The Lamar register., 1919-10-15
OH" gasped Andrea.

stiffness his calm voice dropped words
us cool and hard as pellets of ice.
Andrea choked with rage. She had
to swallow lump In her throat before
she could gasp. II want to go back
at once"
You asked me to take you with
me-" said the man In the same calm
voice, "and l don't happen to be going
back"
mot going backl" suffered Andrea.
trying valiantly to appear collected.
II did ask to c-come, b-but it's ev-
cry woman's privilege to ch-change
her mind.
when I first looked at you I saw
a smile that was kindly and chival-
rous. How could / know that your
smile Is nothing but camoufiage made
up Of lines of dissipation, and your
hideous goggles nothing but a mask
for hard eyesf / thought you were
a man, but you're nothing but beast.
willing to torment a girl who has fool
ishly put herself in your power"
my dear girl, 'Ssaid the man. you
asked me to bring you with me. and
like a fool did. Now. like a woman.
you are crying because I didn't bring
you and leave you at the same time.
Same old story. Women are forever
wanting to eat their cake and have 1t
STILL"
II am not crying" said Andrea. "and
my name isn't my dear girl but the
Honorable Andrea Pellor." She paused
on that weighty announcement.
Really" said the man. unmoved.
Brother In the Flying Corps. Nice.
humdrum noble family. as remember
1t. WellT
Don't" /" cried Andrea. Don't start
that horrible noise again. l want to
talk to you. want to-oh. what are
you going to do with mel"
There was a pathetic threat Of tears
In the question that should have melt
ed the rockiest heart. but II failed. Il
have no intention Of doing anything
with you beyond what you asked for.
and no interest" said the man quietly.
He reached once more for the
throttle. "Stopw cried Andrea. II
must know what you mean. How can
/ talk to you with that awful din 60
ing on7"
"Oh, you'll have lots Of time to
talk" said the man. and no sooner
were the words out of his mouth than
they were almost wiped on the slate
of memory by the sudden roar of the
engine.
Andrea sank back in her seat. criim-
pied up In body and mind. and cried
III 1t col. fun
bling up and out of her swelling
throat For the first time In many
years she felt that she wanted her
mother and at once.
"Oh. mummy mummy she sobbed
like Il little child. and u molent later,
Just exactly like IA little child. she
stopped crying. smiled twice. blinked
her eyes dry and presently smiled for
no special reason. just as II dawn
smiles when its sun 'realss ont from
the dewy clouds of u'Hrlirc What
had happened7 v'hs 'dcH iupor-
amt thing. She hn'i i.'. reIl ze'.
that no one could hear her crying. not
even herselfi
"Every person one meets" thought
Andrea. following the line Of her dis
covery. has to be climbed. Some
people are Insignificant mounds and
you just walk over them; others are
high cliffs that 1t takes a long time
to climb but that give you fresh and
wider views the higher you go. And
then there are Others" she continued
with q vindictive look at the stolid
back in front Of her. "that are Just
great round hard bowlders."
Her mouth drew down at the cor
ners, but she would not succumb again
to feeling sorry for herself. Instead
she shielded her eyes once more and
took stock of the various handiworks
Of God. The world was good to look
upon that morning. 1t was twirling
by in a strange rotative movement
that gave II an Elusive appearance. II
was like a new toy In the way Of PAN
Dramas. Things started to come nearer.
changed their minds and then swept
into the past. lingering long on a steep
horizon as though they hesitated be-
fore an irrevocable plunge.
Andrea found that by holding back
her skirts she could look straight
! down. She did so OF and on for half
an hour and the things she saw told
her much. Forest and plain. forest