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Show V THE WEEKLY REFLEX, KAYSVILLE, UTAH w ANDREA IS FAST BECOMING That's agreed Msungo promptly, but friendship has limits." They were necessarily walking In single file on the narrow path and . RECONCILED TO HER FATE. -- Andrea Pellor, handaome daughter of Lord Pell or, Impecunious aristocrat, diamond mine owner to marry an Illiterate but wealthy middle-ageShe diaconaolately wandera from her hotel la South Africa, and discovers an aviator about to fly from the beach. Impulsively, of course Imagining that the trip will he merely a pleasant excursion, she bega to bo taken tor a flight, although she does not know him. lie somewhat unwillingly agrees, and they start When she realises her unknown aviator la not going back Andrea la desperation trlea to choke him with one of her etocklnga He thwart her and they sail on into the very heart of Africa. Landing in an Immense craal, Andrea finds the natives all bow In worship to her mysterious companion. She 1s given a slave boy, 'Bathtub," and the White Han sets about building a hut for her. White Man continues deaf to Andrea's pleadings to be restored to her friends. She goes on a day's hunting trip with White Man and thoroughly enjoys the exciting experience. ta doomed Andrea was behind him. She looked quizzically st hls back and wished she could see hls face instead. But her attention was soon drawn to other things. They had come to the frlnge of the forest Spaced from two to three hundred yards apart and set well out from the shadow of the trees were mysterious piles of something or other d that shone K CHAPTER i He was dressed as she was, tit for tat, except for the big black how and the very short skirt; and, like her, his hands were thrust, boy fashion,- - In the side pockets of his open khaki Jacket. As she came close their eyes met and smiled. didnt pot on the leggings .I White Man, didn't up ing away like the posts in a prairie fence. And you say this is a secret? she asked incredulously. He smiled. "It Is so far," he anBut If you knew all the facts swered. you wouldn't find It so wonderful. In the first place this spot Is cut off, on nearly all sides by waterless wilderness. In the only direction that Isnt true, which Is straight down the river, there Is a wild zone that In four hundred years has never been pacified by the European dominance of the province. Those unsubdued tribes? have been my friends In times past and are my allies today. No white man but myself, has ever crossed their boundaries and lived; consequently they can tell no tales to my harm. Do you begin to Beef t Andrea nodded. Then at the coast," he continued, Just within the mouth of the river, I have a blind in the way of a sisal plantation. That gives the excuse for a steamer with machinery, say, to come In without arousing suspicion." So yon are a profiteer on, the way to making a war fortune," commented Andrea. He flushed more deeply than she had yet seen him. If yon stay here long enough," he said stoutly, you may woman make cigarette at the bot- tom. Wby,the last time I saw Matsle she bad two small moving vans and a wicker house she thought she was going to bring with her. Id fixed it with a quartermaster to drop the lot overboard In the night and at the last moment She never even heard of this trunk." During hls long speech the color had I been rising In Andrea's cheeks. dont think I like yon as much as 1 Somehow you did," she said slowly, were getting too good to be true. Tou bought and packed all those things yourself." He met her gaze steadily. "Dont," he whispered, dont lets be old." All right," laid Andrea with a quick of one. shoulder,. "But youve shrug "I Didnt Put On the Leggings," She known lots of women, havent you? Said Shyly. Tou exaggerate, he answered, smilshe said shyly. It was as though In ing. Ive met lots of women." "Pshaw I said Andrea. Thats anchanging back to ways and clothes old croek of a shibboleth. Some other like those of childhood she hod sudmen lots about women a Jolly know rid of the hardening herself denly too much." sight between. years "Thats different from knowing wom' Tou were right, said the man. said M'sungo quietly,. "Its no mosen," "Theyre for the brush and when that old belief. Woman, shibboleth, are bad." quitoes Her face lit with pleasure. "Tonll to mun. Is an eternal voyage of discovery a lnnd of valleys and peaks, let me go into the brush Never alone," he answered quickly. of lights and shadows, of storm and But you may go with me whenever aching peace. Continents and oceans are lost In her uutraveled heart, and and wherever you like." And may I still call you just White when she throws wide her arms, the Maul Somehow It seems Impertinent way is open to Heaven and Hell. Im going to bed, and stole away. drea, man , Tont tease me," said the lightly and then hls face fell. Dont make me feel old. cried Andrea. Who could be old tonight? Why, White Man, were were kids." He laughed In his sudden relief. So we are. So we shall be." Excuse me," said Andrea solemnly. Did 1 hear you laugh?" At that he laughed again, not uproariously, but as though hls slow smile had become vocal for the occasion, Andrea nodded In a pleased way as if she were congratulating herself on guessing aright ; It was a