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Show CoDTlitit, it)j, b" I 3. 1 Irrlncolt Co 1 A VACATION VAOAnV. "Whatever rJrf)tif;ht )Ott to Trritir-then, Trritir-then, Mr. tlliigbrniid? It iioemr tn mo to I lt lnit jjjiirtt in tln'lwoilil .' en nn niitbur ctnitJ hope to Hurt mntf.' al.' " lio liiin lice 1 1 nveiitlni; Jiio.ot tui Mich Innurlon. uMik. l.ndltiw?" "Wlij.iin itCL'iiMitioii Uu't iioecmrry, ovorytiiio K:nn that tvlirn nn nnthor. .nti lie Induced tofejinngo tlirlitc nr ctiiiiphera of hl reix-eti'tl Hosiot'.or hit lielotetl NewVothr4tir I lie pio-mle tn iiiiiiiiHui;m of n diiif,v litllf nml-l nml-l ilnlrff lllnf;c liLlliu'rt'nfiC8nt'c-4jioiiit-- t.lllIM, tlll'IO IllllHt 1m? II StlMllRtT lll.lthf t In) n it mere niKlitHei-r'ni-'iinoMtj " "IVrlupii you .nilj rhjht. Anil jet 1 Ihlnlc .MiunrenlilflcV'tere, If one were seelttnir ltiH)ilrnlioii,' wlmt eonlil lie more npllftlnptlinn Hint?" uJk hi tin nil with n coioprehcnfclUrpentlTiI to-nrd to-nrd the moonlit pletiire' of rilli) nnd mouiitnin mined by Jlie plllnrsof the itiancln. "lint I iisnure jon, nn 1 hnhl n moment n;ro, 1 koultln't glut n ccn-lhle ccn-lhle renson for romln here Inni niiich nn 1 did not ltnow tlmt jun ucrc hiber-unttiifr hiber-unttiifr lit Tii'Kartlirii. I'm not sure which turn the more tmtprlxed w lien vo met thin morning, I.nUlow or my-lelf. my-lelf. 1 lind lout IrncU of yint yonrn no." "Jlut wo hadn't of you tlianl.ntothe mnrTitzlneH. And that lir'uifri me buck; what can you find worth Muilvlnp; here 7" ltlughraml laughed. "You positively positive-ly refuse to be dlt cried, don't on? 1'er-liapi 1'er-liapi 1 couldn't find anything, but ft om the little l'tc heen of jilncennd people I Hliould tiny there n n jierfeet inluo of ntory-tcllinir inutcrliil If one would take, tlio trouble to develop It." "I can't see where you would find It." "Tliut's because jou lite here; you're tinnble to pet the perspective of tin-fittnllinrlty tin-fittnllinrlty on the qiinintiiciiH of the people or the beauty of the Keener. Tlio filings that tire curiotm nnd lnter-estlnp; lnter-estlnp; to p, newtomernrecominonpliiee to you, iM'cniifco 3 on ken I hem on er.v i'ii j ." "I'm sure H'h tery nien of y.m t ji'it II In tlint way; one HI es to be tol.l 1 i.it one comes nhort of ffeiilus "nl' h 111 j fnmllinrit.t. Hut jnu lnun'i ; .1 111. ' yet why jou enme to 'I u,'nnl m ' ! ".frM. I.iidlnw, jou'te jo 1 i 1 11 en) rljlblo. I nxpiiro jii I I. r , ' Vark n u!tl ttffo with iitil.t in 1 1 defined iden: that wan Hint I .1 . .i-tvorked .i-tvorked and weory nmt ned' ! 1 m tloil. Kier.tlwly troet to rum, n n' to the leiortu in nuintiirr, uiu! 1 w .toil , lo rfet nwny frow tin ciowd: 1. ,ni plenkp, .ou mny eall tht n in .' fo j my eonilnjj eoutli. My ti'.rt nn )til nt NnHhtllh', btt the (u I nt jpitr 1 hiniitifiilenpllnteltv (JitVi, 1 .i.fi"t-'fit ' for the unnjii itl -il lo hint, 1 I tct' to the lori'l liffiiin, tilth .jtli v 1 1 J t for a tpc llnatlon " "Thai's ell heniitiftilli clear find reanonnlile iiji to n ei'rtn.u po.tit, fi. Iliugbrnnd. iNou. if .ton uillouK tell inn what po'vehHeil ou to I uu our 1 comfortnbltt put lot- tar It ioiih- 1 it lip here 0nncn.1l tin ill, I'll besiitiH, il. ' The Hliinlotr on the terttii'ln pn ' n! etl the Irnly from ttoeniff the look of 1 111 b.iirnsfiiu nt that flittul iuhokHh fm-of fm-of hey tisitor, nnd hi Imitation 1 if plying was forlimntely rotered b, lb. entrance of h'n hoit. "Sit dot 11 bore, Ludlow," ho wild; ".Mrs. I.utlluiv