The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-02-25
CHAPTER XIII.

Withdrew his arm, which was when
they were already in sight of their
home landing.
BY the time she reached the camp
she was in no mood to welcome the
astonishing sight of three white men
calmly taking siesa in Trcvor's most
comfortable chairs, their helmets and
dolmans tossed aside nnd their short.
sleeved undershirts mbuttoned at the
neck The only thing to be discerned
In their favor was that they were all
freshly Shaven. 1t did not cheer her
TO see that upon catching sight of
them, Trevors face cleared
"Who are the nterlopers? she
asked shortly,
His eyebrows went up. "Interlopers,
Andrea Pellor?" he asked with a
SMILE. Then his face turned grim.
he inquired.
She stified the feeling uf rebellion
that Immediately rose in her at this
recurrence of his fighting voice. Eyes"
she said meekly.
please slip quietly to your room,
have your tea and bath alone and
dress in your smartest khaki outfit,
leggngs and all. When you have done
that, please wait till come"
Andrea could not resist single
shot. "Ycs," she said demurely, "just
for change I'll 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 YOU won't tell me who they
are?" asked Andrea. cor don't YOU
know?"
He fixed her with meaning stare
"Certnin1y I know" he said, "for
sent for them at considerable expense
and trouble. Also may as we'll tell
you now that one of them at least Is a
priest of the Church of England"
flame of color stained Andrea's
cheeks and her eyes went suddenly
wide. Things were moving and only
by tremendous effort did she catch
up with them. Great expense" she
murmured. Something under three
pounds, I suppose
Undoubtedly hit but also ignored
by Trevor, whose mind was intent on
far more weghty affairs He
shrugged his shoulders and pointed to
her but With his chin, an expressive
but most reprchcnsibe adoption Of ma
tive habit. She took the hint, never
theless, and as she started he said
"PleaSc remember. Please don't show
yourself this time, will yOu?" The
tone OF his voice was great improve
ment on all that had gone before. She
threw him smile over her shoulder
and proceeded to cross to her hut on
exaggerated tiptoc.
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 entirely to the salts
faction Of his vanity he opened his
door a 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 magcally accrued to
the table in their midst. 1t senr1ed a
shame to disturb them at that par
ticular moment and Trevor decided not
to. He closed the door, barred 1t, dis
connected the alarm gong and left his
room by the covered way.
. 1t Is matter Of record that while
this same inclosed alley was certainly
not over thirty PAGES In length and
could have been trGversed in half as
many seconds, 1t took him exactly
thirty m!nn'es to get from his end of
the passage to Andreas 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
cuddlng q devil OF mischief; on her
adorable nose, always shifting for trou-
BILE; on her red lips, ready to call q
man on; and on her hard fists, backed
by sturdy youth, still more ready to
keep him Off, and folt the bones of his
determination turning to water. She
stood with her feet slightly stradd)ed,
her hands stuffed in the side rockets