Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19

with nav acquaintanees a. with old
ones. Indeed" went on Lucille, ut
only means that instead Of the
quartet that was 70 be our company,
we have q triangle. Even then. Brett
can get hold Of another man tn
Nairobi. maybe. o Diekis, pickie.
the waist and wirled her dancing
round the room. "Dickie. balevedest,
tell me ycu'l GOMEZ
Mrs. Davenant-"
"Lucille.'
VERY well, then--Lucills." Rich
enda found this dancing eyed crea.
ture very difieuit to resist. III you
really want me, Of course I'll come.
Providing always" she added scberly,
! "that Mr.. Fairways doesn't mind"
Brett mind7 Why. he adores you!
Says you are the most charmingly
unsonhisticated thing that ever was"
Unsophisticated! Dick felt a shade
| Of annoyance. she, Riehenda Peter
son, &c years old-uns6phisticated! So
that was what he thought about her.
| and unsophiskieated was only q polite
word for unpolished-a little Gauche!
She clicked her white teeth together
angrily. Shed teach Mr.. Pathways to
think like that about her!
Brett % positively charmed with
| the idea Of your making one OF the
party" Lucille greeted her at lunch
Richsnda raised an ineuiring eye to
Pathways.
4 think it IL topping Of you. Miss
Petersen" he agreed. This little
lady" he Indicated Lucille, absolute
| ly insists on carrying through the
original plans we all made IN Eng
land. And, you know. once Lucille
gets her teeth into anything" he
| shrugged his shoulders, with humor-
Gus crinkle round his blue eyes,
"onee she gets her teeth into any
thing, she is regular bulldog for
hanging on"
| "PiEr' Mrs. Davenant was pinch
ing his arm now.
TITS true, anyway" he went on.
/ "But she'd have had to forego the
sheoting trip-even though Kenya -is
an adept at shutting ito eyes TO con-
vention! Still, there are limits for
| Baptist minister's SON
(which you are not, You smooth
t0ngued sinner!" The white singers
pinched again.
L
] coming with us. But what want to
/ know is-aro you supposed to be
| chaperoning her or liz she chaperontng
your" He finished with teasing
.Ah," said Lucille. wait till we
/ ret this pretty thing TO the Highlands,
Brett! She'll need all the combined
1 chapcroning YOU and can give her.
Men are six to every solitary petticoat
up there, hear"
Riehenda flushed. then looked UP,
not knowing quite what to say, and
| suddenly abe met Pathways eyes. He
was gazing at her intently .
rather too hxedly. There was some
| thing in his look that she did not
/ MISUNDERSTANDING Queeriy dis
turbinE. sonaething that thrilled her
family. It lasted barely . moment.
| then he was his say, debenair self
again. But Riehenda felt that she
| one that was eddy familiar to her.
The, following week Fairways.
Lucille and Richenda entrained for
Nairobi.
Richanda enjoyed the 20-hour jour-
| nav IA the Kenian Highlands The
little train on the single line railway
| began its steady climb very shortly
after they left Membasa, leaving
| behind the picturesque e0c0nut plan
l tations and much Of the lowland heat
a. well.
Darkness fell quickly, and the three
sat Idly talking a. they watched the
dim landscape slip past. III by ire
/ uuent showers Of sparks from the
/ wood.feA engine. At 8 o'clock the
train stopped and the passengers dis
| embarked for dinner at q wayside sta
tion. The air was chilly here,
| Richenda shivered suddenly.
1 Fairways. she noticed. was draw.
ing Lucills's furs more snugiy round
the lightly clad shoulders. suddenly
/ Rlchenda felt q little lonely. Yes, she
/ reelected, Mrs. DaHenaHt was Just the
type Of Yoman upon whem every
i man wolid faal impelled to dance at
tanticn. How nice to % born hks
i thati
| The dinner was . little dispiriting
4 too, and dying aats drppped half dead
from the paraffin lamps into her soup
i Riehepda was glad when the mea'
i had ended and the three etr0lled out
to mace up and down the primitive
Il platfeypa Tor few minutes before thu
4 train moved on again.
\ TairWaya said good,night TO them
at the door Of their carriage now, and
| departed to his own compartment.
Tor PHYS sake, let'a turn IN q
once grumbled Lucille. sOne cant
| possibly read by this light.
4 Richenda awakened betimes nexi
tween :chattarins teeth. II II pos
Iitively arctfcr'
Ths country had changed now
Great ia9ged hawen na0ffnkain9 cNl