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Show jm'miiiiiiiiniimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimpj (white! 3 MAN I, I By i George Agnetv i Chamberlain ", "Tfctoith Su(m4 E GkM." "Uhm Botmntu." te. InmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin 0tJfcItlVTkiBaVb)ltnlU Compy 8YNOP3I8. CHAPTER' X.-AndrrPcllor, handiom ,aucntcr of Lard Pallor, Impecuntoui ftrUtocrat, li doomed to mirry an llllt-rt llllt-rt but wealthy mlddle-ijel diamond irilnr owner. She. dlaconiolatelr' wander ;trom her hotel In South Africa and die-cover die-cover an aviator about to rly from tlie beach. Impulelvely. of courie Imagining that the' trip will be merely a pleaiant ezcuralon, and a welcome relief from thoufhte of hor Irapendlns loileis mar-rlace, mar-rlace, ntie btt to be taken for a tlluM, althounh ih. Aon iot know lilm. He omen hat unvrllllnc'.y acrees, and they A .ITER IlL'-Anf- l tlvcn a HniP of tlio home v.. .. :i u to be hers, nu wonderi it Itr cam.r.itMrJt'a. White Wan luvltea her to dlnlrr tlmt evenlnv, ind In plt 6C ttieifuct Xhtl tiA' h' r( fuecO to take her back to elvllliAtlon An. ' drea accept Weiln-vieMlorf,' but he eon I'.nyee rtr tn her pleeillnr that ha ra-ilore ra-ilore ,it to her friend. " ..tAtTBIl r'c-r.4r.e-.l--Wrtlit . .am aound lfp next morning by loud rounding, en, her. doorway .andja fold, .to ,nrejia-a-4iT',at ima'frMrjH0 ii thniwufUly enloya tha xrltlaa trip Ml J to unieretend-mor of ha huTafeMHMly rOthfi. aiaughtrrlaa'r.of knunala J.l r3ia:ng for tha forca f 4liiriiimpift,- aStU-ahUlooic'.to liiii, for ,uaienan., 'CttAPTCn V. Andrea, worrylne ovei .hejrderlortKU UcO'WeaUtiJthlnl it' atirariaed and iillgbtad when a- trunk, tharftjrajcwjainiarta, ettllltm laMI eavee herefrom the attack of a tk 'craal. '' ' ,Whn'f',it6 you mciini" uelced An-.di.iC.niy8ttflea: An-.di.iC.niy8ttflea: "Wfiat'. obio?" "in tM country," explained M'siinj '(6, "oholo 1 Hie niarVet price for "Obolo la the Market Prlca for 1 Women." vroluci!. The best native autUorltlea, however, contend that obolo Is not a purchase price hut the remuneration to the father for the board, training and general beep of his' duuRhler up to the tlihd 'of lier marriage, nnil they base their' argument on the, fact that -while women nro property they are nbt cliutlcl, tltl,e being nontransferable." nontransfer-able." "Can (liiumged kooiIs ho ex-clianged?" ex-clianged?" Inquired Andrea Icily, "Certainly," he unflwcreil, absorbed In hW topic. "Rxclinngctl where thereV another Uaughler available; where thcro Isn't, money Is refunded by order of tho court.,. Hut what 1 wnfc driving at Is that In xpltp of the contcntlou mentioned ntiovo, wherever n woman Is concerned n black cair novcr get It out of hts head tlmt shn enri bo replaced at tho regular, market prlf;e. Now you'vo got tho' kernel of I his' whole attitude toward women." ' ''So If It had been you thoy wouldn't linvn laughed and yelled." I "In this cuscv es," hu said. "They mof certainly, would, because they had no dfrect responsibility. Hut whire responsibility attnch'es tho rulo forinen Is n llfu for n life, and It's a rule that has ho exceptions. Anyo.Hu can' brain a woman If hu feels llko It nna get away with tho'tdehtlcnl obolo hcrt husband iald for her." "Son seem to bo a grqat iidmlrei of the natlve"l5oclnlr8ystim," said Andren lulitly. "I am," answered M'sungo. "For nntivos, of course." "Are you sure you're not u bit tnlnt-cd tnlnt-cd With It for yourself?" "Sure," tu answered promptly. "Tlnt's part if the secret of my grip ,on every country I've' Miol ofer. 1'iu hloof. I'vo never turned my back on the White Jinn's God. Circular A Is not for mo." "What's Circular A?" Iiu hesitated.' "Circular A," ho said finally, "Is tho regulation that governs tho relations' between' Hrrttsh cllfclafs under the colonial. ollled mid lhu1W(WiH en 6f tho tribes they govern," ."i'm Hrltlsh," said Andrea, nfter n pause, "ana I blush fo'rrtli6"iieccKHlly." ;V6u are proiiip't, like most1 of 'us," said