Williams news., 1916-03-30

Contemplatively he said: "So 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 I wish he could have always been with me! But why is it, everyone seems appalled, that I 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, then?" rf sf
 "They are less restrained. The heat, the tremendous distances, the lack of amusements, are perhaps responsible. By the way, here's a packet of letters for you"
 Thanks" Elsa played with the packet, somberly eying the superscrip- tions. The old disorder came back in- to her mind. Three of the letters were from Arthur. She dreaded to open them. q 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. A bright eyed young Chinese came in quickly Show lady German Lloyd office. All same quick" ..e
 In the outer office she paused for a moment or so to look at the maga- 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 familiarly 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. It was the insolence of the well-bred, but he did not know it. To offset his chagrin and confusion, he put on his helmet and passed into the private off, fee. She was out of his range of un- derstanding. -
 Mallow was an American by birth but had grown up in the Orient, hardE fly. In his youth he had been beaten and trampled upon, and now that he had become rich in copra (the dried kernels of cocoanuts from which oil Is made), he in his turn beat and trampled. It was the only law he knew. Ordinarily, when in Penang and Singapore, he behaved himself, drank circumspectly and summed promiscu- ous companions. But when he did drink heartily, he WAS a man to be- ware of. 1 i.
 He hailed the consul general cordial 7ly and offered him one of his really choice cigars, which was accepted. '1 say, who was that young woman who just went out?"
 .E.9 The consul general laid down the cigar. The question itself was harm less enough; it was Mallow's way of clothing 1t he resented. "Why?" he asked.
 ohS O SIuuhOl JuSI CullOuo II you knew her, that's all. We came down on the same boat. Hanged if I shouldn't like to meet her. Do you know herr" eagerly, !
 q do., Mores than That, I have all ways known her. She;is the daughter of the late General Chetwood, one of the greatest civil engineers of, our time. When he died he left her sev- eral millions. She is a remarkable young woman, famous beauty, known favorably in European courts, and I can't begin to tell you how many other accomplishments she has,
 Well, stump mel" returned Mallow. ''Is she free-thinker?"
 "What the devil is that? What do you mean?"
 Only this, if she's all you say she is,