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U B Service CHAPTER VI 12 12 L George was looking at Roberta k r Sc despite the lovely ely scenery they through Confound It I Ib passIng S fib hadn't spoken to him yet b hi be would not apol apologize It would L nO ao g rood good anyway The little spit spit- Koi auld rould i only ny use nse It u against hIm wondered what she was Will thinking I could l have bave ne been surprised it if he that Roberta noberta did not think thinka n Her ner Intel Intel- the itie was with him n a cal u faculties acuities as yet undeveloped d. d t rendered completely Inoperative U II mere ph steal pre presence ence Roberta Ltd rated this fact but as yet jet ct had been tie We to alter It Let this man mall come lI right bt and she was unable to think L ot of bin or anything else All her pea were absorbed In the process feeling The fact that she was a aal aal ael al el product of her time and In InIn In way resembling the blushing and the obe girl of the war pre generation Led led Rd to and too conscious of men tot not sate save her However she sought dIsguise ilse It by blunt speech and alq blunt manner Roberta was tely conscious of Sir George and Led ded lest he be and others might Lit t a It r George Geare lounged back bock and gazed ibe e road rood ahead of hIm until finally girl Jirl spoke Straight ahead until reach this point In the thi th road adze It because you turn hero here to tor IT r left I 1 wont won't be with you next nest L n ne e settled down and prepared to orize the road rondo They were travel travel- inland now toward a large town I small city lie Ile could not quite tell job h b It was On Its outskirts Robert nobert Beth Ceth was constructing a tre tre- sous dous viaduct which would bring states and two great routes ther they came within sight of ot construction camp Great sheds rb ch sheltered the supplies bunk bunks s I and tents which housed some someI he I e workers and everywhere sounds y and of building The pic pie was as old ohl as the tho pyramids of pt and as all fascinating as It was wasBy wasBy By and b by as the road grew rower over Sir George Glorge caught sight of I construction engineers engineer's shack and ed cd Roberta to set him down He lie lied HeId Helid lid Id d to go the rest of the way on foot Ie t e Roberta turned her car and rd pd for him or drove e a short dis away tiray and came back If left her tier reluctantly Sir George Geore sways found some girl willing to toto ton n to to him It was a new sensa sensa- l and ind one he be did not like to have profile no matter how howy b y continually turned toward him coked Booked back at Roberta noberta and smiled met with no no response The pad tad had been thinking with Inward tot hI ht that If It he went ent to Ray Browne Drowne that tiresome supercilious British e and accent he would promptly lot t In his place I shant shan't be he overlong he called ely ly 11 to say something and break awkward pause ont int harry Robertas Roberta's voice cold cold- came to him I 1 dont don't mind minde te e least being left alone Fact I Ier ler or er like It It fell ell eli that was as that He had finished I C to be agreeable able to this girt girl lately finished 1 I went toward the door of ot the theand theand and stood for a moment his hIson p on the latch of the door looking him bin drinking In the scene with withIn ln In feeling of homesickness It aced fd to him the activities of a lamp ramp camp and later still the camp f ratan tan La It you hanging on 0 to that latch oral nl or physical support rt Wont Won't long long legs leg support your our heavy r rather father short sturdy young man man I gently pushing the door from the side aide and had called this to him gh b the crack h I t say stupid of me met I Sir ie ge exclaimed stepping aside i the tt whole things thing's so to d d-d d d Inter Inter- InterI t I I 1 forgot myself Im I'm looking Mr Raymond T. T Browne conta con con- Lion ta OD engineer Will you yon kindly i me 1111 met est y your nr 1115 Jes on me Browne Drowne ed This softly This Is Raymond What can I do for you ou r r. r MacBeth sent me mc Sir George bed carefully Im rm hIs hu prIvate tart tary h b Jat at happened to old Morrison till lUll at the orace Sir George n re him Maybe I ought to called myself Mr MacBeth's secretary Im I'm the fellow at end Woe took a good look at him and kim him m Into the sh shack ck Come In tit lit t down dawn This Is U too good to be bed I heard d there was one titled eh h CU guy uy o over oer er here