has had 1110 lu tliBconfexalolinl for tlio hut linlf hour, and 1 wni just upon the point of concocting n pure fabrication toneeouut for my being InTregnrt hen. Can't you explain to her that a man may noirvtlmca tlo iinaecountuble things?" "One would think nn explains ion onlilii't bo iicorcinry,1' replied f.utVoiv. ej'lllfallyt tossing his lint Into tin' hall nnd limiting up n cluilr. "Let's sic, how long hat ewe been man k IJIehn?" "Long enough io rnakn me trri curious cu-rious and Inrptisltlte, as Mr. )Iiigb ind In Just finding out. lie cmifcKti-H Hiu lit didn't Know we were 'here, nnd be 000 t gltonn pl.-.tulWc rcaon foc-giv' lug up his trip to Ashctillc." "I'm not surprlfedt If the Trrtjar. then Cool & Iron company eotilipgof along without n miperlnteiujeiit fw ft nionth or such matter, 1 helltW til gh oil nptl do something unneoinlnble mjself; lt' a part of mil eriiilib'iit n man should bo totally IrtiMj'OijilliIo oh a tocatlon, 1'iit see lurr, lui g' ijniii', It you'io going to stay Ii. 'Inari'irn you'to got to come to tn, I'm coi c'4j ;, to hava you put up nt that miserable-ejujusa. miserable-ejujusa. for it hotel iTtiwn In the tlllngi. You'll do of iliiicpsla In n week." "Yon aro (!ppd mmniitnns," replied Klngbrand, Intighlngi "1'to got It already al-ready Oyspepsln, 1 menu, Vby, Mrs. Ludlow, you'to no conception of what they've been mnklng mo cat down there! Jror breakfast 1 had halt bacon, biscuits nnd potatoes; for dlnnir there were potatoes, bluvults mid sail bacon; nnd for cupper they tatted the bill of fare by leaving oi't the potrttoes, And the biscuits upon tnj soul, you net ersan anything like them In your life!" "Oh, yes, 1 hate," responded the lady, theerfully; "let me deceribo lliem: they were about half an Inch thlek, anil when you took 0110 betwtcn yout lliumb and linger, so, jou could press the grentu out of the edge. J!ut didn't lhy git e jou any coiTtc ?" "I think not; I eeitnlnly had wnne thing to drink, but I'm quite ponltitc It wnsn't coffee. Indeed, now that jou mention It. I remember hating made 11 note of It ttlllt the Intention of iw: ing tho landlord to define it for me." "1 don't know what we'tt Imi thinking of, to let jou etay thou ut all," Inlrt posi d l.udluw . "1 f .ton il -ei'so us for 11 few iiiltiiit. . 1 i 11, wo'll Just tcp down and p t lini--braud'H liiRgage to-nigUt 1 i', i ' o jou Irntel Inugiip. '' i'i m '.I'" ''" "Yep, or nt leii.t in two i.r ilia 111; they'10 not lientj. 1'nnt ' h " TlVO dllj'al tl'll i 1, lull li'ii' sUippllig "' ' !"hv ' ' ' trnimfur i.i-. ' r ( '' ' ViiJlej I ' 1 . . . I . t-een i' tr.il ''' " '"' "" ' " ' '' ' triiin nntl croiw the platform to the e-miniQjliitioii. e-miniQjliitioii. She wai strikingly K'.tiiliful, after a tjin; quite linfamlllsr to ttie ninUejit; and ihe passing irllmptc I e hml of hoi- fare made him wish that he tnJghl ktudy it nt leisure. It sud-ilenly sud-ilenly oceiii-rod to him that thero was nothing In hH purpoiclesH plans to prevent pre-vent it r nnil lu- hnutlly transferred hint-' hint-' elf and his helongliig' tn n sint i'l the titlicr4niUikltllt'nfeJi' erinhl cnnllniio his oljjj') UiIorj"! 