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TENTH INSTALMENT
They dined together, Angela ii
the highest spirits. Her wit flashe<
at the tip of her tongue; her laugh
ter rang like the thin chiming o:
bells.
TYou’re very bright tonight,1
Macduff told her.
"Yes, I’ve had news from horn
today.”
"Oh, that's it!” His manner wa
dashed. "It must have been cheer
ful.”
She laughed behind her cham
pagne glass. “It was something
•didn't expect,” she said.
They strolled out of the dining
room and took two 'rickshaws t<
Jade Street. At last they went int<
the tiniest and blackest of all thi
shops, and a wrinkled old Chinesi
came forward to ask in a squeak]
voice, what they wanted. She ex
plained that she wanted a jadi
bracelet, very rare, very choice
The man studied her with atten
tion; then he closed his shutter
and bolted his door.
"I show" you something very rare
missie,” he said, moving majestic
ally through the small square of the
shop. He pried at the drawer of s
lacquer chest, which sprang open
and revealed an inner compartment
Angela fancied she caught a gleam
in the whites of his eyes. His fin
gers moved mysteriously at the
back of the chest, pressing on secret
case. From its velvet folds, which
seemed to hold the dust and dead
odor of centuries, he drew out a
bracelet and suspended it with a
clash before her eyes.
"Ah!” she exclaimed, in admira
Ition. "That’s it!”
[j Macduff was impressed. He took
['the bracelet in his hand and passed
.jit through his fingers, bluntly,
■ without the caressing fondness of
the Chinese. Five carved Buddhas
1 of dark jade were strung together
on an intricate silver chain. An elo
. quent bracelet, a bracelet one would
remember. She could not have
j dreamed of a better choice. The
.'merchant named his price. It was
absurdly high and twice the value
. of the trinket. She did not care.
[ "I want it,” she said to Macduff,
"and I won’t haggle at all.”
"Are you glad to be homeward
( bound? Macduff enquired. She did
( not answer.
. "Angela, I asked you a question.”
"I know, Macduff. Forgive me,
but I’m wondering whether I’m
glad or not.”
"What happened, Angela? I
know that something hit you
hard.”
"Hqw clever of you!”
"I thought you’d be glad to get
back to your husband and home.'1
"I’m not going back to my hus
band.” She spoke as calmly as if
she were flicking a speck of dust
from her clothes.
Macduff looked at her suddenly
and dropped his pipe from his
mouth. "You’re not going back to
your husband?” he repeated, stu
pidly.
"No. He doesn’t want me back.
He wants a divorce.”
1 "And are you going to give it to
[him?” Hise voice rose from its deep
rumble to a peak of surprise.
"Why not? You see, he’s fallen
in love with a girl of seventeen, and
youth must be served.”
"Well, I’m damned!” Gently he
touched the back of her idle hand.
"I’m double damned! The swine!”
"Hush, Macduff.” Her fingers
covered his lips.
"The bracelet, then? I’m sure it
had something to do with your
news.”
i es, saia Angela, simply.
"Lovat wanted the bracelet for the
girl he loves.”
"Angela, you’re a fool!” said
Macduff, suddenly.
"Yes, I’m afraid I am, a miser
able fool. But let’s move on.
It was one of the red-letter days
in Miss Mudge’s life. When they
were back on the Marenia, she look-:
ed up Mr. Charlton, feeling that her
pleasure was something she must|
share with him.
"I wonder if I shall be able to
settle down when I get home,” she
was, saying. "I’ve always thought
it better to feel planted in one
spot.”
"I shouldn’t suspect that from
knowing you, Miss Mudge.”
His voice was teasing, but it
.passed over her like a caressing
wind.
"Why not?”
"I can’t believe you’d bang the
door shut on adventure. If you
were that sort, you wouldn’t have
come on this trip around the
world.”
"I think you’re discovering
things about me that I didn’t know
myself.. But, you see, there hasn’t
been much chance for me to do
anything but stay put.”
She leaned against his sleeve, her
quaint, small face thrust up into
his. Dick feared that she wanted
to be kissed, that she wanted very
badly to be kissed by him, yet did
not know it. |He held her hand
felt it burning in his cool clasp.
Miss Mudge caught fire under his
touch until all of a sudden he was
holding her, shaking, in his arms.
O God! he thoght. Though he hat
ed tears, he was moved by the des
perate note of hysteria in her voice.
She shuddered and clung to him.
He was shocked by the fervor of her
embrace.
"I’m so ashamed!” she murmured
into his ear.
'Ah, don’t say that. It’s stupid
for a woman to be ashamed of her
feelings. They’re really the most
charming thing about her.”
"But I wouldn’t do this in
Ohonto,” Miss Mudge went on. "I
'Ah!” she exclaimed in admiration.
"That’s it!”
wouldn’t be so abandoned.”
Dick laughed.
"You must forget about Ohonto.
You’re very far from there now,
ind you must know by this time
:hat there’s a broader, freer «*orld
:han that.”
Miss Mudge listened, entranced
Perhaps 'it was true. His words
sank sweetly into her consciousness
suddenly she buried her fac6 in his
:ollar.
"Mr. Charlton!” she mumbled.
"My dear!” said Dick, catching
per in a firm and sustaining grip
ind laughing at himself for a cool.
