Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-05-26

known could look st. Peter straight |
and serenely in the eye. It's matter
of steady nerves, nothing more. Some
body says that so and SO is a fact, and |
we go on believing it for years, until
someone who is not a person but an
individual explodes it,
81 agree with you. But there is
something we rely upon far more than
either eyes Or ears, instinct. 1t is
that attribute of the animal which |
civilization has not yet successfully |
dulled. Women rely upon that more
readily than men,"
"And make more Mistakes" with a
cynicism he could not conceal.
She had no ready counter for this. |
"Do you go home from Rangoon, now
that you have made your fortune?"
mo. I am going to Singapore. l
shall make my plans there"
Singapore. Elsa stirred uneasily. It
would be like having a ghost by her
side. She wanted to tell him what had
really drawn her interest. But it
seemed to her that the moment to do
so had passed.
'Vultures! How I detest them!"
She pointed toward a sand bar upon
which stood several of these abomi-
nable birds and an adjutant, solemn
and aloof cat Lucknow they were
red headed. 1 do not recollect seeing
one of them fly. But I admire the
kites; they look much like our eagles"
"And thus again the eye misleads
us. There is nothing that flies so
rapacious as the kite
Little by little she drew from him
a sketch here, a phase there. She was
given glimpses into the life of the
East such as no book or guide had
ever given; and the boat was circling
toward the landing at Prone before
they became aware of the time.
Warrington rushed ashore to find
the dry-goOds shop. His social redemp-
ton was on the way, if vanity went
for anything It 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 in time to dress for dinner. He
was not at all disturbed to learn that
the inquisitive German, the colonel
and his f1dgety charges, had decided
to proceed to Rangoon by rail Indeed,
there was bit Of exultatfon in his
manner as he observed the vacant
chairs. Paradise for two whole days.
And he proposed to make the most
of it. 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 desertions in his passen-
ger lists, gave the situation no
thought. But Elsa saw mild danger,
all the more alluring because it hung
nebulously. What harm could there
be in having little fling? He was
so amazingly like outwardly, so aston
! ishingly unlike inwardly, that the stu
alton had for her a subtle fascination
against which she was in nowise in.
J 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 a 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 men
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 own
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 olden
days handled her on her knees. The
| glance was a mixture of guilt and
mischief, like a 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 to
meet them. She held her peace. She
had not been brought along as Elsa 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 a rule; and I should not like
: to hurt his vanity by telling him thai
I sought his acquaintance simply be
cause he might easily have been Ar
thur Ellison's twin brother
'The man you are engaged to marry.