Show parrot aco co 0 j by harold macgrath author of the carpet th place of at honey moona X tc 1 I Is ur co I 1 in it to 11 A little while ago ou hit lit my on atiat tl at iou ill il tier er tithe take bour our and go honit lie ile lati phd d you ve hit it squalidly squal itly ly it waa mas the tha act of a petulant child it lid did not hound exactly like it mun man who mho had stoked six months flom singapore to the andaman Audain tin islands put there la Is ono one thing I 1 must understand beffie this acquaintance con continues till r no I 1 am going to singapore you said mild who knows knos ahat manner of nian I 1 tint inn have you ever done nn tiling that mould ou to speak break to ft a young unmarried u woman lake caio of it leibelt iseff lie he rather believed bhe could I 1 he blunts aa of her question auy any doubt that ie mined no I 1 haven t been that kind of a man simply 1 I could look into ny my mothers mother B ebes without any sense of shame if 1 that la IS m what lint sou 3 ou mean that la Is all I 1 cure care to know your mother la is living yes yea but I 1 haven t seen hir in ten years yeara ills ilia ills hla brar met in it rion fionn ills phoud biond ifill alsa saw tile the fiori atilt and ie i culled lemd that mile ahe had do doll licato cuto ground bhe hilua anil oil I 1 ld it ly ihre has haa been it a 1011 or about shift morth alo lio 3 said tho file gion greatest test llara liars I 1 haie h ne ever knoma could look st peter bt ond aind se serenal renel tit in the po me it a a mutter matter ot of steady net g nothing mou frou brou in u lody body yaa sacs that so ao and so BO la is it fact and to e go ou on bel bellesine lesing it fui foi ars until someone alto is 13 not it a lison but un an inah individual bidual colod a it I 1 aarto 8 mith ith you hut but alu i e la Is oni thing e b reia rel upon far tha ilia i ees or ettis instinct it Is that attil buto of the animal idich civilization ling haa nut not yet dulled women ray upon that inore inora leadley than men inen and make moro mith alth A lie he could not conceal she had no ready to counter tor for do you go home hoine biorn rangoon noi that you hao male your foi lune I 1 no I 1 am ain going to singapore I 1 ahall make ID glanb singapore I 1 ton IRR stirred tint aaili asili ial it mould be like having it a ghost ly by her side she m to tt adl 11 him NN it it lind had drawn dran her intel eat hut but it seemed to her that the tha moment to d do so EQ had passed real ilon I 1 detest she pointed comard a sand mind bar vlon non which stood several of these liable birds and an all adjutant s solemn and aloof at Luc huckno knoN they N vere ere led headed I 1 do not te recollect collect epting pit ing one of them fly hut but I 1 the kateb they look much like our eagles and thus thua again tho the ee cie misleads ua its there la Is nothing that illes so BO rapacious as aa the kite 11 little by little she ehe drew aiom him a heie aphas a there ethere sho ang liven glimpses into the life of the cast such as no lie book or guide had eer cier glien ghen and the boat was inas circling toward tho the landing nt at brome before thoy becane am abaro are of the time rushed ashbie to find the lr dr goods shop ills social nodal tion vas mas on the ary ny it vanity went for anything an thing it waa mas stirring and tingling with life again with the deoney broncy advanced by the purser he bought shirts and collars arild nd ti alea es and as lie possess edno watch atch to dress for din mm maat c as lie he observed ved tile tho encini lialis lalih I 1 lot 01 t two 0 hola days ail anu lie pi oed to make the most inott of it now ills mind was as ai 04 clear ol of evil am ah a forest spring lie simply N wanted anted to I 1 liny lay wanted to give rein rehi to tile lighter bemoll ais so long pent up tit in tits lila lonely heart I 1 1 lie he purser lyod to these sudden hanges li anges and desertions in ilia his gir ilams gave gava the situation no thought hut but elsa saw a gilld danger all the mote moio alluri alluring nm because it ti hung ig nebulously what harm could there no r 0 be tit in having a little fling lie was so BO amazingly like outwardly so aston unlike hima inwardly tilly that tile the situ atholl had for her a subtle fascination autust which she was nas iu ili nowise in ili lined to light site was sas not wholly of her power site she could bend tho the man it if silo sho tried should she tr to 9 rhey like two children setting out to play a game with file die silo she thought of arthur had he gone tile the length of lila his thirty ove ears N with ith out lite his peen dillos Scam scarcely Lly sho she understood the general run of inan nn n 1 tt ell enough to accept this fact A holli hoin ever silo she married she hiis its nl er going to moira him with nith quest lont ie garding ills his bachtol bach lot lol ift nor did she pro pose to be questioned ored about her own past besides she haan hadn t married at thur yet sho she had only promised to and such ouch pro promises were ere sometimes sensibly broken allese thoughts flashed blushed through her mind disconnect edly while she ahe talked and laughed it t never occurred to her to have mar alar thill tha moved up biorn the foot of the table once or twice she ehe stole a glnn 3 ut at the cuman who had lit in tile oldin layh dayn