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Show THE DESERET NEWS VI SATURDAV-DECEMBEimn- SECTION 020 Im relieved for people relieved wfiv. 6? course I only know as acquaintances." He so. hope arranged a place 'allotlng K and no forks As long aS three knivee. one 'I Could You Use Three? A HERO TO HER r France than this, I'm mighty I dldntTret any glad m think I didn't leav ambody mourning fop me It wouldn't have given a man much of a send-of- f, and it would have made It so much harder to come hack surh a you know" counted for a good deal, didnt " "The send-of- f EVEN WITHOUT THE SERVICE STRIPES By HOLWORTHY HALL; If' "Yes " He carried the earring knife hack to the pantry. "Mine was three months ago, when I left camp out on the Coast. I haven't forgot fen tt jet" 'It was . . the way you wanted "No Not quire. My mother and father were both corking, of comae and evervone else was, almost too corking, In- - act, " But shut"' Copyright, 1920, by The Wheeler S ndicate, Inc.) the first few minutes she hsd failed to from ant other morning except a trifle that it was a trifle colder and Yemem--bered quieter Presenttv, however, ehe had it was with a little gasp of apprehenaion that Chrtstftifc. and as she reflected, she had given a to me FOUR tf Pie is try find somebody, won't you?" There was a brief payise, a confused murmur at the other end "Could you use three came the toice 'I can "get you three all right but Im dfraid that s ail em, then' said Beatrice, - chok- 41.-- , iaiLJuuivr whereit Ir, do xwff a ha o said the voice riieerlly. They'll be c,her moment. Wien her sense of humor had risen " thererb- - , and humor, at ' ' BeatHe to that time Of the morning. Is better than a rising bell Having hurg up the receiver, and readjusted As she descended to tbe dining room her spirits herself to the s tuation, her next step was to diswere effervescent so effervescent, indeed that she cover the whereabouts of the heavenly twins, alforgave Emmeline In advance for wot having tne ready Lte Tnis t isk, inasmuch as ths agent wasn't table act. and smjled tndulgentlv at the thought of now at home was complicated by the fact that shs Emmeline's probable- revel among'- - her Ethiopian didn't know their names, nor did the agent's wife. friends feat night Beatrice dtdnt exactly Jos her temper, but ah" She rang for Emmeline, In due coarse she "at -It, ahd this didn't tend to make th again. Eventually ehe held b r foot on the rang -- electric nurning brighter In the meantime, the clock was signal while she dispassionately counted threatening to strike eleven, and Beatrice thought five hundred by ter, end after that, beginning to with heightened dltrees of the contents af the frown a little Beatrice wn out to the kitchen anT the pantrv At length she snatched the There was no Emmeline and, furthermore, there classified telephone directory, and began to aearch was no cook other agents when the bell rang -- Beatrice said Three stories nearer heaven, fhe knocked at a out a well known word and said it sincerely. closed door and received a muffled invitation to "Oh good bordig "Beatrice," began the elderly enter Compiling ehe was met tfv a groan SO , neighbor Who had promised to act as chaperon whole hearted and majestic as to render her own Berry Christbas, Yes " For Beatrice had emitted previous effort In that line quits' amateurish bv a startled wail of horrpr 'Tb sorry, dear, id's odly comparison. "M hv, Jemima' she tried "Mhat s the Idfluedza Everybody seebs to have Id- - You cad matter?" Tbe cook regarded her aa though Beatrteewere ged subwild e'se to chapberode you, Tb sure; I b sorrv to hiss all those dice hqys, bud you do how id personally responsible "You shet 'at do' behime is " you." she said ' I got Influenza " Beatrice pulled herself together, 11 hy, and spoke "Influenza' echced Beatrice, aghast sweet sympathv but after the elderly neighbow had Jemima. I'm awfuih sorrv but you don t know rung off she kicked a small patch of veneering from It s probahly only a cold It's Influenza, do you the