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Show THE OGDEN TO 'Continued' from Preceding Page, careful and all that. I was awfully Interested to the things you've been telling me "And about the medals to-nig-ht. . 'Jl firi JJ Trvi fC ' . ; A I rl lt aI WW M when I saw her last. She's she's somehow." changed ' She had. I saw It now. ' JLor-raiof late had been waking np from her long sleep. The fires behind those strange green eyes of hers 'that had lain half dead beneath white ashes of sorrow, gray ashes of past years, for so long were burning up to life. Her dress: showed It. Her hair showed it, crisping and waving as I had never seen those heavy locks of hers crisp and wave; her lips showed It, red in her pale ivory face. no woman Is a At thirty-fiv-e dreamer. If unmated, or Is the dangerous age for thirty-fiv- e she realizes thai the last her; then petals of the rose of youth are loosening from the stem; then she knows that love must, come to her soon, or come never. Lorraine had roused herself from ofi 1:j .CiUl 5 J 7 She .rooks younger than HI U ij'M ill-mate- if .'j he let that wandering arm on the back of the eat drop lower round my shoulders, and turning ' my unresisting face to his, kissed me once twice," ."V. : d, , r rVW.- - z v ; ... 4- - J -- " k L Sontli Almost ihyly ne and how you got so famed and the' School of Mlnes.y Of course, I am interested and delighted. How could you think" "All right, I didn't think.said Luke, consolingly. . The shade of disappointment cleared away from his face. I, whom many lad lovers in these Isles of Love had made wise be yond my years, could guess what was in his mind. "He is thinking." I said to myself, "that I am nothing"" bur a child still. Now that's absurd!" But I said no more. Do " you remember the time when you feared to open your lips lest some wild animal of a secret that you were keeping caged should glimpse the light and suddenly bolt for her trance; had lifted her head freedom? from its pillowing on her dead Away,on the dancing veranda the lover's grave "and was full awake violins began again, with the firm notes of the piano marching stead- - to the world and life and love. One who knew her sex and, above Hy beneath. I leaned out and listened. The music trembled, lifted all, her type, would have predicted and swept with a swing that seemed, it, years ago, maybe, with a cynical to reach from stars to earth, Into laugh. One who knew the hidden the one great waltz of the world. tragedy that underlies women's lives would have seen it with a "Blue Danube! Blue Danube!" I throb of sadness. I, to whom al! cried, jumping to my feet. "Let's was a life beyond not miss this. I can't sit out Blue sort of unimportant postscript, who Danube. How are you on waltz"could not away with" the silliness ing?" of these elder folk, was simply irri"All right," answered Luke, put-- " ting on his" coat. "I shouldn't like tated and annoyed- - My scheme of existence had no place for a rejuveto miss the old Danube , myself. nated Lorraine. Besides, It was Come along." lie took me by the absurd! hand and, laughing, we ran toI watched her, looking young and gether, as we had been used to run beautiful, dancing with fire, atlong ago down the sands of Ililiwa tracting the attention of half the Dara into the tossing sea. room, though all were busy enjoyThe great verandas of the Resiing the waltz themselves. 1 shook dency were trembling from end to my head impatiently, held out my end with the sway of a hundred right hand to Luke and swung into alone and dancers; the chaperones ' the dance. One must really try to the impassive native kings and forget such nonsense! queens kept their place by the What the real cause of that walls. change had been what decnee of Not even all of these, I saw as Fate had gone forth' In the hour we came up the steps, had resisted ' that elapsed between the beginthe fascination of the dance. of the dance and the playing ning Maiera, Queen Lalua's chief maid of "Blue Danube" I knew or of honor, a half-cast-e girl of the more no than I guessed of royal Hawongan line, was footing .guessed the great war that lay sol many It; with a ship's officer; her loose ahead, nor of the ships that nightdress gown of vermilion silk years then should fly through blue air inflew widely, the "tiere" flowers la stead of blue water. Nevertheless d her hair were falling on her the powera of. chance had been neck. Mrs. Garstang, the playing at dice for me within that Resident's wife, was sliding her fatand the die that had made