Williams news., 1916-04-13

up III Il1lo DuolhCoo "h1Sh General Chetwood had founded thirty odd years before. And neither of them kneMi~-
 .'T am not bad man at heart" he unused, "but liked the young mans expression when I mentioned that bully Mallow"
 He joined his family at five. He waved aside tea, and called for a lemon-squash.
 Elsa, am going to give you lec- ture"
 Didn't tell you?" cried Elsa to the wife. T felt in my bones that he was l going to say this very thing" She turned to her old-time friend. "Go on; lecture me-"
 "In the first place, you are too kind hearted"
 "That will be news to my friends. They say I have heart of ice."
 And what you think is independ- ence of spirit is sometimes indiscre- tion"
 "Oh," said Elsa, becoming serious.
 "A man came into my office today. He is a rich copra grower from Pe- nang He spoke of you. You passed him on going out. If had been twen- ty years younger I'd have punched his ugly head. His name is Mallow, and he's not savory chap"
 Elsas cheeks burned. She never would forget the look in that mans eyes. The look might have been in other mems eyes, but conventionality had always yelled it; she had never seen it before.
 "Go on;" but her voice was un- steady.
 Somewhere along the Irrawaddy you made the acquaintance of a young man who calls himself Warrington, fa- miliarly known as Parrot & Go. I'll be generous. Not one woman in a thousand would have declined to ac cept the attentions of such a man. He is cultivated, undeniably good look ing, a strong man, mentally and physically"
 Elsas expression was now enig- nautical.
 There's not much veneer to him. He fooled me unintentionally. He was quite evidently born a gentleman, of race of gentlemen. His is not an iso- lated case. One misstep, and the road to the devil"
 The consul generals wife sent a startled glance at Elsa, who spun her sunshade to tighten the tension of her nerves.
 He confessed frankly to me this morning that he is fugitive from jus tice. He wishes to return to America. He recounted the circumstances of your meeting"
 Uncle Jim, I have travelled pretty much over this world, and I never met a gentleman if Warrington is not one." There was unconscious belligerency in her tone.
 "Ah, there's the difficulty which women will never be made to under stand. Every man can, at one time or another, put himself upon his good be- havior. Underneath he may be a fine rascal"
 "Not this one," smiling "He warned me against himself dozen times, but that served to make me stubborn. The fault of my conduct" acidly, was not III ludhluS IliS pdIldu B. dCQ It lies in the fact that I had nothing to do with the other passengers, from choice. That is where I was indiscreet But why should I put myself out to gain the good wishes of people for whom 1 have no liking; people l shall probably never see again when I leave i this port?" N-
 You forget that some of them will be your fellow passengers all the way to San Francisco. My child, you know as well as 1 do that there are some laws which the Archangel Michael would have to obey, did he wish to in- habit this earth for a while."
 Poor Michael! And if you do not obey these laws, people talk
 Exactly. There are two sets of man-made laws. One governs the con- duct of men and the other the conduct of women"
 And a man may break any one of these laws. I consider it horribly un- fair"
 So it is. But if you wish to live in peace, you must submit"
 Peace at that price have no wish for. This man Mallow lives within the pale of law; the other man is out side of it. Yet, of the two, which would you be quickest to trust?"
 The consul general laughed. Now you are appealing not to my knowledge of the world but to my instinct"
 Thanks"
 ''Is there any reason why you should defend MT. Warrington, as he calls himself?"
 The consul generals wife desperate ly tried to catch her husbands eye. But either he did not see the glance or he purposely ignored it.
 "1n defending MT. Warrington I am defending myself. My dear friend Elsa went on, letting warmth come into her voice once more, my sym pathy went out to that man. He looked