Show ta n A Gift Git for Miss Hildegarde a a a D Dy By CIARISSA CLARISSA MACKI I IT WAS pari early summer when 1 rude gable Wood mot met her ber Ideal man roan roan- and she successful school teacher had tad formed her hr hasty opinion In to three I minutes It happened on the train train w when n she he was homeward b bound und for tor forthe the he long tone summer vacation end and as 81 he lie was her neighbor In the pullman oc- oc Co I the next chair to her own It Itell fell ell to his hili lot to pick u up a huge bure armful armul arm arm- ul ful of roses rose that some dome of her lag Ing ng pupils had flung tunc at her when the train rain started Thank you jou ou no so ranch much much murmured us liS the stranger crouched down doun to tG rescue the last delightful bud bUll from froID under his bIll own chair The porter hovering nt at her Iler elbow offered to put them In the I tor or of the buffet car mr Just behind They'll I keep nice and anti cold madam madani and no trouble at all aU thank you mom manta And the porter vanished with the roses Looks like anything except a Pondered Hindered the young man who wore ore shell rimmed spectacles and had bad quantities of brown hair It was the young mans man's III luck to lose sight of as she left the train so 0 that he be never saw law who It was Vall that met her hut but the next day he ho wisely sought the tho rod caps nt at the station cad and made diligent Inquiries If you means m II a lady lody wid said one one of the porters whom he questioned I sure toted her bags I dunno her ber name but she grabbed a lady at de gate and says Dean Dealt Mils Mil or like dat dot Hilly Remsen thanked the man jo Joy rutty tipped him y and And n I y y rushed rush off oIT Surely lie he knew v Mrs AIrs Gun Gun- d derlow I He tie hoped It was his dear Cousin Ruth undertow If It It wasn't Ruth could probably Introduce him him to some of her ln lawsl I He tie Called Ruth on the telephone later and told her he be had th thought of ot callIng calling call call- Ing If ft she would be home that night Billy Remsen I exclaimed his hili cousin enthusiastically I r thought you yon were vere In Buffalo your Jour your man told me the other day do day do come to dinner dinner din din- ner ber tonight and spend the tho evening evenIng- I J have an on old school friend here bere just arrived from up So happy lappy Hilly Dilly Hemsen stopped at ata ata ata a tl florists florist's and laden den with a huge huro box hos of ot flowers flowers he he arrived five minutes before before be bo- fore tore dinner Hildegarde dear may I Introduce my cousin Hilly Hilly this this Is Miss Wood my old school friend T I TRuth Ruth not Dot twenty five herself danced off to meet her young yount husband who was entering Well Veil I am glad to toBee see Bee you he lie exclaimed and how are ore you rou Hilly Dilly lie Ile asked slapping the happy huppy spectacled youth on the back How am I IT n Starved blurted Billy Dilly and Just then dinner was WUI announced announced an on and Billy Dilly offered his hll arm to his hll cousin and went t to her place with Ith Mr lr It was n a merry merry meal meal und and of although though and Billy confessed themselves them them- selves thoroughly surprised at the meeting and explained the coincidence dence to their host bost and aid hostess Billy sold said nothing bout about his hll quizzing ot of the station porters portera that had bad resulted so 0 fortunately It was wo a delightful evening for tor all of them especially and Billy Remsen but It was when Billy was leaving that Tack managed man aged to whisper a word to him Pretty tty girl eh Billy Ill say so 10 sot l I was Billys Billy's enthusiastic astle reply Dont Dout lose your heart old man you 1011 know she's engaged No Nol exploded poor nUl Billy who hail had quite quite lout lost his bl heart beart just Yea Just happened she happened she's pretty happy eh Seems Stem so 0 growled Billy Dilly and there therefore tore when be he said Bald farewell to he was In lla the lowest lowet depths of gloom All that summer lummer Wood waited wafted hoping that Billy Remsen would find out her home bome address and corn come and ind see Bee h her r. r He Ue did not come hut but on one August A it nut n day nu flier tier n n came a ft box of ot flowers for tor her containing con con- taming Billy Billy's card a rd White roses rOles and of valleY such bride roses she he had bad never never seen and she he knew that In the Ule bottom of 01 her heart that sue she loved loed Billy Remen Remsen Of course she he must thank him and yet et she silo did not know his address address- perhaps Ruth could tell tl-II her So Ruth nuth told her gladly and wrote a happy cheerful h note note or or rather she wrote half a Q dozen notes notts to Hilly Billy befort before be fore fort she had one that suited her andIn andin and In It she told him trim that she lie was so happy because she the was engaged to tot t teach at Blue lIlue Lake school hool fur for the touring loaning year yar The next day dar picking ros roses In their garden was surprised by bl the tight bight of 01 a n gray clad dad young oung man than sprinting down the garden uden path It cannot be u a messenger boy taught and of course ounce It ant Wasn't anybody tint bot Hilly UlIly RemI Item Rem I pen i iI I understand that you were engaged en ens l I be he breathed heavily lot locked puzzled puzzled- Only lu to tea teath h school another year she glie sta stammered Resign shouted Mr Ir n joyfully Joy joy- tull fully joure youre oure going to marry murry I r me and ond BO to to Egypt for tor n II hone honeymoon moon I IHy Hy Ity the time Hilly filly met Jack Inck dim lun derlow he lie bad got rot river over hl his d chagrin for he lit was the happiest man marl In the th world n anti as 81 for Tick PIP ht haul for tor forlong long nit ago ngo his ht i juicy |