The evening world., 1916-01-10
NEXT WEEKS COMPLETE NOVEL IN the tVtNING WORIo
The Teeth Of the Tiger
By MAURICE LEBLANC
Author Of "Ar,.n. Inrs

swer himi She was dark, much dark
er than In common among our Bor-
DER lashes. and yet with such q faint
rush OF pink breaking through her
. DAINTY color. like the deeper flush at
inc heart or a sulphur rose.
Her lips were red and kindly and
nrrn, and even then. at the first glance,
i saw that Hight OF mischief and mock :
cry that danced away at the hack of
her great dark eyes. She took mo
then and there as though ] had been
her heritage, put out her hand and
piucked me. She was. as I have said.
In black. dressed In what seemed 10
me to be n wondrous fashion, with n
black veil pushed up from her brow.
All. Jack" said she. In q mincing
English fashion that she had learned
NJ the boarding school. mo, no, We
are rather old for that This because
!. In my awkward fashion, was push
ing my foolish brown face forward 10
kiss her. as I had done when I saw
her last. Just hurry up. like a good
fellow. and give a shilling to the con-
ductor. who has been exceedingly civil
TO- me during the Journey"
1 flushed up red to the ears. for I
had only a silver fourpenny In my
pocket. Never had my lack of pence
weighed so heavily upon me as lust at
that moment. But she read me at
glance, and there, In an Instant,
was a little mole-skln purse with a
silver clasp thrust into my hand. I
paid the man. and would have given
II back. but she would still have mo
keep IL.
You shall be my factor. jack
said she. laughing. rs this our car
where am TO sit1' &
On the sacking." said
And how am I to get theref"
Put your foot on the hub" SAID L.
III help you" I sprang up. and
TOOK her two little gloved hands in
my own. As she came over the sIde-
her breath blew In my face. swat
and warm. and all that vaRueness
ana unrest seemed In n moment 10
have been shredded away from my
sour felt as IL that instant had
me one OF tho race. IL took bur tho
time OF the clicking OF the horsa.s
tan. and yet something had hap
pehed. barrier had gone down
somewhere. and I was leading
wider and a wiser life. I felt N All in,
gush. but, shy and backward an 7
was ! could do nothing but fiattsn
OUT the sackins for her. Her ave.
were after the coach which vas
s a.t,lng away to Berwick. and sud
the air 'Sniei III
lie took IN his hat said sbs., .r
MINK no must have been An ors'c>.
re was very distinguished. loo kinr,,!
pernaps you noticed him-a sentIs,
maj, iah on the outside. very handaoms
with brown overcoat." !
4 shook my head, with all INV or.,
VI 10y changed to foolish resen tment'
An well. l shall never see hin,
ara ~ hore are all the green braes
satne as ever. And you. Jaok-f
o aUht SEQ any great change In YOU.
Nther 1 hope your manners arc ~
yer than they used to be. Yotr WON'T
u w 70 pm any frogs down my back.
! crept all over when I thousbs Of
s 81 thlns' We'll do all we can
said !. playing with tho whip.
I'm sure It's very kind OF you In
take poor. lonely girl In" said she.
'It's very kind Of YOU 10 come
Cousin Edie." l stammered. "You'u
md 10 very dull, I fear"
suppose II Is a little quist, Jack.
sot many men about. az remsmbsf
There Is Major Elliott, up NJ Cor
riemuir. He comes down OF an ave-
ming, real brave old soldier. who
ton"
"Ah. when l speak Of mon. Jack. I
don't mean old folk. I meant peoplo
or our own age. that we could make
irlenus or. by tho way. that grabbed
OLD doctor had son. had he notr'
oh. yes, that's Jim Horsoroft. my
best friend"
ia he at homer"
NO: he'll be home soon. Hes stu
ut Edinburgh. studying"
An. then well keep each oeh>P
company until he comes. Jack. Ard
I'm very tired. and wish ! was e
West lnch."
made old Souter Johnnie cover TIA
ground as he had never done beforS
or since, and In an hour she was
seated At the supper table. whore my
mother had laid out not only buttsr
but glass dish Of gooseberry Jam
which sparkled and looked fine In the
candle light.
could SEQ that my parents were
MS overcome as l was at the differ
ence In her, though not In the same
way. My mother was SO set back bv
The feather thing that she had round
her neck that she called her Miss
Calder Instead OF Edie. until my cou-
nm. In her pretty. Mighty way, would
ift her forefinger TO her whenever
She did II. After supper, when she
had gone to her bed. they could talk
of nothing but her looks and her
breeding.
by the way. though" saws INV
ather. 1T does not look as II she were
leart- broke about my brothers
ieath."
And then, for the first time. re-
nembered that she had never said n
word about the matter since l had
net her.