Show holeik ciaro 1 BY r FITCH 1909 by daily V ca helen I 1 harvey larve y ayas was to fiend her va i ution at her aunts cottage in she boy gaii where tle the wash cdake michigan an should take the place in her ber ears cars ot ol the buzz of bf I 1 a department aloie sho she was fumic anticipation as she sh gat in the northbound iain tw 0 w liol e weeks ecks to ho be cm du ga 0 doers and arec and tona wab coming udby gp I 1 by sunday dear ort ord tom she i thought 0 ot o Dwora decoration flon day whon when ho he had told lier her b his Is brearn ot of fitting up a v lettla hat flat and n d making a home tor or her acme aoma lay day she had ilven given him up answer fi asi A yet but bitt had promised to decide bee j tore fore Sund sunday dy ile he was her kind friend but like many other young girls she still stil waited for th aira ot of lier her dreams and started out ou on her littlon outing with all kinds of delightful posa ties in her mind of mec meeting tho the ain unknown lt meanwhile tom tood stood behind the counter and measured oft off laces arid and ate cheap lunches that her ha might amigh t buy btty a box ot of allegrettos Alle grettis for sunday even n jn helen tried tb tb re read a 1 but blit enjoyed more inore looking out at the denze dense woods through which they were pa asing suddenly ahe was minded to loolu at her purse purs and sepo see it if hw ha trunk check and the two crisp crisi five dollar bills icim which she had faight ft ight tor for return adre and extra c apon expense st were safe the check had slipped ed boult of sight and in searching for it sho she held tha bills between her h 6 er fingers the train turned tarried a sharp curyj sois then andl and a strong str on g current of air swept ib the ear car instantly the money Il uttered from her fingers and out oat of the open window v passengers and trainmen were kindi 1 and sympathetic and tho the conductor gaye her a stop over check at the next that she might walk back and look for fon the money moncy and comer on by a later train she remembered that it was just at the curve and the con conductor d said it was about aboul two back so she had some hope hopa of finding it but tho the tears would lil come as aa she ahe thought ot the prep precious mane money so hard to earn aud and so ao hard to save and of how she must I 1 write li biome omea for more I 1 in spite of liev her trouble she was ini in i i fluen ced by pure air and muty beauty b of ane t scene acene to stop to pick some wild roses for cor her belt but as she neared the cur I 1 be becaria cania absorbed ink in ihor search so absorbed indeed that alib aho did not no tico a gathering storm until it burst upon her the only than to do 0 way wair tb fo push pugh I 1 through the underbrush and sook seok shelter in the dense woods among the pines tit it was wase almost dry and her footsteps loot steps were eless on tho carpet carpe fc of needless needles A little way in in sho stopped startled for she had come 0 rno upon habitation a shelter madlof nia deot boughs against a rock a shouldering ing ihre and standing before fore it all looking more startled than herself a mau young toll tall fair ath they regarded each other n silence but the girl feli felt no ho fear icat for she k knew new that she had met her liro hero f the man spoke first are you a wood nymph or krom from whence wh enee chinn you she told her story sure of sympathy tw too bad indeed inde edhe lie said kindly but win you not incept my mya rude hospitality please come be ba Syly ja for my bood i x am and da lelen helen under the api 1 l bendor blue eyes eav cast castaway away dway prudence and let herself be nia made diD comfortable in the y shelter while hor ho busied fifth ith replenishing shing the fire 1 Z ed eacle ea cli other otherie ai ll elce I 1 1 I 1 she had a delicious sense that that slie she dav wa shaving a 4 really tonian romantic experience C it is deiy vei y de beautiful all ticul ahre ore she said are ard you cam camping ping pr or fishing 0 sho caught aug ht ai a kli glimpse of a skiff drawn up on the shore athill and almost concealed by boughs both ho he En answered ube uneasily A but you apt P aste ask m me e about ayi myself q I 1 i I 1 am lohengrin yonder is ray mx swan L boat and unless you believe I 1 innie aril mje I 1 go away yf in the bottand boa tand I 1 leave leae yon alone alon in the storm and n abt bt prepare pare for boich you a luncheon of fah and ber berries fies as I 1 plan to rio do 1 A 1 1 the uro fire blazed cosily and ad thy jn n bu I 1 it 0 u 1 t the ae leafy a fy roof tl atiat la t might be bb quite drga dr the queen must lie b e safe and an d happy he said helen had never neve palled a queen py berose but seq biked alkes it disappearing abr a few minutes lie he came bad with fish and b tries on large ji leaves eaves and a can