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SHORT STORY.

THE PEKING PUG

THE CHARMED LIFE OF MISS AUSTIN

BY SAMUEL HERWIN,

“And, oh, Edith! While you're in Peking won't you get me one of those darling Poking Pugs blue and white one? Your can give it to me when we meet at Yokohama. Probably I could buy one in New York, but it would never be the same. I want to

Mrs. Wilberly, who was on the "couch with one of her nervous headaches, dropped the letter to her lap, mying: "What on earth does Harriet mean by a Peking pug, Edith 7"

The walls of the passage blazed with the Mandarin ocate, afirts, and equares of embroidery that privileged venders were offering for sale. Moving about, chatting quietly, sipping tea or whisky-and- sods with richly gowned women, were officers in the uniforms of

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know that mine actually came many nations, nearly all with the from the wonderful old city and blurred eyes of the hard drinker, direct to me! You just can't im- yet all vigorous of body. Cynical agine how I envy you that part gentlemen from various logations of your tour, I think it was were in evidence here and there. Al- perfectly dear of your uncle and most at their elbow two Russians, aunt 10 take you there! But a Norwegian, and a Chinese aten't you just a teeny bit afraid, Mandarin were talking together with every boby saying the rein French. "It is like a little volution may break out yet any pasteboard Paris set down out

Sho withdrew it and second ?.....

here she thought,

It occurred to her that it is steps. Her breath came more quickly, precisely loose, fast men of the moved away from him, chatting and a barely perceptible height- Captain's type who hold most with perfect composure as she ening of colour intensified the desperately to the old notions of walked along. beauty of her girlishly immobile seclusion, protection, and rigid face. She was aware, moving propriety for their women-folk. slowly through the queerly mixed "Well-it will be dark within Misa Austin turned toward her little gathering, that she ought to the hour, Miss Austin," aunt a girlish face that exhibited resent the really alarming glances Edith repressed an impulse to no trace of whatever adventurons of these fascinating officers; but desires may have been stirring no resentment could stand against say: "I am perfectly able to

take care of myself, thank you behind.

The wall modelled the rising sense of sheer adven. Instead she merely inquired: mouth, the broad, low forehead, turous delight that had sat her "Isn't there a native market near the straight nose, the firmly nerves tingling. She had to pick pointed chin, the healthy colour- her way around the wizened old by where one can buy dogs?" fng, that was softened by a trace of native conjuror who was sitting ocean tan,combined to make it an extremely pretty face. The hazel byes were wide and demure, Though she had been lounging in her room all this rather tire some afternoon, her fluffy brown hair was in place to the last strand, her' shirtwaist was immaculate, her perfect-fitting cloth skirt was trim as if it had just been *Ironed to her figure.

"Oh, you know," she replied, rather

absently tiny sleeve dog, with long hair and cunning little eyes..

"But who ever heard of a blue and white dog? Chinaware, porcelain yes. But a dog".

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And Mies Carmichsel stood looking after. them, closely, until they had passed out though the court yard, stepped into separate rickshaws, and whirled away, For a moment longer she stood there-thinking of this ungov erned, desperate Life of the Coast through which little Miss Austin TEL. 636, was moving with utter innocence but with an adventurous question in her demure eyes. She won dered what that aunt was think ing of. Was she insane? Did she suppose you can feed a male brute on whisky, gin, and the Coast ladies for five years, and then ex- peot him to know adventurous in- you nocence when he sees it? Miss Carmichael started slowly down the stops; hesitated; came back to the porch; hesitated again; sad finally stood motionless, ber pale eyes turned toward the street and the line of waiting ribk shawe.

The Captain looked densely at on his heels in the midst of his hor without replying; but Miss "Not so glass bowls and lacquered flower- Carmichael nodded. pots and mysterious lampy objects near, though," she said. “It's under coloured cloths. And as quite a way up the Hatamen she stepped out on the porch Street."

"My dear girl," the Captain there was a faint, happy smile dancing in her eyes and hovering put in, genuinely shooked, about her mouth-a smile that died suddenly when she found herself face to face with Captain Waters and the girl gambler.

weren't thinking of going clean out of the Quarter-by yourself!" Edith nodded, with smiling eyes but compressing lips,

"Then you must surely let me go with you.”

