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Show I "BILLY," THE BLOCKADE RUNNER. , . . 1 It rloao ami Btillry; no breath et sir allrred Ihit pines, and tho null-lain null-lain alulk. bold tha roadway were drooped lint tu earth. Krun Lieutenant Thomaa Morley Gray, aa ho aat amok Ins yery methodl-cally methodl-cally at ha did all ihlngn-upon the I top rld-r of a rli kely rail lim a tiualilo tho riiartway. appfart-il aa n!t-rly l-I l-I ... , aoranl (hat two ltrat arrnltia In blur. and gray woro dnBKMlly facliiic ah otlior In aorrlrd rauka not mom than throo mlloa away, notwithstanding that bo hlmaoU woro a uniform whtian eolor bulled hit namo. Whtm an hour had punm-d a king. draKKlng hour, during wlitrh ho had altornalnly fannod hlin.rlf with hla bat and waxod iint-qnal ronitiat Willi tha nio(iiltou. hn h, di-pllo tho amoka. had d' lnn-d hoBlllltli-a Oray put on hla hat with a di-u-rnilnt-d air and slid down from tlu Mint. Aa ho did an ha law a cloud of dii.t moving along tho roadway In 111. dlrt-ctlon. Thi-n out of the dual t loiid i-m.-rnod a yellow dog. trotting along heavily with hla totigiiH lulling from hla nioulli. "Hilly." aold tlray, alooplng to pal tha panting boaat, "good old Hilly. What what tho " hu broke off aud-donly aud-donly In aurprlao, for tied to the dog'a collar wai a violet rnvelopu of email dlmonrdona and Iho aiiHrarrlptlon on It waa hla own name. (Iray auatchml tha envelopo and toro It open. "Uear old Tummy," ho read. "Humph," ho Interpolated. "I know thoao "dear old Tommies' trouble.," Ho again turned to tho note. "1 can't read Chaucer beneath tho big pine tree with you thla afternoon j bocau.o I m going out riding with Mr. Bennett. Kxcu.e haato and brevity, but ho la waiting for 1110 now. 1 ahall ahow Hilly your gauntleta hero aud toll him to find you, which I'm auro ho will du. Now don't bo angry and Baku do rail you 'Tommy Uroen-lyea' Uroen-lyea' again. "TrunUng Hilly may find ynu aixm, "11KI.KN." (ray aurveed the cloudleaa aky ftir i oeveral tiimultuouit momenta. I "Now, wouldn't that -" ho tiegau. Tho aeuience dieil In an liiuno gurKle, while (Iray'a fui-e grew wrathlully red and greut head, of peritplrnilon alotHl on hla forehi-nd. I'hi'n he tore 1 a leaf from hi. notelKtok. htt.tlly j arrawleit a few word, and lied It to t llllly'a collar, ttlien- the other nolo j bail repoaed. ! tie ani.e, and, followed by tho dog, . atalked down the road. When they 1 , came to the fork (Iray pointed down ' ' tho left hand road and .aid, aternly, 'Homo. Hilly. Home, air." After he 1 bad watched the dog trot off dejected- )y Into the dual hn hlm.elf weut alow- ly up the oilier road to aueak hla way back tu hia rtunpauy'a tdvouac. that evening Hilly aerambled ,1 , Into tho hammock it hero hla mUtroHa ) lay. Hhe .aw the noto and In tho idlra light from the window lie.idn hrr read Iheio word.: "My dear Helen; "1 trimt you'll have a pleaaant after, i noon. I'ndoulitedly It will bo much j preferable In Chaucer beneath the ! pine. Hilly reached me after I had waltod aeveral hour, for you. The J time pomml very pIciiKunily, lhanka lo i the ylllalnoua heut and .warma of . anilna-atriiikon muHrjultoea. llelng ' i - ' j the soul of dovollon. I ahall be dulight-I dulight-I od any afternoon In the future to gu through tho InqulHltlon again for the aake of tho reward of a alinllar nuto, tolling me you are riding with Hi la latnat arrival In town. "THOMAS M (HtAV." The noxt afternoon. a Oray waa getting hia 1111-11 In order for a threut-rnd threut-rnd attack of tho "reha," Hilly again eaino trotting up with tho viulet envelope en-velope attached Ui hla collar. In the ahado of aome auniach htinhea (Iray anaiched time (o read the contenta. 'Your late.t outhurat duly reeelvod. per Hilly. Mr. Tommy llreen Kyoa. Pray don't aubject your.elf to heat aud uioaiioltoca on my account." Tho nolo Hilly carried back read a. followa: "Tlmuka. I had no Intention of doing ao. T. M. ()." Then ftir a week there waa alienee between them. tlrny In hla anger curaed thu Confediirntea for lying on their arma lualead or making thinga ao lively that ho would have a rhuueo to cool hla riigo on them In battle. Hut Inatead ho waa obliged to ail Inaetlvo In camp and daily watch Heluu Den-nlaon Den-nlaon and Hammeit, tho fopplah civil Ian, go trolling along the Confederalo front on horseback. No wonder bo fumed. Hut una evening when tho whole town waa In a ferment over the well authenticated rumor of long Impending Impend-ing battle to come on the morrow. (Iray licurtl a mighty yelping and kl-yl kl-yl lug In 111" road aa ho waa aklrllug Iho ramp on a final round of InatM'c-tlon. InatM'c-tlon. Ho turned hack to find Hilly and a brltidlu bull terrier bard at It. With Judlctoua klcka ho managed to get them apart, and then hla heart came Into hia throat, for attached to llllly'a collar was a hit of violet on-veloiie. on-veloiie. tlray anatched It eagerly. It had been andly mutilated In I lie fray. "I'm In terror over what might hap pen tomorrow. I waa Juat Irving to make you Jealoua," hn read, and In another place he matin out, "I'm lonesome lone-some for you, you fooli.h " Ml.a Helen licnnlsnn. hitting on the broad veranda of the cottage, aaw a -mill ne ouiili trotting aedutely ai roaa Iho lawn. It n Hilly-a wreath of 011k leavea alHiut hi. neck, ami tied to hi. lull a amall hi I k ttiii; which fluttered flut-tered bravely In the hreeie. Prominent Promi-nent on thu onk wreath waH an en velope addressed to herself: "My dear Helen," aim read, and laughed softly; "I received but the merest fragments of your nolo, for Hilly Hil-ly tried conclusions with a bull terrier Willi disastrous result. Nevertheless enough remained lo glvn me con. Id-ernlile Id-ernlile enllKliienuienl. llllly'a appearance appear-ance when he reaches you If ho doesn't get into other diftlculllca on the way la tho result of niy ssir attempt at-tempt to express my state of niind. We'd better make it a. early aa dob-slide dob-slide and spend our honeymoon before your 'reba' get me." And l.leut. Thoniaa Morley (iray, who atrodii up the gravel walk at that moment, beheld Hilly struggling from the embrace of a young woman, who blushed furiously a. she saw hlra standing there. Harry I'alne la Baa Fraucisi-o Call. |
