The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-04-09
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 northward 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-bless-you's."
Incidents, following rapidly one after
the other, kept Andreas mind off the
coming encounter with her old world
until she was actually on its verge.
Late one afternoon they came upon
the bay and Trevor waited expectantly
for her to recognize the scene of her
ravishment. He was disappointed, for
the thin. insignificant strip of yellow
sand tucked under the red cliff dimin-
ished by distance to the proportion of
a railway embankment, meant nothing
to her inexperienced eyes.
At last he pointed it out to her. "Be-
hold" he said, "the beginning and the
end Of all things"
"Why," exclaimed Andrea us 1t
really the DtuCI--OuI DttNi. I1OW IL .
shrunk I'
ut has" said Trevor solemnly. 1.-THE
erosion on this bit of coast is foot
for every hundred years. We'd better
hurry If we want to make landing"
!, He chartered two sailing boats from
J Greek fisherman and in an hour the
beach had broadened, the cliff had
risen to almost imposing heights;
while they were still we'll off the shore
they shot into it's shadow. The boat
man chose landing at the foot of the
. Cliff road a quarter of 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. "Were going to
your old hotel, you know. It's really
} the only one. If you prefer, can send
: for a motor-car for you and myself ;
but we'd have to wait half an hour"
? Andrea caught her breath as she
realized that it was only minutes
before she would be in collision with
a world Her eyes ran down the line
t 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.
"Let us go down at the head of our
men," she answered.
"You are right" said Trevor
pleased at her shrewd Judgment. eve
mortals," he added, don't always rec
| ognize the Importance of fighting ar
\ atmosphere with an atmosphere. Tt
/ go In as cock of our own walk is 6
\ thousand times better than a motor
O car and the back door"
i Andrea nodded. II felt it but l coult
1l not put 1t in words like that"
Il AS Trevor, the white head of {
II quarter-mile-long and glistening blacl
4 serpent Of humanity, swung in be
4 tween the gateposts of the hotels i'm
posing portals. the ever-opportun,
n Marguerite stretched his neck, raise,
H his barrel-head and brayed Abov
Y that raucous cry sounded the sponta
neous and uncomfortable peal of An
: drea's silver laughter.
I The groups of men and women
all but one-on the hotel veranda stoI
II ped in their various occupations a
! though paralyzed; drinks paused halt
way to thirsty lips, cigarettes burne
unconscious fingers, knitting needle
poised instantaneously-al but on
4 pair. The manipulation of the excer
~ ton was dear but very proper oil
lady wearing cap of filmy lace o.
her plentiful white hair and enoug
filmy lace on her person to make tn
porch chair, in which she sat, loo
" like stall at a Red Cross bazaar
She was knitting vast khaki-colore
sweater and at the sound of Andrea
;. laughter she gave no sign beyond purs
:, ing her withered lips while she metf
- :, odically finished off the stitch upo
: which she had been engaged.
- That done. she raised a pair q
beady black eyes so wonderfully aliv
- that 1t seemed impossible they b,
longed to her wrinkled face and t1asl
~ ed one look at Andrea and one at Trt
10 vor. well, my dear" she said calml,
presumably to the former. ITS a RI
lief to have you back apparently aliv
- and we'll"
No sooner were the words out G
her mouth than she was swept int
=, Andrea's Impetuous embrace. 'Ol
- Aunty Gwen Oh, you old dear!'
y The lady defended herself with cor
81 siderable energy and was heard I
.. grumble that even kissing had d,
h. generated into rough pastime. Ha'
ing rescued herself from Andrea
- arms she said, Nov that that is owe
al you will please go to your room an
change from that outlandisb circu
y costume you'll find everything as 20
h. left 1t except for a new lock on tn
os door,"
Mt Andrea glanced at Trevor and lear
no ed over to whisper imploringly in he
In aunt's ear.
" your husband?" enunciated til