Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-23
CHAPTER v.
Mary: in the Plains.

| He had seen her. The shocking coinci-
dence left him between amazements-
whether he had seen her at last, or too
soon. or only by proxy and mistake. This
mental hubbub-which set him walking
| briskIy but without aim down half the
crowded length of the Queens road-sub-
sided or recoiled into his first certainty.
The face looking down from the stern
was the face inside the dead mans keep
sake. He had seen her-but outward
| bound.
| He turned, with a sudden, clear and
urgent purpose. The Yin Shan was Card
& Lovetts boat. He knew a junior In
that firm.
Hail" At his raised hand a lounging
saffron and blue figure sprang up be-
| tween brass-bound shafts and came trun-
ding his rickshaw through the press of
busy coolies and grave yellow merchants.
"Fai-di!" The rickshaw tilted, caught
the balance and started on its rafting
| way.
Under the cavernous. vauted roof of the
pavement, a swarthy man, wearing a
SLOUGH panama, and Chefoo silk pale as
| the tassels of ripe maize turned to IN
spect the strings of fiat, white-powdered
devil fish in provision shop So abrupt
was his movement that only by chance
had David caught the necessary glimpse
| The dark features the shrewd eyes and
coarse but humorous mouth, were those
| Of the stranger who had watched him
| through the crowd in Manila. Now, by a
single flash of discontinue, they showed
| that David had turned with announcement
speed Nor was it natural for any man
| to be so suddenly engrossed in dry devil
fish and brown, Vanished ducks.
| Now what's he after?" thought David
''Ill ask him and have 1t OUT
| But when he had shouted to the bound
ing coolie, and the rickshaw, wheeling,
| had rammed a sedan chair, and olsen
gagged from a brawl, the man in Chefoo
silk had lodged out Of sight down one OF
the narrow alleys leading to the fish
| market.
The incident had faded by the time that
David was mounting the great steps OF
Card &, I.ovett, Limited. In q sudden
| flush Of excitement he crossed the dark.
| cool office and called for his friend.
| A merry little Junior alert and smiling,
shook hands across polished plateau OF
teak.
goats2" was Davids greeting. WHO
| brought you a pony once from the north
| of Gilman"
The happy little Welshman grinned.
"One of my goats" he answered. but
| he was a good judge of hOrsef1esh, and
what can do for him?"
! List of passengers, please-Yin Shan. -
| For some reason David found his pulse
beating quickly as he ran his finger down
the names. all written alike, stripped OF
distinction. in the same neat office hand.
In second or two he would know the
next word after "Mary''-the word at
which the other man had been struck
down in the hut.
| He groaned.
whats upo" inquired keen little Mr..
Pryce.
Here" said David, in dismay. do
you remember either of these?"
| He turned the list round, with two fin
gers, spread apart, on the names:
Miss Mary Naves, Sourabaya."
Miss Mary Arnot, Sourabaya."
| The Welshman twisted his gingery mus
tache, studied the catalogue soberiy. then
looked up with a twinkling eye.
Cant say I do" he answered. "Oh,
wait bit! One was deuced pretty. But
blessed if I remember which came first
David watched him grimly.
ZAP Evans. APP Rice. no fooling," he
threatened. "I'm in earnest"
80 am T." said the junior, in surprise.
Don't you know which? Bar sells, !
don't"
The two men had tiffin together at the
club; but though Pryce racked his brain
he could give no further help. The whole
affair seemed to please his sense Of hui
NOR Unfortunately.
New departure for you," he suggested
ito take such interest in the ladies, One
thing, they'll both be in Sourabaya, and