The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-12-11

entrance, for a pair of furtiyely rowing
eyes alighted upon Mark. He stopped.
Can it be-of course, It is Truitt.
This is an unexpected pleasure" He
extended a genial hand.
Mark took it mechanically. How
are you, Mr.. Quinby? ?" he muttered out
of his daze.
Il suppose l am we'll" jeremiah
Quinby smiled ~benignantly. "A busy
life leaves little time to consider the
state of one's health. You are looking
better than l have ever seen you"
I'm better than I've ever been"
There was a pause during which
Quinby glanced tentatively at Kazia-
All! Perhaps | am ~intruding ."
Quinby smiled humorously, as one who
knows his welcome anywhere Is as
sured.
Mark brought his whirling thoughts
to a stop. NO, certainly o Mrs.
whiting" He performed an intro
duction. Quinby's bow was impress
sive.
Il see you have just begun. Per
haps-' He paused again, sugges-
lively.
You will join us? Mrs. Whiting.
Pm sure"
Kazia nodded and smiled com
posedly.
This is kind, indeed. Though l
should not Quinby bowed again to
Kazia. blame Truitt for being selfish"
He took the chair held out for him by
the waiter. CHANGING from Marks sun
Drowned face to kazia's. Il see you
have both been out under the sun.
Your party"
Has Just separated. Mrs. Whiting
is to let me-rather informally. to be
s~ure-convoy her home
And what OF it, since no one is the
wiser? The conventions" Quinby wit
tily accepted the explanation, ARE
only for public consumption, though
being in the public eye. SO to speak
may rarely ignore them. So you,
too, are from our city, Mrs. Whiting?'
Kazia admitted it.
All! | wish | had known last night
that you were here. The governor
general" The phrase rolled linger
ingly on his lips. The governor-gen.
eral gave a reception. You would
have been pleased, l am sure, to see
how our city, in my person, was hon,
ored."
I'm very sure Of It Please tell Us
about IT,"
Quinby told them about II, with a
wealth of detail.
But under cover OF his m~onologue
Quinby was shrewdly taking stock OF
his hearers and their situation; he
had not missed that first moment Oh
betraying confusion. Suspicion, guided
by instinct, settled into conviction.
And the event matched Quinby':
need. For in the very midday Of hi.
triumph, wheH the brilliancy and dar
ing OF his achievements promised Il
eclipse his better fortified but les;
original rival in beneficencs, a clouC
no bigger than a mans hand had crep
above the horizon. And if hat cloui
grew bigger, not MacGregor bu
Quinby himself might be eclipsed-
anu, tldS. IOitNSl. - CllSis, lutu
when harmony" mor than ever wal
needed in his forces. There are, Quinb,
gratefully thought. more ways thar
one of insuring harmony. He felt o
his whip and got ready 10 crack it
During a temporary hull Kazia
pleading some unfinished packing
made her escape. Quinhy's eye fol
lowed her admiringly to the door. the
bent upon Mark a look in which re
proof and a certain ponderous wae
gishness struggled for the upper hand
All. Truitt! A sad dog, | fear"
Not at ALL said Mark colby.
Quinby was blandly skeptical. "
find you, brown as an Indian. at bresl
fast alone at a hotel with a woma.
dusky as an Indian maiden. The part
was it a party of two, Truitt2"