laugh. When the liqueurs and the coffee came she started chasing a pellet of bread around an empty plate with a straight, Tou fix one," she said, email finger. and we'll have a race." The man watched her indulgently, but Presently he filled two glasses. My dear Andrea Pellor, he said gravely, let us drink to all the hearts In the world tonight that are happy and unafraid." i - She stood up to the toast, and after It they sat In a long silence. It was Ton know. Andrea that broke It White Man, Pm a woman." Of course you are," he said quickly, a wary look coming into hls eyes. So of course, Tes," said Andrea. too. Pm curious." - He gave the deep sigh of relief of one who finds that the Ice is quite thick, after all. Specify, please." -Wen," sat d"AH dre av ' It's that trunk. Ive puzzled and puzzled, but Low that trunk I cant make out quite r ' happened," And no wonder," said Msungo. "IPs simple . .enough,' however, to ..the male mind. Let me help you. When I came out eight months ago my sister was with me just about your size, just about your age. That trunk was meant for her and had been sent ahead with my kit. She never needed it" jle paused and added, I lost her at Cape Town." y Oh!" cried Andrea, tears her to eyes. springing Old ! . - absent-mindedl- . , too-read- murmured An- It was Just as well for Andrea that she had gone early to bed, for at five oclock of the next morning a rock was hurled at her door that almost hurst It In, Didnt that get her? yelled Msun-go- s voice from half across the kraaL No, Master, answered Bathtub. Missis sleep plenty hard, same like plckanln." She slipped on her bathrobe, opened th door and put out her head. Were you calling me?" she asked with early .... morning. dignity, Not exactly," answered the white man In the same tone. "Breakfast In twenty minutes; bath when you come He turned to give orders to home. a group of hls captains, Andrea was Instantly thrilled to the new adventure. She cant'd to Bathtub to bring her washstand and water and rubbed one bare foot against the other In Impatience until he was out of the way; then she dressed feverishly and - ' ran out. In ten minutes they had breakfasted lonely, for It will be hours before I get Jiack." Andreas lower lip trembled. Arent you coming for lunch?" He looked down at her and shook There may come days of hls head. picnics, youngster, but theyre a long way off." "Please come back, she Insisted. He met her eyes with a hardened gaze. Theres not a woman living, he said slowly, .that win let a man work when shes around If she can help It Toure thinking of peopje In love," said Andrea to start an argument and gain time, "Of course I was," said the man on the Instant Cant yon let me work?" Beast," said Andrea and rolled over on her side, one moist hand for a pillow in place of the bard helmet. She did not watch him go, she did not see Bathtub and another boy arrive with table, chair and lunch basket, all in a single small load, for before It happened she was far away In the land of Nod. 'When she awoke she was sorry, for awake the hot hours passed on laggard feet At midday she ate; theiji she tried to read, but by four In the afternoon she was desperate for something to do. She determined to sleep again, and just as she was dozing off a whisper came to her one of those carefully measured whispers that reach the intended ear and go no farther. "Missis! She turned. What Is It?" she asked. GaBhly ! Missis." breathed Bathtub, and the agony In hls appeal to her to go slow was so eloquent that she caught the spirit. If not the meaning of the word. She raised her head ever bw carefully and looked out over the plain. "Oh! she murmured. A quarter of a mile away a band of sable were grazing, and In a moment she conld tell that they were feeding Oh ! she directly toward her. breathed again, "oh, you beauties!" Closer and closer grazed the herd, stepping daintily from tuft to tuft of fodder. Their black and white faces, the sweep of their arching horns, their brown bodies that glistened' In the sun as though they had been groomed, their nervous flicking bobbed tails, their Incredibly slim legs, combined all the attributes of fascination-bea- uty, vigor, strength, motion and filled the eyes of the watchers to over- amt-mou- th the-whit- ; In five more they were off. A long line of blacks preceded them, behind came Msungos gunbearer, water boys. Bathtub, a carrier or two, and an ancient donkey half hidden under an enormous cowboy saddle. What a funny locking old donkey 1 remarked Andrea, Whats he for?" anTor you, when ' you get tired," swered M'sungo. Really ! For me?" said Andrea. Wlmt's hls name?" in Hls Eyes Was a Gleam UnbelievMsungo threw back hls, head and ably W'cked. laughed softly. Why, he said, I nevemhouglit,rd.hav-tAtelany one lag greenwood, l one side, the when I named him. We cal him Mar-- side away from hc fringe of the foe- guerlte I named him after a friend est, was a long foe of smoke splrals-o- f mltfe. He waved at . D vou see whet Was she as ugly as all that?" theyre doing? Our axes ran out. so Shes about the prettiest here were fedltsg tn tae toht'uaTve woman I ever knew, but she was Just way with a ring of fire at the foot of like him Inside, each doomed tree." some time.1 By eight o'clock th sen was at Its The best way to hood off a woman," full strength and Andrea was thankful mused Andrea, Is to marry her." Indeed for her pith helmet ; by ten klie ; Oh-no.