hour, ness and her fifty years about in the deciding throw was marked plancompany with a middle-age- d Lorraine." didn't ter, whose white shell-jackWe finished the dance; the famsuit his figure. And ous waltz throbbed to its very end. "Goodness, Luke!" I said. "LorWe drew back against the veranda raine is dancing!" Luke fanning me vigorously. She was. I had never seen her rails, The fan he held was one of his dance before, except at the lessons like my necklace, my braceshe had given me. I knew; of gifts, let, earrings and ring; my gloves, course, that she was a dancer of I my. beautiful lace handkerchief. supreme excellence, but 1 had somenever been allowed to accept had how taken it for granted that an from any other man; Indeed, gifts old woman of over thirty, a sober, I never had wished to accept any steadied-dowsort of gifts that had been offered to me liko Lorraine, would never set foot save these of Luke's. a ' ballroom floor again. She . on While he waved the carved saa-never had danced at any of the dalwood fan back and forward la balh. to which she brought me. front of me, scenting the air with Yet- now she was floating down its delicate fresh perfume, I found the veranda to the immortal "Danmyself thinking and wondering. If ube," her starry robes sparkling, Harry England were in love, really her silver and diamond tiara throwIn love with any girl, what would ing rays of light, her he give her? Somehow I felt It slippers scarcely brushing the floor. would not be fans and- rings and And her partner I had seen and handkerchiefs,' I wondered what it not seen him, all In a breath, so would be. much had the thought of Lorraine's "Want to dance the next?" broke dancing amazed meher 1artner In Luke.' "We got on immensely, was Harry England. didn't we?" I never saw a pair better matched. I didn't want to dance the next; To this day I can remember how I wanted to snatch a moment to .they danced, as if they had but one look about me to see, to think eoul between the two. Both tall but I did not care to say so. The and ' slight, both strong with the ancient guile of my sex came to reaches that straight strength the rescue. through the able body to the tense, "Lorraine is looking at you," I clear mind, born dancers both of said. She was, she had fixed those them, they were worth going many emerald eyes of hers on him from a mile to see. across the veranda; unmistakably, I now know, and knew then, .she wished to speak to him again. by some strange, intuitive power, "Don't you think," I said, "that you that Harry England cared no might give her a dance? She more for Lorraine save aB a dancseems keen pn it "I should like to, If you don't ing partnerthan he cared for the wind Dlowing outside on the coral mind," he answered promptly. reef. But he danced as if he loved "She's a cracker at dancing. I don't her. say you are not first class yourself, . And she, who, I knew, admired but, of course, she's' had much him but vaguely, and disapproved longer to learn than you." ofihlm not vaguely at all, danced "I should think so," I laughed In in his long, arms, as reply. Lorraine's superior age if she knew no other world t as If seemed to, me, naturally, the best' her heart were woven to his heart, of jokes. eveft as her paces were damasked "Keep the next but one for me," in and out of his. You would have said Luke, walking off. sworn, seeing the two, that "Blue Mabelle's red head came round Danube" had been written for them the corner of a pillar. so did only; "Are you going to keep him all they express perfectly the spirit of the dance. ' the night to yourself, yon sly "Gosh!" said Luke, "Lorraine can thing?" she breathed. "Can't yon go It, can't she? "Who's he oh, it's England. Hm. Well, he can cut a dance or two and let on have a chance? He dances like an dance, I must say that for him; and Lorraine Is tjld enough to take caro angel; I was sure he would and o herself. She does look ripping you've got him cafe, you needn't " I SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1921 STANDARD-EXAMINE- R it i it 7 t It 'k: . .' - Z ; , f ,. S J at s X " N I I v. V ? ... si. :'r wV IF . i. : sr. . V . A r ' A. . ' t't- - , - " s et w ; gem-beade- d - . . j ;. to-nigh- s steel-muscle- d " t" l'mFm-- '. f X cream-colore- semi-wido- dis-cu- as self-possessio- n five-and-twen- ty n Luke looked round, saw something that I did not and deliberately. In a clear voice, went on: "A msa has a right to protect his wife." Thd step came nearer. A man moved out of the shadow of the mango tiro