telephone desk, and wished K had been larger. going to get you some aspirin and Jemima. prefaced- - hor objection by another The chaperon, however, could presumably be re- - , " For the third placed not so the cook and waitress masterly groan "hemmine 'at othuh thing ehe obtime she called that smooth-tongue- d agent, and her served hoarsely. "I get Influenza, an' 'at s 'nough heart boi nded when he replied in person. Jus' you lemme lone ' Ah was Jus - Beatrice showed to call you.Mis Morbut kept-- a gan. he said "Ah'm sorrv, but when Ah went respectful distance 'roun' to tell 'em girls. Ah foun bqth of 'em sick In "Now, don't be silly, Jemima. I bed wif influenza . . .Yassum . . . Awful I aln cook no dinnjh fer soldiers 'ts dav, . . . No Ah'm sorrv, but Ah alnt sick croaked Jemima, huiidjng her defences earl) No'm. I aln' even cook no brek-fos- '. got no more cooks sn' waitresses on call Lawdee' No ma'am . . . No m, the cat- no Ah scullion couldn't git Kay nothin' 'bout cookin big dlnnuh fer 'em . . Nom Ah tried 'at . . soidiera" Here she sneezed twice, and looked at uh s is all shet up Beatrice triumphantly. Influenza. ehe said with . No'm. they ain't no chance . . . No'm . . . Nothin' No m. . . . Yaesum 't all calm decision. "I don git out o' "is here bed 'is M ell . . . Merry Christmas, Miss Morgan " la 'at do ahet day, not for nobody Beatrice stared at her "M heres Emmeline" Emmeline she done got shivery las' night, Stricken speechless she sat for a minute or two Mlss Bee, an'she say, she. guess she go home 'twell revolving this frightful situaHoiYTn her mind Thera better" was no way out of it The whole point had been to "You mean to say Emmeline a gone home" furnish a measure of luxury to the soldiers there Ehe got Influenza too She was no use going ahead on the present basis They "Aln I tole you ain5 sneeze lak I does, but she shiver faster'n a would be happier in their own soeietv. and shs ' cat's foot. Emmeline, she say she aln t serve no would make the best of it alone Resentfully and . 'choo' dlnnuh not if 'em soldlrs . almost In te irs, she called the camp -- belong Tenf Cavalry , . 'choo , . . mtnutea ego," say Why they left here twenty . ovruh nothin 'about white troops War's now, oj-,xald the rian who finally proved, capable of giving . some eat othuh hew. 'Em soldiers go "Yaaa it takes an hour and a half to Information place . 'choo Ehet 'at do!" Beatrice hung up the receiver, and thought of Beatrice had withdrawn, her mind busy with She gazed From the beginning of everything The Idea of surrender never" the new emergency Of doors end perceived that It was snowing out occurred to her? neverthless while she sparred white Christmas' Across ths stredt, lightlv with the elements of breakfast, she remarked that life consists In one sort of thing closely followed by windows were gayly decked with holly and red ribbons, she rnuld even see, diagonally, the, outlines two more It was bad enough that her New York aunt had also caught the seasonal Infection, but of a tlnselrd and mysterious tree "Merry Christmas said Beatrice savagely Merry as a hearse It was Infinitely worse that her mother had felt 1 11 give 'em five dollars- apiece and thev ean go duty to run over on- - the night train to interIt was Worse yet that her eat at a hotel, for all I care! I can t cook' fere with the nurse mother had refused to let Beatrice accompany her The three yvhtng men, having stamped much Social obligations, her mother had said, were snow from their boots, lingered In the vestibule, and always sacred, but when they concerned a dozen regarded each other soberlv -- homesick disappointed ' M ell enlisted men who had got said Daggett. M e re hre said Stockton practically !0 the back door of the port of embarkation only jto have the war fizzle out on them In 'Judging froi jne it got reg natr, thi case, social obligations were inviolable The said Brest ott Hut we're here because we're here twelve soldiers a ho had been asked to dine at Beabecause were here because " trice's house would probablv