'iyie .Hjuly onee begun. be-gun. tlH'fieniity of her fntegiett upon htln,plj4hriu;.hiui.itw,ni,Y U thei-oneln-1 iiion that iiiitlinig sliort of mi,ii.ilit-' piioo would tiidlile him to complete IiN t-hnrnetor-Hketeh; nnd, not lielng n ettminerchit triueler, tho simpler melYiO'l of obtaining (he dotlretl tie-gn.e tie-gn.e of Intimacy did licit Mlggcst It-t-vt. On thj' imliirHt, ho could think of no better 1 iodiciit tliim to Icntelho train nt tlie Aoiiug hnljs dextinntion, trusting to the ehiiptei' of nccidrnls for further help,- The absurdity of this lintlly-piiproteil design appealed to I his i,eiihc of humor when the conductor! nskcil for Iih fine anil he was tillable tn tell the olllchtl where ha uantci) to I B". "I hate no ticket," hcsnld,"butl will pay to thu end of the line, JJow much U It?" "ToKlngtllle.snb?" "Yes, that's the place Kliigrllle, It's' Kingjij.'ii- iow these nutnei escape one, Isn't It?" "Oil, I dunno," replied the man; "I forglt hometlmes, m'sclf. Two dollars nnil fo'ty cents. There's yourehnngo." Tlio nouoiunwilitlf)!) wus jt pilxed train of empty coal npd Iron enrs towing tow-ing 11 Hlnglc pashengcrconch; nud on its slow ; rogress up the Milley-JSIngbinnd lint. 1 1. pie opjKiitunlty to nnnlje his ubject m fur ns simple obbcrtiilloii would scrto htm. llefore they reached Tregarthcn he had n fair mental picture pic-ture of the ntnl face, lighted by ej'es of a iluskj- hue lurclj- s.ecn in the Anglo-5nxol Anglo-5nxol types; and lie, had cicn gonoso r r ns to t.-y to transfer It f 101:1 his in ul. il camera to n leaf of his note -.ok The penell-pieturo was fairly I, from 11 technical point of J.lew, .it when he tyitv how tho blackTni(d- ii to snpffcstlon failed to glto even a 1 nt of the trnnspnrcncj' of her com- Iei0ii, or of thoehangofu! e.presslon ilmf en me and wentxmher facaoiishc .in oil tlie leatps pf )icr book, ho tore 1 up anil tlroiped the rngneuf out ' 1.10 w n.ilow. The book suggested i"i I01.1, and lio got iipunil walked down 1X.1 u. i-ntohlng thu tille In papslpg, 'it. ilhr.o,'" he muK1; "that's heal ihj', I nt n"i no Indication of ohnniiJcrj 1 I uppose i very young woman rends Miss .luiix. Hhe's leading Intclligrntly, iliiifi; nujoitf can see that; she II 11 t look as If she'd lie guilty pf ! .ii n 1 r. Now the mischief am I ' 1 1 'd out who she Is? Hello! 1 , ill mg Die book away; this must lie. Ii' r M ,iping-pliice." 'I he ti.t.u wiin slowing Into Tregar-.iii Tregar-.iii ', .iiid !.iiii;brand got his luggags .e-tli 1 m- a ii'rateglo pursuit. It was .uite dink 1 thl't time, and he did not I on 11 to lose sight of her until he was quite sure of her destination. When thu train stopped she tripped lightly up Die hI.Io, iuiiI Klugbrsiud followed, H nolilng the ear door in tlmo to see the conductor help her down the steps; but when ha utieinpted to get off, the man Mopped him, "llnhl on,." lio exclaimed; "tills ain't jaur.tottn; wo ain't half way there jet." "Thai's nil right. I want to stop hcie. I've changed my wind," protected pro-tected Itingband, trying to get past him. "Well, Jest hold on 11 minute; don't be In ilc'i 11 tumble ii'sk; I collected jtTur.iio,1o Kuigtille, an' I'tegot too n;npliii jourrnnnry," .""Iliftiir JIiii fare! I don't want It, Lctiino getf.on'.l t "All rjulitjftvtp'nlttjest os you pay," $ejilli,d 'the i orruqloui conductor, WbipSng -lllii(fbfaikl's tnliso to the pmUfifirl .'