March 30, 1916 
LAND & WATER 
21 
Chaya a Romance o/ the South Seat ] 
{tyiuslraleii bu Josei}h Simpaon, R.B.A. 
" When the party were digging on the spit of riverbank " 
him. He would soon know now if she were angry or not. 
She had a basket in her hand and was evidently going 
about some business or other, and she had seen him, he could 
tell that. But she did not alter her direction. She kept 
straight on, and passing them ten yards away she turned her 
head, caught Houghton's gaze full, and smiled. 
He could only tell that she was not angry, that she was 
in fact quite friendly, but it seemed to him there was the 
faintest, faintest trace of mockery in that smile. The 
mockery of a child that has just escaped its would-be captor. 
Then she was gone. 
•" She give you the glad eye," said Hull. " She did 
shore — Funny things them females are, she hadn't no eyes 
for me. I never did hold with wimmen folk and never took 
up with them much excep' maybe now and then when I've 
had more money in my pocket than wits in my head." 
When they got back to the tent they found Tillman 
talking to Macquart. 
Tillman was seated on the ground with his back to a tree 
and Macquart was seated near him. The discussion. 