but I never to lay eyes ejes on such held Mi out his hand Glad to see seeL L here V Had llad a long distance call 6 the e boss Sl saying that r you would I i P here today so Im I'm all set C. C cal 1 Sir r G George orge looked at him hlDI U pie r I l dD dont don't t know wh what t B mean r Would you y iou u mInd going Solas Slowly lowly with win the great American hr Ir Im I'm thoroughly mated r II y ne In other words ready With the goods for the Old Ito 1 tot got my reports for lor you to take down don the river but Id I'd like to explain a few things first Take long Browne Drowne frowned a little the Ule everlasting hurry harry Somebody's got to explain this tints to the Old Man Ian and why not you Why not Indeed You Tou will find And me willing but Mr MacBeth's daughter daugh Baugh ter Is 18 outside and I wondered It If she could be he Induced to walt wait so long Miss MacBeth brought me up here I rose to Ills his feet Oh Olt you lucky pup and It doesn't seem to excite you any Mean to say any you yon ou arent aren't having the time of your life living under the same roof with I that peach of a girl Sir George shook his head She may be a peach to you IOU but In your slang she's a lemon Ilmon to me or me-or or is It she hands bands me a lemon Browne Drowne was pushing him toward the doorway Lets tell Miss Bobble Dobbie how howlong howlong long It will take us a and d see If she will walt wait Gee fee Is It possible that after the theOld theOld theOld Old Mans Man's for an Imported article of large size Ilze and Imposing presence like yourself she still sticks to smaller but home-grown home products 1 I It Is 18 too good to be true I 1 Sir George following the engineer at a leisurely walk was privileged to see Roberta noberta MacBeth greet Ray nay Browne Drowne with wItha a cordiality In marked i i I II I I Sir George Ceorge Lifted Her In His HI Arms Arm and Ind nd Strode Toward the Shack contrast to the unfriendly and cold shoulder she had shown him Moreover Moreover Moreover More More- over she agreed to ride further up the river and then come back for tor both young men giving Ray Rays Browne Drowne time timeto to explain himself to M MacBeth's secre secre- tary She promised also with equal cordiality to take both men to the next town where Ray enthusiastically assured her he would dig up a tea place where they could dance Marveling at this friendliness from the to him cold and unapproachable Roberta Sir George watched her drive away If It she were always like that no wonder Browne Drowne adored her He noticed however that after a brief but thorough tribute to the ladys lady's b beauty auty and sense Browne settled down to business and even even to Sir Georges George's critical eyes and ears proved himself a good choice for the job job which he be was In his own Idiom holding down Ray Bay as he talked was studying the theother theother theother other man mon with Just a little amazement amazement amazement amaze amaze- ment wondering what had bad brought this modern D Beau au Brummel this Brummel-this this British sheik as he characterized him hIm to to an American construction camp When Sir George Georg In hi his turn began asking qu questions about the camp bow how ever Browne Drowne looked twice at this man who he had decided at first glance was wal one of those who made his bis way may In Inthe inthe the world by looks and Influence and had left gray matter out of the count This fellow had gray matter How much Browne could not yet say but buthe buthe buthe he had It It If he chose to use ule It and be It t those looks and that height I Browne mentally shrugged his bla shoulders shoal ders dens 8 as he put MacBeth's s 's private and ond special report In a large and official envelope lie He dusted himself and his hat bat carefully carefully carefully care care- fully threw his hll working coat across the small room and landed It squarely on the hook book he had selected washed his hands hand smoothed down his hair and declared himself ready Roberta not being In sight lIght yet Sir George detained Ray Browne Drowne as the latter prepared to togo go o forth and search for the car I l say y Browne Drowne stay star where you tou are Miss MIls MacBeth will be here just as Soon noon It If you OU dont don't run to meet her Id I'd like a bit of ot information about the payroll trouble the Moc MacBeth Construction company has had either here or at the New York end There was some little rumpus at atthe atthe atthe the New York end I wouldn't really dignify It by