Show l THE HOLIDAY l I IBy I By HELEN K M. M PATTERSON T Copyright 1918 by the McClure Newspaper per Syndicate Thursday is Js n a holiday said pretty Edith Sawyer to the three girls who occupied all nIl the space of her small bedroom Do stop your knitting Ruth for a n. few tew minutes and let us plan what we will do I want to enJoy enjoy enjoy en- en Joy every minute of or the da day Of at course we do echoed eyed dark-eyed Minnie l Some of the boys we ve know will be home for the holiday Wont Won't It be fun to have a picnic party and spend the day beach bench But Bat that Isn't new objected ob oh- i Hazel I spend most every Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day at the beach Let us go Into the country But this will be different Hazel We will wm all take a lunch and picnic Then we can dance and swim and have lots tots more fun Iun than we could going out Into the country where whore you ou can only gazo gaze at a n cow and get bitten by toes Besides I know the boys would much rather spend the day where they can dance and have some fun tun Dont Don't you think so Ruth 1 Minnie asked ofa of ofa a 11 vivacious haired curly-haired girl busily working with knitting needles If It you will promise not to tell said Raid Ruth mischievously I uI will Impart Impart Im tin- part to you my plans I made them last wool weck I Well Ven Its It's like this tills saId sold Ruth Being BeIng Being Be ing tired of ot the city and all an such stich amusements I decided to spend the day In n the country looking at nt the cow that Minnie said would be there As I dont don't like to spend the day alone I invited five very congenial people to togo togo togo go with me so we are going to take a lunch start early and spend the day inthe In Inthe Inthe the most delightful place that I know of ot There were looks of ot consternation and amazement on on nil all tIll the girls' girls faces They had always considered themselves Ruths Ruth's particular friends and now v to hear they had been slighted by their favorite for more congenial company made them somewhat chagrined I didn't mean to offend you girls hastily went Ruth on and Im I'm suro sum you ou wont won't be when I tell you my company company company com com- pany will be Mrs l Morgans Morgan's five kid kid- lets Mrs Morgans Morgan's five fhe children 1 I Are you crazy Ruth Sanborn to spend your holiday taking tare of at babies asked Minnie No not quite crazy Minnie answered answered answered an an- Ruth laughing but hut you see I knew Mrs Morgan l wanted very much to see seo her youngest brother who is at Camp so I just suggested to her tha that she and hubby should motor to the tho camp and ond I would take the chitI children chil chit I dren Including baby Robert and spend I the the day In In th the country She Sho was so t 1 grateful that I wondered I hadn thought of ot It before Tho The astonished girls girts watched Ruth disappear through the open door and then thea when the door was closed voiced their sentiments I 1 dont don't know what alls ails her She has been rather rother moony ever eve since the night she was rescued from the fire by that young man and she doesn't even know his name or hasn't seen him since commented HazeLI HazelI HazeL I guess she is dreaming of at finding him some day added Edith rather sarcastically sar Thursday dawned bright and clear a n regular July day and eight o'clock found Ruth engaged In helping Mrs Mrss Irs Morgan dress the children who were nil all excited nt at spending the day In n the country with Aunt Ruth as they called her The TIle place Ruth had chosen for tor the was all aU that she had described to the girls The day passed quickly and as soon as the long shadows began to appear the six happy picnickers I with the empty lunch basket started for tor home When they were in sight atthe of at the road Ruth was surprised to see a large automobile stop evidently waiting waiting wait wait- ing for tor them The two older children hurried on ahead and Ruth soon heard their cries of ot Uncle Jack 1 I Uncle Jack I 1 and saw them affectionately greeted by a n large largeman man In uniform Her heart began to bent uncomfortably fast Where had she seen him before Instantly her thoughts flew fiew back six months to a nn to n o n man who had found he her l lost t ta a and groping g her way In the smoke led her carefully out and then as soon as she was safe disappeared Ln Like e In a n drea dream she heard little Mary say uT This ls Is Uncle Jack He lie came back with mamma and has come to take us home Aunt Ruth 1 I suppose we are properly Introduced Introduced Intro Intra said Uncle Jack smiling and then as he took Ruths Ruth's proffered hand haUll My little girl of ot the fire I he ex ex- claimed And you are my knight who disappeared disappeared so BO quickly I didn't even thank you sold said RuthI RuthI Ruth I had to replied Jack uh you yon wont won't object Ill I'll promise not Dot to hurry away again Ruth nuth did not object as her blushing I face told |