He turned her face up, dripping
with tears. He saw her drenched
:yes and the eager, tremulous curve
>f her lips. Bending over, he kissed
per so slowly and thoroughly that
she fainted against his chest. With
i quick surge of concern he put her
back in her chair and bent over her,
wondering what he could do to re
vive her, but he saw that her hys
teria had been wiped out in a deadly
wave of inertia.
After a while she got up and
scuttled along deck without a word
—a ridiculors figure, with ridicu
lous skirts, flying towards the com
panionway. She had cabl'd him.
Mr. Charlton, even when he had
kissed her! Dick wiped the sweat
From his brow. Never again! He
regretted everything that had hap
pened, everything from all his other
ixperiences; it left him with a self
rlisgust. He was strangely touch
id, thinking of Miss Mudge’s lone
v pillow.”
The Marenia was steamrng across
the Pacific with her homeward
bound pennant flying from the
nast. Captain Baring was having
i cocktail party in his quarters.
Miss Mudge was talking to Dick
Charlton. Her sparrow face was
iglow, and she was drawing on a
tigarette in the ridiculous, inade
quate way' she had. The chief
jfficer semed to be rather embar
■assed for once in his life. The
"oster girl, who had been drinking
tocktail after cocktail with her at
tention fastened on him, was reel—
ng over in their direction now.
Ter expression was glassy and de
termined. Anegla saw her step be
tween them and catch Miss Mudge
t>y the shoulder. Heavens! Was
:he going to make a scene She
was drunk enough for anything.
Sudenly Joan’s voice rose, strident
and hysterical, over the babel of
tongues, arresting the attention of
everyone in the room. Miss Mudge
was blinking at her, not knowing
what it was all about. Joan, a blaz
ing fury of red locks and dishevel
ment, was bending over her and
shouting things that made Angela’s
heart stand still.
"You think Dick loves you, you
poor little simp!” she cried. ,'Well,
you’re mistaken.* He loves me. Do
you understand? He loves me. He’s
laughing at you. Yes, I saw him
kiss you on the deck at Yokohoma,
after you had thrown yourself into
his arms. I saw you faint, you silly
little crow. You didn’t see me in
the beach chair, did you? Why did
you ever leave Ohonto, or wherever
it is you come from? Why did you
ever think you could come around
the world and behave like anyone
else? Don’t you know you’re a
sketch? Take a look at yourself!”
Joan threw back her head and
laughed. Dick tried to interveue,
but she pushed him off and took
firmer hold of Miss Mudge, on
whose face a slow realization was
dawning.
'You think because Dick dances
with you that he’s in love with you
and not with me. Well, he’s laugh
ing at you up his sleeve. Every
body knows he’s making fun of
you, but you’re too simple to know
it. He knows you're forty-three
and never had another man in your
life.” "Stop her, stop her, some
onje;’ Angela was murnuring
through pale lips, but everyone
seemed to be rooted to the spot.)
"He knows you say your prayers
at night and help to support the
missions. He knows you’re a Dry
who’s cheating, a silly little school
teacher trying to be a sport, smok
ing cigarettes, painting your face
like a harlot, swigging at a drink—
yes, and no doubt sleeping with
him, too.”
'Stop it, Joan! You’re mad.”
Dick was towering over her in
ashen fury. He caught her by the
arms. She pulled herself free and
slapped his face.
'Don’t speak to me! I haven’t
finished with her yet. She wears
cotton nightgowns with necks like
this. (Joan gestured from shoulder
to chin.) She sleeps with curlers
in her hair. I’ve seen her, on her
way to the bath. Won’t wear her
glasses, for fear they might spoil
her appearnace. Bumps into chairs.
Falls over tables.. Chatters, chat
ters, chatters, to everyone who will
listen to her. All about Ohonto
and the wonderful children she
teaches. 'Swonderful! Thinks the
world is full of glamour. . . . Oh,
I’ve heard her by the hour. Loses
her money at Monte Carlo. Thinks
Dick’s Sir Galahad. Ha! Why is
Dick good to her? Dick’s good to
her because everyone on the boat
knows she’s used up her savings
for her. Dick’s mad with me. ...
Little schoolteachers should stay at |
home and keep their pennies in their
cotton stockings . . . Shouldn’t be
a nuisance to grown-ups. Shouldn’t
make them fit to kiss .... Poor
little Miss Mudge.” . . .
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"You think he’s in love with you
and not with me!”
Everyone tried not to look at
Miss Mudge. At first her cheeks
had burned. Now they were ghast
ly pale, except for the dots of
rouge, high up on her cheeks, that
made her look like a wax model.
Once she had raised her hand to
protest. Then it had fallen limply.
What was the use? Captain Baring
stood as if he were carved in rock.
He regarded a drunken woman as
the final debasement of human na
ture. Hell of a mess for Charlton
to get into! His favorite officer,
and he wasn’t a fool with women,
either. He’d have to haul him over
the coals, though it probably wasn’t
his fault at all. Dick had been cold
to more attractive women than Miss
Mudge. The captain knew all about
.him. But a scene like this—before
'passengers! It wouldn’t do.
The chief officer had turned his
back and was hastily swallowing a
drink. Anegla and Macduff stood
in appalled silence. No one knew
what tack to take, but Miss Mudge
herself took hold of the situation.
Ignoring them all, she put her arm
around Joan’s drooping shoulders
and said in a clear, high voice;
"Come on, you foolish child. Come
down with me.”
(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK,
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