Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-01

time.
He has the natives prepare a house for
Thu White Man refuses to divulEe his
name and makes Andrea understand that
he will not take her back.
CHAPTER V.-Conttnued.
That's a new one" said Andrea.
mot at ALL" replied the man. "Pm
only harping back to tine definition Of
ruin that you thought didn't quite
pass over your head. The philosophy
"a rut and death are one and the same
thing. Life is sleeper than it used to
be; one has to climb it by switchbacks
Or go under"
You've missed your vocation.
White Man" said Andrea fippantly.
you should apply for the succession
to Father Vaughan's mantle, get your
pulpit and turn missionary to So
ciety."
"i've got the lace of the earth for a
pulpit" said the man easily, land I
couldn't do with less" y
Il had suspected that there was
something colossal about you," replied
Andrea quickly, land now I know it.
1t is your impertinent self-suficien-
cy-"
You misunderstood me-" interrupt
ed the man, himself unmoved. What
1 meant by that flamboyant statement
was that no philosophy has yer lived
except through example and one can't
fulfill the creed of contrasts with less
than the whole world for a play
ground"
Playground" repeated Andrea
"You don't meah it's a cheerful phil
Taught
Don't II" said the man with a
kindlier smile than h had yet seen;
then his face grew grave again. Its
backbone is content without hilartty."
His eyes wandered to the half
wrecked aeroplane. Eyes, it has fail
ed-once."
"A case of physician cure" be-
gan Andrea and stopped. His eyes
had swerved back to hers and the
naked look Of regret in them fright
ened her. Well" she continued.
glancing away hastily, do you really
want TOTO convert me?"
He started in his chair and IL he
had been thinking of his personal
troubles promptly forgot them. Had
1t been merely a chance shot, he
specialized, or was this young lady
possessed Of that rarest of virtues, a
quirk Of mischief in the face of adj
versity? Women know no CONVEX
sion except. through love-" were the
exact words he had used. He recalled
thin perfectly and watching in silence
into her hot cheeks he perceived that
she also remembered.
"Oh!" cried Andrea, II think you
r horrible"
II haven't said anything" rernon-
Istrated the a "
That's why" snapped Andrea.
I"You could have said something. You
keep quiet and give a beastly signifi-
Observation-Disclosures"
He helped her out. T a little
joke" he finished and added quite
gravely: BE sure 1 shall do all in
my power not to convert you"
CHAPTER vi.
The heat of the day had quite pass
ed. Andrea felt of her arms. They
were soft and cool. She laid them on
1.-THE table and studied them as though
she never had noticed them before.
She was thinking that all her fright
had died away. She was alone with a
man, alone by over a hundred MILES
and yet-never had she felt less lone
~. more cur She tapped the table
and her eyes narrowed as il they were
measuring. Presently she threw UP
her head, turned to her companion
with a smile and said, I've decided
not to sulk, White Man. Tell me
what. your philosophy will do for me
II I give it q try-out."
The man drew a long breath Of re-
lief, examined the ash Of his cigar
and licked it off. First Of all,' he
began. lit will life a fever from you,
the fever of Fastening from one lit
tie thing to another. That's the
malady OF society, the dread of an idle
and empty hour in which the mind
must feed upon itself or starve. Be
fair with me. Look back and tell me
If your memories aren't all stock va
rieties; I don't they all fall into
set and dry classiications?"
II understand" said Andrea. you
six bins like staples at a grocery
He gave her a look of undisguised
admiration. 81 mean exactly that.
Ny philosophy will give you the secret
of the happy idle hour. Never again
can a city or a great house quite
smother you forSit will be in your
power to sit spell-bound, your eyes
fixed ten thousand miles away on a
girdle Of high-peaked huts, on black
pickanins at play. a blotch Of bronze
statues taking an hour of from pose
and chanting the news of the hour"
And an aeroplane," added Andrea,
"trying to push two surprised nuts out
Of the way"
The man made an impatient ges-
ture. There you go" he exclaimed.
bouncing, claws out, on the one per-
sonal element"
why" cried Andrea, eyes inno-
Gently wide. Whats personal about
an aeroplane?"
He looked at her grimly and ignor-
ed the trap. 1T will give you things
to think about he continued, land
when you have them you'll no longer
[hA afraid Of thought in itself and