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For years Marina hdo asscHstEk*o hos
duties. II mechanically yet ~ith .
sense OF pleasure and serenity. Al
this momant she Was as one pushed
unexpectediy to the brink of a preci
pice. over which the slightest misstep
would topple her The world Was Out
OF joint
Il xish We had gone to Italy" she
remarked finally
n would not have served my pur-
pose in the least. I should have been
dancing and PLAYING bridge asd going
20 operas. I should have had no time
for thinking"
"ThiIking'" Martha elevated her
broWs with an air that implied that
she greatly doubted this statement.
YES. thinking. II is not necessary
that / should nope and shut my self up
In a cell Martha. in order 20 think. l
have finally come 10 the end of my
doubts. II that will crafty Yea. From
nov on you may rely upon one thing.
10 a certainty.
Martha hesitated to put the aues-
tioR.
Il am not going 20 marry Arthur.
He Is charming. graceful. accom-
plished. but ! want a man ] should
not be happy with him. I can twist
him too easily around my finger. ] ad-
mit that he exercises over me a GER
tain indefnable fascination. but when
he is out of sight ID amounts to the
sum of all this dOdderiRg and doubt
ing. II is probable that ! shall make
an admirable old maid Wisdom has
its disadvantages. ! might be very
happy with Arthur. were I not so
wise" She smiled again at the refiec-
tion in the mirror. Now. let us go
and astonish the natives"
There was a mild futter Of eyelids
as she sat down beside Warrington
and began to chatter to him in Italian
lie made brave show of following
her. but became hopelessly lost sfter
a few minutes. Elsa spoke fiuently;
twelve years mad elapsed since his last
visit TO Italy. He admitted his con
fusion, and thereafter IL was only oc-
casionally that she brought the tongue
into the conversation. This diversion,
which she employed mainly to annoy
her neighbors, was, in truth, the very
worst thing she could have done.
They no longer conjectured; they as
sumed.
Warrington was too strongly daz-
zled by her beauty tonight to be men,
tally keen or to be observing as was
his habit lie never spoke to his
ueighbor. he had eyes for none but
Elsa, under whose spell he knew that
he would remain while he lived. He
was nothing to her; he readily under
stood She was restless and lonely.
and he amused her. So be it. He be-
lieved that there could not be an un-
happier more unfortunate man than
himself. To have been betrayed by
the one he had loved. second to but
one. and to have this knowledge thrust
upon him after all these years, was
evil enough; but the nadir of his mis-
fortunes had been reached by the ap-
pearanee of this unreadable young
woman.
You are not listening to a word
am sayingl"
Il beg your pardonl But ! warned
you that my Italian was rusty" He
pulled himself together.
"But | have been rattling away in
Englishi"
And | have been wool-gathering
Not at all complimentary to me-"
1T is because | am very unhappy;
II is because Tantalus and | are broth
ers"
Il wish | could make you forget"
"0n the contrary, the sight of you
makes memory all the keeuer.
He had never spoken like that be-
fore. 1t rather subdued her, made her
regret that she had surrendered to a
vanity that was without aim or direc-
tiOn Farthest from her thought was
conquest Of the man. She did not wish
to hurt him She was not a coquette.
After dinner he did not suggest the
usual promenade Instead, he excused
himself and went below.
They arrived az Penang early Mon.
day morning Elsa decided that War
ringt0n should take her and Martha on
peers ually conducted tour of the
pretty town. AS they left tor shore he
produced a small beautiful blue feafh
er5 he gave IT to Elsa with The cumpH
ments OF Rajah; and she stuck it in
the pugree of her helmet.
This i- not from the dove Of peace .
"lts arChenemy, rather" he LAUGHED
7 wish ] had the ability 30 set as
furious as that bird. 1t might DO ma
a world of good
And how long Is it since you wer,
here q"
-Four years" he answered without
enthusiasm He would not have c0mi
ashore al an but FOR the fact that Els,
I had ordered the expedition
There was no inclination 70 evnIo~.
the shops; so they hired a landau an,
: rode about town. climbed uu 10 tn
quaint temple iu the hlls. and made ,
tour Of the botanical gardens