The evening world., 1915-03-04

coming. No one expected you 70 b
able 70 prevent ,this!"
Perhaps not entirely 70 prevent It
Aiao Ousaot: bat Jenkins, AtWooo-
Ill those mon killed over there wtre
ambushed. They wsee new 70 Da6ol
and the weye over there. 4 was put
there and kept thsrs TOE two ysars:
70 warn the men against Just Such
surprises; and thsa, when they needed
me--rm running OF TO please my
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That's not fair 10 youssslf!" cried
Frances. impatient With him. .r''You
weren't running of Just to phase
yourself, at all. You had come 70 see
10 the finishing Of . great new gun
for the 0overnment-which wouldn't
bring you . csnti"
Diek laushsA. "oh. had r. He
had become suddsnly Q boy for an
instant, TO tease her. "OA. yes; ] re-
membep that was the excuse with
the departmenti but ! didn't sry to
tell you. 1t least, that II was eef"
Frances ooiorsd prsttily., -rhsn.
:s: :s:n 4 SSs s:: & -
sSouldn't, K you wanted 70. You've
bsen taking care Of those silly little
isiands for ten years now. Surely
you aren't going to hold yourself re-
Sponsible for them forsverf"
why notr
because you told me In Manila that
yyoSwss: yoS wss: sT.yi sSiHSi 70 0atsrow the" A'"'
"oh; yes: ! remember ..: .,S Il t1ld sd you
he had suddenly become serious again
-"Miss Durant, I'm not 90 sure that
hadn't better keep on there. after all"
"'NoW and hsfer Lieut.. 6o0mers."
"Yss; now and here . great many
things come . great deal di6ersntly
TO one, don't theyf"
Il can't see what yoa meant what
for inetAncef"
"well now Il looks q: Y ! might
have bsen doing z good deal more
! might still stay down there quits q
while without finding myself too
.hopelessly big for the place. Mightnt
Frances made NO reply.
And here"-he glanced eloquenAy
about the great, handsome room. and
through the portieres to the rtch
rooms beyond-It certainly begins
to seem more than little preoump-
tuous and assuming for mo 70 leave
p g.sGi fer fSrTfSs %1.tns tS: Purpose s, eoes''d
-Ths natives In Basoi suddenly got
arms from somewhere. the pagers
say" Frances returned.
SThat caused the uprising. They
must have been smuggled In After
you left 80 your successor was to
blame for that, not you"
mo. ! should have prevented the
first communications which got them
the arms. And thought did:
Il thought. except for Mr.. Pinck-
out my knowing IL. However. coming
here has made me see that still be-
long about BaSol; II has brought to
me . GOOD deal clearer. too. how a6.
surd II was for me to think I could
90 quickly qualify myself for moro
than q very faint friendship with any
one who has-thisi" He looked away.
The GIRL laughed. Dick looked hack
"oh. rm sorry. Mr.. semmsrs. But.
90 near Pittsburgh. Il had to surprise
me to think Of any man considePing
the possible nssd ot qualifying him.
self for-anythinS. And. Of course, II
made Il only funnisr when you-ths
first ono who ever thought OF such =
thing hsrs-hsvs already done 20
much moro than any Of theml"
~. Miss Durantr'
Haven't your she challenged him
directly. why. leaving out every.
thing you've done In the service.
which you persist In considsSing Of NO
account. your gun alons-k Il suo-
oseds-is moro than any OF the rest
SsS: %s~ or =: .1 .ss ss:S s.a s.s susy T.; n
ssOh mt that Alaa TDvaeanA ~
coursc. must still have the invsnt-
os's Oublims eonndsnoe that the gun
10 eooA. YeuS father himself saw u
n - ~ aaA 4 avnnlf know that n