Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-20
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She stifled the feeling of rebellion
that Immediately rose in her at this
recurrence Of his fighting voice.
Yes" she said meekly.
PLEASE slip quietly to your room,
have your tea and bath alone and
dress in your smartest khaki outfit,
leggings and all. When you have
lone that, please wait till I come"
Andrea could not resist a single
shot. Yes" she said demurely,
Just for a change Til go and have
my tea-and bath-alone."
Trevor ignored the hit. GOOD
GIRL" he said, his attention already
swerving to his snoring guests.
And o won't tell me who they
are?" asked Andrea. "Or don't you
know"
He fixed her with a meaning stare.
Certainly I know" he said, 'for I
I and trouble. Also 1 MAJ as well tell
you that n of them at least is a
priest of the Church Of England"
A flame Of color stained Andrea's
cheeks and her eyes went suddenly
wide. Things were moving and only
by a tremendous effort did she catch
up with them. Great expense. she
mur1nured. Something under three
pounds. I suppose"
Undoubtedly a hit but also ignored
by Trevor whose mind was intent on
far more weighty affairs. He shrug-
ged his shoulders and pointed to her
hut with his chin, an expressive but
most r~eprehensible adoption of native
habit. She took the hint, neverthe-
less, and as she started he said.
please remember. Please don't
show yourself this time. will you?''
The tone of his voice was a great i'm
provement on all hat had gone be-
fore. She threw him a smile over
her shoulder and proceeded to cross
to her hut on exaggerated tiptoe.
Trevor did not bother to awake his
guests; he vent straight to his room
and gave himself up to a long-drawn-
and clean clothes; to say nothing OF
the cleansing, amounting and bandag-
ing of his many burns and. wounds
When, hours later, he had completed
the complex operation to the best of
his ability If not entirely to the sat-
isfacion of his vanity he opened his
door a crack and looked out. The
They seemed quite comfortable as
well as quite at home, q bottle and
three glasses having magically ac-
crued to the table in their midst. II
seemed a shame to disturb them at
that particular moment and Trevor
decided not to. He closed the door,
barred it. disconnected the alarm
gong and left his room by the covered
way.
1t is a matter Of record that while
this same enclosed alley was certain
~ not over thirty PAGES In length and
could have been traversed in half as
many seconds, it tool him exactly
thirty minutes to get from his end OF
the passage to Andrea's door-and
knock. She opened to him ut once
and the sight of her made him trem.
Never before had she seemed so nj.
together adequate to every demand
of life. H looked upon her lovely
tumbled hair that was still LAUGHING
from its bath; on her deep blue. eyes
each cuddling q devil of mischief: or
her adorable nose, always sniff;ns fol
trouble: on her red lips, ready t.
backed but sturdy youth. still more
ready to keep him off. and felt the
bones Of his determination turning tc
water. She stood with her fee
slightly straddled, her hands styiled
in the side pockets of her khaki jack.
eta pose often assumed by profes.
sional fighters. He glanced nervousI,
about her room and deciding that he
would feel more at home and per.
haps more secure in his own, asked
her to precede him there. She con.
sented and upon arrival made natur.
ally for the couch.
x think" said Trevor hastily. ''yol
had better sit here-for . change
He drew out a straight-backed chair
by the table. She cast him m in.
curing glance but sat down without
remark.
Trevor did not sit: he paced up and
down before her till she could stand
It no longer; then she said brightly
Now I know how our old cat used
to feel. watching the canary swing
on his trapexe."
Extraordinary inverted coinci.
Idence," remarked Trevor. 4 feel like
the canary"
Both pondered on this rejoinder 70,
some moments; therevwas something
shout Il that reminded Andrea 81
first blood Finally she realized