Evening star., 1923-10-07


last favor before / start. and I'll for
give you the rest. Those regions
thAt address you'vs got in MIND
hey? - Jiist point
EN- out as they lay. will your"
4 Il 4
90, In the end, Camberwell went on
y toward his vision with q laugh
And jest. tindstsrrsd. A. It was insvi-
table ne should haSs done. He went
ashofe by the hfst sAmpAn to isave
the SHIPS Side. waving an airy hand
toward a w6odan- -jawed secdnd officer
who kased after him from the rail.
He went arons like the bAbes In the
song, to see what be could see. And
he saw4-tfuiyA-sevcfai thinks.
Through the early stsps Of that pill
srimage Ne proceeded IN d state Of
emotion FOR which he was hardly TO
be blamed. All explorers have shared
lii 1t some degree, ana certainly the
east is still the Sast.. With few feAs
lures OF its own never wholly Appfo-
to the comic opera stage.
The cofofs were thers---they were
there beyond all who6pins! Brown.
Of course, faces ana bodies lemon
brown, coffee brown. apple brown.
chocolate brown. Each separate fig-
ure ieaped to the eye with some ra-
diant snurt---kerehisf OF verni1iion,
Of oehre. Of aquamArine: asserted
head -dr esses in raw magenta, slate,
salmon, robins ess and Efass-sfeen; !;
skirts and ashes In the oddest fich
tints, old ross ana olive. apricot AND
cinnamon; the silver. .efnbfoidered cap
Of a babe, ths yoks.ysiiow robe of a
pongee. the vehement scarlet bslt And
badge OF a inpsiihad adiad chuprassy-e-
bands ana whofis. dots ana patches OF
color, as II the whole palette had
besn wastsd abroad with one sigan-
tic spatteT- brush. Cambefwsii went
blinking ana harryinS through 1t all.
ran don. Footed and random minded 40
we'll.
ii must remember this.' 'sioated
CamBerwell, and tried to make sure
Of 1t, clicking the mental camera
furl6usly. But the folk swept him on
and each vista Biotted out the one
that vent before and made 1t seem
poor and meager and altogether in
Significant.
How on earth was a man to remem-
Der anything, any one aspect. when
another was always shifting in
equally surprising and equally true?
The BEST he could do was TO clutch
- - httnk
the faster, and mop his bewiidered.
bean1ing face In q heat that waxed
about him like = steam bath. and 80
tearing on---seeing. still seeing
A mad sort Of pilsrima BE. and be-
fore evening 1t had led him the ex-
tended round. To the haaaars and the
forts and the race course. To the
Chinese milIionairs's--an immense
carven glove box in cinnabar, lamp
black and chrome. To the Mohamrne-
dan mosdue-a wedding cake Of
frosty whits--and the Hindu temple
a birthday cake Of pink icing. Final
ly, to the municipal gardens, where
fantastic vegetation from the most
expensive hothuuses In the world had
been feck1essiy heaped fight outdoors
to display every tinges wash, stain.
tlnetufs or complexion that man ever
named. and many more they never
wouia--every blooming color, As Da-
wilson h4d said.
This Is it!" decided Cambsrweli,
again and again. But how was a fell
low to choose?
A ND when At last the seeker after
"A truth took refuge In a biz OPEN
faced fotel by the Bunder-hot, tired.
dry and dusty--happy, but somehow
banned; sAtiated, but yet unsatishede-
when he called for refreshment in I
broad, dim bar Of tables ana pillars
and swayinE punkahs where MAN
hateoktaiI' and "Thes. Collins;
Dol" lent an erratic familiarity to
the dec6fations--by one Of those CO.
any studied ir6ny--lo!-a stupid Goa
boy waiter set out before him the
wrong glass thin fnger.depth Of
varieSatea sparkling liduor.
'Feusse- esfel" exploded Gambler
we'll then Half way around the
world to And this. Pousse-
cafe?"
He turned with a human impulse to
divide at large the inestimable hufiior
Of It.; with the same gesture he ming
open his we'll erammed wallet to make
payment. And that was the pfeeiss
moment at which ne met the ihduif-
Ing. brilliant smile OF the little gen
tlsmar from MACAO.
The little gentleman from macao
occupied the adjoining tabls. tt was
wheily natural Tor him to reply with
winning ana easy pslitSnssA nPar-
d6n," he said. "Ia y6uf order wrens
BY the stewArdt Maybe 1 ean do 4
service. II yoti allow me=a''
He appeared-to be only some casual
merchant, clerk, Or agent OF the port
with his suit Of spetisss drill and
iow.brimmea Panama. with his Ian.
6uid glance ana pfuhsd fn6astache
there was nothing to set him Apart Id
the class of resident i6eai whites and
Superior NHrasi slams. Chanaberweii had
been vaguely aware of such 4 class
He even thought fer an instant ht
must have seen this gentleman before
somewhere. But that wAs hardly pos.
siBie. The gentleman from Macao
had been trailing him half the day
ana IL woui& have been very pooi
business indeed II he hAa iftfadsd
himself 20 eiumBiiy. A certain sxpe.
risnes In tiisss xHAirs had taught tht
gentleman frsfn MaeAs TO be neat Al
pin, ineonSbieHoAs ~ B eat. smeotE
ana dsft always. which hs WAS. ana
except FER hiB smile, eshApietsly color.
less.