The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-05-28

call. ! am very grateful"
by the way. there is a man here
by the name of Mallow." began the
consul general.
Yes" interrupted Warrington. with
expect to call upon him. He owes me
something like fifty pounds. and l am
going to collect it," Then he went
out.
The consul general dropped NAL
lows perfecto ffi1 tie Nassehasket
and lighted his pipe. Once more he
read the c%ablegram. The Andes Con-
struction company. What 4 twist,
what an absurd kink in the skein!
Nearly all of Elsa's wealth lay bound
up in this enormous business which
General Chetwood had founded thirty
odd years before. And neither OF
them knew!
II am not a bad man at heart" ne
unused, but | liked the young mans
expression when l mentioned that
bully Mallow."
He joined his family at FIVE. File
waved aside tea. and called for a
lemon-squash.
ELSA. | am going to give you q lee.
ture."
Didn't | tell your cried Elsa to the
wife. Il felt in my bones that he was
going to say this very thing" She
turned to her old-time friend. Go
on; lecture me-"
In the first place, you are too kind
hearted"
That will be news to my friends.
They ia l have a heart of ice"
AMI what you think is %indepsndA
ence OF spirit is sometimes indiscre-
ton"
oh" said Elsa, becoming serious.
"A man came into my Office today.
He is a rich copra grower from Pc
nang. He spoke OF you. You passed
him On going out. If ! had beer TWEEN
ty years younger I'd have punched his
ugly head. His name is Mailow. and
he's mot a savory chap"
Elsa's cheeks burned. She never
would forget the look in that mans
eyes. The look might have beer III
other mems eyes, but eonventionality
had always yelled it., she had never
seen it before.
Go on" but her voice was ula~
steady.
Somewhere along the Irrawaddy
you made the acquaintance Of a young
man who calls himself Warrington. ia
miliarly known as Parrot & Co. IN
be generous. Not one in a
thousand would nave declined to ac-
cept the attentions of such a man. He
is cultivated, undeniably good look
ing. a strong man. mentally and
physically"
Elsa's expression was NOW enig-
NAUTICAL.
There's not much veneer to him.
He fooled me unintentional!y. He was
quite evidently born a gentleman. of a
race of gentlemen. His is not an iso-
lated case. One misstep, and the road
to the devil"
The consul generals wife sent a
startled glance at Elsa. who spun her
sunshade to tighten the tension of her
nerves.
He confessed frankly to me this
morning that he is a fugitive from JUS
tice. He wishes to return to America.
He recounted the circumstances OF
your meeting"
Uncle jim. l have travelled pretty
much over this world. and | never mel
a gentleman if Warrington is not ne
There was unconscious b%eiligerency in
her tone.
"Ah, there's the difficulty which
women will never be made to under
stand. Every man can, at Il time OF
. another, put himself upon his good be
havior. Underneath he may be a fine
rascal"
mot this one" smiling. "He warned
me against himself a dozen times, bu,
that served to make me stubborn. The
! fault of my conduct" acidly, was moi
in making this pariah's acquaintance
It lies In the fact that l had nothing te
. do with the other passengers. from
: choice. That is where | al indiscreet
/. But why should I put myself out tc
: gain the good wishes of people fol
whom l have no liking; people ! shall
probably never see again when | leave
this port?"
You forget that some of them vii
be your fellow passengers all the wa,
. to San Francisco. My child. you know
? as well as l do that there are SOM
. laws which the Archangel Michae
would have to obey. did he wish to in
habit this earth for a. while"
Poor Michael! And if you do no
obey these laws, people talk"
Exactly. There are two sets o.
: man-made laws. One governs the con
duct of men and the other the conduc,
! of women"
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