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She had met the Captain a number, of times since he had

He was instant, Elith shrank | proved useful to her uncle in

"Bat, after * Edith Austin breathed deep arranging one or two rather im from the prospect. portant introductions. He was all," she thought, perhaps it and looked book, iridhej vý in þur man of nearly middle age, with a would be safer with him than heart, for two days the bad been close-cropped moustache, a flash-without him, especially as I don't cooped up in the hotel now, ebe el face with minute but obserable know were the market is. And, could again fill ber healthy young There are queerer things than purple veins over the cheekbones of course, he won't insult me; langs with the crisp November that in China, replied Mias and on the nose, watery blue eyes he'll have to behave." At this air. All along Legation Street were Austin Bagely, opening the door with a network of criss-cross lines thought she was almoet regretful. soldiers meak, machine-like to the adjoining room, then lin- under each, and magnificent You go about by yourself, and Germans, snappy little Japanese, gering a moment to aak: "Uncle shoulders. Edith had lately made shock everybody, and nothing slouching American marine, Frank basn't sent any word, has

8 point of avoiding him.

ever happens. Nobody ever brigandieh Italiaus, loose-breech ho?"

he's still out with those

The girl gambler, on the other bothered me but once; and that ed French walking and loafing turned out to be just interesting." by twos and threen. There were. The Captain hurried in for his extra sentries at the gate-houses Belgian engineers, He says there hand, was easily the most interest- will be a fortune-here in coal and ing person in the hotel AP cost Mise Carmichael's eyes of each legation.compound. Long parently she lived there alone. followed him; then she turned and beaps of reserve sand bags were iron after the revolution.”,

An expression that might have in the dining-room she always looked thoughtfully at Miss Aus piled along the curbs like paving "You won't like my saying material: From somewhere-no- meant greatinder impatience flitt had a table to herself. Except

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Lifting her eyes, the could see Miss Austin bristled, and was the top of the fifty-foot Tartar pointedly silent.

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ed across Miss Austin's face. But in the evenings, she invariably it," she remarked quietly; but where flated the magic notes she composed herself instantly and wore a simple blus middy blouse why don't you wait until morning of a bugle. gard with meditative eyes toward and a short blue skirt; and her and go with your own folks? the window. I was just think black hair bung loose on her ing," she mused, tint it might collar, gathered in a bow at the neck. "She makes ар for not be too late yet to go out

The girl gambler gave a little somewhere and buy the dog."sixteen," thought Edith, looks She lingered a moment longer, twenty, and is probably all of shrug. "I know him," abe said.

"He's the wrong sort."

Miss Austin pursed her lips then suddenly turned and entered twenty-fivo,"

The girl's eyes were a strange, and turned away. Then the Cap- "her own room."

Be careful about going out pale green, the palest eyes Edith tain was with them again, and Jewellers, Diamond Merchants alone!" called her aunt, in a had ever seen. In figure she was struggling into his coat. He slim He thin face was cold, quite unnecessarily took Edith's voice that rose nervously.

But the door.hud closed. Mrs. Wilberly Bank back among

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the cushions and sighed. Girls, she reflected, are becoming: who appeared to have no frienda utterly naminageable-whatwith, and no emotions, yet all the ideas of emancipation and independence they pick up now adays." That his very hotel, here in the Legation Quarter of Teking, sheltered at the moment a horridly fascinating assemblage

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The two moved squarely into appeared rather to please Edith the doorways as Edith came out than otherwise; that, until the there was no escaping them. lail of the past few weeks, foreign The Captain was, saying some troops had been arriving by every frain, and panioky Mano 18 and Chinese residents bad been heap ing into carts their gold and silver, their bronzes, ivories, por Colains, cloisones, silks, jades, and carvings, and streaming frantic ally out though every gate of the Tartar City, seemed merely to stir the girl to a romantic impa- Hence for the event...

Mrs Wilberly pressed her hends to her throbbing temples, and reflected on the burden he bears who assumes responsibility for another life.

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Meantime Usptala Walters, alcoholic flash had deepened to a rich red. Miss Austin," he BATH GLOVES" finally got out--" Mies. Carmi- chael."

The two girls smiled us they bowed; and with that emild went an unexpected wordless flash of e understanding.

Miss Austin came slowly down the broad airway into the main hall of the hotel, pensing on the lowest step for a glance at the pay,oxotiɔ nesão before her.

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