dal their most chivalKaiser had sense "Mere here because th rous memories from this very Christmas They enough to quit and because we were out o luck," would taste luxurv for the first time Influenced said Ftnrlfton mornfelv Hang It' if the war had bv their surroundings, thev would rorgp thfir rage Orly lasted long enough for us to get over i at never having been oversea and their rrnent-tneDaggett raog the bell and hastily edged beat having to wait in camp for discharge, and hind Stockton 'Come out of that' Here' Get up In line' BeThey they would be better men hencer rward must not be disappointed and Beatrice must, there-for- s have yourself' Yourt the senior go ahead. and lead your stay and act as hostess, with sn WJderly nelgh-..fco- r. - v to attend sa .chaperon, .And. now uuMsUna-svnsquad." i Jemima "Benlor be hanged" said Stockton modestly. "It was K P s idea " Shaking herself free from useless speculation, ' I m bashful. said Prescott He attempted to she went to consult the telephone directory. Forslink to the rear, but the others collared him. "Betunately, one Intelligence sgent. whose name she sides. I did all the rest of the work. j knew, was listed under his home address "Work' All vou did was talk to her" He warn an Incorrigible optimist, that agent, and ' M ell, I tell you she had a red hatred voice a very present help in trouble On his books were ' Sh h' Here comes the maid' One cooked like an angel, the other twin sisters "Now for Pere s sake, Doggy, don't eat with nrd like G&nmde, and had a new uniform for ahe had kept her He guaranteed its newnes our knife absent-mindedl- y if" FOR but" .n4"-hen - .. Preseotl wondered what- precise degree of fever he waa recording, he laughed constrainedly. I thought at the time there waa somebody' missing "Oh1 J I thought you "Not anyone in particular u waa Just thaf er after Id seen fellows I realized I'd role sed thwTina! . . what you might call Wsl ,1 don't know w hat to say - Not exactly encouragement; "I didnt- need that but there something queer about starting out when you think, yourd going overseas. At the last minute, s man fee! l'OU dont want to, and you're ashamed of it, but you can't help feeling different. Its a sort of m sort of love lor every thmg The country, and th Tou wlsh you could j people, and your friends could soort of eat It alTup' And If anvone who really cared s devil of a lot for you happened to bs there " , -- I she said gently. "And think I -- understand that's why all of vou act so diffident and patron-- . r Izing when you're leaving. J know " "That s why I'm so glad I m here, and that there wasn't anyone In particular there " .He laughed in deprecation, stopped, made a sudden confidence "A man feels pretty rotten to hsva had a celebration In honor of hi oh, vou know ths usual rot and then not to have done a single thing to deserve It I'm almost afraid to go home So J I m pretending this I real " - .- said" the-olh- leawt-rrtVT- itii kit-"ch- In he-fe- el TR V v anti-clim- s, able-bodi- 'L-loo- sa o. 11 knick-knack- ... - ..... Jr d rloualy empurad fer toda and he jdeded hia honor both appear at blf paet ten Alo $ that thv would a ecuHery maid, if pos.-fhl- e vTou an no caus to worry no more maam U be wallin on o he assured her 'Em and jo kin mail me mah check when o yi's rare if o waits two good an rady Ah She roe To' rra and me 9 le friends th ee das rom the itisrumwtj with the air f a conquro or of an hour There as an two. dur-Ir- a which ehe fortified nnraf b' hanging The eohtjde npprefsed her, but he greens on these h'meeuk and dutappolntcil ol diem, and too he 03 I renew her sp rit b Ftop ping ixpieknah hrf re a n irror to admre the K of a wished rop ftrin of fear ht1 past ten pre ineiv he heerd a bell ar D pene ran slid Featrce jesvjnjr found hjm fir the apeT: as an honen man Halfw t d vwnteairs sne hcrtedw li ten i epreson and went ack to the fhne Ard Diorrej ran pietd well e neider c e HrUo rhe finished irj? imp jra-i- . do-e- p, dr irtral hr hwftr Tooh he changed exfreselon freiuently