The Spectator., 1915-02-19
CHAPTER lV-Continued.

Warrington rushed ashore to find the dry-goods shop. His social redemp- tion was on the way, if vanity went for anything. It was stirring and tingling with life again. With the money advanced by the purser he bought shirts and collars and ties, and as he possessed no watch, returned barely in time to dress for dinner. He was not at all disturbed to learn that the inquisitive German. the colonel aud his fdgety charges, had decided to proceed to Rangoon by rail. Indeed there was a bit of exultation in his manner as he observed the vacant chairs. Paradise for two whole days And he proposed to make the most Of It. Now his mind was as clear of evil as forest spring. He simply to the lighter emotions so long pent up In his lonely heart.
 The purser. used to these sudden changes and assertions in his passen. ger lists. gave the situation nc thought But Elsa saw mild danger all the more alluring because it hung nebulously What harm could there be in having a little fling? He was Sc amazingly like outwardly. so aston ishingly unlike inwardly. that the situ alton had for her q subtle fascination against which she was in nowise in elined to fight She was not wholly ignorant of her power She could bend E.4 h,s. f-a. T .t..,
 They were like two children. setting out Co play a game with fire.
 She thought of Arthur. Had he gone the length of his thirty-fve years with out his peccadillos Scarcely. She understood the general run of men we'll enough Co accept this fact Whom ever she married she was never going to worry him with questions regarding his bachelor life Nor did she pro pose to be questioned about her own past Besides. she hadn't married Ar thur yet. she had only promised to And such promises were sometimes sensibly broken. These thoughts flashed through her mind. disconnect edly. while she talked and laughed.
 lt never occurred to her to have Mar tha moved up from the foot of the table. once or twice she stole a glance at the woman who had in the oldeu days dandled her on her knees The glance was a mixture of guilt and mischief. like a childs But the glance had not the power to attract Martha E eyes, Martha felt the glances as surely as if she had lifted her eyes tC meet them. She held her peace She had not been brought along as Elsa's guardian Elsa was not self.willed but strong willed. and Martha realized that any interference would result in es arrangement. la fact Martha beheld in Warrington a real menace. The ex traordinary resemblance would natu rally appeal Co Elsa. with what results she could only imagine. Later she asked Elsa if she had told Warrington of the remarkable resemblance
 Mercy no! And what is more. do not want him to know. Men are vain as a rule: and should not like to hurt his vanity by telling him that sought his acquaintance simply be cause he might easily have been Ar thur Ellison's twin brother"
 The man you are engaged Co marry
 Well. Martha7"
 '1 beg your pardon. Elsa: but the stranger terrihes me. He is some thing uncanny."
 "Nonsensel You've been reading tales about yogi"
 'It is a terrible country"
 ''lt Is the East Martha. the East Here a man may wear a dress suit and a bowler without offending any, one"
 And a woman may talk Co anyone she pleases."
 You have been with me twenty years" began Elsa eoldly.
 And love you better than the whole world! And l wish could guard you always from harm and evil Those horrid old Englishwomen
 "oh: so there's been gossip already : You know my views regarding sossip So long as I know that I am doing no wrong. ladies may gossip their heads on. I'm not a kitten
 You are twenty-five. and yet you're only a child"
 What does that signify. That am too young to manage my own af, fairs. That l must set my clock as others orderY Good soul." putting her arms around the older woman. "Dont worry about Elsa Chetwood Her life is her own. but she will never misuse it."
 "oh, if you were only married and settled down."
 You mean if were happily married