Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-13

Continued from our last issue
Il would have been uncommonly
iollv to have had Fright Ellie as
.ompanion on the walks. and once or
virt he did. But Mabel showed very
Hearty that his was very far from
having her approval and ON the sec
md occasion said so. There was the
sightes. possible little tin about III
md thenceforward-the subject nav
ing been opened-there were ire
nient little passages over rthe. aris-
ing ALWAYS out of his doing what
Mabel called forever sticking up for
her." How frequent they were. and
low much they annoyed Mabel. he
lid not realize until. in the last
week of his leave. and in the midst
II a sticking up for her scene. Mabel
urprisingly announced, We'll, any
way. I'm sick and tired of the girl,
nd In sick and tired OF haNink
YOU always sticking up for her. and
I'm going &c get rid OF her-tonlor-
ow."
..But Mabel-what will her people
.hink? 2"
I'm sure I don't care what they
think. III you're so concerned about
he precious girl, I'll tell her mother
that 7 was going TO make other ar
rangemerts in any case and that as
his was your last week we thought
we'd like to be alone together. VIII
hal satisfy your
ii hone it will satisfy them. And
hope very much indeed that YOU
lon't do it,
VII.
But she did do it. On the follow
ing day Ellie left. Sabre. pretending
10 know nothing about II. went ior
long walk all day. When ne re-
,urned Effie was gone. lie sara
nothing. Her name was not again
mentioned between him and Mabel
= -happened that only the reference
10 her sudden departure in Whleh
M was concerned was with Twyn-
ing. .
Setting out on his return to france
his orders were to join a FusIIler
,attalion, reporting to oath DIVISION
az found Twyning on the platform
Il Tidborough station buying a
paper. -
Inst off? / say. old man. old man,
old Bright's very upset about Fine
zettiia, the sack from your place
ike that. How was it?'
Twyning was looking keenly az
aim. But a bit sudden, wasn't 1t!
Z mean 10 sly. 4 lllpd-hA IN0 "NN
IN such friendly terms with the girl.
Why. only a couple of days before
he left L saw you with ner having
ca in the Cloister tea rooms"
seYes. [ remember; We were wait
ng for nv wife"
"Oh, yes waiting for your wife,
we're your" Twyning appeared TO be
linking. "Well that's what l mean,
old man. She's seeing you OH, 1
suppose" o,
lot a rotten cold
Twyning stared again. oh, I'm
sorry. old man. Well, you'll want 10
xae.,getting in. III tell old Bright
what you say about Ellie. quite
understand. Seemed a bit funny at
irst. that's all. Goodby. OLD man
Jolly good lucy"
He put out his hand and squeezed
Sabre's in his intensely friendly grip;
and destiny put out its hand ana
added another and a vital hour 10
Sabre's ultimate encounter with me-
VIII.
His leave ended with the one
hing utterly unexpected and ma
yrantly impossible.
Arriving in London about nine, he
stood on a street refuge to let by a
coming out of the station. AS
il passed he saw its occupants-two
women; and one saw him-Nona'
OF all incredible things. Mona!
2 She stopped the cab and he hur-
ried after it.
"Nona,"
.Marko,"
She said. "I'm hurrying to Euston
to catch a train. Tony's mother is
with me-"
How funny her voice was. Mona
YOU look i'll. You sound i'll. WHAT'S
Is anything wrong?"
She said, "Oh. Mako, Tony's
killed.
.Nonal"
That came careering head
long as though malignity, bitted ana
had loosed a savage bolt.
TX.
On the following morning he
crossed to France, there to take up
again that TRANCE identity in whose
occupancy his W self was held IN
abeyance. waiting his return. Seven
months passed before he returned
to that waiting identity and he re-
sumed it then permanently-done
with the war. The tremendous hight
OF 1917-his participation in the
war-his tenancy of the ran6e
personality caught up in the enorm-
Gus machinery of it attended o
him in the great break through the
Hindenburg Line in November. on
of a recollection of sudden shock
whirling giddiness in which
he was conscious of some enormous
violence going on but could not feel
Gas he afterwards thought)
to come to in the middle
Of a tooth extraction under gas-on
the top of these and of extraordinary
things and scenes and people ne
could not at all understand came
someone saying:
well, it's goodby to the war for
you, old man,
He knew that he was aware-and
somehow for some time had been
aware-that he was in a cot in a
ship. He said. 81 got knocked out,
didn't II"
Someone was telling him
home interminable story about m
being wounded in the shoulder
Mn the knee. He said, and his
appeared to him to be all
1b1ed up and thick, well. I don't
a damn" -. Someone
khed.
PART FOUR
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