The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1921-02-17
CHAPTER *.
Below the Wallis

On his roof again. Con noted thar
an awning Of green silk had been
stretched over his doorway. and a
couch placed beneath It In the open
air. for his added comfort. A silver
pitcher Of wine stood on a taboret.
and he found that the wine was ac-
reputable, having been cooled In spring
water, But all was secondary. even
the silent departure Of the guards. for
he was thinking In a whiri Of Helen
March.
Her innocence was amazing. like her
wIsdnm-an American personality
with strange dIag0nals Of the Orient.
Con loved the tang Of desert sunlight
upon her face, her throat and ayms
Her shoulders We're neither wide nor
narrow, and she was NOT tall. He re-
membered everything she had said.
and was unable TO evade her final ut
terance, which became more and more
a subllnated poison TO him. He turned
hack 10 yesterday. recalled how she
had ridden. how her pony had gal.
Hoped from the top Of the rayine after
her word had saved them. how her
brown hair had streamed out from the
soft gray cloak. No Chinese princess
could ever have ridden ut such pace.
But. again. there was the gentle. al
most iifelcss movement Of her hands.
and the low fullness Of her voice when
she tnlkt+l If Tau Kuan.
She was delightful sorrow to Lev.
lngton, as II all his days, too. had fore
told her. She did not know herself.
She was eighteen. The ways Of these
ontland people were familiar TO her.
and II was natural she should love
their national interests. strangely Ike
Americas. bitterly different. The red
dish palace was home. Her mother
was gone. The grand vlzir had
brought her American gowns. street
suits. and other articles the models
had displayed at Spernian's In the city
terribly far distant.
There was no estimating the pains
the old Chinese had taken to secure
such things for her. Con knew at least
Of his connection with the Wedger
house. which must have been arranged
by secret means. and II was ciear that
Chez Ming had taken many point
from Cecil Wedger's incipient queens
of the cinema. The vizir had been
content to cook for q young snOb.
merely to garner some information as
TO how young American girl should
be dressed, how she must Talk and
think. and what. II anything, might
please her. Con appreciated the genius
that had made the exclusive Wedgers
n part Of Chez MIng's pan for the
completion Of Tau Kuan. empire Of
the Yellow Sun.
The tangle Of East and West trOu.
bled Lexington more and more. Helen
had almost lost her mothers counsel
regarding Prince Yekut0i. II was too
easy 10 feel the dead Rithna's horror
Of the young MOngol. and OF the plan
she had foreseen. his marriage with
her little white daughter. The mother
must have striven 10 develop American
instincts--the riding Of ponies. love OF
oak trees Independence, and natural
frankness.
Lexington saw more wildly how
March must have loved Eithna. how
the loss Of her had nearly broken down
his sanity. and. at last. how he had
kept secret his innermOst intention for
another journey into the perilous Cobb.
II had meant too much for him to put
his hope In words. He had planned to
run down the International beast.
koresh; all tibet side Of the story was
Just as he had tbnfded II to Leving-
ton. Bur then there had been mnch
more. March'o interests did not begin
or end In federal commission. Con
realized now the deep and double Joy
Of bis friend when be had first found