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SHORT STORY.

CHARLIE SNYDER.

THE CHARMED LIFE OF MISS AUSTIN,

By Samuel Merwin.

THE STORY OPENS.

came again. It was omin

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Miss Edith Austin was in could not say why.. Poking during the revolution

They she caught another sound. troubles.

On the evening of It was very faint and far away-1913. February 20, when it appeared It sounded, she thought, like: that Peking was to fall, she, with champagne corks popping in a crowd of refugees, made ber another room. Wing stirred in way to the station only to miss her arme and she realised that the train. Then she met an she was holding him too tightly. American Boldier who took Again she heard that whining possession of a motor car, helped sound. It ended abruptly with bor and her dog Wing into it, and o zutt. set ff for Tientsin.

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Gardon and Tennis Court. Ac-ré with an exlomstion, drove his the car stopped short, and Edith foot down on the brake padal,

pitched forward,

THE STORY PROCEEDS. "I was thinking," she said soberly, with a slight huskine in her voice" that it is only 8X minutes past pine. I have known you just six minutes."

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Suddenly she raised her head, o'osed her eyes tight for a frac tion of a second, and then, cadd-

He caught her arm with s strong hand just as her knees

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managed a nervous little laugh,

'It is an experience," she said. "How did you know my name?" moment he stood over her, his Property Office, Jardine, Mathe-

hand on her shoulder. She Pon & Co., Ltd. she asked, with a sudden recoller wondered, in a momentary leh tion. They were heading more of cool intelligence, why she did to the southeastward, in the region where the Peking-Tientsin not shake it off. Every nerve in TO LET-Furnished or Un-

her budy highway swings round the end that hand. An impulse of me to of Kitchen; highest level, good of the old Royal Hunting Farkask what was the matter. view: Reasonable," The sky was now more dimly red she said nothing-merely lifted

But kong. Telegraph." j: behind them, and the acetylene Wing and held him against her lamps were cutting holes of light cheek. She felt, rather than saw, through the darkness ahead.

He did not reply at once. She that her soldier was standing Peak. Apply LINSTEAD & thought that he had not heard erect, looking out ahead. Again DAVIS. and repeated her question."

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that singing whine overhead. Hongkong, 9th June, 1913. [345 She began to understand now. It was the song of a bullet!

"I've got to look over the en- The soldier bent quickly down, gine," he replied, "and find out to hers. She wondered, think back in a minute.". then, until his face was close what they are to do to us. Bs ing with great repidity, what he

"I was with the company that went out to the American mission, that night, to fetch you in." moint to do, and shrank back to He disappeared. She could Edith looked back., There was a his sent. He relaxed his arms on hear him moving about, tinker- patch of dull red off there in the her shoulder, deliberately put his ing with the engine and striking Borth-east; that was all. The

The corks were still stars were distinct now. arun around her, slipped his other matches:

She looked up, holding tight to her arm under her kneee, picked her popping intermittently. Every

if she were a child, minute or so a bullet sang by. Rent with her free hand. How up as

"Please come," she called, a the car lurched and jumped! She wang her around, and himself looked at her, soldier.

kneeling on the seat, gently de-little catch in her voice. drivingly desperately through the posited her on the floor of the night over one of the worst roads

He was

toupenu,

Never before in her indepen

in the world, but with easy dent young life had a man taken assurance, He was only a boy-

a nico American boy!

wasn't hers. It was disconcert-

her in his arms. Danger, even, seemed no excuse that this man

She wondered if ever before in should do to now. She could have the world a girl and a man bad been caught up and whirled into leapt over the sent back as lightly prevented it. She could have so atterly romantic an episode. It wasn't his fault and it certainly as be. Yet, for a moment, he had held her against him; her soft ing-yes. It was carrying her turban and hair and forehead had faster than she could think. But brushed his check. Now his arm it was perfect. She had never shoulders as he moved the can- lingered caressingly about her before felt exactly like this,

The car plunged honk honk-teen and knapsack from under ing through a sleeping village: feet and arranged the blanket-roll The low houses of mad brick at her back. And she was meekly

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Ile laughed softly and called, In a minute.

He struck more matches. Soon she felt the car-body move, as he leapt up in front, and examined the controlling machinery. Then appeared a heavy boot and a sturdy calf, inclosed in a heavy pattes, feeling its way towards a footing. She caught the ankle and guided it.

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Then the village was gone

"Where are you going?" she The flat open countryside lay wide beneath the stars. Some- asked anxiously, as he straighten-

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