- was - thinking that - noontime would never come. Msungo was too engrossed with hls work to notice hid. She kept on, riding her nerve, until she felt that In another moment she must topple over; then she laid a quivering hand on his arm. lie turned quickly, looked at her face gone white In spite of the heat and cursed himself aloud. He led her through the fringe of the forest to the deep shade at Its open edge, made her lie down and showed Iter that a helmet, right side up on the ground, makes an excellent pillow. understand." He turned from her and plunged at right angles into the forest She followed him Into the chill air under the great trees. All too soon Andrea came out with him Into a wide clearing which, simultaneously with their arrival, began to ring to the blows of many axes. Through all Its length it swarmed with blacks at work ; some felling trees, some stripping them of bark, others gathering It, and still others stacking the bared wood and cleaning up the general litter according to the most approved rules of modem forestry. They walked up the wide swath of the clearing slowly, with many stops flowing. on the part of M'sungo to encourage, In the van of the herd stepped a direct or criticize. They passed bemighty bull, hls tiny hoofs litlng high yond the ringing of the axes Into a as though he boasted that hls weight region pungent with the smell of burn- - was really nothing. Straight toward the forest and Andrea he led hls little army until presently she could smell the stable odor of their bodies. Her heart was beating like a trip hammer. She tried to hold her breath. Her bosom rose and fell In a fluttering undulation. The bull looked up and saw her. Hls horns went back and he squatted, hesitating on the brink of the mighty spring of fright'. In his eyes was a gleam unbelievably wicked. Then the crack of a rifle, the thud of a bullet In flesh, a body hurled Into the air by the death-thro- e and falling tri a heap,' legs douWed up, neck outstretched, blood gurgling from nostrils I Andrea buried her face in her lap, trying to blot out the sight from her eyes, and sobbed as though her heart were breaking. She did not hear the wild cry of Bathtub, nor see hls crazy gyrations about the prostrate brute, but when man spoke her mind leaped to meet the justification In .hls words, without which she felt she could never have looked upon hls face again. "Stop your crying," he said sharply. When a sable bull gets as close as that theres no telling which way hes going to go." f now." morn-Ibgsui- L Andrea looked at the endless piles of fiber, tons and tons of It, stretch- that trunk?" after-dinn- er under the own." No, there are few women living that could. Think it out That trunk was all bone, muscle and sinew with an straw-gol- d At the first of the heaps M'sungo This," he said, kicking at stopped. the silky coils, is the greatest substitute for hemp and sisal that the world has yet produced. The war has made it worth well, not quite Its weight In gold, unless yon measure It by sheer profits on the cost of production. It is nothing bat the bark of the temba trees which make up the bulk of all the forests In this region, prepared by hand on a process of my Tes," he continued calmly. "It was pretty bad. She married a cub of a naval officer and Is traipsing around the world on the chance of hitting the right port and lunching with him once." Andreas hand went to her breast aid stayed there as though to Imprison her fluttering heart White Man," she said, please dont do that to me again ever. Ton see. Ive always been silly about things that get hurt" Forgive me," he said. I was thoughtless." Careless, perhaps; thoughtless, never," said Andrea, smiling once more. Well," she went on, clasping her hands and throwing her bead back, Tm for your sister. The woman that coaid make up that trunk is a genius." She would he," remarked the man f enigmatically. Andrea paused in her thoughts; then came wide awake and looked at him narrowly. so, " ) e ears and broke from the path at a " dead run. The high cantle of the stock saddle saved Andrea from staying just where she started from. She was a horsewoman, born and bred, consequently even while her amazement was at lts height, she wrapped the reins on her arms, drove her toes Into the bucket stirrups and straightened her young back into the long, strong and sawing pull of calm desperation, for Marguerite was headed straight for the branches of a vast leafy, mafuta tree. Tells of delight resounded front ery. black man In sight with excep-o- n of poor Bathtub, whd had reonly after gained hls double hand-hol- d having been Jerked from hls feet, and now dangled along like the proverbial village tin can on the trail of a terr- Msungo led the march nome; the donkey came next, with hls nose, glued to Msungos Tack and with Andrea In the saddle. Clinging to hls tail with both ' hands, more as a than as deterrent came Bathtub, and behind him the long rank and file, Andrea was still sniffing a little, but her face, like a childs, was already cloudless. I think Marguerite Is too fenny she said. lies got hls eyes tight xb it find hes steering