Show I HOW DOLLY RIVERS RAN AWAY i Concluded From Lost Week As Dolly Rivera left the Primrose cchool and halfwalked and halfran down the frozen uneven rond she paused for a moment at a turn to take a farewell look at the low rambling building dimly seen In the halflight or the early morning Though she had never liked the MIsses Primrose she had a deep affection af-fection for the school Itself where In 4 the last year and a half she had had so many good times Every green shutter on the white I i T < T I < I 1 1 > < < 1 4 t > 7 f t J t rI11 f17fFu i r I f k building was qlpsqd < t now and not even a ribbon of smoke from tho kitchen chimney betrayed sign of life about the place Goodbye old school she murmured mur-mured softly and turned quickly away the tears smarting in Jer eyes There came a soft and quick patter behind her and the next moment Tags her dog his chain trailing behirid him was leaping Joyfully about Dolly He had broken loose from his kennel ken-nel and now though Dolly tried to mako him go back he absolutely refused re-fused He seemed to realize that sho was going for good It was a quartet to6 oclock when I blue with cold and halffamished for something to eat Doll3r came to a j quaint old farmhouse standing close to I the road The farm hands were busy j about the yard and a freshlooking I buxom woman came to the kitchen door to call out cheerfully Breakfast boys There was a shout and a laugh and a goodnatured race to sec which would be first to reach the kitchen Dolly was still two or three miles from Brcndon Junction where she wan to take the tralh for New York and it seemed to her as though she could f not go another step without the I I warmth and comfort oC a hot breakfast I can pay for It she thought finger If ing her Jittle purse So she boldly rapped on the kitchen door and the woman opened It In an Instant She 1 took in at a glance the pretty clothes and stylish appearance of Dolly and oven the noilbred air and handsome I collar of Tags V Lor child what are you dolu In these pails at this hour o tho inorn r inV she cried The tired hungry girl trcd to smile but It was a most wun f and feeble smile I have to catch an early main I for I Now York she explained and the hack didnt come for me Could I have I a bite of breakfast before I goon Tags too would be very thanlcu for e a bone or something I Of course you can child cried the 1 woman Jest you set down at that I little table In the corner an Ill fix f you up in no time These here men < pointing to the farm hands theyll JcsJ have to walt Ddnt mind us mother spoke up a i I big gawk of a fellow Jest wait on the little lady first I As Dolly sat eating her breakfast of porridge and coffee while Tags sat gnawing a bone at nor feet she heard I the rattle of a carriage on the road and a loud Whoa and then a gruff voice demanding If that was the right road I to Westlake Presently the woman came back into the kitchen and remarked that a gen I tleman in the carriage wanted to find the Primrose school Tell him to turn to the right after t ho crosses the second bridge and he e I cant miss It said Dolly and she thought to herself with a heavy sigh I If papa were only alive that man might be he for he has never been to the school himself Oh Dolly Dolly If you had only I caught sight of that soldierly erect figure In the carriage with Its sharp black eyes and shock of hair prenA I turoly what gray would youhave said l Certainly you wouldnt be going for I lornly down tho road wondering what a lonely friendless llltle girl could do I in the groat city of New York > The woman at the farmhouse I wouldnt take any pay for Dollys breakfast and so with many thanks for her goodness the girl and Tarn 1 starred at a brisk pace for Brendon Junction Fifteen minutes later a surrey drawn by a pair of panting horses drew up al the entrance to tho Primrose school Goodness gracious Who can that hI tacnln ted Miss Tahitha as the I doorbell Jingled harshly Msiry thc cookcame lumbering up stairs to the Allsses Primroses hcd loom with big soared eyes Oh dear maam she sputtered out Miss Dolly has runnel away and now her dead father Is settin In the parlor To their dylnc day rlsn TabUna l never forgot her interview with Mr Rivers who It turned out was not I killed 1 but another man of the same name for whom he had been mistaken mis-taken Madam he said sternly his eyes flashing you will hear from me again and shortly and wltl Jj ii he went out and jumped Into the carriage liTo Brendon Junction Youve got eight miles to make in forty minutes he cried Though It was so cold there was foam on the horses sides before they reached Brendon so fierce SHD they reached Brcndon so furious was the pace As they diew near the sta I f tion they heard the clang or the engine en-gine bell and the slow puff puff Which told Mr Brendon that the New York I express was already pulling out of the station iVVeve lost It cried the c6achman I Mr RICTS I said nothing but In a I jiffy he had orawled over into the seat beside the coachman and seized the reins I The road crossed the railroad track about a quarter of a mile below the station and it was at this point that the carriage met the train The coachman coach-man was pale with fear when ho paw what Mr Rivers meant lodo Deliberately De-liberately I he drove up on the track and drew rctnThe enginedriver of I the already swiftlymoving train I whistled loudly fishcbore down on I them Then seeing the carriage did not move ho applied the brakes and brought the train to a standstill within six feet of the carriage And that was how Mr Rivers caught the train and Dolly found a father |