The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-01-27

right port and lunching with him once
Andrcas hand went to her breast
and stayed there as though to imprison
her fluttering heart white Man."
she snid, please don't do that to me
agaln--cver. You see, I've always been
silly about things that get hurt"
"Forgiye me-" he said. II was
thoughtless."
Careless, perhaps; thoughtless.
never" said Andrea, smiling once more.
"Well" she went on, clasping her
hands and throwing her head back,
I'm for your sister. The woman that
could make up that trunk is genius"
"She would be-" remarked the man
enigmatically.
Andrea paused In her thoughts then
came wide awake and looked at him
narrowly.
white Man, didn't woman make
up that trunkW
"No, there are few women living
that could. Think It out. That trunk
was all bone, muscle and sinew--wlth
an after-dinner cigarette at the bot
she had two small moving vans and n
wicker house she thought she was
going to bring with her. I'd fixed 1t
with .quartermaster to drop the lot
overheard in the night and at the last
| moment. She never even heard of this
| trunk"
During his long speech the color had
| been rising In Andrea's cheeks. II
! don't think l like you as much as
did," she said slowly. Somehow you
were getting too good to be true. You
bought and packed all those things
yourself"
lie met her gaze steadily. 'Don't,"
he whispered, don't let's be old"
"All right" said Andrea with quick
sbrug of one shoulder. "But you've
known lots of women, haven't your"
"You exaggcrate," he answered, smil.
ing. "Tve met lots OF women
"Pshaw!" said Andrea. That's an
other old crock of shibboleth. Some
men know lots about women-a jolly
sight too much"
"That's different from knowing WON.
/
en-" said M'sungo quietly. ."It's no
shibboleth, that old belief. Woman,
to man, Is an eternal voyage of dis
cOvery-a land of valleys and peaks,
of lights and shadows, of storm and
aching peace. Continents and oceans
are lost In her ultraviolet heart, and
when she throws wide her arms, the
way is open to Heaven and He'll"
I'm going to bed" murmured An
drea, and stole away.
1t was just as well for Andrea that
she had gone early to bed, for at five
O'Clock of the next morning rock
was hurled at her door that almost
burst 1t In.
Didn't that get her?' yelled M'sun-
COS voice from half across the kraal.
mo, Master" answered Bathtub.
"allssis sleep plenty hard, same like
pickanin."
She slipped on her bathrobe, opened
the door and put out her head. "Were
you calling me?" she asked with early
morning dignity.
mot exactly" answered the white
man In the same tone. breakfast In
twenty minutes; bath when you come
home" He turned to give orders to
group Of his captains.
Andrea was instantly thrilled to the
new adventure. She called to Bathtub
to bring her washstand and water and
rubbed one bare foot against the other
in impotence until he was out of the
way; then she dressed feverlshly and
, ran out.
In ten minutes they had breakfasted
in five more they were OF. A long line
of blacks preceded them. behind came
M'sungos gunbearer, water boys Bath.
tub. a carrier or two. and an ancient
donkey half hidden under an enormous
cowboy saddle.
"What funny looking old donkey 7!
remarked Andrea. whats he for?" E.
"For you, when you get tired" an.
swered Msungo.
Really For mel" said Andrea
"What's his manner"
Msungo threw back his head and
laughed softly. "Why." lie said 81
never thought I'd have to tell any one
when named him. We call him Mar
guerite. I named him after a friend
Of NINE"
was she as ugly as all that7"
"Oh, no. She's about the prettiest
woman I ever knew, but she was just
like him inside. Try to head him of
some time"
THE best way to head of woman
unused Andrea, rs to marry her"
"That's So" agreed Msungo prompt.
ly, but friendship has limits"
They Were necessarily walking in
single file on the narrow path and
Andrea was behind him. She looked
quizzically ut his back and wished she
could see his face instead. But her
attention was soon drawn to other
things. They had come to the fringe
OF the forest. Spaced from two to
three hundred yards apart and set well
out from the shadow Of the trees were