Show 5 What Squire Jim Wanted By MARTHA M M. WILLIAMS fe 5 rJ 1923 11 by McClure y No p per Syndicate If It you know the thing you ou want the chance of ot getting re's res 1 always It Ii b by hunk book or crook or odd orld chance but lul If you Oll dont don't know well know well there is 00 quite another story as IlS Squire Jim Jill Lewis poor gentleman was tins to prove J Ile 0 did not lack either possession or occupation Contrariwise he suffered nn embarrassment of ot riches riches riches-n n b bg stoc full d d with the best of I everything that walked wallowed How n and ate n a fine substantial al house full rum ill of as us fine n a go 1 u S goal name money money- In bank and expectations e There did seem scent nothing left a reason reason- reasonable able uLle man to for n Vet Yet there there was Just what he be dIdI did I rot f he conscious t know gnaw acutely ns as was a of It i t dully aching void Aunt Keziah 1 wh win h Lent Kept house for or him said shrewdly sin didn't know what Jimmy needed wu to t to gE get gel u K wife or religion reIllon Religion Re Ito- ligion would bo bp safest safest you you could ni- ni I wiy j if the collar galled galled- and find there you were Divorces cost money lIe behles lie Ides folks folies remembered them diem o j o lou long Worst rl risk k though II was uvas of ot things timings not going that far Spose Spase Jimmy tied up with a woman who Mho tried to make male him eat by the books hoots cold cold bread brend and health truck fur breakfast breakfast and and no pie whatever no no time at all nil It galled Jimmy even grouched him this puzzle with Ith no answer The answer answer an an- was as not n u woman woman that that was as the surest furst thing he knew Notwithstanding ln In ing he was no woman hater hater rather i one who cherished a n vast vague a ue respect re re- respect for the whole sex sex so so vast and amI vague figue it chilled l warmer feelings A Athwart thwart this bewilderment flashed rain rainbow ow wise a human rainbow h by byname byname name 1 Lyle 1 Grayson Grayson- Not in an any safe conventional cOU way war either cither but by the conjunction of ot deep mud a stalled car carand carand and ami a perfectly beautiful young man manso manso manso man man- so beautifully spotless he seemed out of place packing a glass shade for protection he lie was driving ing but the girl beside him had bad evidently e been doing the lie real work Her lIer nose W was smudged Cd one bare wrist deeply scratched her eyes pools of If adoration mixed 1 with wilh concern She hailed balled Squire Jim Thin alertly at nt sight asking ing help In the first words Need of It was too clear to require explanation Come here mid find mince make this car go through your red mud she all but demanded Its Us Its It's Its It's new to us were we're strangers you know Honeymooners the squire was somehow bold enough to answer The girl smiled deliciously saying with frank frunk pleasure Not yet but soon soon soon- provided you rou get us out deep the rescuer commented com com- dismo dismounting at nt the edge of ot the puddle If It you ha had 1 drove span spang through the middle you might made a-made amadeU it U safe Its safe Its It's deepest and stickiest by tint that far bank Never mind about that the that the thing is Ie to get through It somehow It-somehow the girl cirI sa said Ill Impatiently We are quite helpless Arthur Arthur my my Gance never fiance never tried to elope nor run a car until this morning lie Ill ought to be game for In red mud Squire Jim commented I 1 wont won't let him Lyle Irle said sweetly He hasn't any hasn't-any any other clothes along you along you dont don't thI l he lie wants to be married looking like a hod carrier care how hoot I looked If looked If I got gut rr my girl Squire Jim countered hereby amazing himself Somehow this girl had melted things inside InsIde lie lie had lost his sense of ot futility life futility life was no longer sapless but teeming with high adventure lie He was In mud halt halt- thigh deep in spite of wearing his second best suit But nut that didn't matter mat mat- ter ter nothing nothing mattered except to hear further that bewitching voice It said Oh Ohm thank you so much as ns he he- stopped to test the full fun depth and stiffness ss of or the mud mud- Lightening l loads cads V dg the only chance he said suld lookIng looking look look- ing lag UI up nand Hand land out your our Ill I'll traps Ill I'll tithe take em to dry land then land then come back tul for you ou Oh we can never get out