Show the uplifting 01 ol 1 beltle BY SARA I 1 COLEMAN Coly copyright right ISO bv dally daily story pub co kettle bettle was aiwas pretty but that morning as she swept do lo the for eft primeval she vas nas a picture the rapid movement hal flung the th blood into her reeks her hair tad had blown about her face her lips wera were part pd d and her eyes voie shining dot bet ties tie a eyes bad a lay of nicholson Mc holson stepped out ot of the road to give her flying ste stel sted d tho the right of 0 ay aa As she flashed past her sunbonnet held hold tu to her abrou by 1 9 strings ed on her shoulder shoulders nicholson sat mat on tho log anil anti pon dere duprel I 1 A bc be dutiful thou thought glit bad had come to him As the giri girl passed she said gold howdy mister blister there was a strong grain of 0 philanthropy in Nt 11 holson and the chance to work a long cherished cherl che rishel she I 1 plan was at band all his life he had heird hetra he tra of the narrowness and ignorance and anti poverty of these shut ins among whom he was mas thrown As seen they lad tad not appealed to him but there were possibilities li ii this beautiful child so enthused was he with his broj act so 0 o intent on mapping out a pro gram that would bring beauty into in to the forest chil I 1 a life that he looked tip to find and tie flie object of his thoughts approaching i sho she was riding slowly and as she reared nicholson her horse swerved a rabbit scuttled from the fern bed i nicholson Mch oleon sprang to bla his feet and tilled the bridle it was all very simply and naturally done no doubt the spirit of the forest was in sympathy with ith nichol son aai and bad had thrown this chance at him but he be stood no caless and awk ward clinging to the mountaineer mountaineers horse his ills acquaintance with young women had not extended to those h 9 mg a ll howdy mister at him it was bettle bettie who broke the sl at lence I 1 must mua be a tr trivel avelin ln drawled the tirl it air time ter milk old suke nicholson hunt burst into a roar ot of mirth la in which the girl joined two who have laughed together in the th land ian d w where here the old chief rests rest are never thereafter strangers Ir taj l taj iced nich thing genuine bottles betties eyes held a gypsy glint her face dimpled into laughter again and the brown pools of 0 her ys laughed laug hecl too to she made a movement moT ement ot of fil flicht gilt then halted the ciffo caff she said it air real I 1 the forest engulfed her so quick ly t d she vanish U ben it finally occurred to him that she ate did not mean to return he was sitting on the moss covered log at the time he got to his feet and fol lowed the road fell into a compromise between road and trail aa as it climbed it followed a sparkling stream nich olson passed alluring by patt pa to hesi tae at a foot toot bridge that crossed the stream and left the trail he lie crossed the log and followed a foot path that wound its narrow way up ward A stir in the th branches of a tree above him caused NI chIson to I 1 look ook VP p AS bettle bettie who sat mat 1 its a crotch of he the tree looked down la retrospective afterthought nich lson olson was forced to confess to hi him m self el that in the morning pent spent with bottle bettie he had bad no once thought of his philanthropic scheme che nae or of the nodal social gulf that yawned between them when next he climbed to the E ea it gle net nest she he had told him bim t that bat the double cabin above them was as her 32 t pv 14 4 nicholson Mc holton sprang to his fet liet and elded the bridle home and called eagle nest he carried a mall small picture of the child and ma madolina dodna prettily framed it wac a it favorite of hit his and ome some dim idea of giring giving it to her of telling its etory story and in thi this way making a beginning was la in hie his mind lie found bettle bettie under the tree and busily at something om ething she be tart in ber her bonnet when he ap pro preached ached he ile took the picture from hie his pock et and handed it to her it a a picture I 1 m fond food of bo aid said heel tating may I 1 give tt it to you bettles etite face wore were if its witch look it crinkled up tip with alight and the brown pool of her eyes when hent the bo aun sun strikes a dear clear mountain stream to its heart it glint like little bettles a bejes she looked at the picture gravely it peari pears ter me she he drawled thet the little tittle un um favors its mar powerful po erful nicholson Mc hoison gave up tip bettles defor matlon mation then and there he abandon cil ed it in a roar of mirth fach day he lie crossed the toot foot arld bridge e to find btttle every fiber of his be lag 1 rejoiced in the long summer days days that only high altitude s agreed N q ai 4 f V J it pears to me the she draw dras that the little un favor favors ita its ma aioo power ful the intoxication of living in close touch with sun and air and earth in their summer mood was upon him he ile did not mar their perfection by taking thought smiling indulgent happy he lived in the light lighthearted hearted untroubled present yut but paying li Is part ot of life lites game and borrowed joy carries a heavy interest the tile day came when the man climbed the hill with lagging steps im going home he told her ab lu p tk yoi YOU 11 marry a R mountaineer I 1 forget inea me more vote n likely 4 you love me I 1 savagely betty laughed with the abandon ol 01 achild a child law kaow she said aint ye sie she drew herself up and A ad the cool tinkle of ice fee in a glass glas S w wa As in her voice 1 I air ale capable 0 ta kin keer 0 myself again she dl dimpled and cooed good god G od evenin atair it air time ter te if milk nal old suke nicholson had bad been dismissed as coldly ai at his own slater sister child have done it there was a wonderful moon thai that night it balanced baJan ceil itself on a moun tain crest swung off into space pace and swept up the wall of the sky put ting out the fire of the stars in its path it fell on nicholson Nich who climbed the big hill with eters that did not lag it fell on dettle bettie and aft 1 tt soft un certain patches on her white gown A silence that niters filters through to the core of 0 ones spirit held the heights A wisp of a cloud white as the dream of one beloved followed tao tae moon s track NIc Nich nolson came suddenly from the shadow of the little porch where bet tie sat he ile had never been to the th eagle nest before he ile knew nothing of the la girl a e home life he ile took off his jact and stood be fore her could you marry rue tomorrow be he asked dettle bettle in the shadow taint tain t likely 1 she said with a sf it A cholson stormed up lip the steps step and lift d her from the chair into his big arma jas J 19 come n see my aunt said bottle bettie some time later nicholson followed her into the cabin it ray have been the pictures on the wall the boulam scattered eiery cry where the open piano one otie of a doz do en things thing sIt it may have been bettle bettie herself wearing a conventional gown and with softly puffed pulled hair her face crinkled up with mischief pf cho are youl you demanded nichol son 1 on sternly what are you doing ecret h ere I 1 jos I 1 said sald beade 1 I 1 be a book writer I 1 apologetically half nicholson Nich lifted the nearest enok L wk from the table hopes affeld he read by elizabeth burroughs he lie kaew knew the book for months it had been among the best sellers aa ie ho put it down his eyes fell en irn the madonna his gift so you made a fool of m for the sake of material mate his 1113 voice was bitter bettle reflected 1 I war experiment n she confessed seeing the look on his face 2113 went to him swiftly the eppsy tan van abed all woman she he out her arms t to 0 him I 1 I 1 hate experiment experiments mobbed eliv abeth burroughs |