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CHAPTER IV--continued

CHAPTER IV-continued.
Warrington rushed ashore to find
ton was on the way. if vanity went
for anything. 1t 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 III time to dress for dinner. He
was not at all disturbed to learn that
the inquisitive German, the colonel
and his fidgety charges, had decided
70 proceed to Rangoon by rail- Indeed,
manner as he observed the vacant
chairs. Paradise for two whole days
And he proposed to make the most
of Ii. Now his mind was as clear of
evil as a forest spring. He simply
wanted to play; wanted to give rein
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 no
thought. But Elsa saw a mild danger
all the more alluring because it hung
nebulously. What harm could there
be in having a little fling? He was
so amazingly like outwardly, so aston.
ishingly unlike inwardly, that the stu.
alton had for her a subtle fascination
IN rxrhfah oh ~, ~,
clined to fight. She was not wholly
ignorant of her power. She could bend
the man if she tried. Should she try
They were like two children. setting
out to play game with fire.
She thought of Arthur. Had he gone
the length of his thirty-five years with
out his peccadillos? Scarcely. She
understood the general run of me1
well enough to 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 OWL
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
eddy, while she talked and laughed.
1t never occurred to her to have Mar
tina moved up from the foot of the
table. Once or twice she stole a glance
at the woman who had in the older
days handled her on her knees. The
glance was a mixture of guilt anC
mischief, like child's. But the glance
had not the power to attract Martha's
eyes. Martha felt the chances as
surely as if she had lifted her eyes tC
meet them. She held her peace. She
had not been brought along as EIsa's
guardian Elsa was not self-willed but
strong willed, and Martha realized that
any interference would result in es
arrangement. In fact, Martha beheld
In Warrington real menace. The ex
traordinary resemblance would natu
rally appeal to 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 rule; and l should not like
to hurt his vanity by telling him that
l sought his acquaintance simply be
cause he might easily have been Ar
thur Ellison's twin brother"
THE man you are engaged to marry
We'll, Martha?"
i beg your pardon, Elsa; but the
stranger terrifies me. He is some
thing uncanny."
Nonsense! You've been reading
tales about yogi"
1T is terrible country"
1T is the East, Martha, the East
Here man may wear a dress suit
and bowler without offending any
one"
And a woman may talk to anyone
she pleases."
You have been with me twenty
years" began Elsa coldly.
And love you better than the whole
world! And l wish / could guard you
always from harm and evil. Those
horrid old EnglishwomeD :"
oh; so there's been gossip already
You know my views regarding gossip
80 long as know that am doing
no wrong, ladies may gossip their
Reads of. TN not a kitten
You are twenty-five, and yet you're
only child
What does that signify? That
am too young to manage my own az
fairs? That 1 must set my clock as
others order? Good SOUL" putting her
arms around the older woman. Don't
worry about Elsa Chetwood. Her life
- her own, but she will never misuse
H."
"oh. If you were only married and
settled down."
You mean If I we're happily married