The American Legion Magazine, Vol. 28: April, 1940 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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The important fact was that they had arrived, that somehow in spite of war and mountains and deserts and bandits, they had found this wobbly desk, in this small room, in the middle of the hot immensity of China. For if dispatches got in, a smart man could get out.
Cole, the American vice consul, would be down in the morning from his week in the mountains. Then Christy would be free to go, free for six months, after five slow years at desks like this, free to go outside and discover for himself what had happened to Mary North. Discover what had brought her here in the first place and why she had tried to hoodwink him; whether, after this long time, she had changed her mind about marrying him.
Where would he look first? In Manila, of course. But supposing she never had reached there? What if she hadn't got out at, all, after that day five months ago when she laughed at his caution and his ardor and boarded the steamer at Hankow?
The scene was as clear as yesterday, her slender fair face smiling up impishly at him, the sparkle of her blue eyes, the teasing way her lips dared him, saying, Don't be so romantic, Mark!
The unreasonable way he answered, I'm just being reasonable!
The way she had laughed at him again, reminding him that the year was 1939, that women, American women, were free agents.
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The important fact was that they had arrived, that somehow in spite of war and mountains and deserts and bandits, they had found this wobbly desk, in this small room, in the middle of the hot immensity of China. For if dispatches got in, a smart man could get out.
Cole, the American vice consul, would be down in the morning from his week in the mountains. Then Christy would be free to go, free for six months, after five slow years at desks like this, free to go outside and discover for himself what had happened to Mary North. Discover what had brought her here in the first place and why she had tried to hoodwink him; whether, after this long time, she had changed her mind about marrying him.
Where would he look first? In Manila, of course. But supposing she never had reached there? What if she hadn't got out at, all, after that day five months ago when she laughed at his caution and his ardor and boarded the steamer at Hankow?
The scene was as clear as yesterday, her slender fair face smiling up impishly at him, the sparkle of her blue eyes, the teasing way her lips dared him, saying, Don't be so romantic, Mark!
The unreasonable way he answered, I'm just being reasonable!
The way she had laughed at him again, reminding him that the year was 1939, that women, American women, were free agents.
About the Publisher
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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