himself by'?tfs In your shirt Will you please r?ll Buthtub to let go his tail? "Bathtub knows hls business," replied Msunyo, but as it happened, even as he spoke. Bathtub cast off one drag-anch- Get. Instant relief wij if Pape s Cold Compound Dont stay ified dog. stuffed-up- ! Quit b. Compound taken every twiiiounf? til three doses are taken usually break, up a cold and ends all grippe muZ " The very first dose npeW clogged-u- p nostrils and the air jT ages of the head; stops nose runniZ relieves the headache, dullness, fen Ishness, sneezing, soreness uid stiffn Pape's Cold Compou-uis tie quickest, surest relief known and only a few cents at drug stores. it7r! without assistance. Tastes nice. Co tains no quinine. Insist on Papes! Ai And There Are Other Public Bodies, There are scientita-Si- filiations, ,j Oliver Lodge recei, tlrnt sin low-hangin- g - never be answered. (me of u,w Wag recently propounded In the Rasut chief, who, after IK fo h house of commons for :m hour, aAwi what It was for, London Punch. Watch Cuticura Improve Your Skttu rising and retiring gently smear the face with Cuticura Ointment Wash off Ointment in five minutes with Cuticura Soup and hot water. It Is wonderful sometimes what Cuticura will do for poor complexions, daqdruj, Itching and red rough hands. Adv. On Above the din came to Andreas very busy brain a shout that stood out like a sudden scream In a long nightmare, Marry him or jump off I Before she conld grasp the deadly Import of those words she was hanging like a half-- - What He Did. The Magistrate It is charged you used scurrilous language to man, and then struck hint with a that this da- ngerous missile. Prisoner (Indignantly) (it did notav the koind. Oi called 'im a lyin' pup, an lilt im wid a brick. hing Important to all Women Readers of this Papa Thousands upon thousands of irons have kidney or bladder trouble and Bent suspect it. Women complaint often prove to bt nothing else but kidney trouble, or tk result of kidney or bladder disease. If the kidneys are not in t healthy e dition, they may cause the other crgis to become diseased. Tou may suffer pain in( the bade, ache and Ion of ambition. 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"That's was. lng him what It Bathtub. a slingshot" Ten minutes later the procession replied, thats was under way again in the order Important to Motherswttw aforementioned with the variation Examine carefully everyold that the reins of the bridle were knot- C that famous ASTORIA, ted to the back of M'sungos belt. An- for Infants and children, and see tna drea, too dnzed to protest, pondered Bears the over this Indignity, but when she finalof ly found her voice she decided to use Signature TJsevfor In Over SO Tears- -- - -- . It for another purpose. """ Custom Children I think It was horrid of the blacks Cry for Fletcher's to ''yell the way they did," she re-- " Tribute to Hi Eloquencemarked with suspicious meekness. Pat wuz a powful appeal yo "Dont yon?" . frnm de pulpit. Pahson Simms. Msungo seemed relieved. "I certaini thought yo Im glad right ly do, he answered promptly. ''"But move! y youll have to accustom yourself to the der Jackson. Wuz yo l jT , uui&Lpowful Yes, sah ; faetthat oboio Is the bastc consldera-tio- n s in putting frum nialiself hoi between the black man and all V" in de contribution box." Boston women In the world." Is the Oholo Market Pries for - . What do you mean? asked Andrea. mystified. Whats oholo?" In this country explained Msunoholo is ihe market price for go, women. The best native authorities, however, contend that oboio is not a purchase price but the remuneration to the father for the board, training and general keep of hls daughter up to the time of her and they marriage, base their argument on the fact that while women are property they are not chattel, title being nontransfer-able. damaged goods be cflangedr inquired Andrea idly. ex- - Andrea Has a thrilling ad- venture in the nest or install- ment, -- d, BOSCHEES STRUP. W?? cola is probably tie oeg tnon of all disorders and wnen ed Is apt to be most danger tistlcs show that more thflcfr times as many people died fiuenza last year, as the greatest war the worl? For the last Bosehees Syrup has been tn bronchitis, colds, kBown. Svcure Prey. hunt in pairs, the prey from Tts the other pouting escape. English monarch have reigned an average of 23 year, In Russia tvia ws-od-j citation and especially It gives the patient rest, free from coughing. expectoration In the morn'r.v in America and used in the thousands of families a civilized world. Sold everywhereTh Did Her Best to Get (TO BE COJvTtXtJ ED.) How Eagle Engles usually bird frightening hiding place and on it as it tries to average script. coughs, Can CHAPTER VL tear-staine- band to receive a lighted white cheroot, a communal bit of property that had come up the line of personal attendants, six puffs to a boy. He never got a puff, for on feeling less weight behind. Marguerite opened hls eyes, looked straight back on both sides of his lean body at once, flattened hls IQ, v 'WW Lucy's leacherrto late she was five minutes -he Wiled l I dlOrt and if I hadnt runned nen a heap later." r, a-- i -- Comparatively speaking, ul Is smaller than a bill. - Query: " Ihs ur by " TTr.-- r a mnn knowledge . r 61 , |