The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-04-06
Were you sorry to leave the cluDa

though, toto be among the sort OF
people again that you-you used TO
know. Miss Furden"-she mentioned
one of the girls who had seemed most
interested in him, the sister of the
boy whose place he had taken in the
polo practice-''is considered a very
attractive person, Mr.. Fla 'on. have
heard it said that a man-any man
not to be attracted by her must be
forearmed against her by thought--or
memory of some other woman whom
he holds dear"
I'm afraid / don't quite under
stand"
The mechanicalness of his answer
treasured her.. IL mean, Mr. Eaton
she forced her tone to be light-"Miss
Furden was not as attractive TO you
as she might have been, because there
has been some other woman In your
| life-whose memory-or-or the ex
pectation of seeing whom again-pro
| tected you"
Has been? Oh, you mean before
Yes, of course" she answered has
tily.
-"No-none." he replied simply. Its
! rather ungallant, Miss Santoine, bu
I'm afraid l wasn't thinking muct
| about Miss Furden."
| She felt that his denial was th'
! truth, for his words confirmed the i'm
preston she had had of him the nigh
] hnfnra rat thor 10
the horse take them on-fOr few
moments during, which neither spoke
| They had come about bend in tn,
| road, and the great house of her fa
Their doomed ahead. A motor whiZze'
| past them, coming from behind. |
was only Ayery's car on the wa.
home but Harriet had jumped :. littl
in memory of the day before, am
her companions head had turne'
quickly toward the car. She Locke
! up at him swiftly; his lips were Sc
and his eyes gazed steadily ahea
after Avery, and he drew little ava
from her. A catch in her breath
almost an audible gasp-surprse
her, and she fought warm impulS
which had all but placed her han
on his.
"Will you tell me something, Mis-
Santoine?" he asked suddenly.
"What?"
81 suppose, when l was with Nj
Avery this afternoon, that If | ha
attempted to escape, he and the chau
feur would have combined TO detail
me- But on the way back here-di
you assume that, when you took II
in charge you had my parole not
try TO depart?'
She was silent for momen
thoughtful do you mean that yO
have been considering this afternoo
the possibilities of escape?"
ut would be only natural for me
do that, would it not?" he parted
mo"
"Why not"
II don't mean that you might not Il
to exceed the limits Father has set f
you; you might try that, and of cour
you would be prevented. But you W
not" (she hesitated, and when 81
went on she was quoting her fathe
."-sacrifice your position here"
Why not| 6
Because you tried TO gain tor
if not exactly that, at least you hi
some object in wanting to be ne
Father which you have not yet gained
S She hesitated once more, not l0okil
" at him. What it was that had ha
pened during the afternoon she cou
not make out; instinctively, howevt
t she felt that it had so altered Eator
: relations with them that now he mig
e attempt to escape.
: They had reached the front of t
k house, and groom sprang to take t
d horse. She let Eaton help her dow
L. as they entered the house, Avery
f, who had reached the house only a fl
< moments before them-was still
Ir the hail. And again she was startl
in the meeting of the two men
}" Avery's triumph and the swift fla
of defiance on Eatons face.
She changed from her afternO
IS dress slowly. AS she did so. S
lie brought swiftly in review the ever
of the day. Chiefly it was to the p'
a. practice and to Eaton's dismay
his one remarkable stroke that
lg mind went. Had Donald recogni2
IN in Eaton something more than mer
Id good player trying to pretend ig
is rance of the game? The thought 81
ed denly checked and startled her.
how many great polo players w
d. there in America? Were there h
to dred? Fifty? Twenty-Five? She
no not know; but she did know that tn
were so few of them that their nan
g, and many of the particulars of tn
lives were known to every follower
the sport.
IT, (TO BE CONTINUED