The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-03-03
CHAPTER XIV.

They were all early to bed, the word
having gone out to break camp at
dawn for safari. The bishop and his
companions were northwnrd bound,
Andrea and her man headed for the
south and the coast In the cold mist
Of the morning they parted with tight
handclasps and earnestly murmured
"God-bcssyou's."
Incidents, following rapidly one after
the other, kept Andrca's mind off the
coming encounter with her old world |
until she was actually OH its verge |
Late one afternoon they came upon
the bay and Trevor waited cXpcctantly |
for her to recognize the scene of her
rapishmcnt. He was disappointed, for
the thin, insignificant strip OF yellow
sand tucked under the red cliff dmin-
ished by distance to the proportion Of
| q railway embankment meant nothing
| to her inexperienced eyes.
At last he pointed 1t ont to her. "Be-
hold" 80 said "the beginning and the
end OF all things"
"Whv." exclaimed Andrea. 'Ts I:
Really the beach-Our beach? How ieS
ehrunl; -
ut has" said Trevor solemnly. "The
erosion on this bit Of coast Is foot
3or every hundred years. We'd better
hurry If we want to make landing"
He chartered two sailing boats from
a Greek fisherman and In an hour the
beach had broadened, the cliff had
risen to almost imposing heights;
while they were still well Off the shore
they shot into it's shadow. The boat
man chose landing at the foot Of the
Clif road, quarter Of a mile away
from the steep path by which Andrea
had made her descent. AS the safari
began to form on the beach Trevor
turned to Andrea. "We'rc going to
your Old hotel, you know It's really
the only one. If you prefer, can send
for motor-car for you and myself; !;
but we'd have to walt half an hour"
Andrea caught her breath as she
,, realized that it was only minutes
before she would be in collision with
world. Her eyes ran down the line
,, of their marching column already on
the edge Of an incOngruous setting, but
still impressing with that subtle digni-
ty which the free and half-naked black
takes with him everywhere and which
:, Is born of his absolute indifference to
standards not his own.
"I.et us 20 down at the head Of oui
. men," she answered.
- "YOu are right" said Trevor
pleased at her shrewd Judgment. awe
mortals." he added, don't always rec
D ognlze the Importance of fighting ar
atmosphere with az atmosphere. Tt
go In as cock of our own walk Is
70 thousand times better than motor
car and the back door"
'r Andrea nodded. II felt 1t but coult
o not put it in words like that"
u AS Trevor, the white head Of
:. =. quarter-mile-long and glistening blacI
~ serpent Of humanity, swung In be
y tween the gatepOsts Of the hote!s I'm
;" posing portals. the ever-opportun
II Marguerite stretched his neck, raise
x his barre-head and brayed. Abov
:, that raucous cry sounded the spontt
- neous and uncomfortable peal Of Al
drea's silver laughter
- The groups Of men and women
i' all but One--on the hotel veranda stol
~ ned In their various occupations
though paralyzed; drinks paused nal
nc way to thirsty lips, cigarettes burne
'n unconscious fingers. knitting needle
~ poised nstantaneously--al but OF
pair. The manipulation Of the exec
Dr. ton was dear but very proper o.
ce lady wearing q cap OF filmy lace
on her plentiful white hair and enouf
'r- flmy lace on her person to make Il
hs porch chair, In which she sat, lot
", like n stall at Red Cross bazaa
,ui She was knitting vast khaki-color'
hd sweater and at the sound Of Andrea
~ laughter she gave no sign beyond pur
hs ing her withered lips while she met
q" odically finished off the stitch up
w which she had been engaged
It, That done, she raised pair
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