| Show a 11 She Demanded Loose Rein k m mm By MARTHA M M. WILLIAMS 11 Copyright S SINCE IN INEE E the there e was u a girl girt In view in- in inevitably Inevitably In In- L there ere had to be a n man In th the offing He lie had not seen the girl since the era of at pg pigtails and recalled her as ns a n freckled fright an nn accomplished accomplished tomboy I impishly quick of wit Now Now Now-It jit behooved him bim to make fairweather fair weather of the thc Impending encounter encounter The The aunt and uncle maiden and bachelor bath bath- elor who had stood for the thc two vo ot of of them In Instead te d of parents having r reached the years the of of- indiscretion tion betwixt forty five and the lid lids nd had all on a sudden n committed ed matrimony The Bowman estate storied ed ancestral ancestral ancestral ances ances- and beautifully equipped equIpped had hild been Major Bowmans Bowman's trump card In the winning of Miss Aurelia Aurella Lee Slipping Slip Slip- Slipping ping stealthily away upon a vagrant hone honeymoon moon after their hasty wedding the hc had written bidding Lee Far break break breal the news to Elizabeth I BoW Bowman and to assure her that she would lose nothing but gain a 0 tot ot ot by the change AS As' AsLee Lee ee rac raced d through hot white hot June s sunshine toward Grapevine Hill of whose memory cool shade Invited despite his errand he hc wondered if It Betsy for Swearing under un er breath lie be sent the faster car car faster Caster so fast n t It barely missed colliding colliding- with a n rider r who suddenly I leaped pp the fence to readi Ih the y A woman rider pere perfectly yet et femininely Her ner side saddle was eves As of line ther th r her her- h r. r bridle had bad lilt reins matchinga hab LO of ox a sic sh carried d a pearl e riding y whip So Sp o much o p p hgr face nS' nS in I dt drooping lint hat brit left leU had the tints and of f apple Slits Sha had hn-d sar herself IH TS t and h a. a t swift t the highways grassy mar marge marse J. J q o only to w wrists fists of Iron The strength the th the coolnesS I ff-I r Fair i was l lost st fn jn on n E Y sprang sprang r I the car before Speed was fully ch checked checked- in In a a wl wink k be be- be besl stood sl i bare 7 mfr 7 d. d before herr her saying hYon ie serve e. serve n a aa hero saving dal m 7 saving saving- t vo when there there lj r didn't dIn s 's n r 1 VC C t hn e d done done it lt t 1 I f. f Ij It fU to to reckon chances n ce said a a 11 wise e as os I i im i'm m t ni as is tier her her- pelf ir i running on with a l' l s elm l ok for fort you sou ou this aft t Q make mak ehn e no matter r til to doIt dolit do It Better ti r Begin l gig gd eight now while ih IW lII in i l' l than Moses Moses' es i Fa began the ghost at ofa rh twinkle In downcast eyes as he recalled how the girl child J h had 9 sinned hated 1 q L name tee must must have brought blought wisdom Iris wis dom don dom slie she r reflectively el Our bur OurS I S eiders S Sou you ou doubtless doubtless' have e set set their their megs megs to marry murry us one to a an another an- an other other other other-b way by wn of p providing o excitement t for tor their declining years Uncle Tim hates monotony Im I'm no na the least bit minded contrary but butI I I mean to stand standout standout standout out for a years year's reprieve reprieve e with all the money I may want to spend In hi that time time and and full liberty to spend it It it- Please maam ma'am take me along 1 Im I'm the worlds world's best little spender spender alA al almost most most Fairleigh entreated Betsy shook her head hend frown frowning ng I L guessed as much she he said The wise elders ehlers think the weight of a wife would slow you down down but but I know better better shed shed she'd d be only a spur Exactly how old are you o t F Fairleigh Fairleigh Fair Fair- lr- lr leigh asked You sound r a hundred hundred- and look sweet sixteen Im Just a month from twenty Betsy murmured She wheeled her horse borse saying over her shoulder should r Ill meet you ou at the step steps popped over the fence again and vanished in the green of ot the park nark At ten tI that night Fairleigh who had drove e away come dour enough t through bright moonshine mo altogether dazed His cheeks cheel s burned recalling what he ha had thought of Betsy In n con contrast con con- on to what he lie had found The girl of all the world for tor him yet hopelessly ly out of ot his reach rench lIe He had heard between be be between tween the lines of ot her merry fencl fencing g I deep cheep auger anger deeper hurt at the cavalier cava na lier ller decision of her future by the heads of ot the family Fairleigh himself had only a moderate moderate mod mod- erate competence Now lie Ie thrilled at nt atthe atthe the thou thought ht of or working for Betsy but groaned In Imo lt knowledge ge that she would never er let him do It If It only he could make her love him but but that was be beyond hope Some fine inner fiber liber was bruised beyond healing She had er shivered d at his touch as ns he lie bade her good-by good albeit him jibe after she had flung u a gay Be sure there was Vaso a pretty how d dye ye yedo do when the n Bowmans homing discovered dis- dis cO covered ho how v their fine tine plan had hud gone a I Betsy stood to her guns guns-a guns gu ment pleading JI threats accusations of or rank Ingratitude did lId not move her one one the price free fleo was JO jot tOne One full rull year afterward ft ard she of her obedience a er smiled inscrutably U Until at it last afst Lie e everything be he e epO her vanished sending pO possessed comeback come bad back shall Take I It-I never ne have e luck wrote If lt I I to need It U he lie there mn luny lie he more In Inside c a week Betsy nl also o. o vanished of clothes and u afew ir a change change of only a n taki wanted hundred dollars Wt What tl things she se shedid f few she I d did d them redId re- re did next and how hot s I But nut anthi a R mysterioUs moms to this day to the bereft there he came later inter th the farthest S eiders dels del's wedding cards tIl S r from r om nue them weep Lm gilt but t that dint made Wet Vet tears tealS Aurella the rua major j or between fetch those well f sued said huskily go c cn straight home runagates n d-n n Aurella Aurclia And A d Sure I said ad the affair this s sta state C give he thc them 1 the biggest I has hns ever Been ficen seen S L' L H i ja i |
