Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-13

ry a "diamond king" with whom - she il
not In love. While at. a ball in South
Africa she sees an airplane descend on
sa' to os sss .i n.asM, az. oS . impulse ::ws shs n asss
take me with you" He taies her at her
word. and when oncs started refuses to
'o Hf. eeea ay M ; h for several, hour. tn.
plane 10 forced to descend In . native
Village: Tit Atrman calmly tells Andrea
she Will have to remain there for some
He has the natives prepare a house fol
The White Man refuses to divulxe hi.
name al makes Andrea understand that
he will not a her back.
Andrea learns Q "M'sungo' has saw.
ed the natives Of the place from starva.
M'sunso takes Andrea hunting with
him. and saves her from he attack of .
sable bull.
, An elephant hunt i. arranged.
The man warns Andrea against anoth.
or white man, Manchester by name, liv.
ing on the same river.
CHAPTER XVI -(Continued.)
Whom she awoke, hours later, the
room was heavy with the acrid smell
of lanterns burned too low but to
make up for that. the rain had ceas-
ed and sunlight poured in through the
open door. M'sungo was sitting as he
had sat, reading rs he had been read
~ the same As though he himself had
been caught in a current that would
not let him stop.
Andrea drew a q%uivering breath.
She saw insttnctively the workings OF
his mind He wished her to awake
without awaking-to come to the new
day with the selfsame smile in her
4 h00Nf chat had k.A- <l~-- -A.--
slept. He called upon her to play the
game through and she decided to do
it. She stretched her bare arms,
yawned, rubbed her eyes with doubled
fists. laughed and then threw out both
hands to him.
Take me back" she said.
The book fell from his hands. He
turned and stared at her with the
hungry yes of a man who sees fol
Gods ,creatures-namely, a woman
whose youth stands by her in the dis.
heveled morning, defies the ugly
finger Of gross slumber and proclaimf
her lovely beyond the limits set by the
wrinkling cams of coarser and les
blessed fabrics. For a moment hit
gaze wavered as though before toe
strong a light, then it steadied and his
face grew stern. He arose
Come on" he said.
She threw her arms. about his
neck; he picked her up, sarong and
all, and passed solemnly the length Of
the covered way. He could feel hel
face pressed hard against his shout.
der and her loosened hair was like q
cloud beneath his chin. Her arms
chung to him tightly, her body N.em.
bled, her eyes twinkled and her lipi
murmured audibly, Remember. An.
drea Pellor, you're just q kiddie."
He dropped her on her cot with q
thud that surprised the six %straddlinl
legs of that sturdy campaigner into
strident protest and incidently start
led n young lady.
There you are, you little devil" he
growied and strobe from the room
with the satisfied air of a dog whe
has just carried home eight pounds o.
iprime roast intact.
Andrea watched him go, then she
arose, took the cord from her bath
robe and advanced upon the docs u
1.-THE covered way. She closed 1t, le
down the bar mi with the cord bound
it in place. She tied knot after hare
knot and as she drew each one o.
them tight she said, Just to give you
time to think twice Andres pol1Or