of 0 water he cook cooked odthe the fish deftly over dver the blazej blaze land fand hemn helen produced from tier lunch box vax eh es olives and cake at aich ich he exclaimed with unfeigned delight suph such a merry peal meal it was and before helen knorr ih sho she was i jel telling ling all about herself it is so easy I 1 itt at nineteen to talk of ones self when melancholy sympathetic pathetic blue eyes are lavishing tender glances upon one if I 1 come to sheboygan gw may I 1 come mei to seer see bouy he as asad he a oh that charming air of it was just as she always knew the hero would be al 1 I believe th erain the rain is stopping slie said at last 1 I wish it might rain al w way ay phe lie murmured lying lazily at a i t tier lier feet ahls brought the warm arm color into her face and looking up gle saw that the 1 sun waff be to dran really 1 I musac ah abr the Is id quite ever lf sav sold said til sing rising H lie he e rose roae too and looked athert at grave sad acsa ncsa saying rt it be lonely 16 adly after you go but it yon boft will allow ay y 4 X like a picture against the blue of take abid aad sky me ine ican I 1 can take ta e yeii almost to the gilr lage aage I 1 in my canoe you ou are not afraid arrau no hesitatingly dut she ahe wont sittings gk quietly in the boat while he stood in the storn stern and bent to the oars can both felt the beauty of ofa the scene and with that greatest proof of perfect i ef sympathy were ero silent the b boat bat diate d shar pj on the sand ho sprang out and helping her took aej her hand han d holding it for a moment to his lips 1 I want to thank you little girl h ho said ld fr trusting me as you have today to day it 8 good for a man to be trusted think of me kindly sometimes but speak to no oneff one of me and asa a pledge I 1 ask for one of these ho he touched the roses in her belt bell with trembling fingers aho ohe gave him 0 one no then them smiling sadly he pointed down the road to the station goodbye goodby good by bye hoi ho hoseid said and god keep you helen saw little of theroan the road for her tears teara aal band it was through a mist that she looked back once and saw ha him m lit standing anding like a picture ag against agrist the blue of lake lahe and sky waving ing his hiis cap to heru her at sheboygan her aunt mether mat her and for being careless about tho the money in her heart helen won dered if had lost or gained the summer bummer days passed swiftly but abut when alone she thought of her hero and sometimes of tom who would have been quite wretched had he be known how he suffered by cam comparison and how slender his chances wara becoming but on an sunday ho he came in holiday attire and drove up after dinner with as he said thorest tao bent single rl rig ho he could get at the livery to take helen driving they drove to the falls along the pretty lower road each feeling fee ling the constraint of an important question to be decided tom beings being more ner nervous talked more funny thing at a little station down thoi the road he began we stopped for water and there was such a crowd that I 1 got out to see what was up thoy they had just caught a murderer ainan a man who killed hilled his wife he was a fine big fellow a cohene aman Ji nan they said it seems she was much older than lie hia and notus no t his sort but anyway hed married her and f shed nagged him ever since and finally she said something about his mother andee and he struck her she fell against Roine thins 1 and died latefy rora r nc Jie ant away last week the detectives got gor frace aiace of biln him hero but blit its it s 01 only chrt last few days hes been eeli s b ou bushes tho fh 0 anick anaf early yesterday morning ho he came into i town lown to pos post ft a letter let ter they tracker trac keti bhim into the woods roods where hod hed beair i hiding but bilt them thein and put aut In into the lake in a canoe A little way out tho boat struck struble apar ami sank sa san irk k he know liow how to swim i but they think lie ho waso waa hurt by thu spar for fbi after a tow few strokes ho he went down they brought him back into tho vill village dge lead dead and the there ro lri ari thin thang in u his pockets but a withered wi therea rose he hadnot at all a bad face but its queer what a man will do wh when on hes roused UV it but 1 lelen helen was silent and looking into her pale tace face tom exclaimed la in co nation why did didi 1 tell you about tho the horrible tiling we havo happler happier things to talk about and hebrew helto hirn him unresisting as ile 10 whispered you have not forgot ten dear r hiat that you abejo are areme me aty my anwer answer to today day whak s tt very low 10 w it came yes the next morning mornin pr tho brought helen an envelope in which i wern erv two ram rahi washed alve 1 1 iellar alai ll aI blile |