| Show bemy ane bill 1 y CHAPTER vill VIII continued 1 1 AS aa the girl knelt knell and drew her ina pe ale veil shout about hw her 1 losing sing h herself w within ith 1 a poison I 1 that at was scented like cm care namon and musty set wine an agod aged slave rose arose from the boner better and ad came before the nion although the them monarch ch pill silly could not see him for far a cloud I 1 of it war lilac butterflies TI the Is at slave are bd bore a silver liver jar an fn his him b hands bd d and a him gaunt shoulder UI was no a square of white abbe sell batan it he the satin upon tile the stones locore the p palanquin and then deftly set spinning ng upon praised fin ae r the jar of dull silver faster it spun until its benr mill stillness ness blent with the hie monotony monothy HY of the drug lavington knew that he should go away from the ills gate bate it if he wished to keep from dreaming 1 9 but he be we waa to too curious ris to 1 leave the from tile the yellow IMM bowl touched R all sheaf at of me memories morics in IB him and this put pain was more ival 1 than man the grace ot it tile the brown limbed mild m dd B but at the a silver ill jar at stood had mot motionless bodem on an the poised palm gly finger the juggler afi withdrew adrew hit his aad arm and the jar remained aup suspended c abd near the enzol fill silence ence was heay and tile the mile per fume overs overspread p trial the it white title man at the gate gain con tried to roiann l tile the solid lid world to retia remember aber I 1 that tt this h Is drug had been led so a in dory arva street t that tat h it had killed his hh own futher aeeti a and hat b he b breathed r allied hard bard will th old oil anger ell p ened IQ in life his heart hear I 1 ko ke swore aware to settle this mat at ter either pr hately or for far his has govern deml rut c the lie moment he let fco th thit it th thou I 1 kill elit he old not cot old seeing the j juggler ug g let ns as he plucked tile the magic jar d down a wn I 1 to I 1 his bosom and began to pr pour wine a upon it the square of satin but bar th the white cloth remained st spotless artless biddi and di v at this r conclusion last tile the gaunt p performer dipped into the hall bowl and it pressed the soul sent dark upon his own hen bunken kc eyes swift strong heads hands had ad found lev bartim chev chuie a out III of the m world ld he had been I 1 un ible his to hold 1 hie I he rudeness of the hands ends was satisfying to him it aided beatly in throwing off t the he I 1 effects of koresh they priced him upon his root roof again old and left a guard at the bend of the ile stairs con cursed cured himself for having wasted las his only chance to seek a way ay to liberty ilberto ile he trod load shoot about the high hicl inclosure osom unmindful of tile the suu sun picking his way may tell between both doubt and ad evidence jd c za it was depressing to remember that in long g ago go hour hen of lit his departure fee from tle the house lie ile longed to find march now a and ad tal talk it things out mith him bam their best P possibility ild lity was os to lied find friend so somehow mehin by whatever policy I 1 I 1 mucy chev would need to co operate in such plan to play it exactly together cace plan sling ming had no heart but he ph pa pot bebieda III 1 I he U n ld himself bradix had ad not hat R r clean I 1 thread of nerve anywhere by which mildrin he might consider an appeal and ald so lovington sought and ad sought lit before noon neon a stronger stranger appeared it at the top or of the mahy hit with I a met bow and greeting tor or tile the arl prisoner cr ile he was a slave and ad yet a person of a wizened man with narrow 61 shoulders lid chinese its his face a desert yellow er and furr furrowed I 1 cheeks checks like fruit that ibm he has ner cr fallen he we was MAl noticeably mahly clean his tunic giving off the fault faint smelt of recent laundering th veto veins 1 in ill his old hinds till stood land out ont id blu c cords he as am he again M signified LOT lev iceton s oer all it living men den thlu mom sat salaam waa merely the he tau ic ananian I 1 care command had to a fallin A it dou tile lle scar was a crus crossed it up upon the ser 11 1 auto ants neck hok aug ling tile the strokes steaks of if two boards on an a single login errand now blow the meet lips formed the english word come th there 1 me was nothing thi thing to lose so lex icv lugton a mou vae willing fling it might be an w op port halt unity v ooch he rather feared it waa counsel connected it m with jtb his delinquency 1 in the matter tic r of wee race blending aticy proceeded through the I 1 inner I 1 carrid corridors pas past t ahme the eier burning lamps amps of alabaster but did not hot turn hen in hi beneath the darke darkened n ed well of the throne room daam I 1 lu stead they went limit on to the end ad of the pol polleen kawage lees the old b chinese paused through a cl closed rd dior diar con heard beard the voice coias of andrew march 13 de opened a the d door am and ad entered A it lu stood beside a long nals sm blon table on which were books book and ad a yellow lamp A an american america college pen cant hat me was amp pinned enned above a brown tall shou cull couch gnew were more sofa pillows and ad a shelf belf of books A kodak ond and a riding