The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-22
:5NG YG[l0W SEVEN:
& The Barrier -
W Of Fnec/
By Edmund Smell.

I why d1dnt you go and see the
! fishing by lamplight, Miss Bromley ?"
| She tossed the end Of her cigaret
+, into the darkness.
! at 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 intoxieat-
ing than the contents Of the decanter
THAT was really very nice of you"
Hewitt contrived to respond. pm
sorry you missed the show on nv
account. It's quite an interestin,
spectacle. The fish comes up to see
| what the light is-and Mr.. Blaci
Man jabs his spear into it,"
The girl laughed.
Couldn't we go tonight"
Certainly. if you're not too tired
Would you like tor
"AwfullY."
On the way to the coast he TOOK
her arm, because it seemed perfect.
~ natural and permissible thing to
do They stood for while, applaud
ing the efforts of men in loin-cloths
and laughing girls, their sarongg
tucked up well above their knees
until wave-more ambitious than
its understanding atened to en-.
circle them. He swept Enid into ms
arms and deposited her presently on
convenient grass-grown bank
among the trees. They talked in dis
Jointed sentences. without either ap
pearing to notice. Suddenly the girl
sighed.
Its simply wonderful, Why didnt
yon tell me? Didn't you know it was
like this!''
A voice that Hewitt dimly under
stood was his own replied.
ut 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
impetuosity that was new to him.
He awoke at last to the bitter know,-
edge that the hour-glass of their ex-
qulslte 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. "vou
needn't tell them-yet-unless you
like"
He started.
Il shall have to-" he said. "Therell
nf l,1
Il see. l had 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. / want it to be big success"
And Captain Hewitt promised.
Dawson had gone back to the rest.
house and Monica was evidently in
the act Of undressing, fer she con-
tented herself with calling to them
over the partition that separated her
room from the veranda.
How late you are--you two!"
I've came down to meet you"
said Enid. 81 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 IA
talking through a wall-even if only
a wooden one. Hewitt felt this.
Aren't you coming out ?"
mo, l can't"
"You can slip on a dressing gown. -.
Be sport!"
mot me-" laughed Monica. "Pe-
ter's hanging about somewhere.
and I've more self-respect than to
let him see me with my war-paint
off"
"I've something to tell YOU" He
almost said 'we,' but checked him.
self in time.
II can hear you perfectly from
here. What is it,"
In some respects Hewitt was sensi.
tive. He was particularly keen on
seeing for himself the effect of his
statement upon his sister. Nor was
he altogether satisfied that Monica
liked Enid.
"Enid-Miss Bromley's going up
country tomorrow" he said, sudden
ly endowed with happy inspiration.
I'm which case," asserted the ex-
asperating voice which might have
been at the far end Of long-dis-
lance phone "the sooner she gets
to bed-the better. The train leaves
just after breakfast.
The Commissioner went to his
room. walking with unnecessary en-
phasis. Enid paused outside her own
door and blew kiss to him from
tips of her fingers.
AS Hewitt had predicted, almost
everybody WHO mattered went to
Chard Bromley's house-warming.
The Commissioner and Monica
were among the first arrivals, Daw-
SON putting in an appearance an
hour or SO later in company with
Moorhouse, district officer at Bukit-
lban. Chinese Pennington was pre-
sumably keeping a watchful eye on
the movements of the Yellow Seven,
for neither he nor Jocelyn Gwynne
showed up at dinner. Besides End
Bromley and Monica there were
seven other women--wives of plant
ers and officials. The meal was
served under vast awning, illumin-
ated by means Of an electric light
plant installed by the late manager.
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