into the vivid moonlight Ycsjl had known It was England. If Luke, I thought chose to Intimate matters In the presence of other people, I was not going to balk him. "I didn't know you bad one," was my reply. England came nearer, walking slowly; he bad a small cigar in his hand and wss cutting off the Up. He stopped when he reached us and nodded to Luke. I was sure be must have heard every word, but from his manner no one would have guessed It -You are the little boy I took away from Hiliwa Dara six years ago," he remarked. "You've grown quite a lot Are you still at school?" He nipped the end off his cigar and struck a match. "School of Mines." ssld Luke. Every word of England's had been an insult but Luke spoke with perand court ey. I fect felt that I ought to hsve admired him for It "Oh." observed England, put ting a match to his cigar. "Do you mind, Dara?" be aeked me, holding it to his lips. He had put a match to something more than bis cigar, as I saw by the fudden light In Luke's eyes when my name was spoken. But still my old comrade kept hold of himself. "Mrs, Ivory" he replied evenly, "docs cot mind smoking In the open air, I think." "Where is she?" asked England with an air of surprise. He looked up and down the pathway. "I didn't see anyone about but Dara and you," "Dara," said Luke, and now there was a tone In his voice thst told of rising tides, "Dara is my wife." mind me. Can't I introduce any one to you? I'm our hostess, you ' know. I ought to" "Introduce Captain England, if you like," I said, swaying my fan back and forward to hide the trembling of my hand3. I was In agony lest someone should claim me first, But Mabelle was anxious on her own account to see me ably partnered. She had found Harry England somewhere outsldo the veranda before ten bars of "Las were past. She Amoareuses" brought him up and presented him v- - formally. Luke and Lorraine by now were waltzing together. She ' did not look into his eyes and languish as she had done in England's arms; I could only see, as she passed, her white, black-lashelids; her lips a d little parted, her hand resting lightly, very lightly, on Luke's arm. I wondered what she was thinking of. As to Luke, his face expressed very clearly the pleasure of dancing with an excellent partner. He was talking, but I could not hear what he said. Mabelle bustled off. Harry England, without a word, not even the conventional "May I have the pleasure," took my hand and my waist and swept me out on the veranda. And I knew in an Instant that I had never danced In my life before! He danced without speaking; he did not look. at me. He seemed to make no effort whatever, yet I flew in his touch like a leaf blown by the wind. I could not feel the floor? my feet seemed to glide upon waves of pure music. And the music was Harjy England; and all the time, though he never opened his lips, it was speaking for him; telling me things wonderful, not to be believed. This was what It meant to dance, 1 kept thinking. This was what . waltzes weVe written for, how was , It I had never known? broke and came Something down to ruin. It was only crashing the end of the dance; but for a moment I felt as one feels who baa slipped from a height. Then I - IO V 1921. kL'T that I was standing at the side of the veranda and that Harry England still without a word had bowed to me and left me. I did not need to be told why bo had not spoken. Through all the wonder of the dancethrough all the unbelievable, beautiful things that the music was saying to me I bad felt beneath the scorching breath of an unseen lava flow, the current of England's anger. The anger was not for me; at least for me only In part; but Its very presence burned. And the fire that had lit it was, I knew, Luke Ivory's speech. . What then? One docs not live In a Love Island without becoming wise, too wise, about love. Trouble, then. Danger, then. If Luke was almost a boy, he had a will of cast-stee-l. If England had no right to be angered about anything that concerned me, he was not one to trouble over rights or wrongs. "It Isn't my fault," I thought to myself. "What am I to do?" "Put In your hairpins; youlook half wild," said Lorraine's cool voice, as if In answer. She was sitting beside me. England, of course, had steered me to my chaprone before leaving me, bu I had not noticed It till then. ; . , "Bend down," said Lorraine; "111 do It." She settled my hair with deft fingers. "Why did you dance with England?" she whispered, almost In my car. "Did you noC want me to?" I asked, puzzled and