mp crop hung bung from fl a daer mark in he tile the wall A morris chair was net bet before one a of the windows march sat upon own the a arm rn or of it clift childr chair lingering fingering the tore lace ell curtain 1 I exal con td stood will near starch was as a 0 Y young hung girl who bal seemed subtly afraid d of something of f Lell levington igme himself ahe ile wore are a silken like blouse open it at the then throat and a hurt i of the smartly defined defiled mode ad of A or con can aNe avenues fol following lobig it the tine time ol of he her lead lender body he her timidity we was dever theleda brilli brightened tailed with pleasure the face dm 11 a ea tinned the aies held a let w ito here was the lovely my boldea icide ur brown fi hair ir th that had ad flown a I 1 tree clo cloak of 1 the rider th the H poni the it sroy 11 cess of I 1 yesterday cm had ad mear bame aliat ax I 1 the at PrIti bound ap fil high h I 1 IP clair court he fashion ibm she be r rolang ut at him no lacna who book 1 I fim 1 ad I it the voting man saw caw that he be had bad tears team 1 ID ilia him eves ell hla voice fee we was it able just now I 1 hove have found my little girl Levin devingt gt bowed boiled struggling s alth an inner tidal wave andrew march seized dmd the girl a hands bond and ad ha turned to lit laita frankly frank jie ile was saying I 1 but bill on our r lit little 1 I nic mother atice eft eithna ma lie he kissed her ar bair and she lie placed her hand upon lit his arm as am if to me ease hla him put pain SIM she was frail beside the voter veteran a of th the e ands ads she did not net embrace in forces him an and it march M well seemed not to expect any dina matra tion lion of it sentiment he fin regained gained self felt control had and faced co con with an effort to smile flits Is con can lexington Lenng ton he be said old to the ifie girl 11 id con can my daughter helen I 1 her name leaped in con s heart he ee bowed over lie tier hand baud and it f found it him self murmur ing princess w in the him blur of his him b need inward her bar voice was like sunlight as it falls rich and ad mellow across on an oaken miche we was strongly affected by it there was waa an embarrassed moment during no which I 1 ell con glanced out ont at the window at the moving branches ot of the white onks quiet quid ly he be swung among back to add it 11 Is 11 a 1 g great privilege to be sum in boned nod helen frien said simply 1 I win am not sure sum be how to spall I 1 Us never saw a white man up to this hour she intended this to be a conwil ment for far tile she was as smiling yet he could not forget the fiet that she he me was the lie roja rodal creatura who obo bad glanced am across t alie I 1 etem throne room yesterday kiy S y b have they her been so 10 extremely careful to keep us axey away he wondered iud aloud I 1 it is As abia she m replied p lied and truly he had bad forgotten that there was as no mistaking the grand child of the need aged stephen march she was as the embodiment of all 11 that men hold bald dear her site eves made bold to tell all that in another would old have been held secret it was as the old story of asia per perhaps 1 aps her daa dais in this desert deheart fastness ba had d been a monotony of inno cence but they had not made her S smile mile a blank con could DO at estimate adv tiling thing beyond the fact that when she slaved slightly beside her fat father her deeply searching for the right word ord her ag gr grace was matchless do not at be sorrowful corrow sorrow tul fl 1 she ehe wills whis pored to 1 lie her far father ey march I 1 nodded d ded yes that Is right and ad his him fee face brightened US as he regarded he her she crowed the worn a ughie a top rap pi id tilting 91 gilt I 1 1 that somehow how expressed the far lamern feminine yet the clean whip of the item est nas has there them BIO also mou and t through 1 m ugh her personality them qualities 1 S wre ere a smooth soft cadmas ihns ri I 1 to I 1 levington he was we aware an that at all 11 the b journeys heys of his bis life had either end m e here r J just begun or t bt all ih the alluring IIII intimations 11 that had crould troubled ed in the a lad stephen march when he had crossed america before the days of railroads were en co stalled in helen the same that had bad them him hama nir against t the w winds ads of the P pacific so I 1 thas long ing ago age the kingly acre unrest t that hd had led him film deep nto into cathay beyond the amri tartar r unit ball to tile the sands gaind of in mystery tery and death cath perhaps in some dim way he had this daughter or of his line me with her shining fital film dimill dominion on a pw princess 1 in the gobi it 1 Is must delightful yon yo coming ming here idle sat said d I 1 to a con I 1 think IN ive algava limited headed this way may he be said aid me because ue he believed it 1 I 1 cannot imagine the courage that brought brou glit you said aid the princess rl cess she sha mo 1 Is very caf confusing contusing con ig lea ea it od got have bow been simpler if I 1 had kima known n replied levington and march was wait smiling broadly now she had finished rearranging the tawny title lilies on ml the table and ad with a cour courteous oriental movement amov mo ement of the arm she he hallea indicated ted a deep ell cl lir for