Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-12-12

She nodded.
"Yes, he does" said M'sungo. 81
wish he didn't. but he always does"
"And what had you intended to do
with me on his first visitf" she asked.
WELL" said M'sungo, his brows
pickering, I've had In mind to tell
you all about it Just as I'm doing, and
trust you. But If 1t hadn't come to
that, i was going to gag you and lock
you up"
"Oh, were your" said Andrea, her
eyes narrowing. "Let me tell you at
once that do not consider myself I'M
der parole. don't mean by that that
I'm going to sit on the river bank wait
Ing for this man to come along, but
when he comes 1 would be a fool to
miss the chance of telling him just
what my situation is. He might not
be able to get me out, but at least
would no longer be totally in your
power. If my disappearance should
be completed there would be a cred
ible witness to the incredible fact that
I had really been here
A dark flush spredd over M'sungo's
face. "At the risk of further arousing
your curiosity" he said, 'let me as
sure you that you are thousand
times safer in my sole power than in
that Of one or dozen MacClosters."
us that his name-MacClost 2"
asked Andrea coldly.
Msungo nodded.
"And what is his reprehensible bus
iness?'
II can't conceive why should tell
you. One can't spread that sort Of
thing without harming ones self"
$50 you don't trust me, after ALL"
said Andrea.
"It isn't question Of trusting" re-
piled Msungo. 'Tt's question Of
whether it ever pays to tell tales out
Of school,"
sand you don't think you are justi-
fed in telling me this mans business
just as warning?"
"You mean," said M'sungo, $50 that
you can believe me when tell you it
would be disaster should he catch
a glimpse of you? In other words, you
want to be persuaded that I'm telling
the truth"
mot at ALL" said Andrea. you're
fishing for trouble. 1 mean-just
warming"
'"Well, if you mean just that" said
Msungo, sit is quite unnecessary, for
the man is his own warning. Only see
him before he sees you and / won't
have to gag you, won't have to lock
you up. 1 may, however, have to put
the tracker on your trail into the
bush."
"You think there is a man living I
would run from?" said Andrea. "You
don't know me-"
perhaps you wouldn't" said
M'sungo, "but in the case of MacClos-
ter, it would be because you couldn't
on account of jelly in the knees"
"Oh!" cried Andrea. SNOW you have
done it. Now want to see him."
andrea Pellor," said M'sungo quiet
ly, ''please believe me when 1 tell you
that you don't. I'm hoping the old
devil won't go on a tear while you're
here, but if he does and if he comes,
just remember what l tell you. Rather
than have Manchester see you and
touch you, l would gladly cut your
throat"
"Why mine" asked Andrea. at
would have impressed me lot more
if you'd said your own. Perhaps you
realized that 1 couldn't quite believe
that"
snow you're trying to quarrel" said
the white man coolly. aren't you
sleepy~
"No."
He yawned.
"That's nice Of you," said Andrea.
"And since you're interested, might
as we'll ask a few more questions.
What were you doing on that D.
beach with your airplane, anyway
win that be telling tales out Of
school?"
He looked relieved. mot at all. I'd
got of my third steamer load and j
suddenly had news that put 1t up to
me to change the captains sailing or
ders before he passed beyond the
reach Of wireless. There wasn't time
for anything but the old flying boat SO
I ran her out and logged down the
coast. 1 wasn't on that d beach
more than thirty minutes all told"
"Thirty minutes" murmured An
drea. "Who would have thought that
one little half-hour could ever mat
teri"
He looked at her musingly. "Ii
doesn't pay to tell you things" he said
ave get along better just living"
II wonder how you knowi" said An
drea. you've told me such a lot
haven't you? Where did you learn to
fiy2"
Her question seemed to send SHOCK
through him, but he met her eyes
sQuarely and said nothing. Andres
waited a full minute, then she began
"Who are you? What's your name
Where did you come from? Do you al
ways take an airplane along? Are you