The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-01

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You can return the balance when ]
call. / am very grateful"
BY the way, there Is man here
by the name of Mallow," began the
consul general.
"Yes." interrupted Warrington, with
q smile which was grim and cruel. Il
expect to call upon him. He owes me
something like fifty pounds, and am
going to collect It," Then he went
out.
The consul general dropped NAL
lows perfecto into the wastebaskst
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!
Il am not a bad man at heart" he
unused, 'but liked the young mans
expression when I mentioned that
bully Mallow."
He joined his family at five. He
waved aside tea, and called for a
lemon-squash.
ELSA, am going to give you 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 say / have heart of ice"
And what you think is independ-
ence of spirit Is sometimes indiscre-
ton"
eOh," 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 been TWEEN
ty years younger I'd have punched his
| ugly head. His name Is Mallow. and
he's not 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 1t before.
Go on" but her voice was I'm.
steady.
Somewhere along the Irrawaddy
you made the acquaintance of young
man who calls himself Warrington. IA.
miliarly known as Parrot & Co. I'll
be generous. Not one woman in a
thousand would have declined to &C
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 Internationally. 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 a
startled glance at Elsa, who spun her
L.sunshade to tighten the tension of her
ne nsryes
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, I have travelled pretty
much over this world, and l never met
a gentleman If Warrington is not one
There was unconscious belligerency In
| 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 a dozen times, but
that served to make me stubborn. The
fault of my conduct" acidly, was not
in making this pariah's acquaintance
lit lies In the fact that had nothing to
do with the other passengers, from
choice. That Is where was 1nd1screet.
But why should | put myself out to
gain the good wishes of people for
whom have no liking; people ! shall
probably never see again when leave
this port?"
"You forget that some of them Will
be your fellow passengers all the way
to San Francisco. My child, you know
as well as / do that there are some
laws which the Archangel Michael
would have to obey, did he wish to In
habit this earth for while
Poor Michael! And If you do not
obey these laws, people talk"
| Exactly. There are two sets OF
man-made laws. One governs the con-
duct of men and the other the conduct
of women"
GRO BE CoNTINUED)
| Conscious Doors of Kindness.