Evening star., 1925-10-22
Continued from Yesterdays Starr

"Stanley-on his way to the house
| had just left. I'm fool, l suppose.
Anyhow, as he passed me and the
street light fell full upon his face, i
could read it well enough, and it got
me. Suddenly / was ashamed of my
self, and l hated YOU | felt l
had to stop him and tell him
the truth. I'm not sure, but l think
| actually spoke his name. But
he didn't hear me, nor see me, and IN
a second he'd gone. All the same il
he had been a little less absent-minded.
or [ had spoken a little louder, things
would have been very different today"
Every word that the girl said was
true, yet she had not spoken without
an object. She intended to remind
Waterman as forcibly as possible that
his immediate future lay entirely with
III her hands. AS Il matter OF fact, he
needed no reminding. The point was
entirely TOO clear TO him as 1t was.
But he only said:
wen, anyhow, ii came out all right.
She fell for il, And we're engaged" "
How did Stanley take it?''
ut knocked him off his pins, OF
course, but he was game. He's start
ing for India this week
Good Lord, what for?'
II don't know-says he's been think
ing about 1t for some time. Going to
join some expedition that's going out
,nere TO dig up a lot of fossils-bones
of prehistoric man, all that kind Of
thing.
And you're going 10 run the bust
uesS2'
Yes"
Nina grinncd. Goodbye, business, ;
She said. He might as well give it
20 You and be done with it
That's just what he's done"
NO"
Yes, / tell you. He's given me the
business as a wedding present"
THE poor fish. And you accepted
What else could I do?"
ooh, l can see YOU" she grinned.
You Just made him force it down
your throat, didn't you?"
Never mind the details. The papers
will be pleased tomorrow"
Well admitted Nina, with reluct-
ant admiration. you're no piker, I'll
say that. You've stolen his girl and
now you've got his business. l was
reading u story about you the other
night
About me?"
"Wen, the names are different, but
it's really you. A guy was sleeping
in a tent one cold night in the de-
sert of Sahara. Along comes n camel
and says to the guy in the tent: 1T s
damn cold cut here. Let me just put
the tip of my nose under your tent
10 get 1t warm. All right says
the lad. SO the camel puts the tip of
his nose into the tent, and pretty soon
the camers neck follows his nose. then
his hump. and within a few seconds
more the camel is inside the tent and
the guy that owns it is out in the
cold
Waterman was not keenly enter
tanned by this sprightly anecdote.
What did you make me come down
here tonight for?" he asked.
In the first place to get the news.
In the second place to have a little
understanding with YOU.
"Such as"
such as this. Stanley and I are
a good deal alike in one respect
We're both of us sick of business
Hes going to retire. and so am L.
"Your're going to leave the office"
That's right. Why should I go
on working at q job | hate now that
I'm going to have a steady income?'
Waterman considered. ''All right,
he said. Probably it's just as well.
The less l see of you in the future
the safer it viii be for both of us.
Now listen TO this. l saw Miss Colby
this morning She swallowed your
story last night, but today she's not
so sure about It. She wants the thing
investigated.
You don't thing she'll break her