Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18

with 10 tomorrow. I'll have him ps1
the parrot through IL turns. An
amusing Astle bsgeaf.s'
why not introduoA hin to ms?
beg pardon?'. M 3 n S.
I'm take III the responsibility. ITS
Q within" ,.4 s.
'weil. you American girls are ~
eighth wonder Of the world" T1A
purser was distinctly annoyed. Ana
It may be IN impertinence on my paEts
but I never yet cav an American
woman who would accept advice %
act upon II"
Thanks. What would you advissS's
with dangerous. sweetness.
mot to meet this man It's irrogu.
lar. I know nothing abost him. Is
yoa had . father or brother %
board. :"
"Or even . husband!'' laughing.
There you are!" resisnediy. "Yoo
laugh. You women 60 everywhere,
and half the time unprotected"
"Nevse quite unprotected. We never
venture beyond the call q gentle.
men,"
THAT is trss," hrishtsniag. "ysa II.
sist on meeting this ehaD!" ~,
n Do not insist; ONLY, am boeed.
and he might interest NJ fer - hear.s
She added: "Besides.- he may aAn0y,
the others"
The purser grinned reluctantly.
You and the colonel don't get o..
Well. III introduce this chap It dir
ner. II ! don't.
Il am fully capable OF speaking 10
him without any Introduction what
ever" She laughed again. 1T will -
very kind Of yos-"
Whsn be had gone she unused over
this impulse % alien 70 her character.
An absolute stranger. . man with .
past. perhaps = fugitive from Justice:
and because he looked like Arthur
Ellison, she was seeking his acQnaint-
ance. Something, then. could break
through her reserve and alo0fnessr
She had Travelled from Gan Francisco
to Colombo. unattended save BY an
elderly maiden who had risen By grads
ual stages from nurse 70 companions
but who could not be made to remem-
Der that she was no longer nurse. In
all these four months Elsa had NOT
made half dozen acQuaintances. and
OF these she had not sought one. Yet.
she was asking to NEST . stranger
who Sc only recommendation was Q sin.
gular likeness to another man. The
purser was right. 1t was very irregu1
lar.
Parrot 4 Coz" she murmnred. She
searched among the phantoms moving
to and fro upon the ledge: but the
man with the cage vas gone. It Vas
really uncanny.
Elsa Chetwcod was twenty-five.
lithely built. outwardly reposeful- but
dynamic within. Education. environ
ment and breeding had somewhat
smothered the glowing Ares. She WAS
q type OF tho ancient Repression OF
woman. which finds IN axcs1tioas In
the Aspasias and Helsns and Cleo-
patras Of legend and history. h fea-
lures she looked exactly what she was.
wellbred and well-hoen. Beauty sho
also had, but II was the cold beauty OF
northern winter 1ishts- Il compelled
admiration rather thaA Invited Il.
Spiritually. E1ao, waAoAalssDl IAo IRE
vas there. TIE Oift g lsv1ng sFoatly,
only It smoidsee1. without radiaatng
even the knowlsage OF its presence.
Men loved her. but n awe. - one
loves tho marbles u Phidias- She
knew no restraint, aAd yet aho had
passed through hsr sttrless years TO
strained. Her indepen6encs VAS in
herent and not acquired. Che I'D laid
down certain laws for herself 70 fol
low; and that these often clashed with
the laws q conveation, which are fet'
ish 70 those who divide society into
three classes. only mildly amused her
Right from wrong she knew. and thai
sufhced her.
Her Immediate relatives wsrs dad;
those who were distAnt1y relatod re-
| NAMED 90. - they had no part IN he's
life nor she In theirs. From her fathet
| she he'd inherited . REMARKABLE and
| seldom Grant judgment TO her. faces
were generally book covers. they 70
] PEELED or attracted: and she found
large and unAiminishing interest n
the faculty Of pressing back the GOV
ers and reading tho tsxt- Often bat
4 tered covers held treasures, and often
| the editions de luxe were Swindleo
l But in between the battered covers
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