Show ie ies S unexpected Y T V game by bya A MARIA CRAWFORD TIMIS copyright 1912 b by A assoc c abed L arary press ello said the big hunter rown corduroy what it if I 1 iken you for a rabbit or a shot you all figure of the child on the up and she push rlue lue cap from her eyes might have missed me there jot of folks that carry a gun that hoot and hit a thing maybe li l i though I 1 don float t mean that couldn t apologized kitty by the man mans s sudden laughter that hats s all right you didn t hurt fell feelings your remark could lit been personal for I 1 have never n these mountains before and in on ant t bw athing about me 1 a cold out here what a that doings getting galax leaves for miss I 1 shrine as s there a catholic about tnt n t know bout her being a answered kitty these are beautiful rove ove shrine it Is all like the story mother says we 1 miss anne a lover died a women usually erect shrines their lovers have gone said e thorne bitterly I 1 d rather i few flowers while I 1 am living tave h aye a cemetery full after I 1 am re you going up the mountain 9 eikal 1 kitty if you are I 1 wish you a i carry this little basket of hick cry ats puts miss anne wants them for a ry e III 1 carry them tor for you answered the funter gallantly but not tor for a woman who builds shrines 0 ad mil men well ell I 1 don it care who you think re e doing it for said kitty stub 4 UP w 1 0 ap 0 in sight of the cot age ties anne gets them ay here all winter d for its company know my father sells id mother and I 1 are staying stains this winter so as not ni alone so much d trudged bravely along bellg ig six foot man for a long athe the rocky road then she 1 I 1 bitting sitting down in the announced you go on ane kne s cottage you get to it do to the hotel where we 11 her to send somebody too tired to move if T that cold ground de ie ill carry you 1 0 it with that gun and ar hat is in that sacka she tid denly aly looking at the game sack over his shoulder 1 two wo or three wild turkeys one more bird won make any difference he laughed so come along I 1 lie swung her up on his shoulder and she sighed contentedly I 1 m awfully tired I 1 guess I 1 w walk alk ed too tar far mother 11 scold it she finds out I 1 went so far alone right ight shell she 11 be to scold and spank you too young lady this mountain Is no place for fog stray babies I 1 ni not a baby any more I 1 m near ly seven ven any way I 1 had to get those leaves es the old ones in the bowl right his picture have turned nearly yel yet iss ss anne loves him dreadfully act act so it if she is like most L memory Is a thing to cher la romance I 1 bet a dol bibat that miss anne Is a sour fv who never had bad a beau in her e a just bluffing you kree ee said kitty promptly een about a hundred men to lance ince she came last summer young and too beautiful to be I 1 she looks like a fairy princess k sure ire enough duke came to see her last but she shipped him easy as dad dy ells sells logs he said Is i that the place they hey bad come in sight of a gray stone cottage and the glow from the log fires within made the window windows bright crimson in the early twilight yes I 1 im m going to halloo like fritz does when he brings eggs to the hotel to sell spit I 1 want miss anne to see my new horse laughed kitty no you don it it if miss anne is such a desirable beauty III just wait until I 1 clean up before I 1 meet her my valet and guide have gone on ahead with my traps oh yes they came in an automo bile this morning and ard took awful spens spen lve sive rooms mother said I 1 guess you re rich turning a curve in the road the young hunter and his charge came to the entrance of the cottage A w oman in gray with soft silver fox under her throat stood on the top step looking off over the valley where a deep orange burned in the sky above the fringe ol 01 dark cedar trees the man stopped suddenly miss anne called kitty here heres a the man that s going to stop at the hotel anne turned slowly and the quiet look of peace in her face gave place to astonishment Is it really you laurie she ask ed wonderingly yes said the man putting kitty down and handing the nuts to her yes its it s I 1 of course you understand this is an accident 1 I supposed you were abroad anne came down the steps holding out her hand won t you say that you are glad to see me anyway she ask ed tremulously no said laune laurie tor for the sight ot of yau you has opened the old wound here heres s your leaves for the lova love shrine miss anne and the hickory nuts tor for the cake ill have to run on now Moth mother erli 11 be looking for me obliged to you for carrying me it was most polite of you added kitty with all the grownup grown up dignity she could summon to her service come in laurie tor for a minute urged the girl hospitably I 1 have wanted to see you again he held open the door tor for her with his old jold time deference and charm then went in after her leaving his game sack and gun on the porch the little living room was warm with bright rugs and hangings and the big fir fire of blackjack black jack wood sent out a welcoming cheer laune lauries s quick eyes looked for the shrine on a smal inlaid ebony table stood a pic pie ture in a silver frame but in the dim light the face of the man was not clearly seen A bowl of galax leaves was on one side and a tiny incense jar of curious design stood on the other A volume of mrs browning a poems was there too and laurie thought instantly of the night he had carried that same little leather book to anne she had stood behind his chair reading to him and he remember ed that when she repeated I 1 love thee to the level of every day days s most quiet need by sun and candle light she had leaned over and kissed him softly on the forehead but that he recalled was before she had come into her aunt Patri patricia cias s vast es tate won t you sit down baurle anne a voice was low and musical and played on the man a heart strings ilka like magic no anne the quietness of nis his own voice startled him I 1 came here on a hunting trip move on in the morning the game Is well kill ed out he was trying to talk of common place things and keep his eyes fr from OT seeing the picture of the man anna anne loved yes the natives hunt bunt a great deal she lighted a tall standing lamp and laurie watched the flame flicker and hen then bum steadily he looked again toward the shrine the picture in the silver frame was his own anne what does that mean meana the child out there said that you kept a shrine to the memory of some man you loved anne what does it mean you left me because somebody told you that aunt patricia had left me her fortune together with her godson lord dunsford you bel bet eved and and your cousin tom your bokn own law yer told me I 1 thought you it d t care anne whom do you ou love anne threw the yellowed galax leaves into the fire where thy burn ed then replaced them with the fresh ones kitty had gather ed on the mountain she turned bach back then to the figure in brown corduroy did you ou think I 1 I 1 could forget you tor for all the money and lords in the worlds she sobbed I 1 came looking tor for game he eald said his arms about her and I 1 have found the most desirable game in the world and yet I 1 don t want to shoot it will you let me put this game in captivity in my heart for always annea for always said anne softly I 1 no matters what comes will yo i love me on and on deara then came her answer that sent itice hc blood racing in his veins I 1 will love you to the level a every days most quiet need b bf sun sum and candle light 1 if v |