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Show B ( 0OeOO0O0aO0aCi9OOOOO I Hiram's I l Butterfly S 8 , B o A Story of tin Aeroplane o 5 By CLARISSA A1ACKIE H rihl. J0, ly Atnorlonn IMm H O k Mortal Inn H oooooooooooooo H (Continued from lftt wonk.) H illoii'd fnro luriioil obniliinfely nvrny H 08 fiho jioiiml liorxolf niiollior cup of B ton, H "Hxciiup mo!" hIm hiiIiI omplintlcnlly. H "One nlitny fn tho fntnlly In ciioukIi! M If yon Kitt ns fur ns tlio chicken Iiouho H " I hope you'll look up tho culckcn. 1 Yu forgot Vtn InHt iiIkIH." H Wiimi alio linil Heflivil tlio tnblo nnd H vn-lffl (Ji Htippar (IImIich KIIimi Htood M In tlif doorway looking out Into tho H r,;.rniUlilo(l yiml. Illrnui lnul not H .-t rfttltliod fi'itin tin1 vlllnKc or duo H ii- m nbout to xtnrt on IiIh MtriiiBo H iicilitl Journey without coining to tho HI lioui-u iiguln. B TlHlf curloUHly nnd with much un- m tusttiflM of mind, Kilan Hiolo woffly H IMrtHKlt tho giirch'ii Into tlio grout pnn H imp. wlih'li wiik Hooded with pulo H m.)ili;ni. Tall, black Hhadowy co- M dnm worn roiipi'd about tho xotithoru H liotUidui'y. nnd now they wore dow wot H nnd uisillid faintly uromntle. H ICIIt-n iipproiii'liod tho inachlnc, which H lay Blirotidvd In Uh canvnn blanket, and m ft t vory bliicMri Hinldi'iily nttneked lur H mIiIi Ioitoi' of tho pi-oxpi'ctlvo Journey H mid the danger that inunuocil her Iiiih- H bund. Hho wrung ho lunula uervoiM H ly, Blrlvlng to think of homo niothod H that would deter Hiram from flying H that night, ruder tho liluo aky and H Kuutlilnu It would not hooiu ho dread- B fill-no dangerous. H" IMflooii nilnuUm later she wnH return- H lg from tho barn tugging at a lone - ropo nt tho end of which a small H anchor humped over or muck Into tho H . ground with annoying frequency. In H tho mIiiiiW of what hIio know to ho H tho roar of tho maehluo Kllen panned H and lifted tho cnnvnu. Him surveyed H the liitrliate mnchlnery with a grow B l ly i-ouMction that hir hUHbiuxl taunt r TC in Jetciied from uiakliiij an uHcuuiiUm HHHv " f'HWHy un rloliTuioJ oi'mf H when Hhe hoard hl approachltiK HtepH, H S'u wIiInixI away In tho aliadow H of tho maehlno flint In tlmo to receive H the mutllhiK fohln of eanvan In a H i loud upon her form. Hho freed her H bet d and shoulders and erouelied un- H Hecii by her hUHbnnd. Carefully ho H oxntuluod tho air tiler, try lint each H bolt and mil, llnnerluK a dellcato ad- H JiiHltnriit hero and there, bin faco ntoru H and cIimo lipped In tho llht of a nmall Hj bniHH lantern held lit ono hand, H Then lu moved forward; thorn wax H Mio hoavy cIiukkIuk of tho euKlue, and H Kllen'M heart almost flopped Ht 111. In H auothoi' liiHtant It would bo too Into H to detain him-ho would ho out of her H iv.'toh, hoyoud her touch, and ho could H not hoar her ploa for pardon. H It had tlowu above tho Iiouho. Ellon H dartod doperatoly forward, Ki'oped H for and found tho anchor, tied tho H ropo hastily and oluniHlly to tho near H t"l proJoctlUK rod, paused to tlo an- H otlur haul, mpiaro knot beforo Jam- H iiiIuk tho ttukort ou tho anchor Into tho H mift turf. H AVith a whirring riiHh tho maehlno H HtHi-tod down tho tdopo, tho wheels to- H olvtnK dlmlly. Tho anchor whliipcd B