Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-02

pounding on her doorway and Ia told 70
prepare FOR days hunt with White Man.
and begins To- understood moro VI no
his apparently ruthless slanghtsring OF
animals He 10 providing Tor he iosf e
OF blacks no employs anu VINO .SoA "
him for sustenanee.
CHAPTER V.--Anirea. worrying over
her deplorable lack Of change OF clothing.
IL surprised and delighted whom trunk,
s psds5 With s.sr s Ss sms the hsnf
dropped az he, dsStwSy sy ,saiyar' mat nat
they are hers, White Man MAJ By , q skilifI y
sable bull and shs 10 fast becoming rec
onciled to her fate after eight days In
the CraaL
CHAPTER vI-on smother expedition
the donkey on which Andrea 10 mounteo
rans aw MADE S, raeS se white Man
PPhss. !ss A She i "a SSSrriaeS After.
ward she listens , to the e, rsHS nss St nn'ys
the district and Is invited to the hunt BY
White Man, They start down q croco.
d.le.infesteG stream for tho scene OF the
hunt.
CHAPTER VII,-..After a tedious tramp
drea Is transfxed by the excitement OF
the chase. Overcome by the spectacle
OF the killing Of two elephants Androa
s4sSs !, White msn IN TO hoT surpSs
she is by no means indignant Andrea
learns that another white man Is en-
camped near their craai but when ,t sne
Man warns her she must never try 70
zee or communicate with the stranger,
He refuses to give his reasons, and An
6rea resolves to meet the other man.
CHAPTER VIII. - White Man an.
nounces that his work Is ended, and prep.
the materia! on hand. One rainy nigh,
Andrea allows herself to become de.
srondent. She gives the signal agreed
on between them to summon White man
to her In case Of danger. With u mix
ture Of ridio,ile and comfort he eoaxes
her from her respondent At. His strons
Character and his ideas OF life of use
Andrea. used to. the frivolous, existence
common 10 most "aristQcrats," and she
begins 20 realize with a little alarm that
she IS beginning to care deeply Tor him
CHAPTER IX.-Next day Andrea is
seized with q violent attack Of pernicious
malaria and for three days White Man
succeeds and the incident results in the
discovery OF their love for each other.
Andrea learns that her companion 10
flyer. victim OF nervous shock and inca
pac!tated for work IN the air. The trip
to the coast where he met Andrea was
undertaken through necessity, and he is
afraid to risk her safety in another
ascent
The laugh rang cut full-throated.
thunderous. terrible for the freight OF
rage that It carried. 1t rolled and
echoed across the silent night like the
roar OF stricken lion. Scarcely had
1t died 10 stiffness when to Andrea's
ears came a clear command, calm es
the voice Of an executlCner. Lie down,
Andrea"
Before she could quite obey E. rife
spoke, there was the 'Phrt!" OF bull
let as q patch Of MacCloster's shirt
lcaned suddenly, weirdly, from his
shoulder into the air. Instantly he
leaned down and with one hand picked
UP Andrea lightly and held her sus-
pended between himself and the shore.
zone more. Treyorl you lousy ban
tam!" he beloved. zone more to
save me the trouble of wringing tho
neck Of your little chicaeni'
AS he finished speaking. Trevor shot
nga'n. A look OF vacant surprise
passed over the face OF the pu7ter
nearest 70 Andrea. BE crlmpled up,
sank as though all his bones had sud
denly melted and fell, face down, to
the bottom Of the boat. His pole. re-
leased. slid with swift swish inrc the
water. Manchester promptly placed
her On the seat beside him and gave 6
calm order to the remaining punters,
who had paused in terror. He stood
up, took the tiller between the tre1neir
dous calves Of his legs and proceeded
to I'LL and light his pipe. you seeT'
he said, quietly. "He won't shoot
again. How do / known I'll tell you
He half seated himself, elbow on
knee. the tiller Under the CROOK Of his
leg. "a little brain work. he coptjn.
ued conversationally. Trevor meant
to kill niger. tut not that one-not
the one next to you. He was shooting
at the bow-boy and he nit the stroke
oar! How do know? Well, it's wha:
any man would do, let alone one OF
the best shots that ever drew trigger.
He would pick Off the crew beginning
farthest from the point where he need.
ed all his nerve. Now the Bantam
knows what he knew we'll enough be.
fore, only he knows 1t a d. sight
better, and that is that no man living
can shoot In moonlight and tell where
the bullet will go.
HE won't shoot again." he finished
turning to her with CHASTITY smile
$50 you're safe-safe with me. I don't
ask you 70 love me Tor my looks--only
for myself"
Andrea looked anywhere but at his
face. you and know" she said after
q pause. that am quite safe with
the man you once were"
Here" said MacCloster, his eyes
narrowing. "Its too late to pull any
Of that stuff. Why didn't you try II
back there when was really .soft?"
"When you were sincere" answered
Andrea, II was sincere. You knew 1t
but you wouldn't have known tit
wouldn't have been true-if had taken
the chance to save my skin"
That's so," conceded MacOostel
thoughtfully. "But If you're not going
to be persuaded to love me, win you
please tell me where get or What
are you good for, anyway? Do YOU
realize that I gave ~ a case Of gin
for you and that case Of gin IN these
troubled times 10 worth all Of three
pounds steriingr ~.
Andrea WINGED. $50 I'm really no,