Show octavia a av a s arrest 3 octavia admitted that there were many paths in life but in the same breath she declared that the only one for her was the bridle path in cen ti bial al park bobbie bobble her cho en partner in this path had never asked her to travel it with h in m but it seemed to be an understood agreement inasmuch as he showed a dec ded aversion to 0 going with any one else bobbie was ler 1 er hore horde hor e and octavila octal ia sat him well bobb e es s r der w was as not pretty but in the saddle ahe he was a v s on of graceful ath and sue possessed a fascination fasci ration beyond that of many a ballroom beauty octavia rode alone not only di ill she scorn the idea of a groom herself but she felt intuitively that bobbie bobble would cons der him a personal insult bobbie gloried in the knowledge that his mistress was in trusted solely to his caie sometimes octavia would imagine imag ne they were in the open country and that instead of the un impeded path before them there were bencs and galleys and all sorts of rough places to clear and debole seemed to un der stand that when she caressed his well arched neck and said now bob bie ble he was to leap a make believe fence f ence one morning octavia and bobbie loved the morning they encountered more than the usual number of rough spots in their make believe field there were few persons in the path and bobbie bobbies s small proud head was held more erectly than ever now bobbie over said octavia smil ng at the sheer fool ashness of it J all k up in the air they went and came down as gracefully as a bird soaring from sky to earth before octavia could pull in her reins bobbie bobble was scattering the and in all direct ons and running at a break neck pace down the path octavia and her mount might object to grooms to the r heart s content but they could not with reason censure the blue coated man trotting close behind them at this moment if they violated the speed law they must take the consequences all aglow from the exe bement oc tavia pulled bobble bobbie up her gold brown ha r was flying about her face and she lau laened ned as she turned to the b t g policeman but as she looked up into his face the color faded she pulled her reins taut and sat I 1 ke a statue in the sad die dle bobbie bobble not u understand ider stand ng this mode of dulle did some aero acro bat c maneuvers and dashed madly along the path aga n the pol ceman s word you are rid ing too fast were spoken to a dust filled atmosphere he sat still on his mount for a moment heaved a deep sigh and said octavia slowly he turned in s horse in the opposite d and cantered slowly off and to think that I 1 almost ar 9 k all f 10 up in the a r they went rested her octavia in new york and and I 1 like this he rode on hoping yet fearing that she he would overtake him would she speak to hima but why should she shea what interpretation would she put upon his posit ona A policeman norman roger had been sent to col lege a rich man s son prior to that and indeed during his first few vaca tons t ons at borne home he had seen much of octavia bellamy they became en only to quarrel ove a trivial matter and to grow farther and farther apart norman was studying for the bar in the last year but one of his college course h s f fati pr died not as avei eveia y d one supposed a rich man but abao cutely insolvent norman di ill ed the idea of spend ing the amter his last vacation in an office but he determined to make enough money to finish his law course there was no one dependent upon nim so he might do as he liked and what he liked most of all in the wo id was horseback riding an idea bashed through his mind in new york no one would know him it was tar far from his home town yes he would do 40 it he would be a mounted pol reman for the summer alq and Octavia 7 9 she patted bobbles bobbies head again and again agin using soft ca tessing tones to quiet him but her thoughts were not riot with the black sted beneath her it was incomprehensible he had given no po explanation but then he had no opportunity she even wished he had arrested her for then she might arrest me please have talked to him anything was better than her present state of mind norman rogeis a poli policeman eLman she could not understand it she threw her ifer head up with a de termination to find out and touched bobb bobbe 13 4 glatly gl aly with the whip he ile should tall to her even it if she had to be arrested he ile would have to do his d ity and she would break all laws r under his very nose if he did not stop hei hel ome other po I 1 eman would and octavia felt that he would not abject her to that hu in hat on oil no not even after all the things they had sad sa d to each pach other long ago she whipped bobbie up until she n was as close behind him on the path go bobbie sh said and thy they tore past him at a lively pace but no policeman followed norman was always stub born octav a tried strategy she rode close to him and dropped her crop he must at least be polite while he d s mounted to p ck it up sh said arrest arret me please and looked so appeal angly into his eyes that he mounted tool hold of bobbie bobble s bridle with one hand and with the other guided his own well trained animal norman she said holding loosely to the reins an electr c thrill seem ed to pierce in r with the very thought that his hand too held the bridle tell me bout about it why 1 know your father is ded she bes hes stated you didn dian t I 1 now his son was a po diceman he finished for her and you are not to care we we ai aie e strangers now octavia but octavia noted the slight mark of interrogation in the words I 1 ve always cared norman ever since those silly days at home we are not strangers and then perhaps because were not strangers the policeman and his law breaking young person rode leisurely along the bridle path and explained many things and somehow they forgot the fine and the arrest and bobbie bobble and every thing else but themselves bobb e dear said octavia as she petted him fondly when she mounted that day you re a good bo boy y you you like to run fast and be arrested don t ou 7 and and maybe after a long long while bobbie bobble dear you and I 1 will get tired riding all by our selves every day and we will have another home and rider with us eh bobbiew boston globe |