in the maryland hills DY BY LEE abilleh copyright IM 1301 ty ly vally dally story pull pub co it was an early bui emair twilight and snow which hail bam rain nil an hour before boat against the car and it stuck there in large soft laker it followed the conductor in at the door in a sleety gist and ilia gh gill I 1 in the thaid seat heat and dr drw w the imitation babies bab I 1 es closer about hei bet throat steve patterson glanced flout under the visor of ills his con coil luidor a tap ap at life his one lady passenger she he was not a pretty girl accod tit I 1 g to steve a bt uld a arda ile hei face vaa mas too mid and palo pale under the shadow ot of her big bg hat when she bb boarded tit car two hu irs earlier there hail had nil an brightness lit in her aea and i f fallat color icher chelich chec lis now bho d back against the stat thed hied and inert and ethcie wall ns a p droop tit at the cognets cornets ot of her mouth As aa sho she gla fila load iced up at him shyly ate stevo a thourl t of oc a kitten that he an I 1 1111 it I 1 out ot at a horse pon pond years ajo slid and to 1 a ti at the comparison im as he i list isaul d on oil luto into the next car A little litter later lie carne came back I 1 he tattle and cien klig of 0 the tiala had topped tunnel caved in ahead it hn n ex to the thice nien men in ili the leont ot of chacar the car the tie 1113 mulli d M ly at hla his lady imly pas passenger taint kotbin to be a sic I 1 about miss he assured her sitting bitting doo down a on the arm ot of the seat scat I 1 it means a I 1 alln in off heie a spill spi ll an ci I 1 ti vatin a little he ha a lied ailed jocosely as it a ciummei ow swing ing out growling ns lie he went the tha doltl but hot hoi eyes were somber bomber do you reckon mell ft ell get into adelphia adelph la on twe tuua site i i bit a I 1 tire timidly d y steve shook his lien hea I 1 Coul coulon couldn dat t make it before 10 kilbi or 11 met be its a aliee latr job anyhow the girl a chin chill quiN quivered ered but v hat 11 I 1 doa ahe demanded with a catch lit in her olce 1 M I ho he wont matti blebby ht hell 11 think I 1 tilt t comin I 1 I 1 nent usel to I 1 I 1 tel ili atonal alone and two tears dropped among the fuzzy tails ot of her steve skilled dont don t iou fitt gilbs lour our 11 alt lie he if I 1 I 1 alicy hey won I 1 take no chance of lettin a 11 tin tie tiling thing like you get lit in alone ainne dut but she bhe shook her lical hen 1 I 1 aln t got tiny any trim 1 Is I there but him ant an 1 a aavo mavo of bupt lit up into her face steve hal a tender cons cici aloi heart lie he leaned across ana a largo protect protecting ink hand on tile am aill of 0 the opposite be it Is it your that h goia hii to most meet ou or your enli ullric lio IW suggested lUgge eted elie bhe shook ghook lir het hei I 1 I 1 lien licit suddenly ud denly site blie lifted hor her wet mit billish hil lish boyell I 1 m I 1 im in to T tt rt t nir I 1 i ir heil she gasped in tri lr i i bession ile ha I 1 id it get in fit tit bt 7 au wed w d go t to vic tin PIL eincle tol 0 s but now oll oh I 1 I 1 I 1 t ionic om and she bhe buried her f fite ice in hr I 1 ILM steve closed over find and sat bat 1 tm i lio ho assy i N J 1 irl e N 1 I fik 1 cou coullet Coull I 1 in nt t tit ke it b fro firo ton tell side lido her acio cio no nuart elti to tile the young conductor but this I 1 ile le little girl of 17 or so was it I 1 I 1 I 1 tout cut matter ila ho pitted her slim allm sho uller ler with awkward genelen t 8 lou oi tell me about it ho be ell cat I 1 an n bieble I 1 call help bell in u 1 I in ut oy at philadelphia myself after a little site bhe part l mt int her stora nn an old one t ti to a lit hit t a fit y and romantic vile one to tile the little miili ners apprentice from lur face brightened in the telling her innocent Inno cint aea I 1 and she spike apke of her lovers flue fine claths ant ity city manners mith a 1 air of cra accous pride one gensle the milliners other help belli lr aril il in the romance it was wan ailts r who had ar r ranged the clandestine meetings and had declared many times that shoat III like to see any step paw a la in her concerns on an who she obe a should go with an who she bhe tt t I 1 knit his bis brows brown as he be listened H how ow could he ha t tell at I 1 athla innocent unsophisticated little thins thing ot of other girls who had left their homes to meet lover err who were rich to la promises or of women who haunted the city streets after nightfall women ft ith bold eyes that had once been soft and Inno innocent vent and haggard checks under the tha pitiful wank of paint does your step pa treat you bad lie he naked asked presently no she ehe acknowledged lodged I 1 he ha don dont t treat me bad sometimes hem he a right LF miss atlas