Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-31

rest OF her. The traih Was. she didn
now her mind She shrugz d. and
the movement stirred the dust thai
had gathered upon her shoulders
"A rare old lot of dust. eh. NJ iss
Chetweodg I wish we could travel b.
nght. hut yes cent trust this bloom
lag old Irrswsddy after sundown.
Charts are SO much waste-paper."
Il never cease wondering how those
poor coolies can carry those heavy
rice bags" she replied TO the purser
oh. they are used to IT," carelessly
The great gray stack Of paddy bag
to melt away
BY Jeve'" exclaimed the psrser.
There's Parrot & Coz" He laughed
nd pointed toward one Of the touches
Parrot & Co.? ! % nGe unAer.
stand"
"rAaA big blond chap bsaiaA ths
fourth torch. Yes. there. Sometime
III tell you about hin. Picturesque
duAer."
She could have shriehsl aloud. but
all she did WAS TO draw N her breath
with q gasp that went % Asep h gave
her heart . twinSe. Her nnOess tight
enea upon the teak ran suddenly she
knew, and WAS ashamed Of her weak
ness. b Yves simply . ssoArhsble
likeness. nothing more than vAaf. u
could not possibly be snythiRG DOre
Still, ghost could not have startled
her as this living man had done
who is he?"
"A chap named Warrington. But
over here that signifies nothing;
might just as Wen be Jones or Smith
OF Brown. We call him Parrot 4 Co
He's always carrying that Rajputana
parrot. You've seen the kind around
the palaces and forts; saber-like
wings. long tail feathers, green and
blue and scarlet and the ugliest little
rascals going. This one is trained to
do tricks"
But the mani" impatiently.
He eyed her. mildly surprised. ''Oh.
he puzzles us all bit, you know. Well
educated; somewhere back o gentle
man; from the States. OF course
don't know; something shady, proba-
bly, They don't tramp about like this
otherwise. For all that, he's rather a
decent sort: no bounder like this rol
ter we left at Mandalay. He never
talks about himself fancy he's lone
some again"
"Lonesome?"
IT'S the way, you know. These
poor beggars drop aboard for the
night. merely to see Q white woaaa
agaiA. to hear decent English. TO arsss
ana Cine like a human being They
disappear the next day. and often We
never see them again"
What do they co." Ths question
came to her lips mechanically.
Paddy fields. White men are needed
to oversee them And then. there's
the railway. and there's the new oil
country north of Prone You'll see
the wells tomorrow. Rather fancy this
Warrington chap has been working
along the new pipe line. They're run
ming them down to Rangoon II he's
with us tomorrow. Ill have him put
he parrot through its turns. An
amusing little beegar"
why not introduce him to met"
Beg pardon?"
TN take II the responsibility. It's
a whim
We'll. you American girls are the
Eighth wonder of the world" The
Jurser was distinctly annoyed And
may be an impertinence on my part
out | never yet saw an American
eoman who would accept advice OF
lct upon it
Thanks. What would you adviser
With dangerous sweetness
Not to meet this man It's irregu
ar. ! know nothing about him.
-ou had a father or q brother OF
Or even a husband" laughing.
There you are!" resignedly. "Yol
augh. You women go everywhere
nd half the time unprotected
Never quite unprotected. We neve
snture beyond the call of gentle
zen"
That IL true" Frightening. ~You IN
st on meeting this chap"
Il Do not insist: only. { a bere1