.'Thjire, jou are, light side np.wlthj.arf." Athe had foinoil.tliv slight ilclnj lost Jlijijitls obpoitiin'tyj when Ids glance riiliVM....jiiall phttfuim, histintel-'1 histintel-'1 f cojrmtmi.in hi tt i'i. ipt .ltd, i.irl La .U.M. i.ot lte man to make hnp-hniuird n.tjulritl jdwut her of (he tragr ling tnhn'ifers nt the station. When the train liad departed, he saw the glate i.f an Iron furnace n rhoit dlstaiice fiuther up the truck, and the twinkling lights if 11 town on the hillbide ahoto the station. sta-tion. While he was wondering If there was u hotel, a decrepit old negro hobbled hob-bled up to him, hat iti hand. ''Cjni yo' baggage up to do hotel sah? Yes, snh; t'nnk yo', sah. ltlght 'long dibit ycro wnj-, sah." "Uot 11 good hotel here, uncle?"' Inquired In-quired Itlngbraiid, as they tolled up the steep hillside. "Right sina't good hotel, snh; jes, sah; t'nnk yo', snh. Hit's do one what Oin'iul.fiickstiuj'onstrd to stop nt when he's gwlno to Wnshin'ton, fo'do wall," Kliigbrnntl had not been long enough III rust Tennewtre to l.ilovt that eterj hostelry within 1C0 mihs of the eroding of the Clinch river made a similar elnlm, but the conceit struck him ns being a quaint nie. ni il It occurred oc-curred t h'm tlnit the aneit.nt negio vim 1 ml ! ly ur. old leslrtent ot.d Ihere-foic Ihere-foic i.t-ii n"iitrd v'lth luont of th! faml-Ilea. faml-Ilea. 111 Ihe might orhood. "Oil ton set Mls( llisVr. Montague git u'T the truln Just now, uncle?" he II ij" n d tionehiil.inlly, hitnutling n . t'lo urine In the hope that Ins gn 1 t i ul lorrn t him. " It . lie',' v", H.th; thnnk jo", will. ' 1 . kii 1 I t.ov, ftny Imly o" dut name, I 1 Hull "t -if no lady git offdo train; 1 1 1 1 hook having come up I ! iraiid was compelled to 1 ' ' '' JVRtt5I"ilUJ.P u r .1 1 ' T 1 ii al (1 Piwwwf lnwii.aniMM .. f'jiii ' ii..i tmoked his after-suppen cigar In Ihe dingy little, office, of tho ootel, he tried to convince himself thattlprcscnt.ad-venture thattlprcscnt.ad-venture wn, only another example of the perslitent obstinacy with which he had pursued other quests In the study of his art. Tlie effort niny Imvo been wholly successful, but the conclusion did not enable him to banish the to turo. of the girl's face, which haunted blm even after ho had gone to sleep arnld tha dismal furnishings of (Ion. JncVtou's rooml Tho fallovrtbuorntng h was fortunate fortu-nate noujrlflftluBable npouiLudloWj "Cyst yo' bara up to da liotat, talir" who was nn old friend and one of Ids lollego classmate. The meeting afforded af-forded the plainest possible loliitlon of the author's profifem," (Jilt ho M-ciued BOinehow quite tinnblo to frame the simple inquiries which would hate soltct) il, He reasoned that l.udlow would misunderstand his motives; thai he would be accused of falling lu Inu-wlth Inu-wlth a pretty face; Hint If It would he Indelicate to question strangers nliout the girl's Identity', It would be Impei il-nence il-nence to ask Ida friend, Bolthapiicucil that two duya slipped by w Ithoti t bringing bring-ing him ony nearer to the object of his visit to Tregarthcn, and ho was lie-glnnlng lie-glnnlng to hold himself hi derision, when n lucky chance brought him tin opportunity (or which he tins waiting It was pn (hp day follqwlnghls lii"!liil-latlon lii"!liil-latlon nt r.ndlow's, nnd he was returning return-ing from 11 visit to the furnace wiih IiIh host, They stepped aside nt n narrow nar-row jilncn lu tlie hill aide roatl to lot n Inlggy pass, 'Htugbraud lifted his hat In deference to his friend's snlutaiioi. to tho occupants of the vehicle, anil nearly let It fall when ho rcubetl ilmi lio wqs. face to fnco with the object of his search. "Who aro they?" he naked, ns soon ns they had driven on. ''"lint's; Col. Latimer and his daughter daugh-ter Hester' replied Ludlovr. "!y the woj', if j'on want to muko charaelei studies, tlierc'a a good chance for jou. Tho colonel's an nld-tlmo southern gentleman gen-tleman of the school that you authors arc ultvaj'8 attempting to portray nnd tfin't. Here's the opportunity of your )lfo to get a picture that'll bo ns goo.l as n lhqtograpb." 