her on liei hat kiis rhe ginno was a inix tuie of guilt and like ilka a 9 child B s hut but the glanco glance had bad not tile pom power er to atti act marthas adartha s is maltha wit the glances na its shiely as aa if she bile had bad lifted hot hei e eca eh to ment meet them silo she ald lu id hei bei peace sit sho bad not be ben been n bi ought along as lisas lisa 8 tit in elsa was not self willed but shiong willed and martha realized tit th it any interference would mould insult if suit lit in is H in ili fact martha beitia holie lil in ili warington a nal ial menace rho ex would lint natu i till alli appeal to I 1 elan isa m with ith NN ahat bat I 1 nhe could only imagine gatei she bhe disked elsa jf if alip had told ai i ington ut of the hie ri it semblance no and what la Is moie I 1 to rio not want mant him to know enoi min tire are aln as n itile and I 1 should not like to hurt tits hla hy by telling jilin him that I 1 bought hla his acquaintance simply bo be coupe lie lita might easily have hi bi oil ar 1111 son it twin bi other alie inita ou aio engaged to mairy well maltha 1 I beg your pardon eia but tho stranger ter terrifies rIfles me lie ile Is something uncanny I 1 you yon vo ve been reading titles about yol it la Is it a teril ble countr it Is tile last 11 martha artha the here it inin in ni nuy wear it dicas suit and a bowler without offending all anyone and a woman may talk to anione she you liano lao bien with tile mo tears ears began elsa coldly and love you yon bitter than the whole and I 1 wish I 1 could glaid al N m a from harm und and oll 30 those horrid old men oh so ao that beio e a been gossip ali i 1 buu know ili mi elewa FO 11 so bo long as I 1 know that I 1 inn ain doing no wrong lulles nii mi gossip their heads off on I 1 in not it a kitten lou ou tire anent twenty the le and tt it 3 ou ro only it a child hat does docs that signify I 1 list hat I 1 am to young oung to manage my illy own onn nf af fairs that I 1 SLI my illy lock clock ns AS order good I 1 I 1 utting hr glicr aims mound the older woman noman pon don t coir about nebout I 1 nil lya chattwood ile life alte is id tar own hut but site she will mill neier neer inis tibe it 11 oh it if oil mcie married and setti pl down you UK nn afi it I 1 mill settled down I 1 llnore here aou ou lieve it I 1 ill in starch of happiness I 1 hat it the of diamonds ahon han I 1 find hit maitha sou inny fold loui handi band lit in peace deaca I 1 orant grunt it mav be I 1 hate had the gustl and I 1 haiie just begun to 10 lovo 0 it CHAPTER V back to life the two da s ban between een promo still and rangoon Ilan Koon coio distinctly int aniol able for the tha atut bichle tit ch bugs m I 1 it in the to ind momas giacco of inin I 1 till and innvik r NN which aich had be badi it the lie mans began to find rial cally ills oice bLa blattie tiie soft and mellow tits hla hands blaine full of em eln Ili aels tits hla both bol ritts hwa and lota lobs cluni clunion oy inojo and tho alie blunt speech tile the in art aru it ment the stupid pauses tile the painful of punning cunning tho the suspicion and reticence th tint thit it en ell ct oual the hearts of sit sh and lonel lonely men kloas i lier her NN warm arrill it if carelis lis 41 glances anCell it if tile the crust of barbarism barbarian Is thick that of Is 19 thin enough As warrington WarrIng tou NN went ent form forward ard elsa st stopped pad and gi adnall went ment bacu back not far but far enough to causo cause liar to throw do down it the bars of reserve to cense cease b to guard her impulses against the of in thertist and fascination silo faced tho truth squar squared el tho the man inan fascinated her ile he was mas like a portrait with mith fol lowing eis she spoke famil familiarly larl of I 1 her affairs alwag alume omitting ar arthur thu r t r travels of the fahad met ot of the aoa oa to had witnessed it that with the ex ei huf to fate and before the tha boat rangoon Ilau goon alaa HIS a was waa quite q alte willing milling to let fate shift and set act tho the how it would ilia iho phase that escaped her entirely was mall this that hal had he not progressed pio gressed bile bhe would hate haie retained her old poise the old poise of which she was mas never again to be mistress it is IB the old tide talo to lift up another filat stops bonu and never had her sm bm I 1 athy ne out tie HO quickly to any mortal had a horror of loneliness lonell neBB all and his roan mail seemed to be the living pr gen of tho the m word ord N hat atrul agles und and how bow simply he recounted them I 1 what things lie he had been what adventure had befallen jilin him what ro and my mystery steryl 1 sho she wondered it there had been a woman in his life slid and it if she filie hall had bf been en the calibe of hig doNn downfall fall lvery day or of the past tea years lay open for her to admire or condemn but boond these bese ten tell years was a chinese wall over which blitch she ehe might not look only once had she provoked tile silent newa negative tivo nod of his lie licad a d lie he w wan strong not tile tho Y sinal lest conler coiner or the veil was nas silo sho permitted to aside she malkia hither a and lid thither along tile the scat ps pa and I 1 bastions of the birgler but never found the will you como coine and dine with inith me to