Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-09

for change I'll go and have my TEA
and bath-alone."
Trevor ignored the hit. Good girl
he said, his attention already swervini
to his snoring guests.
"And you won't tell me who thel
are2" asked Andrea. "Or don't yo'
know"
He fixed her with a meaning stare
Certainly / know" he said, Tor
sent for them at considerable expense
and trouble. Also | may as well tell
YOU now that one of them at least is o
nriest of the Church of England"
/ A flame of color stained Andrea
I cheeks and her eyes went suddenly
wide. Things were moving and only
by tremendous effort did she catch
I'D with them. Great expense she
murmured. Something under three
pounds, | suppose"
Undoubtedly a hit but also ignored
by Trevor, whose mind was intent on
far more weighty affairs. lie
shrugged his shoulders and pointed to
her but with his chin, an expressive
but most reprehensible adoption OF ma
tive habit. She took the hint never
theless, and as she started he said'
please remember Please don't show
Yourself this time, will your The
tone of his voice was a great improve
ment on all that had gone before. She
threw him a smile over her shoulder
ana proceeded TO cross to her hut on
exaggerated tiptoe.
Trevor did not bother TO awake his
guests; lie went straight to his room
and gave himself up to Il long-drawn-
out orgy OF tea hot bath sharp razor
ana 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 a bottle and three
glasses having magically accrued to
the table in their midst. 1t seemed a
shame to disturb them at that par
ticular moment and Trevor decided not
to. He closed the door barred it, 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 traversed in half as
many seconds, it took him exactly
thirty minutes to get from his end of |
he passage to Andrea's door-and |
mock She opened to him at once
md the sight of her made him tremble. |
Never before had she seemed so al
ogether adequate to every demand of |
life. He looked upon her lovely tum- |
Dled hair that was still laughing from |
its bath; on her deep blue eyes, each |
a devil of mischief; on her |
ad o.able 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, /
Ter hands stuffed in the side pockets
If her khaki iacket--a pose often as
umed by professional fighters. He
danced nervously about her room and
eciding that he would feel more at
ONE and perhaps more secure in his
wn, asked her to precede him there.
he consented and upon arrival made
aturaly for the couch
~ think" said Trevor hastily, "you
ad better sit here-for a change He
rev ont a STRAIGHTFORWARD chair by
he table. She cast him an inquiring
lance but sat down without remark.
Trevor did not sit he paced up and
own before her till She could stand it
10 longer; then She said brightly
Now l know how our old cat used to
eel, watching the canary swing on
is trapcze."
Extraordinary inverted coinci-
ence." remarked Trevor. Il feel like
he canary"
Both pondered on this rejoinder for
ONE moments: there was something
bout it tha,S reminded Andrea of
first blood Finally she realized that
was her turn to speak. I'm let that
o for the present" she said with
ignity. Suppose you say what you've
OF to say"
The man stood sQuarely before her.
All right" he said. For second he
ung on the verge Of further speech
S though he We're counting zone, two, ,,
lree-go;" then he plunged: "Win
on marry me?" 6
Here was game that Andrea knew
'om its infancy to its old age. The S
rst move ON its checker board was r
fixed as it was easy. NO" she a
dd promptly and automatically and s
y