'f shtjuld be de)lgh (ed Jo i rnprni e 1 1 ," responded Itlngbraiid "can you suggest sug-gest the meanti?'' "Xothlng easier; though I fancy t'll Ihj to our detriment. Thu colonel's one of our directors, and he, was tho orlg liri owner of thoTregurthcii coal Ini.du, hla liQipitnlltj' is ns wide ns (he hent-er.s, hent-er.s, If I Introduce you he'll bo c-mrt-lnjf you off to 'The Laurels,' and we'll hue you." "Don't be, too sure of that; I'm pretty comfortable wkeru I am. Hut I should like to mako the colonel's acqualut-rmc,, acqualut-rmc,, Vbero Is Tho Laurels?" "It's up "on tho mountain, just where you see, that clear space beyond the mine-opening. It's an old-fashioned Tcnoeuc homa-rwlde verandas, big roouji, Immense, Qreplficcs, nnd nil that. You could get a lot of good material out of tha place not to mention tho colonel and his son and Miss Hester." "Yes, I aupposo I could; but, Ludlow, Iw a good fellow, now, and drop thu Idea that I'm nn animated Interroga tion-point, going about with a Taul Try nose) and n reporter's note-book. Don'tyouseetbatahintof audi u thing would be llksly to prejudice her from the start?" "Prejudice whom? Miss Hester? What's she got to do with It?" "Whj't nothing, of course that Is, ppthlng thBt I flint she Unng H nil, Ludlow, 1 beliete I'm nbout to make q fool of myself!" Ludlow stopped and gazed In open, moutlnd wondsr at his friend, J'.W.elli I'm blest if you don't breaic tnu lecuiu, Hugh I I thought It struck me picttj suddenly, but pshaw I my caso wasn't n circumstance to this. I've heard of lots at first sight, but this Is the Instantaneous In-stantaneous photography kind. Why, you couldn't hntu got mora than u glimpse of her as they passed us'" "I ws that Is to saj' I'te seen her before," stammered IUngbrnnd. "Ohol now I begin to understand; that's what brought j'ou toTiegnrthen I thought Helen's prophetic soul didn't mislead her. Well, tell me tha test of It; I've got your fate In my hands, nud you might as well maka an ally of incut th start," Jtingbrand told his siuall story frankly, frank-ly, concluding with a plea for secrecy. "I'd rather you wouldn't tell even Mrs. Ludlow," ha added, "It's audi a piece of ridiculous absurdity in Its present taffe, you know." "I'll promUo not to tell her of my own accord," assented Ludlow, "but that Isn't saying much, It's only fair to warn you that she'll get It out of me sooner or later. Ilest thing j'ou can do Ik to get the affair Into presentable shape as soon as possible; then jou won't mind," "Presentable shape!" groaned lilng-brand, lilng-brand, "and I haven't even had 1111 in-trodtolonl in-trodtolonl Ludlow, I bcllcta 1 i;(i my wit behind me .when r came aw mj from .S'evv York. 1 haven't been w hollj accountable since J prossed tho .Ohio river." tint uiMtJHJf at;ai "Oh, I don't know nboul thaU'Tfe-joined thaU'Tfe-joined Ludlow, reflectively. 