The Washington times., 1912-08-10
THE TIMES DAILY SERIAL STORY
INTOTHEP PRIMITIVE
ROBERT AMES BENNETT
Copyright. 1918. Frank A. Munsey Co.,

certainly pc eiad 10 huinper you sno"s
Drink and all. chr"
"a man Of your will-power has no
need whatever to give way to such
"ICourse not, IL he's got anything in
sight worth while. Guess. though, my
folks must have been poor white trash.
I never could go after money Just Tor
the fun of the game. No family; no
What's the use? have fair head Tor
figures, but all the mathematics that
know / have had to catch hot OF the
bat. It's true 1 grubbed my G. =. out OF
has to. have an all-round crack-up edu-
while" a4
ss, 't mass have svs4 time t. yGFs up You
''Twenty-seven."
thought what hard life you must
have hadg' sr
ma did do for me some But i wasn't
| 80 much that. Few fellows could MT w
the pace I'VE set and come out at an
II do not understand. a.,
Just what You might expect OF fei,
| low in my ;fix-aii kinds of gamble ana
drink and-the rest of 1t. ~,
Miss Leslie looked away, vis'bly dis
That's itr" growled Blake. Throw
me down cold, just because I'm square
| enough to tell you straight out. You
make me tired! I'm not one OF the
work-ox sort, that can chew the cud an
| tn year round, and cork the blood out
| of their brains. I've got, to cut loose
| from the Internal grind once in while;
, and barring chance now and then az
opera, there's never been anything put
a spree-'Oh, but that's so dreadfully
shocking. Mr. Biakev-.and then, like all
the other little hypocrites, you'll 60 and
marry one of those swell dudes who's
made that sort of thing his business;
politely understood to've been done sub
rosa, SO it's all right. because he knows
how to, part his name in the miodie
"Please. please stop, Mr.. Blake! You
| do not know how cruel II Isl!
! "Cruel? Suppose / told you about the
millionaire cur that-oh! now don't &c
/ and cry! Please don't cry. Miss Jenny!
I wouldn't. hurt your feelings Tor tne
the way-really didn't It's only tina,
when get to thinking of-of things. II
sets me half crazy. And now, can't you
see how it's going 10 be ten times worse
} for me, after-with you $3.50 altogether
hey ond me He stopped short. flushed
and stammered lamely, IL didn't
mean to say thatl' ..- ..
She looked down, no less embarrassed
she murmured. "It has been. such a
pleasant morning, until you-until we
began this silly discussion" ...
"All right, all right! Only mop up the
dewdrops' and we'll IIi turn on on.a the smile ne
out that way at all. But, you see. the
things been ranking in me ever since
we came aboard ship at the Cape and
Winthrope and Lady Bayrose had my
that I hold anything against them
now
"Mr. Blake, suppose you know thai
this African coast Is particularly dan
gerous for women. 30 far l have es:
capped the fever. But you yourself said
that the longer the attack il delayed the
j Blake's face darkened. and he. turned
to stare inland along the ridge. She had
. fiicked him on the raw. and he thought
that she had done so Intentionally.
You think haven't tried-that I've
been shamming!" he burst out bitterly
You're right. There's the one chance
cade was finished-and It's been onl,
few days since. All the same.
oughtn't to'ye waited day. I'll star
"WhatP-start what?"
short order. one that. with a sltin sal
, and outrigger, will do fairly well t.
: squalls. Worst thing is that it's ali
guess whether the nearest settlement
: is up the coast or down"
I And you can think OF going ant
leaving me all alone here?'
That's better than letting you risl
!. two-to-one chances on feeding tn
sharks"
s But you'n be risking IT,"
Blake uttered a short harsh laugh.
q What's the difference?' He pause,
a moment, then added, with grim HI,
I NOR: Anyway, they'll have earned
\ up"
"You shan't got"
J. "Oh! I don't know. Wen see abou
Z 1t tomorrow. There's a grove of CO
r coanuts yonder. Come on, and I'll ge
e some nuts. can't see any water aroun
I here, and It would be dry eating wit
q only the flask"
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