confused. Had Lorraine taken a fancy but no, that was too absurd! I could not construe the look she gave me. "Why did you?" she said again, with burning eyes. It seemed as if she had not heard . me. There was surely something mad about Lorraine that night. She looked at me as if she loved and hated me, all In the same Instant; the almost caressed my hair and then pushed me away from her. "Go and dance," she said. "Go and dance with him. He is coming for you." "Why, he Is going down the steps," I said; and. Indeed. I had 4ust caught sight of England's tall figure passing out Into the moon- light ' t night, ran up another flight of steps and disappeared among the dancers. I followed as quickly as I could. He was not to be seen. Certainly, whatever his Intentions were he had not gone straight back to the place where we had left England, "He will go some roundabout sy," I thought my heart beating wildly. "I must find out" But I knew that there was no time, or almost none, for finding. Before I could track out Luke danger would have passed into disaster. And I could not think I could not decide what to do. "Lorraine!" was the only thought thst came to me. Lorraine never lost her head; she always knew what was to be done.. But Lorraine waa dancing. la her new beauty, with, that unfamiliar, novel charm circling her like a halo, she was gliding down the veranda In long corves and sweeps like a skster, a khski-clsarm about her waist She seamed entirely absorbed la, ths dance. How was I to attract her attention? "Oh, my God!" I said to mystlf; "they'll kill esch other!" I bid behind a palm; if 1 were seen partnerless half a dozen cf my usual following would be on the alert at once. Lorraine sept by a rain. looked out through the leaves. Her glance passed ever me; I was sure she bad not seen me. "What am I to do?" I thought plteously. "What am I to do!" The band blared on; cornet piano, first and second violin. "White Hesther" It was cow. Somebody began to sing the words and the whole veranda took them up and swept dancing on to the tune of: "Speed, bonny boat like a bird oa the wing, 'Onward.' the sailors cry; Carry the lad that's born to be d X ' "We'll have anolher stroll," he said, leading me down the steps. "How astonishingly well Lortiino la looking. She Is really a beauty, Un't she?" "I suppose she was when she wss young," I answered lightly. What had Lorraine to do with us? Luke made no reply to this. He waited till we were out of earshot of the veranda, and then began, as we walked slowly In the moonlight down the tinkling coral pathway: "Dars, I've a favor to ask you. I might make It a right, but I don't" "Wclir I answered him. listlessly, turning round and rouad the old turquoise ring It wss on my little finger now, being far too small for tho third, which, besides, wss occuof diamopied with Luke's nd-pointed aquamarines. "I want to ask you not to danco with that man again." "What 'man?" "That's foolish. Of course you know whom I mean. Captain England." "Lorraine" "I know she did." But Lorraine's much' older than you, and, anyhow, I think she might have been better employed. Thing Is. England's not fit for you to dancewlth." -What do you know against him? "Nothing but what you know yourself. You can't have lived here all these years" "He's been away at the war." "Are you defending him?" asked Luke, with a tone in his voice that reminded me more than a llttlo of half-hoo- p old Ivory. At this my temper always quick, like that of most people sprang into flame, "Why should I not defend him?" I asked, dropping Luke's arm and turning face to face with him. We eyed each other like two fencers about to give battle. red-haire- d "Hecaue." eald Luke, beginning to breathe hard, "he's the worst man in the islands, and you should not even know enough about him to dlscuBS him. if I could help it" "I don't see that you can," was my reply. As he grew hot I seemed to grow cold. "Can't I? Can't I? I think a man basest right to" "Hush!" I broke In, with a warding push on his arm. Somebody's ccmlng." Tho grsvcl hd tinkled again la thebaccw o a big mango tree. Lorraine gave a low, breathless laugh, and twisted me around by one arm. Luke Ivory was standing beside me, programme in band. "Ill throw this away," he said. lntnUoiul rlap Vrlc, Jme. Grtxl BriUia Ki(&U ct th high, full moon, looked from one to the other of us. His face was Inexpressive. "What is the Joke?" hi asked. And he put the small cigars back Into his mouth and began to draw at It ''Can yon smoke?" he ssked Incidentally, holding