'You might have. gon farther nnd fared n good deal worse; Hester Latlmcr'n well worth uny nan's winning only I'll tell you beforehand that alio has all of her father's prejudices, inagnt. fled by the emotional nature of an im pulslre young woman." , 1 "What sort of prejudices?" "Southern, mostly; pride of rnco and loyalty JlojMctlon, with a lingering 1 r 'x3SJSSSSm: I ttaow 0 lilt lorn. ,. ns it rot'ulr of the ( wr. Hut there are compel ,oi iit.v vlr-lueaMlmt. vlr-lueaMlmt. win tuiin the v-v cothlop of ytrur trtasrl. melt upem-aiiinloil hos pltnllty a jou never dii'itiiotl of; n lojnlty to kith mil kin mid friendi Hint takes yowrlflit U-.ek to thttdnjsof chlv-nlry; chlv-nlry; nmTsaifillier pleamnt t.'iin iiIkmiI them U tttnt they tevcisj- our social rule, nnd tnlto n man for wlmt ho nji-pnr nji-pnr to lie until ho proves himself tin-worthr." tin-worthr." Th? wnlkcd nlong in slleiieo for ntthlle. and then Itltigbhintl said: "1 tloi, t 1 now ,ut 1 ot-ratnlwl It n mo-mi mo-mi in i"i.. after nil. Mj' first Impulse wlnn 1 m M,hs fitimer wo inotely 1 1 H - .lo no to study the type; It's Hi. a ii, tnti she m uncomraonlj beautiful beau-tiful .!u 1 wUre tho nrtlstie sense merg'd Into tho erotic, I eun't toll; I don't know enough of the symptoms to be able to dingr.oso my own enso." Ludlow laughed henrtllyi "That's n lnimi"i"r ndinlsslon for n story-writer. Why. you filloiva nro auposcd to ba able to anul.v re tho tender passion In all Its Binges, from start to finish, nnd here you enn't npply the first tentR of yearn nrt to your own case! I shouldn't wille any more lo o tales, If I were jou." "I fancy it's another ease of tho sick tloctor, Tom. You know n phjslclan never triistd himself to treat I1I9 own 1 malady." I llliiglirrtml tins decidedly prcocctt- I pinl at the siqiper Inblo that evening, 1 nnil Mrs. Ludlow did not fall to rally j him unmercifully. So many of the sharp thrusts found the Joints lu hU miliar that he pleaded the nctdufexcr- 1 else when thej left the table, nud went out for 1111 evening Mroll. When he ! v. ns nut of earshot, Mrs, Ludow prompt 1 ly nltacltetl her husband. "What Ih the matter wfth Mr. ning-I ning-I brand this evening?" sho inquired. j "Xolhlug that I know or," rcpllei j Ludlow, dropping Into it vernndn chnlr 1 nml luirying hlnnclf, pslrlch.lko, lu I the new ipni er. "Hut I know there Is," Insisted the I lul.i. "He hullstnilt and embarrassed, 1 ml he seems to lie nfrnld I'll find out "loelhlng Wheie have jou leeii to- 1 a 1 ,' ' Nowhere, except down to the fur-em fur-em 1 Mi Ludlow rocked gently In her tin 1 wiitehlng the figure of Jtlng-1 Jtlng-1 iiinil 1 ppcnriiMliliKnpiH'qrlnthcwInd-in, ppcnriiMliliKnpiH'qrlnthcwInd-in, i.f ihe toiid lending to the summit .11 i'. mountain. Hhp was silent so I ' 1 lii 1 Iter hiiKluiuil had time to re-I re-I 1 s h 'if litnee In tlie Interest of the ' nw.qii. 1, 0 ml her nevt question inn 'ul 1 1 1 oif hl gunrd. "V.h.i t'n jou "tqiposc he'ia going 1w.1v 1 ,i . 1 i'i. 1 i.iiutnln for nt this nine of il.i ' r , hetl, l.tidho, in 11 1 I',,, question with his outvnrtl ii m il .mswrreil It mechnn- hil!j: "I ilnn't Ivi.ow; erhnps he's "olnp tip to h-l if he can get 11 slffht uf 1 her," There wnnn not her In ten ill of silence, nml tin 11 Mrs Ludlow rose nnd stood In fine her hushem). "Tnm," hhe said, impreHAitele. ' ploiuie put that paper down nnd lo'i , . nil nliout It. I Want to know w lio.ii le V going to see." Ludlow t'io ij ul iho paper nnd looked up lu lud.oi 11, nhiim, "Whom he's going to secTwhnt d.ld 1 say just now V" 8ht) lopentrd his nusvtcr word for word. "Oh, Lord I I'tolrt the ent outof the bag nfler ell. unil t promised hini I wouldn't!" he pxetntiucil, "Hut then I told him jott'tl get It out of rm, 1U) up jour t'hnlr, nnd I'll loll j-ou nil I Uuow. 1 might as well tin It first as Inst." Coiilinucil next week |