Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-17

" breath: "Holdinesworth. Dam
Il the fellow. What on earth
4 \ does ne want"
'Hall-oo-oo." Very neal
now. He might find them any mo
ment since they stood on the outskirts
of the forest almost within sight OF
the hill down whcih he must have
come 1t would look odd if they gave
no reply
''iIall-oo.' Anders sent the ringing
answer back. drew Richenda into the
shadow of a clump of bushes.
Tell me quickly, Richenda. What
Is it? Oh my dear, | want to help
you So
Suddenly she realized that in a mo-
ment she would he caught back again,
lips sealed, the faint chance Of help
gone forever. Her breath came in
quick gasps. Words tumbled. against
her will. from her lips in a wild rush.
Il want TO get away from him .
He holds me tight. He has no right
to keep me so. I've tried to get away.
before-but he brought me back. l
want to escape to some place where he
has no power over me. If | could
only get to Nairobi-there are people
there-then he couldn't"
tiall-OO-OO
oh" she was nearly sobbing now,
what can I do what can l do?"
Holdingworths khaki,clad form
came into the open space barely so
yards away from them.
"Richenda voice was hur-
ried-"slip out of your tent at II
~ fely?"
"t'lI be waiting not far off: I'll
whistle softly. Come to me. Then we
can talk things over better. Girl.
ia sell my soul to hep you-you
know that
Your husband is hit worried.
Mrs. F'airways." HoldinCworth's voice
came to them He has mental vi
sions of YOU being cheWed to bits by
puSuacious quadrupedS. 50 he asked
me- to bring you back.
How is he now?" she asked duly.
Better. but weak as a rag. Of
course. He was asleep when | made
my morning call upon him-only
woke up half an hour ago and sent
me off post haste to find YOU, though
/ told him you We're merely chasing
moths protected by the strong arm Of
Anders here"
Pathways had obviously. as he IN
formed them upon their return,
looked very weak and limp as he lay
in the camp chair under the shade
Of nearby tree ears buzznG with the
hum of a thousand Ehostly church
hclls-the usual result Of a stiff dose
of Quinine
lie took but little interest in the
butterflies they produced for his in
spection and eyed Richcnda with a
frnwn that might have been either the
outcome of annoyance or indispositiOn.
Presently IIoldingworth and .AndcrS
faded diSCreetlN out of the picture.
Is there anything can do for
YOU" Richenda's duty question came
again.
Yes" he answered terSely. don't
go wandering off like that again, un-
less YOU want to find your cavalier
hedecked with q pair of the blacklist
ewes in all Christendom I'm not go
ing to have my wife running over
the countryside with every simperinS
puppy that cares TO lift reckoning
finger,
The day passed quietly. Pathways
spent most Of il with closed eyes in
the chair under the tree. Richenda
sal in the shade of her tent trying to
read. But the words danced unheed-
ed under her eyes. She could not still
the excitement that pulsed through
her. To steal out at midnight and
meet a man 1t was the sort of thing
that once no power on earth could
have persuaded her To do. But the
longing to outwit Pathways was
strong upon her-it brought a mis-
Chievous kinkinC smile to her young
lips. She would meet Reginald An
ders out there on the moonlt hillside.
She would make him help her. would
borrow money from him. once free,
her identity established she could
ca silly obtain from her own bank the
~herewithal to repay the loan.
The path OF escape began 10 appear
quite smooth and easy. She'd teach