out his esse to Luke. The verb was another Insult I iegsn to understand why so many me a, in vo many Islands, hated this Harry England. Luke took no notice of the ques- tlou or of the offered case. "There. Is no Joke," he said. "Dara and I were married at Hlllwa Dara Plantation six years ago," "Oh!" I screamed, "snd you promised on the Bible not to tell." "TouH remember," said Luke; "that I made an exception," ""It was nonsense," I said, breathing quickly, my hands clenched tight over my fan Luke's fan. "I know It was. Pre asked," "And you' promised on the Bible, without any exceptions, not to telf observed Luke. r "I didn't "I thought you said you did. But this Is rather public" "It needn't be," remarked England. He bgaa to stroll awsy. "Just wait a minute," said Lukt, with a certain dangerous coolness In his voice. "Dara and I can talk presently. You and I. are going to talk now. That t Dara. HI take you back to Lorraine for the present and I hope you won't mind If I cut one or two of your dances." I had been a greater fool by far than Nature o had made me had I not understood what wss In th wind. But I consented to return. My secret plan wss to detain Luke at all hazards, once we were in the dancing veranda again. I pretended not to understand; I lacrbed and talked as we returned to the king thJ .Harry England, under the light We shan't t?&nt it again." "Oh, no, you won't want It again," said Lorraine, with another of those curious laughs. Luke gave tno his arm, . Over the sea to Sky a," I almost burst out crying. What were the "lad born to be king" and that other lad. whose ring I wore, doing now, outside there ln peaceful moonlight? But I hsd, as usual, misjudged Lorraine. She had seen my fsce; she hsd read disaster in it snd with that swift mind of hers guessed and decided in an instant She took another turn or so along the vtr anda and then disengaged herself . from her partner. "So sorry," I heard her saying, "but thst naughty little niece of mine she has dissppesred, and I must look after her. It's a dread-- i ful thing to be a chsperoce. Isn't It? No, no, I won't trouble you, certainly not 111 just run out and see where she has got c3 to and with whom. These gtrls, these liu tie girls 1" She slipped away from the young soldier I think b hardly knew how and. by my. hiding place, motioned with one hsnd to the railing. I understood her and was over la an instant unobserved- - The house, like many island houses, was set cn piles seven feet high, Lorraine stepped underneath, into the dens shadow. Above cur heads the feet cf the dancers slipped and slid, with a sound like a field cf corn; the flooring trembled; "White Heather" pealed from piano and ps-RsIn- -- low-verand- g a wmd-blow- a violin. "Have they quarrelled?" de- manded my aunt Instantly, Her sequins and diamonds glistened la the dusk; her face was a pale Une above her shadowy dresa. "Yes, what am I to do? They're going to fight Oh. Lorraine, Tra sure they're fighting now; whst r shan "He will be killed If they do." said Lorraine, and even In the desk among the piles I thought X saw her face turn paler. She swept her dress about her. Take me to where you left-the- m Instantly," . she said, "He won't be killed!" I told her bouse. The tremblingly as I led the wsy to the What a night It was! coral pathway and the mango trees. shsdows under thri mango dome is so much older and" ."He a were pools of ink, the coral path IUUe fool!" said Lorraine "You strip of dazzling silver. Across the bltingly. "You dont deserve"- sea of moonlight once or twice, flying foxes sped, black, silent big She broke or short. "Run," she said. "They are all going into sapas dogs. crimper cow; no one wCl see." Deceive, If you can. a great The waits had ended; there was inal lawyer; a priest skilled in the a cure a friend of grest shuffling of feet I ran. care aad souls; fche followed me, light as a deer. who kax been your companion during yewLrs of maturity. Bat never, In the darkness of the mango avehoe to deceive the man or womaa nue II thought I heard other steps, but did not pause to look behind. whose childish life has been knit Fear bad seized me by the heart; with yours. t,uke knew exactly what was for the first time I seemed to understand what these male passions doing; what I meant to do. We meant unleashed; what horror had but reached the foot of the veranda steps when he loosed my they might work. : arm, bowed as politely as If he bad Be Next Continued Sunday.) 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