Quain wrote you all that?"
I'm afraid he told me almost an
much about you as he told you about
me; we're old friends, you know. And
now l come to think of 1t, Quain
has one of the few photographs of me
extant. So my chain Of reasoning's
complete. And / think we'd better
hurry on to Tanglewood."
Indeed, yes. Mrs. Quain will be
wild with worry II that animal finds
his way back to the stable without
me; I've been very thoughtless."
How much longer shall you stay
at T~anglewood, Miss Farrell?"
"Unhappily," she sighed, Il must
leave on the early train tomorrow, to
Join the Rolands In New York"
"You don't want to go?"
LII Hdll Ill ALHeTICau, MI. AMBER
I've learned to love the country al
ready. Besides, we start Immediately
for San Francisco, and It'll be such
a little while before Ill be in India"
"You don't care for India?"
I've known 1t for less than six
years. but already I've come to hate
1t as thoroughly as any exiled English
woman there. It sits there like a
great, Unsuitable monster, devouring
English lives. Indirectly 1t was re-
sponsible for my mothers death; she
neve recovered from the illness she
contracted when my father was sta
toned in the Deccan. In the course
OF time 1t will kill my father, Just as
It did his father and his elder brother.
It's a cruel, hateful, ~ungrateful land
NOT without the price we pay for it,
Il know how you feel" he said with
sympathy. TITS been a good many
years since ! visited India, and OF
course ! then saw and heard little OF
the darker side. Your people are
brave enough. out there"
They are. ! don't know about gov
eminent; but its servants are loyal
N~nA-Seyote.t and unselfish and cheer