American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1920-01-17
CHAPTER XIV.

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| having gone out to break camp at
dawn for safari. The bishop and his
| companions were northward bound,
| Andrea and her man headed for the
| south and the coast In the cold mist
| Of the morning they parted with tight
handclasps and earnestly murmured
| "God-bless-yOu's."
Incidents, following rapidly one after
the other, kept Andrea's mind off the
coming encounter with her old world
until she was actually on its verge.
Late one afternoon they came upon
the bay and Trevor waited expectantly
for her to recognize the scene of her
enlistment. lie was disappointed. for
the thin, insignificant strip of yellow
sand tucked under the red cliff dimin-
ished by distance to the proportion of
n railway embankment. meant nothing
to her inexperienced eyes.
At last he pointed IL out to her. "Be-
hold" he said, "the beginning and the
end Of all things"
why" exclaimed Andrea. us IL
really the beach-our beach? How It's
shrunk !"
at has" said Trevor solemnly. "The
erosion on this bit of coast Is foot
for every hundred years. We'd better
hurry IL we want to make landing"
He chartered two sailing boats from
Greek fisherman and In an hour the
beach had broadened. the cliff had
risen to almost imposing heights;
while they we're still well Off the shore
they shot into its shadow. The boat
man chose landing at the foot OF the
J Cliff road, a quarter of mile away
; from the steep path by which Andrea
had made her descent. As the safari
began to form on the beach Trevor
| turned to Andrea. "We're going to
your old hotel. you know. It's really
the only one. II you prefer, I can send
for motor-car for you and myself |;
| but we'd have to wait half an hour"
Andrea caught her breath as she
realized that II was only minutes
before she would be In collision with
world. Her eyes ran down the line
of their marching column already on
the edge of an incongruous setting, but
ty which the free and half-naked black
takes with him everywhere and which
Is born of his absolute Indifference to
standards not his own.
"Let us go down at the head Of our
men," she answered.
"YOu are right" said Trevor,
pleased at her shrewd judgment. "We
IL, hA nj
ognize the Importance of fighting an
atmosphere with an atmosphere. To
go In as cock of our own walk IL u
thousand times better than a motor
| car and the back door"
Andrea nodded. II felt Il but could
not put It In words like that"
AS Trevor. the white head of q
| quarter-mile-long and glistenlng black
! serpent Of humanity, swung in be
tween the gateposts of the hotels i'm
posing portals, the ever-opportunt
1 Marguerite stretched his neck, raised
4 his barrel-head and prayed. Above
that raucous cry sounded the sponta
| neous and uncomfortable peal Of An
\ drea's silver laughter.
The groups of men and women
| all but one--on the hotel veranda stop
II ped In their various occupations al
though paralyZed; drinks paused half
way to thirsty lips, cigarettes burne,
: unconscious fingers, knitting needle
poised instantaneously-all but on
!. pair. The manipulation of the excep
ton was dear but very proper oil,
lady wearing cap of filmy lace OIL
her plentiful white hair and enougl
fllmy lace on her person to make tn
porch chair. In which she sat, loo
y like stall ut a Red Cross bazaar
She was knitting vast khaki-colore
sweater and at the sound Of Andrea
), laughter she gave no sign beyond purs
ing her withered lips while she meth
- =, odically finished Off the stitch upo
which she had been engaged.
That done, she raised pair @
brady black eyes so wonderfully aliv
It that It seemed impossible they b,
longed to her wrinkied face and fiasl
= ed one look at Andrea and one at Tr,
- vor swell, my dear" she said calml,
presumably to the former, cts n r,
= lief to have you back apparently ally
V and WELL"
No sooner were the words out Z
= her mouth than she was swept int
% Andrea's impetuous embrace. "ol
- Aunty Gwen oh, you old dear"
7, The lady defended herself with col
a. siderable energy and was heard [
"a grumble that even kissing had d,
h. generated Into "A rough pastime. Ha'
ing rescued herself from Andrea
70 arms, she said, "Now that that is owe
N you viii please go to your room an
change from that outlandish circu
p costume; you'll find everything as 80
10 left 1t except for new lock on II
~ door"
~ Andrea glanced at Trevor and leal
NJ ed over TO whisper imploringly in h,
In aunt's ear.
y "Your husband?" enunciated ii
old lady clearly. "Well, that's relic
r.. too; but l prefer to meet him els