Show BY CAMERA az every CAROLINE GOOD fled 14 bobb RIDGE ire bill hono sniffed the air dell travers rr avers smacked his lips and peered aab 13 the trees tow howarda ards a neat little house bouse on the cage 0 of f the town its kitchen thero there came a con om odorous steam it made ned k of houle home and mother in 11 its pa pat t suggestiveness of brown crisp UP into ia comely knobs 11 i puffing then he be saw through an YOU i window a dainty bustling young I 1 with tucked up sleeves and e 8 thought of his sister bister ten boned ned and ned ined nd lid then as tho the pretty maid set act a at earthen bowl in the window dhigh d high W with ith the creamy golden ed results of her labor ned caught ill 11 vie view of her winsome face it jbf e his a heart a warning thrill and rand n a twinge hereford he tho the latter cr ills his pride dered promptly contrast brought sudden blur to a manly longing art tho the picture before him was sweet so BO solacing icing that lie he would ve re liked to become a vital part of it course tile the lovely face influenced a particular sentiment ned was fairly down and out worse an all that just at this especial moment th i was dust laden travo worn thirsty id d hungry ile ho had but one posses on a of value with him oddly out of ace for negotiation just here and ow this was his rather bulky out t for taking moving pictures s ned h had ad been out for a month with movies crew that had gone to feces for lack ot of capital A lesson ell learned lit at heart he was return ag g home wiser though chastened chasteney chast ened so he had little part in or claim othe the social or esthetic phases of ife e just at the present time with a elgh gh for he was a poet and a dreamer it t heart he started in the direction it f the near village just then how atter ter the fair cook came out of the r I 1 it will work in well in some good movies story he told himself house douse and went to the well near by an inverted goblet decorated tho the pump post she drew it full of water with a healthy farm girls will drained it and returned to the house bouse the sight of the clear sparkling water aggravated the thirst of the weary wayfarer ile he boldly entered the yard and took halt half a dozen cool refry refreshing shang drafts there was a rustic bench near at hand lie ho sat eat down to rest appreciating the haven of 0 peace about him then his glance fell upon the plied piled up heap of rich cookery set to cool on the window sill bill wish I 1 was a boy again murmured ned it makes me think of the old happy days and then he be arose quickly from his careless attitude of repose either the young lady was lonely or she had bad noted hla his ardent glance at the doughnuts she sha lame ame tripping towards jilin him a plate 1 in er hand well loaded with the product of her labor 1 I thought maybe you would be i obliging enough to test my first at MIA empt at doughnuts she aha said quaint nt y 1 I am hungry enough admit admitted ted ned ed in love with that bouny bonny face wice as much as before befaro she stood near by as he devoured the first of her kindly offerings feringa of w with jib i 1 bright s satisfied smile well what Is the verdict she aha challenged with teasing eyes more answered ned gallantly itly this must be the original land of milk and honey 1 I was flustered I 1 feared I 1 nj might ight have spoiled them said eva dodge with a sigh of relief they will be spoiled quick enough it if you aro are as lih literal ral with others as myself he responded and the then miss dodge told of a prospective barn danco dance with tho the accompaniments of doughnuts elder cider and chicken sandwiches she pouted anon as aa she looked at the bun bull and told of how her brother alan should have reported two hours agone to help trim up the barn suppose I 1 try to earn the most tal famous lIOUS meal I 1 have enjoyed in a year by acting as his substitute bugge suggested sted ned they were like old acquaintances within an hour she directing he a nailing up wreaths and festoons tes fes toona of shrubs and adwers and just as she ahe bad b clapped tier her pretty pink pumi in u Q light tit at th the general effect luuie ru Uie alan appeared nothing would do but that ti th stranger must stay for tho the evening and tor for the night and when they learned that ned played tho the violin they were more insistent than ever ned felt as it if he was leaving paradise as he be departed from the tha dodge home the next afternoon ile he carried with him a memory of his charming hostess costes s that lie he know would le be abiding it was pro probably bubly an hour later when he ha passed down a tano lane to notice a large barn building with emoke pouring in efrom from its lower story in a trice the bu business sineas instinct assailed him any odd or picturesque scene was worth the money in the movies lie ile ran within tile the right focus and set hla his machine going absorbed in retting getting it in correct operation lie be looked less at tho the burning building than to the details of operation it will work in well in somi some good goo movies story ho he told himself and ran a full reel taking in the gathering crowd and the varied incidents of excitement cit ement in the episode A month later when the flim film wag produced ned chanced to see it then for the first time he observed that ilg first scene showed a man mail in full view leaping from a window near tile tho door a burning piece of paper in his hand there was an all incendiary then he reflected just as I 1 heard it hinted ali ah mo me how all this brings back that beautiful day in my life pshaw I 1 must forget that but ned could not forget eva the name was on his lips in his dreams dreama that sweet face floated constantly through his mind lie ile had secured new and better work lie he could afford f a weeks vacation lie he resolved to see eva at least once more ned reached the dodge home to find it in a state of great commotion all hands were anxious and troubled alan the brother of eva had been accused of burning the barn ned bad caught with his camera hla his pocket knife it seemed had been found near the structure then too its owner had quarreled with him and did not like him alan claimed he had loaned his knife to a young fellow who worked for the owner of the barn who bad been beaten by the farmer in a quarrel and had afterward disappeared ned felt that he was going to be of some use when lie he got a description n of the missing man it willed tallied to the one shown in the alre film ned sent to the city for a duplicate half the town was at the tha motion picture playhouse the night it was shown halt half the town recognized tho the one figure in the foreground you have saved my brother from disgrace spoke eva warmly to ned how can I 1 show M my appreciation some more of those thosa wonderful doughnuts would be a grand reward suggested ned smiling and because her hand was just then resting w within his own he had bad the courage to tell eva also how bow much he ha loved the makor maker of those same famous doughnuts and eva blushingly agreed to take taka the contract of supplying his bla favorite dainty for the reminder of their mutual lives copyright 1911 by W 0 chapman |