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Show If L0RETTE I (fa By CLARA C. HOLME8. K ( by JlcClur. Nwtpaptr MjudiciK ) I.orctte Hipped Into tier limiting Jacket anil hurried nut In the front plurzn. It ns nut the o'clock, scarcely scarce-ly (Jaw ii, jut clii: IiiiiI lint needed the nlnrin to arouse her. ller tisuiilly pink clucks were crlliion, anil hvr dark ujt'M wi-rc brliilil as Ktars an slic eun-Icinpliilcil eun-Icinpliilcil tliv lmniliotnf creature which llimli hail imyunil Iter ui to be her'H Unit iluy. At llrft, hliu demurred n-.ntntt IIukIi'd (aillen. "II'n not Mir to liult 'cm mid then tdioot 'cm," i)ita cald. "I'd inucli nillier gel one honestly rtm lilm ilomi " When lltiKli Ik-kiiii to Inticli. ilie decided de-cided to Miy nthlii-: more, Altlioii'-li Hiif-h was a law f indent In lloalon, lie wiih h nlille of the luti-k-u ood's district, nil cxjiert vliot. mid lie had tniiKlit IiIh tlii-rrlluc conxln to aim n rllle mierrln'l. She hud ncxer shot n deer j jet i-lie toulil. When I.oretle reached flic iiln.ra, there mik iioIkhIj there. She uili'ied it iry of liiipatleiRe; then, reiueinher-iiiK reiueinher-iiiK (lie diitict' tliu nlt;lit lieforo, -he xnt doviit to wait. An Mie chhereil In tin cllcnce, her llllnd reerteI to her ;irlllie with ,lald. AiAiln-i she wax illidnj; with' lilln lit (he IMiilr.v enfe, rcstlesi under Ifli tcl'oai'hftil j.'ai'e '"I.oretit, l'i t-eon joii out irnil times -reu'iillj. In the coui'iiiii- of otiieoiie oIm. In fiiet, I'm done de-teethe de-teethe woiU on iii.v ovmi mcniiut. I'm decided not to utand In that oilier fel-Iow'k fel-Iow'k wuy." Ill wan true Mic had i-'oiic out ninny times with roUMn Iluch when he vas atteildluK law kcIiouI ; tdic had hern proud to lie escorted hy Hucli It ual all rlKht. too; idle could have pxilnlnel for him had not lto; licit her .een liar home fiom (he drama reheati-iiU. No niKilogy would do for Hoy; no fht vtlnely had mid uothlii-'. Now xhe tiri. dreainliic nliout Dun Id J She IhoiiKht nhe hail met him III tli' It-lirary It-lirary nt home.. Jihe pte him only cold, ,ia8-lil; (iltmi', hut an exprevlon Of Olf-Hppollitineiil cloildetl hlii hnud-tome hnud-tome face, which was m IoikIiIhk, la-deed, la-deed, (hat flie luuf itw?nktiiv.ij. "Out mi early, l.oi-ll" lfuith't- vole jrnltered her ilekpmident tliouj-litf. "What Lue you for a uunT" Hugh UCXt ftfclied. ",Mj )iot-iii. Oh." she atldetl In ur VUi, "3 oil have a rlllc V can't hunt with rides In our ."jUili11 "Wc do hack hen," he leliiriud. Lorctte r fn(ul(!l nneni?, hut ', Uliu Mip mid uoUifiiri j fiutloiitilj' the two jM'Oiile moved or ; wnllisi 111 the stlllni'KM, hroken oll. ll.V . n fcrilinhlliiK leaf or n rchtniiidliiK limn'eli. At liit a Ihito deer was hplcd, hut he saw or winded IiIh pur Miei- and hounded away with prodigious prodi-gious lcnp. ' I "We will i;o to the Ilend," ui:gfsted lliiEh. "I will patrol one Mile of the I Mrcnm mill jou eini wuich the other." I Loretlo linil heen iiltini only .1 short time when -hi plainly -uv two deer. Kxhlentlj' the animals hud nen some- ' thing or'someolit, hii not her. I.mettc ! rtilki'd her gun mid It report rang out. Shi thotlizht she saw nue of the alert ervntlircw full, hut the other, followed I iv the Indicts of iiuolher gun, hounded . Into 1111 nhler Ihlcktt. Then I.oielle hen id -he ft It eery hl.of-linpe lene Jier tin. noiiiiiI of n 1 innu'M niomiH. I Spiritless, hln' -tootl watching for 11 sign of Hugh ucro-s the rier. With , 1111 effort al Inst nhe nil-eil her fright- I cued ,olre: "Hugh!" 1 ' He iiUMM-icd f 1 inn the log crossing, a little wn up stream. He nin Into the alder thicket, I.oretit I.or-etit following 11 lit, hut he turneil to her with hi- face nulinst. "Don't come, don't Coiiil," he pleaded. plead-ed. Hi tried to wave her hack, enden orisl 10 tell her that they had uiudt! n mil-take, hut -he pu-heil hy him and passed on. A, hunter, wounded, ulieaily Itad removed re-moved his itiat, mid wit- trying (o stop the How of hlooil. Luckily. I.oiette knew- siiilielhllig nhoiir III'! aid. She got the giiU7i slic thoughtfully had tucked Into her Jacket pocket lltult had u strong tord iilyug with him. Together To-gether they hound up the llesh wound. Then l.orelte felt her strength fortiak-Ing fortiak-Ing her again. She auk Into an aldr clump uneoiiH'lous. When she revhed -he heard Hugh's vojee: "Vvu slay with her. I'll go for Doctor Doc-tor lllls"." She lieuril Ids reiicntlng footsiepa nnil opened her cjos A iwiesslng olce reassured Ijer- "Kxery thing )s all light, l.nreiie." "Hnld, how came you here" "Hugh told me. Why dldli I you x.iy he was a iiminher of your finally, I.or-otteV' I.or-otteV' "How tame you herel" l,e re-pciilnt. re-pciilnt. "At the iluh, one day, I was con (tlatiiliitlug Hugh on Ids full liidy. He falil, nt length, Unit you wcie coming here gunning. Kuturully 1 wanted to cvtne. too. 1 am uoiry for thlx inch lout. I've got n clean rltle shot rlt(ht through my arm." "Oh !" guaptsl Loretlo. "I I thuiight- " T "What did you shoot ntV" David la-lerrupted. la-lerrupted. ,, ,'l was Mire I shot a deer," iho n-pl'led, n-pl'led, iMUghliigly. ' , , "Let's tjo kOV." They found him, Just herc lie had fllen, a liiagnlllitut hliinlUied drer |