The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21

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She's pretty keen on the notion.
They left the clubhouse and de-
scended the steps that lea TO the
road. Dawson and Gwynne walked
in front
''Bromley's areas still restless"
said Pennington after prolonged
pause. IF he raided the estate while
you were dancing. Chai-Hung'd stand
fair chance of bagging every i'm
portant functionary in Bornro.''
Hewitt laughed.
Twenty or thirty whites would
give your friend a deuced warm re
ception. I'm not forgetting the Vel
low Seven and I'll make it my Dusi-
ness to insure nobody goes empty
handed"
Capt. John Hewitt stretched himself
YEARLY, pushed from in front or him
the documents at which he had peen
working after dinner, and strolled
out on to the veranda.
/ Both the nving-room and the We
randa were deserted. He cast a quick
glance round him and remarked that
one of the most comfortable chairs
was missing. Thirty seconds later
he had succeeded in tracing the dim
outline of the missing piece O- rurni-
ture-not a dozen yards from the
foot of the steps. A single glowing
spot!-accentuated against the black
ness-indicated that the chair was
occupied.
Hewitt went down.
The pleasantly contralto tones OF
Enid replied to him.
mo, it's I, Captain Hewitt. The
others have gone down to the coast
Mrs Whey was anxious to discover
how the native fishermen spiked fish.
He took the flight at a couple of
strides and selecting a wicker stool,
placed it in the immediate proximity
Of Miss Bromley.
why don't you go and see the
fishing by lamplght, Miss Bromley
She tossed the end of her cigaret
into the darkness.
1T didn't seem altogether fair go
ing out to enjoy ourselves while you
were Shaving away in there. So
stopped"
There was something about Enid
Bromley that was far more intoxicat-
ing than the contents OF the decanter.
THAT was really very nice of you"
Hewitt contrived to respond. 7 m
sorry you missed the show on my
account - It's quite an interesting
spectacle. The fish comes up to see
what the light is-and Mr.. Black Man
jabs his spear into it"
The girl laughed.
Couldn't we go tonight"
Certainly, if you're not too tired.
Would you like to?'
"Awfully."
On the way to the coast he took
her arm, because it seemed a perfect
" natural and permissible thing to
do. They stood for a while. applaud
ing the efforts Of the men in loin-cloths
and laughing girls, their sarongs
tucked up well above their knees, until
wave-more ambitious than its pred
ecessors-threatened to encircle them.
He swept Enid into his arms and de-
posted her presently on convenient
grass grown bank among the trees.
They talked in disjointed sentences
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Suddenly the girl sighed.
IT'S simply wonderful. Why didn't
YOU tell me? Didn't you know 1t was
like this2"
A voice that Hewitt dimly under
stood was his own replied.
TT wasn't like this-until you
came"
1t was too dark for him to see the
look Of triumph in her eyes. They
had closed, moreover, by the time he
had realized that her parted lips were
tantalizingly near his own-and had
bridged the distance with an i'm
petuosity that was new to him. He
awoke at last to the bitter knowledge
that the hour glass of their exquisite
pleasure was fast running out, that
Monica would be wondering what had
| happened to them.
At the foot Of the garden Enid made
him stop.
Jack" she whispered. you needn't
tell them-yet-unless you like"
He started.
II shall have to-" he said. "Therell
be no end of a scandal If I don't"
Il see. 1 had a note from father
this evening. I've got to join him
Immediately. He's lonely up there.
You'll come to our house-warming,
won't you, and bring everybody you
can? 1 want it to be a big success"
And Captain Hewitt promised.
| Dawson had gone back to the rest
house and Monica was evidently in
the act of undressing, for she con-
tended herself with calling to them
over the partition that separated her
room from the veranda.
How late you are-you twor'
I'VE came down to meet YOU" said
Enid. 'I don't know how we missed
you. Are there two ways?"
There are-and Jack knows them
both. He ought to have remembered
that we never take the path through
the trees. suppose that's how you
missed u.s." she added with a touch
of malice.
There are decided drawbacks to talk
| ing through a wall-even If only a
wooden one. Hewitt felt this.
Aren't you coming out?"
mo, can't
You can slip on a dressing gown
Be a sport!'
Not me- laughed Monica. Peters
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