M'sungo, "to sit In Judgment bo-fore bo-fore any force of nature that you'vo, never feiti 1'oor ilevils of""clda'fi-breil youhtsterBl Take one Hint I Ictinw? rfcewek'raaJnundcrhU.pfedtjt cSiiforJ crary to "leave; a hundred thoiaaml''na,tlTrij,l'tin'd(?r' hts", sole TuleJ tfne,j perhaps two, heanled white face n,y4,,Ttio lfjnlonK ilrjya .after the Vpbtt'sinati lias 'been a'waliowril by tho pot-hUtitVir;' Vrfien 'gftniV b'cco!ncsaJfliV lineatl. And then, . tht ntnl boor at ,0iu when a passing native gjrl-j-anj; 'glil-'-looks to lUin lift! soiiie-" Woman at liiiitie 1 He inarrle s, not b.r'Vauonleala .perjjapib.ul, ,by .tjio coiiiiiioii ,lnw p( thV laiid, ,and tlie 'peopli! at Mine', rHrut?'cnicirjr filln,' 'ifnt'lu liio end 'n'i Odd' olobothat Vlllnrt?ef 111 alemy" and measure the price." lie stopped speaking and fork long tlrha th'ftr traveled In slleuee. The sun Wan sinking fast-i'sn' -fat that It seemed to. beiiropplnr y Jetk,i Ilka the loose ha'nd of a grandfatlirr'a block. "Tfiere Is no twlllislit" W 'the' tropica;" said M'sungo, "by tho deliberate Judg. lnent of God who knows the rapacity "(if the chart of mnii and would not hove It burst." "I can feel what you mcou," answered an-swered Andrea, "even though you 'haven't really said It In word. Tho' henrt can hold hint so mueli heuuty and no more; and even now, mine is aching I" "Andrrn Tellor," said M'sungo, "you have the faculty of your xex. You huvo pinned the butterlly." Sho felt a suilden revulsion, a ruga at this mnii, this Mrnuger, who talked as h1ii ImnKhK'd'hi! would light, without with-out gloves. Her eyes narrowed. , "Hy tho way, when Murguvrlti; boiled, Just what wus It you shouted at me?" Sl paused in liN strjde so suddenly that the dusting donkey butted Into him and almost knocked him over. "l-!h? What?" ho asked to gain tlmt', "Come on,' persisted Andrea, ".fust Nay It again what you shouted." "Well," lied M'sungo, "I uuiy not remember tho exact Words.' but It was o .tho effect that you'd better head Mill off or Jump off," "Sonie'tblng like ilmt," said 'Andrea Incisively, "o(dy. shorter. You' yelled, Marry him or jump qftV " "I believe you're right," said M'sun-Co, M'sun-Co, and nddeil, apologetically, "You see, I Uldu't have lunch tlmij'to think " "Hxactlyl" said Andrea. "Instlui-lively "Instlui-lively all you saw was a Joke, Hit. every hi gger In (ho line. You didn't care what happened to me. I inlti . Iiuvo been brained under that trei" iind. vou knew It and nil you eoilld think of was that youJuxt hud time to gel In one more nasty bit of .cleverness before before I died 1" "Ob, no," protested M'sungo. "Go easy, now1. Why; M&rguerlto has domi that dozens of times, lie knows ex-aeily ex-aeily how to slice off his rider. And 'lOsldes.', I IT" tilwnys fito'ps," "Hut what If ho hadn't what If he had?" coutluuoil Andrea hotly. "Oh, you kiiow what I mean. What If ho' bnd killed me?" "Hut ho wouldn't," Insisted the man .enUly. "Ho wouldn't think of It," Audiuu pounded llu)' lidi'ii of her'siid-He. her'siid-He. "Hut what Jf lie Juul?" M'sungo suddenly whirled, thereby lulling tho quiescent uet'k of Mar-atorlto' Mar-atorlto' around Ills' vtllat. Iiu caught Andrea by both arms and fixed Jicr startled eyes with the hlaxo of Ids own, "You will have It I" ho said, stinking her' lightly, "your d personal per-sonal clement! Well, I'll give It to you. If ho'd hurt so imiclf as a hair of your Iiead I'd have shot him and then myself my-self and left word with you to bury us loth In tho same grave." She Hushed and looked' away. When mr eyes enme hack' to his set face-' there wore three kinds of sparkling wickedness In tbcm tenderness, tho rurked tongue of a serpent, and a two-dged' two-dged' knife. She chose tho' knife. "Whito Manr" sb sold, "that would have been adorablo at the price simply sim-ply adorable I" The weeks that followed, were the reuiaklBK of Andrea physically. aWcb day aha walked mora and felt It lata. Frsat Head to toes her kedy was wlUi-it wlUi-it l!ela and la ker,je, kw |