Washington telegraph., 1920-02-27
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Fed. Something under three
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tbubtedly a hit but also ignored
- eyor, whose mind was intent on
far more weighty affairs He
Shrugged his shoulders ana pointed to
her but with his chin, an expressive
bat most rcprehensible adoption of ma
tive habit. She took trc hint. never
theless, and as she started he said.
( PLEASE remember. Please don't show
yourself this time, will youT The
tone Of his voice was a great improve
J ment on all that had gone before. She
threw him n smile over her shoulder
and proceeded TO cross to her hut on
exaggerated tiptoe.
Trevor did not bother to awake his
guests; he went straight to his room
and gave himself up TO a long-drawn-
out orgy Of tea hot bath, sharp razor
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 entEely to the salts
faction Of his vanity he opened his
door crack and looked out. The
three guests were awake and reading.
They seemed quite comfortable as well
as quite at home, bottle and three
glasses having maglcally accrued TO
the table in their midst. 1t seemed
shame to disturb them at that par
tlcular moment and Trevor decided not
to, lie closed the door, barred IT, dis
connected the alarm gong and left his
room by the covered way.
II is a matter Of record that while
this same inclosed alley was certainly
not over thirty PAGES in length and
could have been traverstd in half as
many seconds, It took him exactly
thirty minutes to get from his end Of
the passage to Andrea's dOor-and
knock. She opened to him at once
and the sight Of her made him tremble.
Never before had she seemed so al
together adequate to every demand Of
life. He looked upon her lovely tum-
bled hair that was still laughing from
Its bath; on her deep blue eyes, each
cuddllng a devil Of mischief; on her
adorable nose, always shifting for trou-
BILE; on her red lips, ready to call a
man on; and on her hard fists, backed
by sturdy youth, still more ready to
keep him off, and felt the bones of his
determination turning to water. She
stood with her feet slightly straddled,
her hands stuffed in the side pockets
Of her khaki jacket-a pose often as
smed by professional fighters. He
glanced nervously about her room and
deciding that he would feel more at
home and perhaps more secure in his
own, asked her to precede him there.
She consented and upon arrival made
naturally for the couch.
II think" said Trevor hastily, "you
hid better sit here-for a change" He
dew out a straight-bacEed chair by
tie table. She cast him an inquiring
gknce but sat down without remark.
\ 7Is-aEdid- not sit: he naced up and
d0N before her till she could stand II
no lnger; then she said brightly,
"Kow l know how our ole cat used to
feel, watching the canary swing on
his trapeze."
|"Extraordinary inverted coinci-
dence,' remarked Trevor. 81 feel like
the canary
Both pondered on this rejoinder for
some moments; there was something
about it that REMINDED Andrea Of
first blood" Finally she realized that
il was her turn to speak. "I'll let that
% for the present" she said with
dignity. Suppose you say what you've
got to say"
The man stood squarely before her.
"All right" he said. For a second he
hung on the verge Of further speech
as though he were counting "Onc, two,
hree-go; then he plunged; "Will
you marry mel"
| Here was a game that Andrea knew
from its infancy to its old age. The
first move on its checker board was
as fixed as it was easy. NO" she
slid promptly and automatically and
glanced up with a half-bored look that
said: "Your turn to play"
That look was destined to die a sud-
den death. "Thank God !" said Trevor.
fervently, apparently looking into
space, but in reality taking in her gal
Tanized start through the corner Of
oue eye. "You see" he continued. "Pve
rome to my senses and begun TO get
your point Of view. It's still true
that you asked me TO bring yoH, but
It's no less true that you thought you
were just going up for n morning
breeze, while / knew that once YOU
were in that flying mlctine it was
lgoOd-hy to a world. If I'd told you that,
Df course sou wouldn't have come"
"Of course" said Andrea, family.
Her heart was aching and inside OF
her its pulse was drumming an Old fa-
l.miliar childish refrain Of helpless rage
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