Show I 1 SLENDER SWO SWORDS S t tk I C i 11 k An Intern tion l 3 p t HALLIE s n 1 ERMINE RM N RIVES i ip Author of S Jetton t Jn S I He The Costa wa Etc Eec I I c i CHAPTER Daunt Daunt Listens to a a. Song li day day bad had dawned sultry with a of summer humidity and ud on was not surprised to find the theom I. I om i ter performing intemperate an anha ans an- an 5 s r l lia ha morning mornin had seen his first trial hi his new fans fan propeller and the s der ers action had surpassed his hi wild Hd l e expectation The flight bt of which had bad caught cau ht a glimpse from froni ornS gard ard u 1 had bad been a longer one I l sual quite twelve miles miles against against I uJ ish upper current but even that ted to bring brinig its cust customary mary glow he had spent a lon long moru morn in tho the work of the chan chan- jr f. the study study o of a disputed mining in Manchuria a report on issue of government I lids ku a demand for a passport by a t alleged national with a foreign foreign act ae ac- t and a paucity of naturalization 1 rs the daily daiy budget of translations newspapers by which ome government gains ains a birds bird's eye fw comment and public opinion far away capitals luft Iut today Daunt could not exorcise h the mass of detail the leering imps p plagued u d him They neer peered d at him himl l the edge of the code codo books and spared sr-ered from tho ma margins of decorous t hes chuckling satirically lB Barbara Brbara they sneered Mere ere ac- ac often name nathe steam yachts girls lils don dont don't t they Arrived the tho same s her ship snip cn CUY eItl Rather sin singular ular I What a flush she sho had spoke of Phil Phil's Phils s 's brother at the teahouse Angry Of rs she was What on engaged a ed girl S to have the fact paraded espe- espe 37 h when she she's practicing on ou an- an r man And how about the tele tele- 1 11 How Ion long have havo vou von known her the th way ways way Two days Really Keally t tJ twe i-twe kIy governmental pouch hadl had bad l led idt iJ fat t noon and pouch days ays were i but Daunt did not go o emb An AI official I letter had bad Jed ved front from Washington which must Delivered in Kamakura Daunt d this this- excuse plunged ferociously teeds and an hour afterward aa na himself in a railway ay carria carriage e ding gl gloomily toward the lower bay this Ibis heart he knew that ho was 1 to run away from away something traveled with him an immediate answer to letter he be brought was not forth- forth li aing g and to kill kin the time he strolled down the tho curved beach Daunta Daunt IW JW a a teahouse on th tha very ery Ii lip p of the ro Kinly-ro Inn In of the Sen Turtle i and ho bo bent hi hiE steps ly in its direction athe heavy beavy lm low he-low low J tile roof root roof d cool and iUn in inviting Tall Tali soft diris were standing in its garden arden Hooking the tho water and a against the enith lr ir velvety leaves made mado vivid i o of golden Rolden blue blue- On a dead tree crows were quarreling and andRY RY powdered the paths like k baiL Tho The haze sifting sifting- from the seEmed n med ed to wrap everything in a at t shimmering veil At the hedge hes he s lian instant instant Someone somewhere humming low voiced an air that Hd once loved He pushed open r at and went on into the lr radiance dian e. e Then he lie stopped short a was as seated above him in the fl Ta a low camellia tree one arm armr r foul out jit aJon along a branch her green gown Idi ding iding with a bamboo thicket be- be and her vivid face framed in bl blossoms She sat chin chiu in hand in dreamily out across the bay and hummed bummed son song had bad a rhythm that fit her thou thought thought slow ht slow and in in- ely tender Y iti he cried 1 2 I She turned with a stalled movement I that that dissolved dissolved into low l Ow delicious laugh laugh- ter t Fairly 4 Fairly caught she an I don aon dont don't t t revert far enough h to el dim elim lino trees but l F r thought no one but Hani Hartl Hartland and I was here Will you come and help me inc down Honorable man Fly man t Wait he ho said Wh What t was the tho son song you were humming 1 She looked at him with a quick quid io- io in- in tako of breath then for answer be began an to sin sing in in a voice that presently became be be- came caine scarce more mere than a whisper Forgotten you ou Well VeU if forgetting Bo Be hearing all tho the day Your lour voice olce through all the strange bab bab- I blo bloOf Of v voices iCes grave no now gay gay gay- If counting each moment with longing Till the one when I see you ou again T i If this be forgetting forge youre you're right dear Arid And nd I have havo forgotten you then Daunts Daunt's Js hand fell fen to his side A voun voting girl tirl girls girl's s 's 5 face faco nestled in in creamy reamy Pink blossoms blossoms- blossoms blossoms-a a sweet shy flushed face lace under a mass of curling gold gold- ol bronze hair I 11 remember now he said in a low voice I I 1 Ii san sang it to X I you that day I am ani flattered she sh exclaimed The IThe The day before yesterday YOU 3 had bad for forgotten otten that you you ever eer saw saw poor poor lit tle tie me mc It was Mrs Nr Claybourne of course that you sang to let you were my idol for a ta long month and anda a a dav day It It was to you ho he said unsteadily I I didn't know your name But I remembered it th that t night in the gardon gar gar- den don when I first heard you playing To be continued n |