before he what was told h r comprehended the purp rt see her eried- - Heatrlee Tvebt-e1 other IF Tt?n buf & Ha ann t ga none of it writers ran core' TnC th aU in TT9 m 'com in a an rnaranrnr nauFth jtfpwrt oc a! the o -- hr pMemic Q Bratrlre -- tsf-ef can't mrantine! ibi mofninjr ihm tom It up1 about Not Tu jk iJf HfUleJ hUlk- and hard rapid! pfulhksoft don? up a Whv Pint ujt J re to Nrw Urk T ths food Here sh began to had the grow uncertain in her perh M iBcker pt a time to got wnanb ay1 If oq f too don t sored eomcbodr I 1 I Just won t ever gt takirjt and all sort of thlrrs and had- . and I 1 i trp jcm k urer IT "Moat of the men who aren t quarantined hav other invitatiora, n She Gasped hla mother runs the whole town They're regular Real" she puzzled , fault, people. He's a Harvard man. And as for Ken- Now that he was confessed, he wa also con- Prescott hat s the trouble now, K P you in fused and bs "Nothing' said Prescott, blithely "Nothing That that tt Isn't Just an accident that I came paused Purely an official communication." In That I did realy know you before Ive got to Well" of saying all get used to th awful - Prescott addressed his hostess last good-bvand then 'not getting anywhere, "Lieutenant Stockton desires Information as those There was an uncomfortable silence. My to I ve been trying to pretend you re ore of mv old to whether. In executing the deatn sentence of an mother used to sav . that people who need chaperons friends out there and ee. Im aw fully doo-- t deserve an squash, you akin him first, ordering his bothered about what penp you e w'll think. Of course, neck..orwhat ' Beatrice laughed, and the assembly beamed tt ian t fault the war' stopped But I'm putting Beatrice gesticulated weakly, k with relief what he s vou In my the place of . . . eomebody that never But can anybody cook doing!" she managed existed to see how you feel about It whether "Let s learn, said Stockton you rather look down on us Do you mind" the Across room. a Is to want do Stockton, that with equipped 'Honestly whatou "Oh"' she said, and again, presently. "Ohl" it would, break my heart to have you oome very email and very aharp paring kntle, was caref"Killv It he asked, with a shrug of the all this way In here and then not ully removing the cuticle from a large Hubbard shoulders. Isnt . Show Ait the commissary1 equaeh "No-I don't think so Fhe sto'e a glance at "Ma'be I cant do what ou call cook a tur"Why don't you lather it first" asked Daggett. him, and found him curiously solemn, unequivocally key, remarked Daggett, "but 1 Stockton grinned bet I can make attractive him so Infernal!) het he wonj know the difference need to Guess It II need'wttchhazel af'Don't "Truly " "W hat 11 we make K P do asked Stockton terward, though Eav, whos going to get out the "Of course Why should anyone look down on He mess and s bent kits and the suddenl) Daggett speculative glances and one thing and you Jttet because of the cnlendar I m sure 1 don't. then same in exclaimed breath the upon Prescott, another?" I don't believe am one else will, either. You've done Why K P , of course' "Detail K P said Stockton the heat you could, havent you Thats air Td "What s that' demanded Beatrice I know youd have done consider "Oh, very well," said Pre-co-tt "Where are ths And "Kitchen . . Police. Peels potatoes. Er effete Implements of civilization' something to be proud of If you'd had a chance. It had been lupgosed to be an Inferior as"Thank you." said Prescott, exhaling, "I was empties things. Cleans trp generally afraid I hadn't made myself clear" At this 'Oh, said Beatrice. "Certain ly. Her smile signment and although Prescott had volunteered, he would unquestionably have preferred to remain to them wag still a trifle dated, she had he reached for a doily, and by sheer for- In the kitchen, where the fun was no distrust of 2ny of them, and et her conscioustultousneee covered her hand with hla own. She going on But his mood changed when he found that Beatrice was ness of the vast breach of propriety kindled her had