The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-10-02

she Is one of those few women God
put on earth for the courage and com
fort of man. Only to say good,by 20
her. Here in this office. if you wish
II agree to that"
Thank you again" Warrington
rose.
Il am genuinely sorry for you. II
| they say no, what will you do?"
go back just the same. have an
other debt to cancel"
Call in the morning. I'll let you
know what the charges are"
Il forgot. Here are twenty pounds
You can return the balance when !
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
smile which was grim and cruel 81
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 into the wastebasket
and lighted his pipe. Once more he
read the cablegram. The Andes Con
struction company. What a 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" he
unused. but liked the young mans
expression when l mentioned that
bully Mallow."
He joined his family at five. He
waved aside tea, and called for
lemon-squash.
ELSA. am going to give you lee
ture."
Didn't tell you?" 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 say have a heart of ice"
And what you think is independ-
ence Of spirit is sometimes indiscre-
ton"
"Oh." said Elsa. becoming serious
"A man came into my Office today.
He is rich copra grower from Pc
nang. He spoke of you. You passed
him on going out. If had been TWEEN.
ty years younger I'd have punched his
ugly head. His name is Mallow. and
he's not a savory chap"
Elsa's cheeks burned She never
would forget the look in that mans
eyes. The look might have been in
other mems eyes. but conventionality
had always yelled it; she had never
seen it before.
60 on" but her voice was I'm.
steady
Somewhere along the Irrawaddy
you made the acquaintance of a young
man who calls himself Warrington. ia
miliarly known as Parrot & Co. III
NC 6cHciouS. 4>ot Ouc "Oludu III q
thousand would have declined to &C.
cept the attentions of such a man. He
is cultivated, undeniably good look.
ing. strong man. mentally and
physically"
Elsa's expression was now enig.
NAUTICAL.
There's not much veneer to him.
He fooled me unintentionally. He was
quite evidently born 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
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 fugitive from JUS
tice. He wishes to return to America
He recounted the circumstances OF
your meeting"
Uncle Jim, have travelled pretty
much over this world. and l never met
a gentleman if Warrington is not one"
i
her tone.
"Ah. there's the difficulty which
women will never be made to under
stand Every man can, at one time or
another. put himself upon his good be-
havior. Underneath he may be fine |
rascal"
Not this one." smiling. He warned |
me against himself dozen times. but |
that served to make me stubborn. The |
fault of my conduct" acidly. was not
In making this pariah's acquaintance
It lies In the fact that had nothing to |
do with the other passengers. from
choice. That is where was indiscreet. |
But why should | put myself out to |
gain the good wishes of people for