nftnr, and moiuoIiow KIIcu'h liandK H t UmkhI diMipertttoly about tho llukuH, H and than ho folt herself rlslnjj up- M ward with torriryhtK velocity. m Chitchlujt th anchor, l4llou Hwopt H up with tho machine very much llko B tho tall to a gigantic klto. Sho lioartl H 11 tram's volcu swoarlut; vlKorouiy, H and U folt no horiMr, Sho eloscd her 1 o,o tightly and hold on. Ucr feet H ' bnuhiHl trwtopw ouco or twice, and M xlu knew uhe was above tho cedar m grove. Tlunt ono foot tniiKhKl In wmio H , crookod InittK'h, ami ho liwt her hold H . tut tlto anchor. With a frlKhtonod cry H '( h1i fvll Into tlio ombntcliiK arms of H tho ckwo UuilMHl Hlars. 'through nu H aiKtrtutv In tho luanchoj sho wnv tho H air filer dart upward and away tUixaujth the iiHHUillht, tho anchor i dattgllue liko a twktod thrwul, until H th wuto ikf tho ougluo died away and H alt w Ktiit. H t CmdlMl In tho trcotups. Kllou dared H not tie Tor for of fulling. She was a H blight wouittu. aud sho h(l fallen : snugly- ttito troti(t Urmu-hoi) that curv f d upwanl llko tho rtbn of a ship. illor ImiuU were torn and blooding, her fttcv wb arrf tchwl. awd hr twist ih! ftukl ilud horribly. Hut abovo nil w tli Hvn,v f belief that hr huHtMuU had itnno forth into apaco auU mtvuM ucpr rvturw. UHw" Mrwtclahl to cry nlourt uwro tbait udp. httiKIUnl. cold aud stiff, ttiKKtKti tk lic bouw of tUy iiljcht. OWW-- )WHtil UAhNIMtltUj' waar. wltlu- - - - -- poorwlllH thronncU'lti tho tblt'Ecto. and nil nrouml wvra tlic aleopy twitter of birds nnd tho soft brtiith of wind In tho trees. Bin? must linvu fallen nnlci-p, fnr tho wound of her iinnto callod In IIIrntii'H Htontorhin tone awakened her to pal diyllcht. Thcio wn anxlotiB terror In llltt TOk'p. "nerc I am," hIio called feebly, nnd then louder, until at Inst ho caiuo won-lciliifcly won-lciliifcly to lior roHcuc, It wan not until they were within tho lwuuo and hIio had gobbed out her wretehcdne8 ou hl bream that Illrani npoko aooth-ItiKiy. aooth-ItiKiy. "Do you know what you did, Kllcn HutlorV" ho aHked. "I whh lu doubt about making a HueccHuful tllht, but I didn't know whnt wan the matter with tho mnehlne. That there anchor wan tho additional weight that bal auci'd her 'perfectly. Whatever auved it from eutchluf,' lu tho treen 1 don't know. It wan a clear oiiho of I'rovl-deneoall I'rovl-deneoall through, I buchh, for you had a narrow oHcapo. That thero anchor Hold tho machine, Ullen, for wllhou It I couldn't have ot to Iludauet'rt Ah It Ih, U'h Hold for enough to rnNe tho mortKiiKo and mako uh pretty Independent In-dependent bcHldoH." llv yawned hIccp-lly hIccp-lly and ntrotched hhuHelf. It's done more than that, Illrnm," Haiti Kllou Kently. tho tear nhlnliiK In her peniteut eyen. "What'a that?" ho asked. And then, lookliiK down Into her itpturned faco, he klHHod her and HtnllltiK whlnwleitlly, nuHwercd IiIh own piery. "Hetthnl tho flrHt and last tiarrel Wo over had, oh' Kllen nodded nHHeiit. "And hIiowh that oven tho tall of a kilo may be tlHoful." Hho Hhuddered a llttlo at the recollection of her perlloiiH tllirlit and Ulmni pa)Hl Hiiddenly aa ho Htooped towanl her. And then In tho moineut of reconciliation they forjiot the white butterfly aud thu fortune It had mado for thorn. |