Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1926, Page 11

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The Misty By FLORENCE RIDDELL’ i (Copyright,” 1924, ‘by ' Florence Hiddell.) golng o be all color and Tove ke that— & ' SYNOPSIS, L Richenda Peterson. a Londen ce lrl i BO0S Bty e AeuTar St fad dectden to wpend her forune i ravel enst coust of Africa hol Promise of sdventure tu her. and she booky for Port Mombasa. ' When the boat m-r- At Glbratiar Richenda goes O by het: fo inepect the old town, Sha is aceosted by & mative, who frightens her, «"l’,‘!,i,““'-'_’! from Yesterday's Star.) INSTALLMENT VIL The Rescue. HE man's yell of fury rent the air, serving to urge Richenda to a greater effort. Then closer, closer behind her she heard the long loping foot: steps—closer . Her breath was coming in_ short, hard gasps npw, her eyes half blinded with the pain of terrific endeavor, her brein torn with the sense of terrible fear. But still her feet covered the ground a bare half dozen \‘rdfl in front of this menacing dange’ which threatened hard upon her heels. The roud could not be very much —s00n Some one MUst come in sight . She. couldn’t see the ground before her now, a gray mist swam across her eyes, but still she ran on—on—--. Then suddenly her arm. longer! Soon She would fight as long‘as the th was left in her tortured body! “What in the name ‘of heaven'is|there was nothing particularly strik- SHE LIFTED ms BA.\'D AND GENTLY WBAPPED HER F ROUND THE TORN SKi the matter with the girl?” Stop it at once, d'you hear? Powers above, are you trying to eat me?” Another hand forced her head up— back. She sagged suddenly, things #wirled madly round her for a mo- ment, then the road rose up and smote her on the shoulder and for the first time in her healthy young life Richenda fainted. Half a minute later her eyelids flickered again. “Ah, that's better,” came the voice. “Now, young woman, will you kindly tell an unoffending stranger just why you suddeniy fail' upon: him . in the. road and drag the flesh piecemeal from his innocent bones? You know there are mote approved ways of in- troduction!” The level calmness of the soft Scot- tish voice brought Richenda’'s senses: back with a sudden rush. She looked up vaguely. < This time a pair of twinkling blue-gray eyes met hers, eyes which held nothing menacing in their depths, but only a rueful question. “Little lady,” he said gently, “tell vhat frightened you. h,” she shuddered, “that horrlble Didn't you see him? “I saw nothing,” he smiled, “éxcept @ slim white whirlwind that uuddenly swirled round the corner of the road and would have blindly passed me had 1 not instinctively scented that some- thing was wrong and put out a hand to stop it<for which thoughtful act my fingers are nearly torn in rib- bons!" Richenda gave a sudden gasp. “I beg your pardon,” she said, “I—I thought you were that beastly crea- again! He—he was running after Vell,” he replied, “the brute myst haye caught sight of me and moved off. Even a wandering Scotsman has his uses, A na any better? said Richenda, weakly. hen it's time somebody taught you,” came the terse reply, *“And since there is now a distinct blood-tie bptween us''—he looked down at his fingers—"I think I should be the®ap- pointed tutor-in-chiefs . Let me take you back to the boat, Miss Peterson.” He put a hand under her-elbéw as she rose shakily to her feet. “So you know my name?” smiled. *“Of course I do,” he answered. ‘“You share a cabin with the charming widow and you sit next to the screw- necked missionary man in the dining saloon, and you read Laurence Hope's beautiful, naughty Indian poetry and then you shut the book and look out {umua the sea and wonder if Africa is Pathwa’y‘_‘ ~1 don’t! She reddzned suddenily. “Af apy rate, it lsn't,”” he went on calmly. ou seem to have \\ulched me vretty closely.” “What elso is there to do iif the close confines of “@n ocean-going steumer i+ orie “doesn't observe some of the all sorts and zonditions that go t(\ mlke a world?" u on deck.” bo T Lo t"l re you laughing bow. *I wasn’t awa evi :1 knew 1 existed. You always seemed to look right through me and out the other side. 1 wonder if, umr all, you only chewed me to see it 1 re real.” \ “Comrade,” Richenda chided, ‘‘don’t rub % in. I've asked your pardon.” little -tired of solitude, was glad to a cept the proffered friendship. - She felt that the reserved Scotsman held she | the, some odd. attraction for her. True, She lifted his hand - and gently wrapped her haridkerchief argund the : torn. skin. - “And now,” she 'aid, "I think ~ we'd better. get back to the. boat.” “I see you've given up ‘the-cmt-that- walks-by-herselt’ idea,” said Agatha Johnley to Richenda two days Jater; ¥ “Wise young woman!” Angus Brodie, true to-hls wond con: stituted hlmnelr tutor-in-chief to Rich- enda from the day of.their curious .| meeting in Gibraltar, and the girl, ing aboiit his personal " appearance. He had the square, stocky figure and the sandy-red, rather sparse hair of the average Glasgowite. His clean- shaven mouth was very firm, but his shrewd, gray eves twinkled with quiet humor that responded to every laugh- ing sally Richenda delivered, and his low, attractive voice capped her-words with others that were sure to brirg forth fresh laughter. .Nothing par- ticularly handsome or arresting about him, but just a quiet, straight-lHving young Scotsman who would make a good friend to any one Whom he ac- cepted into the circle: of his friend: ship—that was Angus . Brodie. ¥e was 'the only .man on board who had not drifted into the vicinity of A“flll Johnley’s noisy company. As.the 8. 8, Tibetan gl m:d‘cru- the wonderful: npphlra ol the Medi- terranean Angus Brodie's chair was always seen by Richenda’s own. Together they explored Port Said, rambling through the Indian curio ‘shops, where gilt and enamel antiques were pushed in front of their eyes by garrulous salesmen. “Genuine—verrie ' rare—only one nd! - Your pretty wife would like i more than one old gold-capped shopman assured Brodie. m—sold at ten lhfllin‘lN “No, Bmthermu this is not my first jour- ney through the canal They moved on to where'a skinny, calico-clad vender of glass beads in- formed them that all the powers of Hades could not.compel him to cheat them. “Am I not Joc-ckk MacPhee-r- rssn from Ab-beerr-deen?’ - His bronze body danced impudently in their path. Brodie shot"out a brogued- shoe to- ward his. persistent ‘‘countryman” and “Mr. MacPherson” retired to a. miore respectful distance, Presently ‘they sampled the ‘tiny cups of thick, sweet' Arabian coffee and Richenda bought a supply of white-clouded Turkish delight. “J¢ you knew how they made tm stuff, Miss Peterson,” ‘began. “Ah, well, where ignorance is i %"’re& me at onee;”’ Richenda 'com- e A moment later the round wooden box was floating slowly down thé canal. “It's just like 50 many other uh-lv things in life,” she sighed. and revoltlng lt yon pem'.l'ltl pe-unm he laugh “How comes it that at your tender age you haye discovered world-old trulhs like that?” ., 5, (Conumwa mm.) ‘As laté as May !l‘w dfi»dnmm to fruit and nuts fn France this year. . "substantial savi beautiful colors, meludmg both s\reet and evenmg shades. 8115 10 9:30 AM, | Oaly e Boys' $4 and’ SS Norfolk Smts ; Dally % Civoos A3 Doy, Saturdi ose ay urdays .| During July and' Mlm 36-inch. 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