Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-03-05
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sn 90 or mildly surprised. "Oh,
". rs all a bit, you know. Well
y. somewhere back a gentle
Nv NAM the States. OF course |
l.or. something shady, proba-
a 4s don't tramp about like this
- :. For all that, he's rather a
.ort. no bounder like this roll
Isft at Mandalay. He never
,ort himself. fancy he's loae-
again
Y al' the way, you know. These
ssggars drop aboard for the
merely to see a white woman
h hear decent English, to dress
a,e like a human being. They
,rpar the next day, and often we
see them again"
MAT do they do?" The question
sp her lips mechanically.
g,ddrfelds. White men are needed
rprsee them. And then, there's
alVay, and there's the new oil
airy north of Prone. You'll see
wells tomorrow. Rather fancy this
Tlgton chap has been working
n the new pipe line. They're run
them down to Rangoon. II he's
Us tomorrow, I'll have him put
nrOt through it's turns. An
using little beggar."
Th" not introduce him to me-?
Beg pardOn%
I'll take IL the responsibility. It's
Iin"
Well, ?Ou American girls are the
ah wonder of the world" The
1E was distinctly annoyed. "And
nay be an impertinence on my part,
never yet saw an American
Vnan who would accept advice or
tupOn it."
Thanks. What would you advise ?"
lib dangerous sweetness.
Not to meet this man. It's irregu-
know nothing about him. If
~ had father or a brother on
GM
VI even husband" laughing.
There yor are!" resignedly. you
@ You women go everywhere.
lihalf the tine unprotected"
Never quite unprotected. We never
AilFe beyond the call of gentle
al.'
That is true" frightening. you in
sion meeting this chap?"
DO not insist; only, l am bored,
laAe might interest me for ar hour"
We added: Besides, he may annoy
d others"
lne purser gril.ned reluctantly.
,va and the colonel don't get on.
'4 III introduce this chap at din
A II | don't. :"
am fully capable of speaking to
ll without any introduction what
WEI She laughed again. at will be
F'! Kind of you"
4, "len ne had gone she unused over
- impulse so alien to her character.
:. : absolute stranger, a man with a
~ perhaps a fugitive from justice;
W. because he looked like Arthur
.4l'Oa' she was seeking his acquaii4t-
~ something, then, could break
\ I'ISl her reese. We and aloofness?
y uau travelled from San Francisco
/. sUiOnOo' unattended save by an
:, Wy maiden who had risen by grad
= stages ftom nurse to companion,
' VINO could not be made to remem-
=. sIa' 'he was no longer nurse. In
=. ~eSe TOUR months Elsa had not
:, U"ii a dozen acquaintance, and
IsSe she had not sought ore. Yet,
was asking to meet a stranger
h, s' =, oniy recommendation was a sim
"AehesS to another man, The
W. was right. 1t was very irregu-
"a. 'S'Fot d Co.." she murmured. She
-.lea among the phantoms moving
> SIu ITO lpon the ledge; but the
T.. WIN the cage was gone. 1t was
lly uncanny.
IA !. Chetwood was twenty-five.
~ Ouilt' outwardly reposeful, but
- ,.A'ic within. Education, environ
~ ~, ana breeding had somewhat
ra 0eu The glowing fires. She was
rpo OF the ancient repression of
l' which finds its exceptions in
-. @Spaslas and Helens and Cleo
: ss u legend and history. IA fe4-
lh sue looked exnctly what she was,
S S.eu and well-born. Beauty she
n uaD' but it as the cold beauty of
, ,hsia winter nights. 1t compelled
+a'ion rather than invited it.
, ~ Elsa was asleep. The fire
aeFe' the gift of loving greatly.
, ~ Smoldered, without radiating
'ue knowledge of it's presence.
: 'V,ea her, but in awe, as one
Tue marbles of Phidias. She
- ~ restraint, and yet she had
- through her stirless years re-
~ ~ Her independence was in
; - anu not acquired. She had laid
certain laws for herself to fol-
,o "uu that these often clashed with
- Tvs OF convention, which are fet-
" nose who divide society in+o