her yeti younger ngor guest lev levington agton w went cut to it turned I 1 it t from I 1 the he window and offered it to her he felt nearly rt roval I 1 himself US as the she accepted andrew march sat out 1 in the window seat and lexington Leving too con tented himself with the leather coiner sofa safe that had been brought to la pieces like the h mission furniture facilitate from grand d michigan the college pe pennant ent 0 was mer ier hla him head I 1 have learned said helen that white title men tire are really white howl how WC lle are am a bit tanned admitted her father but tor for that matter so are ou white people usually stay under cover caler when the sun ians IM that la Is apart a part of tradition I 1 had bad not known she said I 1 shall hall tell chee ming hy trouble y asked leinke ile hf knows but it to IS not written and ad all 11 the tradition of the world to Is written here hem since as the days of t the he to tower sir of fully folly ia ua know knew that tau d kuan to Is to be the T school far or the pe perfect c lea clo chee MIM davs a tradition 1 Is the tat treasure life I 1 rather bather ml an Orl oriental arbil statement salt eug c ill aiana h ie les rejoined con 1 I could men man alou one or two things to be written into his library you I 1 or are laughing at um me sold said HI hilan sternly merely not hot bt at alap all I 1 replied con hastily anly C the world 1 Is such a large laree placa 1 I un understand dermand sold ea the princess corell conciliated hit d 1 I 1 I did not suppose her fath father 1 raid I that may anyone considered J d class chee arg mang US as seriously jou as you yn do do I 1 is speak pro the english 7 ahe asked ed lg go DOlES 1 the I 1 w words rs I 1 of her or father ame mme Y ton do aeu assured resl lexington levington beau V counting the warriors arrom who tire live be yond the walls walla lu in the rock car caves to the south nth as 8 will c 11 as a the workers worker in the pit alti eastward and those who deliver deive ir the vines of their f fruit fi gitlen paused to align her bey engl english tell the then pro modest weft ell of tile the city and ad tile the warriors who do adnell if within the wall all it the misto caste of mer merchants chantl too and tile the women mornen of the raises palace who belong to the there them we ire many man many may souls in the keeping of chee ming including your own asked lev in listen the princess cess felt the trouble in C con an a 8 heart met and did not know how bow to reply pro properly perls so me merely nodded added 11 1 I am the only white person at court or elsewhere they say that once no an E englishman gi I 1 b mal came I 1 did not hot see eee him lie he died be before am he could be arld curried nd ad begin his him family co con begil began to realize afresh lie how dif went forent her hep training had b been on to speak calmly almly of these thele matters in Aher america tm the subject of breeding bowling 1 ts with propriety ill discussed sed bafo beforehand hand only la in regard to cattle and pups pops but mr con corning hall beings never until all hit aft erward armard when t too on late 1 I said you hate hae no difficulty with the english speech helens helen 0 intuitions were em bridging the gaps gap of lonely years in her life she was telling catching oil with the world orld of h her r fathers and this was a breathless bu business shims before strangers stranger ahe be was meeting the uni III I 1 win t in I 1 L Uvin eton the quality of hum the wo dav he barked larked n and nd iwed wire matters tie new old and ge I 1 stimulating t he hinting she Is openly studied hia is face and ad beneath her h calm of the orient was mom a warin confusion ac cording to her studies they had no princess princes in america Tr trusting aiming to lo site alter the direction of their coin the father ob ci screed all these th things ge ic seem to a have come from the united states also les lea sir father ta the is music machine cull a ek cek since I 1 cannot compre he hend ad it it in mav he be a devil h hut ut what of that chen chee ming learned I 1 in S sin I 1 to produce sweet singing flam put it con re r e to meet this occasion ap all broached D bed the music machine and ad et time ose a record na he gh glanced led hack back at 1 the pric princess tess who was S awaiting we it I 1 tig w with th I 1 st this thas se seemed seed ed to G give a no new plem pleasure m to ta the P princess are as pure pace interest the result of his activity she had bad quite no naturally in rally cre crossed cl her anglem as a white woman should lit but he her eyebrows bad a deit deceptive p upward lant the marl mark that chilled con unreasonably her bands and became idle tie he brt bot the record going and ad into his him own emotions came the it eliof houte house sentiments of it the big american tenor who im song sang bienne strenuously lly con was glad for this further touch of home and helen was as pleased yet neither was by the singing th they ey were pitched room more intensely then alian the music ahle and tor for the kirl girl there we was yellow web of if t tradition aitla between the ft estera tiong song and herself he if idle fine found this merely a toy part pan of the american america tradition that had been brought to 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