Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02
CHAPTER xIl-contlnued.

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Elsa Strengthened her lips with some
difficulty. She possessed the enviable
faculty of instantly forming in her
mind pictures of coming events. The
little swelling veins in the colonePs
nose were as plain to her minds eye
as if he really stood before her. Have
him take me in to dinner" she sug-
gested.
Just what / was thinking Of, de-
clared the-unsuspecting man. IF any
one can draw out the colonel, it will be
you"
'T'n do my best" Elsa's mind was
full of rollicking malice.
Contemplatiyely he said: $50 you've
been doing the Orient alone? You are
like your father in that way. He was
never afraid of anything. Your men
tai makeup, too. I'll wager is like his.
Finest man in the world"
Wasn't he? How l wish he could
have. always been with me! But why
is it, everyone seems appalled, that |
should travel over here without male
escort?"
The answer lies in your mirror,
Elsa. Your old nurse Martha is no
real protection
Are men so bad, them"
They are less restrained. The heat,
the tremendous distances, the lack of
amusements, are perhaps responsible.
BY the way. here's packet Of letters
for you"
Thanks" Elsa played with the
packet, somberly eying the superscrip-
tons. The old disorder came back in
to her mind. Three OF the letters
were from Arthur. She dreaded to
open them. 81 must be going, then.
I'm not sure of my tickets to Hong
kong"
Go straight to the German Lloyd
Office. I'll have my boy show you the
way. Chong!" he called. bright
eyed young Chinese came in quickly
Show lady German Lloyd office All
same quick"
In the outer Office she paused for a
moment or so to look at the maya
zines and weeklies from home. The
Chinese boy. grinning pleasantly,
peered curiously at Elsa's beautiful
hands. She heard someone enter, and
quite naturally glanced up. The new
conner was Mallow. He stared at her,
smiled Familiarity and lifted his helmet
Elsa, with cold unfiickering eyes, Of
fered his greeting no recognition what
ever. The man felt that she was look
ing through him, inside of him, search
Ing out all the dark corners Of his
soul He dropped his gaze, confused.
Then Elsa calmly turned to the boy.
Come, Chong."
There was something in the manner
OF her exit that infinitely puzzled him.
1t was the insolence of the well-bred
out he did not know it. To offset his
chagrin and confusion, he put on his
helmet and passed into the private Of
fee She was out of his range of IN
derstanding.
Aallow was an American by birth
Out mad grown up in the Orient, hard
ily. In his youth he had been beaten
and trampled upon, and now that he
~ad become rich in copra (the dried
kernels Of cocoanuts from which oil
is made), he in his turn beat and
tramuled. 1t was the only law he
knew. Ordinarily, when in Penang and
Singapore. he behaved himself, drank
clrcurnspectly and Stunned promiscu-
Gus companions. But when he did
drink heartily, he was a man to be
ware Of.
He hailed the consul general cordial
~ and offered him one of his really
choice cigars. which was accepted
i say, who was that young woman
who just went out?"
The consul general laid down the
cigar. The question itself was harm
less enough: It was MalIow's way of
Clothing ii he resented. 'why?" he
asked.
She's a sumner. Just curious II
you knew her, that's all. We came
Gown on the same boat Hanged If I
shouldn't like to meet her. Do you
know herr" eagerly.
do. More than that, have al
ways known her. She is the daughter
q the late General Chetwood, one Of
me greatest civil engineers of our
line. When he died he left her sew
eral millions. She is a remarkable
sOung woman, q famous beauty, known
NSfaDly IN EureDezD courts, ana