Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-06-23

| not my resemblance that appealed to
| your interest What makes you trust
me?" bluntly; and he stopped as he
| asked the question.
"Why, I don't know" blankly. In
stantly she recovered herself. "But I
| do trust you" She walked on, and
| perforce he fell into her stride.
cit is because you trust the other
man."
Thanks. That is it precisely; and
| for nearly two weeks I've been trying
| to solve that very thing
After pause he asked: "Have you
ever read Reade's 'Singleheart and
Doubleface?"
Eyes. But what bearing has it upon
our discussion?'
"None that you would understand"
evasively. His tongue had nearly
tripped him.
"Are you sure?"
"Of this, that I shall never under
stand women"
do not try to-" she advised. Cali
these men who knew most about wom-
en- were the unhappiest."
They made round in silence. Many
an eye peered at them; and envy and
admiration and curiosity brought their
shafts to bear upon her. 1t was some
thing to create these variant express
sions of interest. She was Obvious.
"We stop at Penang?" she asked.
Five or six hours, long enough to
see the town"
1--WE went directly from Singapore
| RI mis- "a
coming out. should like to see that
cocoanut plantation of yours
''It is too far inland. Besides, am
persona non grata there" AS, in
deed, he was. His heart burned with
shame and rage at the recollection of
the last day there. Three or four
times, during the decade, the misfor-
tune of being found out had fallen to
his lot, and always when he was en-
ployed at something worth while.
Elsa discreetly veered into another
channel "You will go back to Italy,
I suppose
Eyes, shall go to Italy once more.
; But first I am going home" He was
not aware of the grimnness that en-
tered his voice as he made this state
ment.
81 am glad" she said. after all,
that is the one place"
eff you are happy enough to find a
welcome"
"And you will see your mother
, again?"
He WINGED. Eyes. Do you know, it
does not seem possible that met you
but two short weeks ago? 1 have
never given much thought to this so
called reincarnation; but somewhere
weren't going home to marry the 9TH
or fellow"
, She stopped at the rail. "Who
, knows?" she replied ruminatingly.
perhaps I I'm not going to marry
him."
Don't you love him? I beg
your pardon, Miss Chetwood!"
you're excused"
, II still need some training. I have
been alone so much that I haven't got
} over the trick of speaking my thoughts
| aloud
mo harm has been done. The fault
lay with me-
/ II used to learn whole pages from
, stories and recite them to the trees or
| to the parrot. It kept me from going
mad, I believe. In camp I handled
coolies; none of whom could speak q
: word of English. I didn't have James
with me at that time So I'd declaim
l merely to hear the sound of my voice
3 Afterward I learned that the coolies
: looked upon me as holy man. They
believed I was nightly offering pray
i ers to one of my gods. Perhaps was;
. the god of reason. All that seems like
a bad dream now
Are you going to take Rajah with
you?" j
wherever CO. Looks silly
. doesn't it, for a man of my size to tote
5 around parrot cage? But I don't
Y care what people think. Life is toe
: short. It's what you think of yourself
: that really counts"
; THAT is one of the rules I have
laid down for myself. If only we al
might go through life with that idea!
+ There wouldn't be any gossip or scan
DIAL, then"
J. Some day I am going to tell yor
: why I have lived over here all these
o years."
q Il shouldn't, not if it hurts you'
On the contrary, there's a kind Of
. happiness in unburdening ones con
science. called that day in Rangoor
9 for the express purpose of telling 20,
$ everything, but couldn't in the pres
9 ence of a third person.
y But always remember that
s. haven't asked you"
l. Are you afraid to hear it?"
NO. What am trying to convince
B. you with is that trust you and that
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