the name of trouble Yet Mr M MacBeth seems to have the wind tip up about It Ray nay Browne Drowne grinned and nodded Funny 1 I 1 Must be because hes he's feeling a bit low Roberta drove forward and Browne Drowne hastened toward her Sir George took his hili time lie He sauntered part the groups of foreign laborers taking them all In In hIs bis survey as a group Ii first t and then patiently trying to memorize a few Individual faces It might be necessary ry If It there should ever be trouble to remember some at least of the workmen on the Inside He III heard an exclamation and looked up up startled to see Browne Drowne rush toward Roberta noberta Sir George strode forward he could see ste that her face was white and that her left hand was covered with blood lie He ran and reached her ber a second before Browns Browne What happened he asked as BI he put his Ills arm about her and lifted her from the car Roberta drew back Tra rm not going to faint Some one shooting one shooting at rabbits rab cab bits wInged bIts winged me Browne ga gave ga e an exclamation and bent over the band hand which Sir George was as examining Plowed across your fingers Sir George announced Painful but not dangerous Of course you have first aid stuff here Browne Drowne Surest thing you know Browne Drowne told him Come along Miss MacBeth well we'll have you fixed In no time Sir George lifted her In his arms and strode toward the shack followed by the disgruntled Ray nay who was sure be he was quite as strong and would have given much to have shown Roberta that tha t strength In Brownes Browne's office Roberta was placed In a chair choIr and then given a glass of water by Browne Drowne who washed i the hand and gave It first old treat treat- treatment ment Sir George who felt he could have hoe made a much better and quicker job of that bandage than Browne Drowne asked Roberta noberta where she had hod been when she was shot On receiving her answer that It was on the rough road rond that led lell from the main highway to the construction camp he left with a murmured murmured mur mum statement that he would come comeback comeback back In a moment Browne Bro rowne raised his eyebrows at Roberta noberta and and asked What does bethInk bethink be he think hes he's going to do dor dorI I l dont don't know said Roberta who was feeling rather limp Probably thinks be he can get the man but he wont won't I t heard him scramble off among the bushes D n D n fool I Might have murdered you tou Yes but I dont don't think that was what he be meant to do and Im I'm glad he got away Run nun along and see that Beauty SandIson comes to no harm barm Im I'm responsible to my father and aunt for him Browne did so 10 somewhat reluctantly divided between the desire to stay with the girl and the feeling that as al engineer In charge at this end he must see that he be was wall not left out of anything that the other man started It was a rotten thing that had happened happened hap hap- to the girl Irl but he could not have hue Sir George starting any trouble or excitement at his hla camp When he stepped outside he stepped Into practically an empty camp save for a man on guard who told him excitedly ex in broken English that the bl big fellow had taken all the men oft off the job to hunt the man who had bad shot Miss UI MacBeth McBeth Browne Drowne hurried In the direction the laborer pointed out to find the woods wood and the old quarry full of foremen and their men Browne rowne bad had to admit that this Beauty Sandison knew s something something some some- me- me thing about directing men It was a quiet search learch systematically going oln forward forward for for- forward ward with very little noise or excitement excite excite- ment Sir George came up to Browne Drowne with an empty shell In his Ms hand Found this and the marks of a strange car over there He e pointed toward the entrance to the construction construe construe- lion tion road Think we might as al well call off the men now If the tell fellow ow had bad a car ear hes he's miles mile away by this time No use nile looking for him here Browne Browse a agreed reed and aUd gave ue th the signal for the men to return promising that he would take care core If It anything came cameto cameto cameto to light lIht tomorrow that Mr MacBeth was immediately informed Sir George went to the car and stood so 10 long before It that Browne Drowne who had bad been consulting with a foreman fore tor foreman torman man came up to him and paused What next TO era BE CONTINUED |