Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1926, Page 28

The Misty Pathway By FLORENCE RIDDELL (Copyright. 1024, by Florenos Riddell.) BYNOPSIS. Richenda Peterson. a London office girl. wins £5.000 in a newspaper contest and decides to spend it in travel The east coast of ‘Africa holds the greatest promise of adventure to her, and she books passage or Port Mombasa. When {he boat stons at ibraltar Richenda goes off alone to inspect the old town and is a who frightens her her fellow passengers. m': d M i frived at Mombasa. the first person Richenda sees in Brett Fairways, a noted ex- Torer, whose face has hagnted her dreams he introduced to him by Lucille a widow. who has deliberatel. a ; M L aye ite R nda_to join_ the ting They start the Ricnenda grows it enda he loves her. Moody and acta strangely. but trusts him completely, even . fimacy between him and Lu bays a surprise Visit Richenda 10 go slowly. JHe asks her promise 1o come to him 11 she ‘ever needs his h Tn ax formed. and_a hours later Richenda o Luctlle aquarreling violentls asing 4 bribe and aceus rett retorts that [ gdead for <ome time. Lucille. he has kent this from her. Richenda thes have t er. what she wi admits” ahe i tie a Sheck. and akrees 10 Ko 1 Brett will pay up tor her Stunned and_disillusioned. Richenda flees grom camp i a motor car. In a daze she as and “di her to Lam- ering et ab- ' to Brodie's Tanch and demands that she return with im. $he refuses. o he bund some blankets and takes her in 10 his camp. She refuses to e husband. except when necessary izes that tecape 18 hopeioss as he takes her_further mto the interio. While F- \s off hunting a wounded W 15 surprised to have vis- The two men. Angus e Richenda and her i Busband to lunch at their ranchhouse. The Party. GWORTH agreed. "I wdmit she didn't ex- cheer up at his arrival! rtheless, my lad, don't let that impressionable heart of vours dwell too much upon the pretty lady’s troubles. Take my ad- vice and nny!" “Heaven flared Anders, baven’t the soulwf a barnac! “you A lone- HOLDINGWORTH WATCHED 1y woman—in distress, at least, that's my opinion— ‘! “You broke in the other, daryly. you know perfectly well that if she'd a crooked nose or a 90-inch waist, vou'd be a ¢ over the skyline without a back d glance at “1 sup- The boy laughed ruefully. he an- pose that is true enough, swered. “Nevertheless . . Back in the camp they had left a Mttle sparring match was going on. “How long have those two men been sitting_here?” Fairways had asked her. Richenda tossed her head. “Oh, not more than a coupie of | hours!" “A couple of hour “Such a charming afterncon! Such a change and such delightful men.” Yes, she would pique him if she could. “Dear me, I'm afraid 1 was almost beginning to tongue!" “You could talk to me.” “Ah, my friend, but it happens that 1 find no particular delight in talking to_you—now. She had brought him to his feet with that. Triumph mixed with | something like crueity drove her still | further | “You see your voi lose the use of my I detest the sound of | dmost as much as I dis- | like the sight of vour face! | She was a vard away then, walk- | ing over the turf to the door of her | tent, vanishing inside lest by a quick | retort he should wrest her cheap tri- | umph from her, sitting on the edge of her bed flushed with the sudden | battle. Fairways, a tooth bitten deep in his lower lip till the beads of blood stood out upon it, had said no word. But the fingers of his sinewy hands had clenched deep into his palms until the knuckles showed chalk white above them As they sat at dinner that night in the little leaf-covered shelter that | served them as a veranda not one word passed between them. | Al the following morning she wondered if he would keep the en- gagement they had made with their neighbors across the valley! She was rather pleasantly surprised when his voice came outside her tent an hour before midday “If you are ready will start.” She paced silently beside him down the hill | The impressionable Anders. whose night dreams had been haunted by a pair of dark eves set in an alluringly tanned face (allowances must be made | with regard to the fact that Richenda was the only woman in his immediate | neighborhood), found her still more at tractive in the fresh primrose colored frock. down the front of which swayed a string of jade beads. The faint perfume from her softly shin ing hair brought a queer sudden in- toxlcation across his senses. an un- veiled admiration into his wide, blue eyes. Holdingworth, watching them. frown- ed a little, hoped silently that the young ass would not makKe a fool of himself. The camp of the two men lay in a fertile. thickly wooded hollow, be- ! yond which wus an area of dense | forest The meal, with ite inevitabie camp- ing menu of nativebred chicken. native-grown mealies and various edds and ends from newly opened tins. was cheery. Fairways took his share in the conversation and made himself distinctly more companionable than he had done the previous evening. To Richenda he addressed exactly enough direct emarks to ptevent their hosts realizing that between these two a wide abyss yawned. On her part. however, she took but few pains to hide facts She would not shield this man who had placed her in such a heipless position. Let the onlookers think just what they liked, she did not care, she told herself. She followed the lead she saw in Anders’ eyes. her smile meeting his, her quick retorts capping his every remark. After the meal was finished they drew their chairs further into the | shade of the forest and conversation grew a little slower as the drowsy hum of afternoon fell across the heat- hazed countrvside. A chattering from the leafy heights above drew sllence upon their lips. he said, “we a | advantage the shrill shriek of a grotesque baby | astride its mother's back, clutching | her hairy neck frantically in its ef- forts to remain on its precarious | seat, and the troop of monkeys halted | in an uncertain, much conversing i group within a few vards of the three | humans. “What pretty Richenda to And one for a pet. “I think we can manage that,” he said, rising quietly from his seat. “Ati any rate, we'll do our best.” | At _his movement the troop scam-| pered back a few s with a simian | exclamation of alarm. Anders, taking | the sudden confusion, made his way to the tent, reappear- ing a few moments later with a bunch of bananas and an empty narrow- necked pickle bottle in his hands. “Now.” he said, “watch your Uncle Reginald and he'll show how they do_things in South India. The monkeys, greedy eyed, had drawn nearer in an excited group at the sight of the coveted golden fruit. Anders placed half a thick banana in- side the bottle and, nearer the mouth, some small pieces. To the neck he tied a long string. Then carefully he placed the trap at the foot of the trees which held the gesticulating tribe. Came a clamor of monkey talk, tentative dashes of approach from the bolder spirits toward the coveted food so near at hand, shrill yells of warning from more timid animals in the topmost branches. At length a leader of his fellows stole near enough to snatch a morsel from the mouth of the bottle, scuftering immediately back to his leafy ambush with the delicacy pouched in a bulging cheek. Another and another emulated his ad- vantage till at last only the largest portion was left inside the bottle, and gingerly inserting his hand, one small, trembling creature closed his greedy fingers round this piece. Upon him descended Anders with the blanket that a walting native held out to him. The three other spectators watched to see the monk , but the chat- tering creature, wild with terror, re- mained with its hand fixed in the bot- tle till both were prisoned in the enveloping folds of the blanket. | atures!” whispered | “I'd love to have | AND FROWNED A LITTLE. s came back to them then. . Fairways,” he smiled. s obeisance to his mistress. s to do it very blasphe- mously,” she laughed as the little face peeped from a gap in the blanket and with much contortion engaged itself, apparently, in telling the world exactly what it thought about the company before it. “Why didn’t the little idiot let go the banana and take its hand out of the bottle? is unusual for a monkey to give up any food it once gets its fingers upon, and this habit, mingled with terror, had caused the creature to tighten its hold on the banana. 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