The Washington times., 1937-09-24

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rheen feels that he is as yet fal
"Yet it must find a place in the
record of his travels. The 1877
questions of which he spoke are all
connected with that territory
there"
CAN ANSWER ALL
I'VE can answer them all"
Henry Yates announced with a
slight touch of grandiloquence.
You have been there lately
then?" she asked eagerly.
Lately? It is not necessary
that it should be lately. 1t is a
country which no one ever tor
gets"
What were you doing there?"
she went on. You and that Eng
lish master of yours. who looks
as though the land upon which he
stood and the air he breathed
were his by divine right"
II may tell you that" he re-
piled, when the terms Of our bar
gain are fixed, when it is settled
whether or no answer those hun.
dred and twenty-seven questions.
"They shall be fixed here, now
at this moment" she declared
II know how much money Mr..
van Westrheene has. I know how
much he is prepared to spend on
this book business.
1T is an amount which may
bring ruin upon him but he is
obstinate. His book shall be per-
feet or it will never be written.
The story Of that blue patch upon
the map must be in it.
There will be two thousand
five hundred pounds for you, my
little man, five hundred pounds of
which you will give back to me.
and if there is anything else you
want" she added, passing her
fingers down his cheek, "it is
yours-any time when the dinghy
is the other side of the bar"
CHEEKS BURN
His cheeks burned where her
fingers touched them.
lone thing" he begged. This
is necessary. I will not start our
negotiations by deceiving you"
Better not" she warned him
IT shall answer those hundred
and twenty-seven questions but
when they are answered, every
thing worth knowing about that
strip of country will be there
but there will be the experiences
of others as we'll as our own. To
tell you the truth, it is some time
since my master and crossed the
Wallapooly River"
She was standing by his side
the chart still spread out before
them. She gripped him by the
shoulders.
CHAPTER XIX
Listen" Rosa said. 1.-TWO years,
seven and half months ago, you
and your master and the usual
circus-like troop of retainers left
Southampton on official business. "
with the exception that the
expedition was not official and
that our retinue consisted of one
gunmaker. who was going out to
look over his lordships sporting
guns. the statement is correct"
Mr.. Henry Yates acquieSced.
During those two years and
seven and a half months you did
not visit this country-or here. ="
she added. tapping the blue patch
upon the chart. You never
crossed the boundaries-no? That
is what you must tell me.
If you do not answer there is
no two thousand. five hundred
pounds. And II am not for you"
II cannot see that it matters. "
he pleaded. Il can answer every
one of those questions and my
answers will tell you all that you
want to know"
Il am tying you down to a def
mite yes or no." she persisted. Dur.
ing this last expedition of yours
lasting between two and three
years, you either did or you did
not visit this country"
HAS INFORMATION
I'VE did," Henry Yates as
Sented. "but we were not there all
the time. We visited also Persia
India and Beluchistan. I don't
see why you lay so much stress
upon this.
What difference should it make
to our bargain? Every scrap of in
formation you require I am able
to pass over to you"
OF a sudden, Rosa drew him into
her arms. Then she turned away
| with . slight shrug Of the shout