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SHORT STORY.

CHARLIE SNYDER.

THE CHARMED LIFE OF MISS AUSTIN.

By Samuel Merwin.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1913.

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THE STORY OPENS. going to tell yu. My name my Miss Elith Austin was in Pek military n' mois Sando ». Harry

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Later they get in the line of "I know," said he, 'It'e just fire of a skirmish and a rifle-bell jou and me the man and the ball hit the interrupter box of the woman. That I su¡ pose is what mygneto. Their situation is seri-love is. Reut love I mean. The

big thing."

ous,

THE STORY PROCEEDS, "It doesn't matter about me.' He seemed suddenly bitter. "I'm only fodder for bullets, anglow I shouldn't have brought you."

"But I asked you 16 luing me.” "That makes no difference, You're a girl. The situation was up to me. Absolutely."

She bridled at this. Was there a man anywhere in this masculine

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"Please," she said gently, "It struck me that I was young- of the US Mirinee. In a puk. there is any fault or blame it's half mine. I'll take my share only twenty-two. It looked like a good chance to travel round

There was unconscious force and see the world in a pretty in- bobind her girlish softness. A sudden deeper admiration shone eresting way. Certainly it was out of his blue eyes, and his

n heap better than the job I had hands rested more lightly on her in a shoe store.?

shoulders. His touch was caress ing. Slowly the hands alid down her arms, hesitated at her wriste,

did that?".

"Oh," she murmured, “you

"Yes. And sold tips to news: papors and drove a taxi-and

then desconded on her hands ried the express business, and removed them gently from theride breaking-and all sorts of carlad-up dog, and clasped them things?' She held her breath. Her head sank back against the cushions.

"The situation is about this,'

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"Edith," he whispered closo to bor ear.

Strange, vague forces, newly re- She was trying to think. leased within hor, seemed to be swarming over her mind and undermining her will.

"not yet." "Not now,

"she was breathing

She managed to wrench her.

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"You haven't-one-for me? he was pleading.

to collect her fathe

She was fighting desperately

Not one-Edith ? " "Wait," she managed to say. It is we don't know yet that it is love. It couldn't come se quickly as this." She felt that bo'was smiling.

"Well, then if it could-how

or forty miles from Peking, and and it wouldn't hurt me, o I en self free. Wing, disturbed, ́eet forly or filty from Tientsin listed. I'm glad I did. It ali upa barking that for the moment can we be sure? Whate or we do, however we get out of here, it's a matter of footer and strange But I'm going drew their attention.

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work, or a cart if there's such a to say this now, before anything thing to be had. I wouldn're serious happens to us. We dare try to get you back to Peking just happened. Here we

aren't responsible for this. It now. And it'll t ke a couple of there's no sense pretending we days, at the best to make. Tient- sis. All this, if we can get on other. My jb now is to get you haven't got something for each) Right now we're under fire, and, for all we know, we out of here safe to Tientsin. I'm may find ourselves any minute in going to do it if I can. If not,

at all.

the midst of a battle. It's as that's all. It's come to me the if I fail at i-well, I love you, serions ns that *

Fler confused mind was begin- big experience. And I'm going ning to clear. Her bands returned to give you this.

bis pressure.

It's all right", she said. "It en't your fault, nor mine. We'll simply make the best of it,

that's all.”

Wuatever.

happens you must keep it always." fle took from his little finger a heavy seal ring and placed it on the third finger rf her left band.

Either we got out or wo don't, moment she sat looking down at Edith said nothing. For a long She gently withdrew one hand. the ring and turning it slowly) It was a compromise that at the round and round her finger. moment, seemed reasonable. He Than a timid, hesit pt hand took the band that she left to him groped for his, and found it.

"It is strange," she murmured,

in both of his; bent over and He nodded. He took her two kissed the fingers one by one; hands and pressed his warm lipa deliberately unbuttoned her glove and drew it off; then kissed the "gainst them, one sfter the other. Ile released them, slipped his arma bare fingers and the back of the hand. Edith. was leaning back her closer to him. She made an about her aboulders, and drew with half closed eyes, smiling a effort to hold her rif back. little smile that he could not gee in the dim light.

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She stirred, but said nothing.

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