Evening star., 1926-06-13

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| Now we must have some break
| fast
| II cannot let you pay for my break
fast. friend Samuel" she replied de-
cisively.
! But, friend Angel" he interrupted.
1--WE may not find your hotel until late
! in the afternoon. You can't go all day
without eating"
She nodded her head; the bright
eyes cleaned.
Eyes, l cam" She shook her head,
the golden ripples sparkled. II must
not borrow" she repeated.
Then" he threatened, 'if you
won't eat. / won't"
| His threat rebounded harmlessly.
| "It will do you no harm to fast,
friend Samuel. We have frequent
periods of fasting in Holiness Valley.
l am quite accustomed to going with
out food
| So was Sam Baker in the last 10
days. But he did not tell her that.
! Sam made at once for the main hotel
| district. At first Angels mo, this is
not my hotel"' was decisive and as
Sured. But later that assurance seem
ed to evaporate from her manner.
After a while a faint perpleXity be-
came manifest. AS the midday heat
grew and the crowds sWarmed that
perpleXity increased. Thereafter Sam
did not trust to her memory. He en-
| tered every hotel they passed and in
quired if Miss Angel Day were regis
tered there. Always the answer In
| At noon he broached the subject
of food again.
II must not borrow Angel per-
! sisted. But you, friend Samuel. must
| eat now | will sit with you"
BY this time he was ravenous. but
| he refused to take advantage of her
| suggestion. BY the middle Of the aft
| ernoon, however, he skilfully eXag
gerated his sense of weakness, her
| resolution broke. entirely on his ac-
count, he realized. They went to a
cheap restaurant. Angel would have
none Of the ham and eggs, coffee and
waffles which were Sans choice. Like
a child she broke the bread into the
big bowl of milk which was the only
| food she wanted. And, like a child.
all her vitality came flowing back
the instant she had eaten.
X x x X
7 ATER they resumed their wander
- ings. Once. in the middle of the
crowded crossing. Angel suddenly
stopped Sam instantly pulled her out
of the way of a taxi and got her to
| the sidewalk.
THE thought has just come to me, p"
she explained. breathlessly. 'of how
selfishly have monopoliZed your time
without any thought as to your well
| fare. Oh, please tell me what you
| would be doing now if you had never
met me!'
II would he doing just what we
are doing now" Sam replied, and
explained: I've been in New York
about 10 days. 1t was like this. Last
Summer l was camping in the Rock
| les when / ran into man named
Ned Bryant. We liked each other
fine, so much that-well, l finally
threw in with him. You soon get
to know what kind a man is when
YOU camp with him. and Ned Bryant
| is a regular fellow. Never asked ques-
tions. Never shirked his share of the
work. When he left he told me any
| time I wanted to claim it there would
be in his plant here $75-a-week
| job
Angel drew an astounded breath.
| what a vast sum- she commented.
II didn't think l wanted to leave San
| Francisco then" Sam continued. But
| later I got an attack OF the New
| York fever. / telegraphed Bryant
that I was coming and came. l
missed BRYANT. though. He's been
on a Yachting trip for weeks. l went
| to his office and told them that he'd
| hired me and I'd come for the job:
| h,,t his assistant is a cold propoSf-
tion, and he said, Nothing doing until
| BRYANT gets back" I've called up the
! office every day, but he hasn't re-
| turned.
| Angel listened with the interest Of a
child. -,
| II see that you believe you will
find your friend, Ned she comment.
ed. "If you keep that faith you VIII
flnd him"
| Night drew on, and again the great
| twilight blooming orchid of Manhat-
| tan began to revolve it's vast petals.
| to flood the air with it's Intoxicating
nerf,1me. The streets filed with pleas
ure.seekers. Late in the evening Sam
and Angel dined frugally. Afterwards
they wandered about. but the lost no
tel failed to appear. Towards mid
| night Sam realized that the unyield
| ing quality Of the city pavement was
beginning to tell on the fresh strength
of the country girl.
| "You might let me send you 10 a
hotel tonight" he said, sudoehlE
This time he made his tone com
manding.
mo. Friend Samuel, I cannot.
had to take the food to make you
| eat. And. I confess. If it should
| rain- But as long as there is
Mace where 7 can with safety and
comfort sleep 1 must sleep there.
There was no diminution in that note
Of complete finality, habitual to her
| tone. Without word sam turned
in the direction of Madison square
He searched the midnight sky minute
ly. hoping for rain clouds; but the
| skv was like star-specked glass
elohe Having found their settees
| however. they talked far into the
night. And long after Angel mao
| sunk into unconsciousness, as serene
in her quiet sleep as any real anger
sam sat with his eyes half-closed
| his gaze on her, turning the sltua
ton over and over. -. -,
How was he going to beat hef
game? He could not leave such IN
nocence and beauty until ne nae
found for her not only lodgings, ou.
work. Leave Angel alone by hersel
This sinister possibility brought ou'
| the perspiration on his hot SKIN
Leave Angel? Why, he could not
iust could not, leave Angel! A SUD
den dazzling idea darted across MS
mind like a blazing arrow ana tore
through his half-waking, hal1-sieepihs
| thoughts all night long.
| X X y
WHEN Angel emerged the next
w morning from the little wooden
cottage she was wearing a pale.olue
gown. In material it was as dellcate
| as the other, and seemed, IN the
| dawn-light. to encompass her IN q
] blue star mist.
"You look as fresh as If you'd come
from that wonderful bathroom you
told me about" Sam said, reacnlns
| for Angels bundle.
"It's a miracle how fresh. how hap
M, how sec,1re T feel" she said with