reached for ths dollv first, and It was fatal, He neglected excitement The dav, which had started so differbecause neither of them stirred until after that guiding him to the butlers pantry to tell her that already he had noticed exactly fraction of a second, which marks the ent!) from most Christmases, promised to continue It where was limit of time necessary to retrett. had passed From th Instant of their concerted charge upon Ordinarily the only danger In setting a table Beatrice gave a smothered exclamation., and fhe kitchen It seemed to them aa though they had for four people Is the danger to the china. On turned scarlet lovelier than ever, but painfully , Mwavs been chums Prescott started back, confoundterrlblv abashed The usual preliminary steps of the present occasion, however, that material risk waa increased bv another sort of peril not material ed Their eyes met-an- d meeting, cautious acquaintanceship, growing friendclung togeher The color You cannot take a young and Impressionship, had been surmounted at a single stride It at all stayed In her cheeks. In voluntarilv , shs avsrted her able man and bring him into close association with wxf an affair of the moment, gay, unaffected. Irreface, and Preeeott. drawing the deepest of deep understood pressible everyone breaths, stood In what was verv like the position of everyone elses a girl whom for the last hour or so. he has been admiring for her beautv and her spontaneity and attention The stra!nsnapped, Daggett had Hung motives, and there were to be no consequences . her wWImmii rise ' open the pantry door 1 Tou cannof take a young marf two thousand mifee Presueott, hoserer, had hi Interlude of ser"Fay '" said Daggett, unenlightened "Come on from home on Christmas Day. and let his hand iousness and In one of them somewhat accentuout here. K P , w ill vou- - Me need nelp ated because he happened to be peelln onions he stray among rows of plates and ranks of silver when Beatrice, still g'Orlouaiv scarlet seized the that same girls hands are doing likewise, with out moment to Gee Into the dining-rooPrescott conspoke to Beatrice under his breath which was unengendering In him a thrill not wholly aacetlc You trolled himself necessary since Daggett was shaking down the stove "I Just want you to know," he said, how much can t vlo It 'Then why In thunder dont vou trv a want-ad- " we appreciate this By the same token, vou can't confront a symtVed have had a prettv blue he inquired 'Mhats up Weve been hanging around camp for two pathetic and deserfd hosteas, of the age of twenty-tw"I want you to finish the oher cheek of that day g and grateful young ofwith a months now. Just waiting to get home there haant said Daggett, 'Stockvs cut himself with, squash ficer who has ghe fighting spirit, whether he got He regarded Prescott suspicthe nutmeg grater been a chance to get ov er, of course, and that hasn't mads us any happier. They r mighty nice a chance to fight or not. without turning her mind iously JMVe thoushtj9u were setting the table for,... bovs, too, even If iher do 'ctlt Ob' bit IHggett'i Into the great Channels of romance That can't be fourth said '"We didrtt know vit was four regi of a big independent oil company In done, either ment. Come on out here and get busy " ' a Consequently, they were both embarrassed st t California his father's trustee yt the University, was and He stopped, for the protectlv e tumult was the start., god at the unexpected contact of their when dusk It the exhausted quartet nearly hands among the miscellany of th dinner service over. Daggett and Stockton, each draped In a sat down to dinner, but tt Is doubtfp If ever a merwithdrew warm revulsion. Jo Endeavboth, were other they Jemima' each of a "The a feast eying rier party shared apron beauty of It," said oring to appear unconcerned they both became About half unbiliously Stockton, "Is the perfect average A carelessly spoken word would have said Stockton "Now vou'vs don It' "Well' derdone and about hairs burnt, and what, I ask you, Your next Job Is about a simple as unscrambling an smashed th flimsy filament of association, and It eould be any fairer' than that would have pertshell sooner yet If they had smaah-e- d Never, thought Beatrice, had she enjored an egg" the plate, but. high strung and aersltlv as they afternoon so much He's shaken Not even Prescott s most Why," said Beatrice surprlsedly r neitWspoks.orwr.