Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-07

better if she imagined the neighbor-
hood in which he intended to camp
far more dangerous than it really
was
Meanwhile, both had reached a
point when they felt that the less
speech there was between them the
better So, as the. miles crawled-s by,
they sat in silence. But one thought
, hammered ceaselessly through Rich
enda's brain. This man who had
bent her will before his own-who
had carried her off as primitive man
might carry off his slave woman, who
had so outrageously deceived her.
had wooed and won her-keeping her
deliberately in constant touch with
the woman who had formerly been
his-secretly insulting her by that
very contact-this man who had
taken her belongings for his own,
even counted the money in her purse.
this man Of no doubt q score Of evil
intrigues in the years behind him
who once possessed a wife of whom he
had not troubled to tell her, this man
who, in the years still to come, would
embark on still further intrigues af.
ter he had tired Of her, who had
taken her trust, her faith and broken
both into shattered pieces, who then
This man-she hated him! Some
day. somehow, she would get away
from him!
v The camping site that Pathways
chose in the late afternoon of the sec
ond day lay in a small hollow in the
heart of an irregular clump Of hills
which blocked out any extensive
view there might have been. The
place was very wild, very lonely. I'm
mediately they halted he had Richen.
da's tent erected.
Make yourself quite comfortable, -
he directed. We shall be remaining
here for some time"
rhe days that came after were very
strange to Richenda. At first Fair.
ways kept very close in camp and
spent long hours reading at the door
of his tent or lying on his back on
the short grass. pipe between teeth
gazing from under close drawn brows
UP to the crude hard blue of the
African sky. Always he was polite to
her, never forced word or presence
d. upon her. But the abyss between
them remained as wide as ever
Their meals, with the exception OF
early breakfast, they took together
Strangely, Richenda was glad OF this
She hated that curiosity which, she
sensed. lay in the mind of their three
servants who, with but little to do
seemed to her sensitive nerves to be
watching every action of herself and
Pathways, and her pride rebelled al
the thought that these untutored saw
ages might guess something of her
captive state.
Curious half hours those meals
were. Scattered sentences of polite
conversation ran here and there
through them, but in no way did the
minds of these two so oddly situated
In the wilderness come closer to.
gether.
Once he organized a shooting ex.
pedition still further into the wilds
and this Richenda found herself ex-
pected to join since Pathways had no
intention Of leaving her behind in the
camp.
is really impossible. You see, 1 shall
want Macheria and Jeroge to bring
back the heads and skins, to carry
The guns and for half a dozen other
things. and / should not care to leave
YOU here with only the toto for com.
pany."
Please do not consider me-" she
answered with the GOODNESS which
now was always in voice and eyes. II
no doubt shall be quite safe"
We are starting in an hours time
Kindly be quite ready" He ignored
her half protest and walked away.
Richenda dug a white tooth angrily
into the redness of her lower lip. but
anxious noc to imperil her dignity by
useless argument she awaited him
fully equipped, at the appointed time
In spite of everything she enjoyed
the expedition, which made a pleasant
break in days that had grown rather
wearisome, and Pathways unbent tc
the extent of pointing out much that
was of interest to her.
During the stay in camp before
their marriage he had made of Ri
chenda as skillful shot as those
short weeks had permitted, and with
the rifle he now proffered her she
brought down a gazelle which offered
an easy mark, shot at another which
skipped agilely into the bush, flicker.
ing it's white rabbit.1ike tail gayly as
il, went. One or two other times she
;1lned at various small game. but
missed her mark. then. ~~-1iing rue