Show I 1 N ETHE THE STRAWBERRY festivals FESTIVAL fEST IVALl by EARL EAHL SILVERS 0 W mrs sarah mcconaughty kept i Illo arding house in the heart of till th catskills Lutsk llla she hiie wits assisted in tin Tu various rious duties ot of tier her position by hei bet it daughter lighter Al argaret who wun was ns as pretta nn n girl barl ns as could ile be found in a el anya 1 ys journey find and whenever her eyes met those of wittier walter illuce title became even prettier ler walter had coine to Fern Fers dulo idale in tilt th early carly sui niner ritner and there lie find met enother margaret a miss fischer whose hoine wua will in new york she lied admirers hy by the score and miter make was one of the thoin lit during lie IK first pirt of ids its visit lie ho find followed tier her around much in the manner of it I 1 col collie I 1 e who will not ile be driver driven buck back when his master gnaster wanta to go somewhere without him blin kut but ono one night lie had find disconsolately w watched tier drive over the hills with edcur nolan and turning lind found margaret Alc Conaughty looking at him with tile tho hint of a twinkle lit in tier her eyes seized by a sudden impulse lie hit hai naked asked tier to drive with him and they lind had gone together to 0 o tho the movies lit ir liberty the boy lind had frankly enjoyed himself that night while us as for margaret it became tile tho event by which nl a other incidents 01 of tho the summer were after aate that they saw each other frequently queeny ly but one night when walter lind lie naked tier lier to go with jilin him to a barn dance in one of the neighboring hotels site she lind find been forced to refuse of tile tho stern of helping tier mother with the supper dishes and lie had bad been Inell inclined ned to argue 1 I dont believe you want to go lie ho had said bold i dut bill I 1 do lilar margarets garets eyes lind begged for confidence but walter hud had turned away i all right lie lind lied announced T ill 1 ask miss fischer three days had passed since alien the and blithe lind find bald little attention to 0 lils lila country friend lie ile was continuously contini i in the company of tier her riv 1 however on oil saturday evening however lio wever an hour before tile he strawberry straw berry festival I 1 was scheduled to be held in tho the village church chur cli walter found margaret IN me c conaughty sitting on the back porch hulling bulling berries berr lea arf arb you going to the festival tonight lie li risked im going to have a little festival ill all of my iny own site sho tin answered there are fifteen boxes to be hulled before I 1 go to ben tonight but cant you yon just sneak away arid and net do them ile he did not understand alim mrs mra mcconaughty was accas to lio ile obeyed uni but before she was given a clin chance sice 1 I rin answer swei an another lither figure appen appeared red tit at if att foot fool of 0 the stops steps it ans na margaret schei oil oh liello hello walterl walter I 1 site she spoke with apparent surprise just ns it if she lied had not known that her most faithful follow lomei ei had find been talking to ibish mcconaughty for the past ten minutes wed better start for tilt festival voon noon 1 1 I dont know whether ill po go or not for foi some reason or other ito md hid not scein especially poc lally pleased tit nt uie the interruption ph oh corno como on ive saved a lor for you beside we 1110 lit in tho the ito lilt hand pins fully nud and led him off dit halt hall reluctantly Il hell leli sitting bitting there lit in the dark with ft lah her margaret said to herself and ther lie he cant see tile point ail powder on tier her filee face shell lie bo nil all dressed up ill in her Broa broadway Broadw dwity ny togi and ho he mont give a thought to mo me sitting hero hulling berries I 1 linto tho thit thing 1 she took a red and rosy onu ono front from the box end and throw it vehemently into the darkness dails nesa nt lit tile tho rear of tho the jimiso li oise it struck something with it soft thud ilease dont alre tit at me ine a voice pleaded pi ended ilet heart jumped ni as walter make appeared tit nt the foot of the stops steps 1 I know isnow you were vero therel bhe laughed blut tire you doing in the ilia brick bark yard jard just walking al mound aund arent you going to tile the festival she looked nt at him hopefully yes ifer her hopes fell with margaret I 1 purpose pup pose yes he answered koberly bo beriy with Mil margaget Marga rgaret iet she rhe returned gloomily 19 her berr berries tes while lie he witched tier her silently mar caret Vi voice hooted floated to them from the front of tile the house oil oh wittier walter are you coming coining blithe illi did not answer ill go and und find him they heard tier her say sho she found illin him where she had ex peeled to Il hurry lurry up sho she said lightly its ita time to start tra im not going she looked at him in im not going lie ho repeated ive decided decide to stay hoinig tonight oil very well I 1 she spoke lly fly and without arother another word mado made lier her way to the wagon Margil margaret ret mcconaughty looked tit at lier her companion romp anlon with avith a happy light in ter eyes 1 I thought you said bald you were going to file ho festival with Margil margaret ret slid questioned 1 I nm lie in answered the festival Is going to be held right here on oil the back porch and the girl I 1 itin am going ith li ii margaret 11 1918 1916 by the mcclure newnon r byj PJ wrt 0 |