Show TRUE TO THE HERO dy by MILDRED CAROLINE GOOD RIDGE hello 1111 hailed led ono one young oung man crawling out of the tilde of a 1 haystack and facing another young man just emerged ciner ged from a becony stack ton ten feet away aa so couve been enjoying a free bed too en cli wis aa the laughing challenge then both proceeded ded to the hay froin tho their ir clothing and brush alio 11 0 keea froin their hair tho the toot toot of ti a threshing machine inac lilno in a field near by aroused those of tho the birds not yet ct and had signaled to the two wayfarers wayfare rs that thai it now new day was vaa on its ito way uny 1 I 1 little expected to meet any of in no friends in my iny present unpleasant predicament spoke hob bob tyrrell oh the smash Is general retorted tom martin carelessly all sorts and conditions of what Is 18 left of the hersity Illo graphy counting tho tics bics they were two bright clean lively young follows fellows just started out in life hoth both had served an apprenticeship US na cub reporters then A great walto up scheme had attracted them they became two of soine fifty biographers sent out through tho the country to write up the th prominent men of counties count loa and townships at the end of a month the remittances from headquarters had suddenly anti and ceased and the hungry army faund them sei ves stranded these two had unexpectedly met and under peculiar conditions tom regarded d his companion with a cal r mile as an he made a show of rummaging caging maging pockets tom managed to produce in educe it a broken cigar which ho he proceeded to enjoy with difficulty well lie said 1 I r suppose the natural thing to 0 o do is IB to get back to the city and begin all over again I 1 shant do that though yon yet wont questioned nob bob inot ot 1 I Th ohros theres ros a scheme I 1 intend to try it will bo be the stronger it if you 01 0 daaling Da eling g on at breakneck speed g go 0 in I 1 n with me on it I 1 havekost havo have lost money on tills biographical business but I 1 havo have rained gained lots of experience and new ideas I 1 propose to capitalize thema them I 1 wont go back to the city with a failure till I 1 mako make good 1 I 1 shall not go back to the city at all spoke dob bob almost gravely and with a slight sigh as aa it he were men tally dia disturbed and there came a far uway amay dreamy expression into hla his face 1 I have no interests or affiliations there I 1 am charmed with th this Is free cheery country life I 1 have gained experience peri ence tao tom and something else tom studied hla his companion with interest they were close friends ho felt that some import important ant confidence yes coming what Is it bob he asked softly love was the tender but definite reply you will not laugh lit at nip wo we are arc too good friends for that but you will never know how irresistible was the influence that has brought new joy and impulse into my life until you hav seen etbel hero her name Is it hob dob well you are a good follow fellow and she blip must bo be a good girl to attract you but the speaker made a comical wry grimace indicative of the penniless prospect facing them bob understood him oh I 1 shall soon mend all that declared bob buoyantly she loves me slie she will wait for me and I 1 am sure it will not tako take rne me long to lind find some work a start towards building up a coni competency peters to care for us joeln Lo eln 46 a cottage and all that good cratil tom cheerily with nn encouraging slap on the shoulder 0 of his good friend youve got a star of hope uli ahead cad sure but just at tula this moment Ino ment what about something to pit eat they were about a mile from a bus bua tiang little manufacturing town and ta tom n tools took the lead in that direction an old schoolmate used to live lisle hiir q re be said if lie ho hu IS i moved ii or died or got hard hearted and set rah nh hell surely stake mo me till I 1 get on agy uy frat with my new enterprise which Is what insinuated bob i ill 0 graphy yes yea sir air hard as weve fallon down on it the samo same our sole fole rock and refuge I 1 propose to arrange with the local paper here for a supplement write up of 0 cit citizens izena why wont won I 1 it work the big scheme schema would have it if tho the capital b hj ant given out wo we can surely round up wages for a couple of weeks on our plan and take nono none of tho the financing or risk hollo see there dob torn tom suddenly interrupted himself with a sharp cry A horse attached to a light wagon was visible chero the road drooped past a bluffy spot the lines were traill trailing ng tho the driver an I 1 old man had been thrown from hla his seat over into the wagon box and lay there ethere either cither help helpless logs or insen insensible at b le the horse suddenly veered dashing on at breakneck speed towards a sharp decline in the highway peril menaced in a flash hob bob was on a sharp run aiming to hend head oft tho the run away avay steed there was only one thing to do hob bob found as aa ho he neared tho the runaway this was waa to describe a quick leap land directly on tho the back of the horse and pull him film to a sharp halt right at the edge of a pit where destruction st loomed some men came running from the field they know the old man ile ho was vaa simply stunned and they carried him into tho house near by and tho the two friends went on their way and forgot the episode torn tom was staked by hla his friend and a clean brisk campaign of publicity commenced it was quite successful ono one day dob deb went to visit a person said to be the richest wan man in the village ezra hartley bartley lie ile had heard that the old man was waa miserly and difficult to approach the minute he appeared at tho the door of his house however lila hla keen ferret eyes scanned bob closely see acre ho he observed from description you are a young man ivo ive been inquiring about you are the fellow who stopped my runaway horse tho the other day and probably saved my may life oh not so serious as that disclaimed bob modestly im tho the judge of that retorted tho the old roan man in hla his characteristic terse way sow now then what can I 1 do for you dob bob told of the write up proposition to which his host listened rather impatiently humph he observed ive not much vanity so I 1 dont cotton to your scheme I 1 owe you a good deal though and it you will not garble it ill go in for a column im rather proud of my old family history although today I 1 have neither kith nor kin in all the wide world mr bartley began tho the history of his life it had it sad shade lie he had become separated from his relatives while making a fortune ile he had returned from a distant country to find them scattered dead lost ile ho had not been able to find one oho near of kin living my slater sister elsie who was mrs Fr othero began mr hartley dartley and dob bob stopped him excitedly excitedly to tell him of 0 the friendless orphan elsie cro whom he knew it took only a few days to prove that old air dartley bartley had found a near and dear relative lie he felt too grateful to bob not to see bee him started in business on a good goodway way As to ethel although an heiress now she was truo true to the hero of her humbler days daya copyright 1914 by W 0 chapman |