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If it were not that it would be the very place where this worthless husband would be likeliest to find her, he would not allow her to occupy any home save his own. And, lastly, Mr. Allyne stated that if he, Mr. Keith, could prevail upon Mrs. Ralston to remain under his roof, he would do Mr. Allyne a great favor.
Tom Allyne felt decidedly left out, and it was not a pleasant sensation to one who had been accustomed to considering himself a good fellow and desirable companion. He leaned against the bulwark, a lonely figure in the midst of all this lively bustle, and wished impotently that he could have let well enough alone and by well enough he doubtless meant both the champagne and Mrs.
'Oh! for goodness' sake, stop! I cried, 'I'm not Faith at all. 'I knew it, he said calmly, 'and thought I could soon make you own up. Now, aren't you ashamed of yourself? And I was!" "And yet tried the same game on me!" commented Allyne in a low tone, but with reproachful emphasis. She turned a laughing face upon him. "Oh, no, that was different. You deceived yourself.
Faith, looking after her wonderingly, saw young Allyne standing near, his eyes turned wistfully upon herself. She flushed a little, and so did he; then, with an impulsive movement, he made a step forward. "Miss Hosmer," he began quickly, "I've wanted to say a word to your sister for some time, but no opportunity has offered. Perhaps it will be just as well to say it to you?"
"I begin to think somebody else is no coward, either, Allyne!" He held out his hand, and they clasped silently. Then the latter said, in a deprecating tone, "Personal fear is not my weakness. I wonder, Carnegie, if these passengers will ever know how close that fire came to your consignment of ammunition, last night." "No, never! How did you suspect my share in the matter?"
And remember that you are worth saving, or you wouldn't have been given this chance, Tom Allyne!" It was late the next afternoon when, trying to keep cool in their shady balcony in sheer white gowns of India lawn, another guest was announced, and to the surprise of both Mr. Carnegie entered, with the Traveler.
She did not feel so chagrined over it as she might, had she greatly cared for his liking, and answered briskly, "You mean Andy, don't you? Texas is the parrot, and belongs to Hope. There she comes now shall we go to her?" Nothing loth, Mr. Allyne followed her lead, and, as he stood talking with the two, made a closer survey than ever before, resolving that he would not make this mistake again.
"Andy got swell-head!" laughed Huri, as he stroked him into submission, "Andy like to ride in big carriage. He no walk!" at which resentful Andy gave him a sounding slap that promptly ended his comments. As the Hosmers returned to the hotel, each noted a handsome carriage before the door, with liveried outriders, and while themselves alighting young Allyne and his friend, Mr.
Ridicule was something she could not endure, and to feel herself slighted made a fury of her. Yet her outward self-control was perfect. Now, with a dreamy look in her large blue-gray orbs, she gazed out to seaward, and remarked as if in a ruminant mood, "I think, take them all together, we have a rather stupid set of passengers, this trip, don't you, Mr. Allyne?"
Their loitering had widened the space between them and the girls, and suddenly Tom Allyne began, in a low voice, "Carnegie, I haven't had an opportunity before, so now I make haste to say that I thank you for showing me that a fellow need not be of the namby-pamby kind because he lets the stuff alone.
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