-sBd-sttwr-vS-MVewy''C'n'T,im,fn''f ehatiIot' "K,aT'zpoffed''ft '!and ghe"couId' . tmendura-bleThe became alienee . the at "Hasn't looked dropped anythin. them readJIv forgive him, for sh understood the grim The throe men tlf'ened. The door had opened, silly thing Daggett Seems to ms a who wn got a reverse lever" he inquired. and on the threshold stood a depths of hla mood The other men were verv fun- ' me li. d acmet wish S "I yon tell . t I know some dldn nv to be not the and rerv dear Fhe was touched bv their deway there ought po'sihis twents two and unmistakably she aaid inefflctentv ws Uajng the whole fire'" Her eves astonishing!) wide Just now, housemaid votion to each other devotion manifesting Itself " M "Do you hy beat flreTiuItder" were hzel brown, and her hair Stockton punchrhleflv by dlrert Insult which is typical. She was "Well, whos the 4 e K ''Tome on. P belt was glorious!) said Daggett quicklv "K P ed Prescott Ji st above his exhlliarsted hv their unrestrained bovishness. They . This was no vwiid exc t'jehiog but hsd mad fearful wreck of the food they had tried-t- o he stared at the three in what was brownish red you know you learned your trade in a blast furd blushed be r tt her and Beatrice This nace'" rook, but what Is the small matter of a Christ-- , very dike consternation until Prescott bowed "Don t you thtnk I m entit ed to tt" the range mas dinner between friends was jbwt after Prescott heart had lumped approached Unwllllnglv, Prescott It wasn't the food, It J was "Vo doubt about Iducaon more to srt'atlc purhe inquired Were ths thrss Daggett had turned his tvand which counted. It was the fun Morgan Ineoose-tuenI no That it Use to into with the turkey No, "Vow" said Dargett when the last drop op suits and waa tamping stuffing men from Camp Booth vou were telephoning me my coffee had been drunk, "now then there one a potato masher. Stockton sidled over to his know that s all Feeing that you te , noui 1 m I lemenant Prescott, and these are Ideu-tera" ' thing ' aw-guest I insist on" Iggett and lieutenant Stockton Its f hostess "Oh M!!, therell nri teach 'hate Intercut ills good of you tYhalisIt "Bully of you to let us In here. he said gruff' K P' Ing. Im afraid Especially ainc I haven t an wit M s ly, "Just wanted to tell vou how much wa appreMorgan s expresIon was still worth look- record " He flnlahed with a faint grimace wh.ch ' M hat " , ciate It Please don't think these boys are rowdies aild Pres-'t Z showed somethlrg of hi deep chase, n to let off steam she gaapad hi t I didnt expect officers Hu "Hunt he so conceited' Vo I meant the real Its the first chance thev ve had chances i nearest the the topic1 said, choosing Sippcae" M cktn and Dagget exchanged glance, and since the armistice killed their ofgolng th'ng M e'v e made a mew, and wev got to leave' what Its like to "you tell me shout the I mean I coiildt t help the p'ace In gcM order " oTer and If you can Imafcln ith tjrred towvrd Prescott Toj aaid 'anybody, , And were the only throe who "You've no:1" said Beatrire, atarting up The he ren inded her stay In camp now under those conditions, you won't wondering over th Prescott spoons "Yes" t pawed Idea' blame 'em for anything K P by the wav, that's olread) provided for I can vouch for my relieved awfiitlv someone he to mutt "There he these gentlemens an old Joke in the armv It rtands for Kitchen "M'rah up the dishes and". own table manners and know you donthave to go over, Isn t there' are slowly improving "That a not necegsary" Police, hut his names Kenneth Preeeott; he's wild s ne-ePflRgot coldlv t as1 know "My family? Mhy as a hawk, hut he a a real citizen. Mining engineer The-"Yea