of the cat car Lyle exclaimed In dismay At t least basil I cant can't cant can't have to drive you know But if you ou think you rou can manage with Arthur not Arthur not let him fall fall fall- there she sIle Mopped perforce the Perforce the squire had somehow somehow somehow some some- how yanked her from her seat scat and was carrying her 0 o er er to the firm road roadside Ille As 8 he sat her down he lie said masterfully masterful masterfully master master- ful fully over o his shoulder Arthur he- he h hr r ready ready lung long time I reckon since you ou rode rule pick pick a Arthur rose ruse up the time reddest rose rosl made mantle a as l m though to plunge in the mud but J short at hIs sweethearts sweethearts sweetheart's cr cry II If ou you do that all aU is off between us tto o there was fiS excuse for the ride ritIe he hp took wishing the while he might Strangle his steed nut hut us as his hIlS feet touched lunched earth a t new terror beset him over U over the time hed hedge half halt l flying hat awry U burst hurst a tall muscular woman her eyes a stormy but hut her clicks chinks stained with t urs She had hind se seen sen n the transfer of ot Arthur Instantly she clutched him crying loudly I Iun am ant In time thank God Cod I J turned back bacle finding you ou had hadnot hadnot hadnot not reached the minister Heaven lIea guided me across fields to find and Eve Kive IOu lour here re I want the straight of this t. t t Squire Jim demanded Holding Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur tight the newcomer comer answered Tie The straight Is merely Is-merely merely that I am saving caving I m my son an ad adventuress Slag She ran off oft with him In la her car this morning H By help of ot providence I have tolled foiled tier her My bay bey Is under age She not ruin his life tIfe I had hind rather miller f see e him dead than her husband You I lire are I her tooL e Not so you'd- you'd notice It t was the retort Never Neer saw either of the two till halt half an nn hour back But Dut It If Im I'm a Judge of ot small matters platters she nodding at ut 11 Lyle Is the luckiest one Cant Can't think how she ever took a n shine to Arthur unless Arthur unless she's so young she still hankers after toys Arthur tried to spring at nt the squires squire's throat throat Inn ma majestic j jestic sUc mamma restrained him sn saying We will not stay here to bandy bundy words word with a u ruman Come ray 10 son sonI I I left the car a little way back on the main road I do hope you left nothing of oC value in that car glancIng glancing glancing glanc glanc- ing scorn scornfully full at the stalled roadster Wo We will not however stop to Investigate even een even though thought you OU should have ha lost your our purse I have the license license license-if If that's what youre you're concerned about about Lyle cried springing to her feet She had crouched cowering upon the grass grass- bank now bank now she faced Arthur mute but with entreating r eyes lie He could not meet their gaze turning gaze turning he hc muttered something that sounded like We must wait then went dutifully along I with Ms Ills natural protector Lyle I watched them disappear the entreaty dying slowly from her glance When the they hud hind vanished she turned to Squire Jim trying to laugh and speak saucily saucily but but but broke down utterly and finn flung herself herselt prone upon the grass her body hOlly shaken pitifully with hard dr dry sobs He lie let her be for tor five e minutes busying himself the while with the time car Empty I he managed to drive It clear and halt it some little distance beyond Its owner She sat sut up 11 at the sound of it t her face burning and said breathlessly to hide from all I want to get away to away the world Tell me where to go Instead Ill I'll show slow you OU said Squire Jim handing her Into the time car cur It took them miles s on miles till In early afternoon it halted in front of a It peaceful peaceful peaceful peace peace- ful gray house neither neithel big nor little with vIlh flowers in the yard ard a gray cat caten cn en the steps and a pretty faded woman woman wom wom- an nn rocking on the porch To her Squire Jim said suld unsteadily Mary I Mary I know what I want want you This child has shown me rue a n womans woman's worth She is hurt hurt Ive Ive I've brought her to you ou for tor shelter shelter shelter shel shel- ter and healing Will Vill you ou help to pay what we owe her Very ten tenderly clI Mary Iary Elliott murmured murmured murmured mur mur- Yes |