green kep you dreadful late kind but he haan hadn t ought to be me he aint oln t my real pawl paw I 1 in tired ot of never bein let to do things like other girls an maw tik tak ln fit his side NN hat do you a pose your run ma it 11 do when she bhe finds oure gone beeve augi suggested ested the girl sighed I 1 reckon poor maw 11 feel right bud bad sho she confessed she a always ilia male to much enuch 0 me maw has ile he said bald lie lied it aph N when ben N ve a was man married but that 11 be powerful late newt now I 1 reckon maw 11 bo be out worry worrying int slid and she looked at him with avith troubled ees steve nodded 1 I guess likely site she will mill miss he giniel giaier mothers la 18 dread tot ful hands to yordy specially when its comin on an the wind a blow blom in he ha added as a gust made the m windows indoe a rattle my mother was that kind I 1 ho he went on oil presently an it body sometimes worn mariln in does k L i its it a mighty lonesome when there aln ain t anybody to cure care how late aou ou come in au to keep ilia coffee pot hot debbe along mith v ath the sometimes it a mother era s jam javan in Is mighty kind meant and the big conductor signed sighed I 1 aln ain it much on ad adison lain folks he continued awk awkwardly ardly lut lift it seems seema to me life that a chap that 11 coax a girl to run olt off an leave her folks aln ain t on oil the sl it if lie ho makes her cpr to do tho the alone an risk miss in ili him in a aig city an it a man aln t square nilea miss no girl aughter oughter fiust him not it if he talks as I 1 1 as a an dresses as flue ns as a tillei a dummy another I 1 abaci clr stumped stamped out and tho the ol 01 oil I 1 man mail near the alio stove steve swore at the dhatt in a placid plaid nest est virginia drawl drann I 1 steve stee neit forN forward Nard to mend tile tho fire tit in I 1 while lie he was gone tho girl thong it of many things she re billed that irid hid followed bessle LIk fid front from I 1 hll idelphia bits of ossell os sill and innuendo to which she had lorril shut her ears and she thought of a allusion to her fine lover ns ab one of that bickford girls girl s shady tilmus she wondered it if what she hat hi willed loe lain hal been after all only flattered lat lorod and when hen steve stev came lack 1 nek lie he toun fount 1 lice her sitting erect clutching her I 1 ng I 1 in fit goin back anili to night it I 1 have to wilk she announced bravely lift I 1 in juat chinkin about in ili iw inn I 1 and bho laught her breath with a sol BO oacle took out ills his watch it its a only two elka to ills he be suggested an oil 1 latch the 7 10 on tile the other road tin nn I 1 lei P I 1 onic before 9 1 I 1 I 1 could see 0 I 1 i ON or er a 0 v aitho it any d inger of tie trains train a ili away ay while I 1 in gr arne lie lie he ad led with bality aliey I 1 hey a sill it I 1 ery cry 11 it as they splash el cl tIllo ilia mill once it tie a girl sl ei ke louve auve teen awful gool she bho said bald glatt full an ail in nn an ned awed whisper I 1 beckon the I 1 old must a made that tit tunnel ie in iguess I 1 mel melbe lie I 1 ire Is tit all I 1 nit aits nits B said aid capo and tb then ell they plod d 1 1 1 on oil the wind mind find and sleet iwo mo boais liu us litter inter a thin little woman 0 oin 11 1 I 1 bloor arld and peered acx lo 10 is s I 1 out t into the dankness dai kness she t ene I 1 Int intently nn an I 1 then gave a sigh of lit at the soun I 1 of a step on the M ilk miss aliss iochi cecin kop kep ou oil dread dreadful rul late title Blie bluebill sit Bill I 1 drawing the girl into the light ant warmth my aly but you re ra wet A et lie e I 1 1 pen on v orran orr lit some it its a a black your paw lowed it you basli jsn it here by nine he it git into ills his guin boots rn an go fetch aou ou spite 0 tits ills thu i h matIz ile ho sets a heap 0 store bv 0 ou if our paw does she a mid wistfully ly there ain t a man makes 0 their own the way he a always I 1 luno ulie 0 you tile the oll flushed lies a help kinder n had he d oughter aughter bt bi she s abbe I 1 oh ma diw I 1 fand and she hll bit lier liar face on the little vion tans ter ler As stev tev opened the door of hll his bou bounding iding house in philadelphia B m jan gle ble of rag time music greated him and shrill valcia called to him from the little parlor but lie ho passed on and up the at ors flinging a jocose excuse in the direction of the ilia gaudy port leres it its a tunny funny how a girl that aln t well moll not to say pretty can make a fellow feel sometimes he sitting on to be edgo edge of 0 his iron led I 1 guise ill ly lay ott off in smiths turg next la vacation cation debbe a little marland mar land aaril air 11 be good for my balth 1 faith and hii he sniffed as a he pulled off hla his boots