tt li wliat servants are Hke want an enlisted man available, or F "Not your familv you might tt Beside sure oj I d have sent some And then It occurred - Big family, stclallv. I was afraid part of the game M'e shouldn't feel Not "No reddened all Prescott st " "Oh!" think decent if we left vou alone with this wreckage And to me that rather than have you disappointed "There' exclaimed Prescott, rising, M'heres - Hardly." JiaJv JWJOkel It " afer what voud raid about vratr troubles, wed - Bentrtcellftea Tier --" I ' eyebTdtnt "'Why. thought fhe kernsehe" "M'elt come cmrscH es We're rrom'Tha West, ymrsee, Snd to I I dldn Inevitable. t Intend was No, tnean that Mh Mhy not T N T J,oaYf3L at .quart er past teo-last train non of us know a mul this side of th Rocky tbe o - .' U doesn't sooUveljhs nerves .like, kerosene.? go yovy eott-e- f take it for granted TVe've got to Stick to s Maintains fiut IT we're only tm reding why even If the war Is t wav dwindled to truttringr . . t, Her voice she's "Never mind Mid going nh come in come In' she said hysterically. as whv " u were you 'without tt T who you are I Vturoffyix-honored urgent!, "Come on. ho-- , wasti t worrying disrhftrtM. ms d human bscaus jou hsvn t -w -- w ell J PU pkn cook,; Ready for the buzzard ih mewi t stuffy aiswasiesjterzBS w esswr- gmiTAed' i, n chri-tehorns . . ii.uiy ; you could go 4 ' Cook" said Daggett, wriggling out of hia over'Ready enoUKh uiilensvouwant' to f He wished alia violentlv Prercott coughed him first and crack a bottle of champagne over his at Pestrtce Prescott coat his mouth giaocea a made ao same him look often and ab at the wouldn't bows "Conk repeated Stockton blankly perfectly etrnieht Hn" He dldn t even perceive that You ."Baste him time, het prayed that ehe would took often er "M'att1"- - warned Stockton ehe was smiling at him They re both very good at tt," said Prescott. nowzf turn mv to relieved Are you here "It aiwavs haste them I remember hearing about it." M h " 'That leaves nevrlv two hour. M'hat'll we do 1 didn't mean that! I beg y our 'Here' said Daggett, offering the potato someone "No last'" aa d Beatrtc Fhe told them Toward the end of 11. Prescott, "All right. M hat Is s thrtsmas celebration than the others and had. masher 'Baste him with that" He snatched the pardon." who had laughed-le- s 1 stammered not. Pm nhe Is "No. That "No, opportunltr for a word with Beatrice. "Tnis watched Beatrice more, became thoughtful. erywavT don't have to be tftv pardon. U Id Stockton "K P can "Dance'" great'" said Daggett, with exuberance "We d have Mr.not that way. It Tou laid. It would he better Terhaps he our was a fair jviy th f Prescott. M'orked todav out et question perfect, enmp the eight hotel had somewhere. a .Uivu. alm-n- t at Jimjame ee Wl as a'Tnr rr Cm - Fome'TjriKr-be If voud guest around 4 T av Lola fnv over ou of first asked y Fii HraffiTn gach doTTS n3"cother' gone at office ngfiTWt sue 1I out elm Pang yon Berthing Btvcky you re yhe au-something Tm rellev ed. certalnly. But I doo fffrnr11 just in timejo have th old war bust right open In , of coure,nd reasonable to expect y ou to ' thlrk Id have been heartbroken even if our faces. And please don t get the Idea tne Stockton "Me-- " II g never i s!a Im even tf the best frind I erer could hava In all th bovs aren't alt right, Mis Morgan, because they How eould I know " demanded Preeeott. world-hahave .been. proud Hut. man His gone aud Stockton. ovcr,,Xd Ned Take are with to silence all S them CunttUxaeilottjiag Beatrice compelled " ' 5 . L l gesture, Nobody could know, and its nobody's ehe paid fimilv "And after Ive got all of here I don t aee any reason for u to go TldtculotiS about Tt, do you she Except exeept about the chaperon vaiv-istiere- iher V but I Didnt Expect Officers! ... ... . But Mtes Morgan"" V You don t know what this means o, -- t i ad-ee- X1U-- tt nt ed -- ot we-n- -- r whea-inen.4- -- Pre-cot- ' reeul-tlon- ihe-vre- TihesewPaMe---nThdiigharw- ,, bn gi u is ji.i v i.-- t ' d i - r 1 ' s -- i Cl u, mm .. .... - n is e. m,, -- |