she asked ut ua they left the 1 I 1 be boat it t I 1 no miss innocence that s silly I 1 hei a isn t a soul 1 I know here but lie he lerllen there at me e ninny many hei heie a who N ho know me ine 1 aich infects that my invitation 13 1 3 absolutely unwise frankly I 1 not to to bo be sell wah ou wily why indred ou havo have not told me tho the truth the liale por for myself none on oil the boit it did not matter so bo much it was as a situation which of us its could foresee nor I 1 bane told aou ou that to la hele heie look 1001 at ino because they know knon Lio thing about me sae sa a that I 1 came from the states and they aio aie wise I 1 should bo be a cad it if I 1 accepted our invitation to dinner then ilien I 1 am not to see lou ou again the smile would mould liao haa lined him utica chico continents I 1 ow I 1 i to call and havo toi OU much linich against my bettor better judgment oh it if ou oil t want to come collie don t want anant to boniel come I 1 thing in hla his eyes cau aed risa to y iii eak hurt ldla good by until to bonow yie bhe have aliu her it ind for a mo me mout steeped into tho which abich 1111 clidY held militis hs mid and the tb luggage e and than dime oft off to the atran I 1 lintl lie mith ills hla lie helmet linet tit in bia hand A one fine warm rain waa tailing lalling but he was nina not conscious of 0 it it vernied anci edible that time should produce such it a change within tho the apace of beant hours a little nuie incie a little loia logs ay As silo she turbid and NN waed a ell a fil endly hand lie he knew that the deso antion in kiili had been tits hla tor for ten ws hiis nothing as compared tom pared to that wh cli ch 5 k A e 0 aex 46 b she spoke familiarly of her affairs always omitting arthur rion now fell upon tits his beatt she IN wun RN na its its as the coith stal and nothing owe nor could th it ills latart luart huit jilin hlin ilu fiut sile sie lwi c no a it frei tile thein in drow i roin luch anti inti lent and two to wolds which fito had d flot filin ills hla back of dans mr bid alre alady itly oft off townie tho the town ton tile tho lilt kit bag mid and the tha aels slung across tits hla shoulders dels tho ilia paint c igo bobbing at ills his lie ile to to nn all obscure lodging for men lit in tile iho heart of tile the ba bagginess giness sc t 1011 known tu tit jost jest b the derelicts as tho the warrington becoming suddenly Bud sudi denly lenlY awny that tits pose if prolonged would become ildi tulous put 11 illi hl helnut and proceeded to the hank dank of oe i bill dunin in I 1 godit bodai wati as NN deinla dilt hda 1 thursday boek lie he would mould will sill for bill gapero g or and close tho the chapter cli ator ili hi fore bitoni banking hours mete cliel ills tin financial ancial affairs mme ame put it in order find and ho ial walked led forth v with ith two tm 0 iett letters rs c f condit and bough canough nough tin and bo ll 11 to carry him around the world N orld if I 1 lo 10 0 yo so planned net ho he lifted lilted it a paw pan shop I 1 sill lild bild down a dren dozen anniti atod I 1 tickets tit in return i hand some match m atch ein emerald erald crift buttons nome stith plus bonse bild a old bruhy ling rt it gitt ot ci tho the young balini aj ili of the tha un tin I 1 clout chinaman smile I 1 chis waa mas a I 1 rare UC Laston mon men gen generall crall artent ent alf of hn dirk ond arid dingy shop BIO nud aud can do replied warrington blip ping tiro tire tr treasures Lasures into a pocket what a struggle ruggle lit it had been to hold somehow or uthai lio lie had aiwas been able to inott tile the interest Inter cut though otton ofton to accomplish tills this feat lie hid been forced to logo go without tobacco for weeks there Is 13 a vein of la in all of us ua den deini it how we me will warring ton was ikas as certain of the tact fact as lie was of the ilsung and the setting of 0 the sun that if lie ile lost these it heir a jr loonis looms lie never could go back to the old familiar world the world in which he be had moved and lived arid and known happiness never again would mould ito he part with them thein A hundred thousand dollars almost with his simple wants lie ho N as now a rich man auy ling asked the chinaman lie ile rolled a ring carelessly across tile the showcase gold all henvy heavy velly old velly good ling I 1 IN lint hat does it say eay asked warrington pointing to the characters good luck and velly good it waa nas an unusually beautiful ring unusual lit in that it had no setting of jide Warrin hiton offered sovereigns for it the chinaman smiled and put the ling away warrington and laid down doin five pieces of gold the chinaman swept them up in ili tits lean dry hands and warring ton departed wondering it if she would accept t such it a token 1 four 0 clock he arrived fit at the chinese tailors in the suley pagoda road lio ho a suit of pongee to bo be done nt at noon the following day lie he ad led to this omideis 01 dei s for tour four other suits to be finished within a week I 1 lion lie ho N went ell t to the shoemaker shoe makei to the hatter to the all this business because lie he wanted her to I 1 eat u what lint he had been and et ct could be thus vanity sometimes works out a man a saha ea hatlon tion and it 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