Show I 1 WITHIN A MONTH I 1 1 by ETHEL V HALL c MS by ilia mcclura newspaper c syndicate bradlee violet sat on the top tell mil of the fe fence c smiling aidlin at to herself S she it va tag a III thinking joking of if the word wed lm he lind a lie had it h with her a month before nee I 1 violets health was mam ad bof f wry very good gmal and the doctor hod bad ordred to red her to the country for the summer a he 1 B I 1 Us ad out at loud ad US as she be thought of f these sued n orda now nn mother at I 1 I 1 wont non I 1 aln mini in the lonely old cometa und bud no a one lem can make m me sit elshir you yen know lee 1 im used s sit to a crowd find end d ing and ad s everything Goo goodness dries die I 1 tell ou all I 1 we wont 1 9 go but b violet 1 went 1 to it her uncle 14 henr 8 in firmi and ad now all she that flint nothing could I 1 induce her to go back to the dirty clo close city rhe lie aimed uncle hear henriq country wave still and no one coul could aid b be e any rucco the llian dear aunt ellen come came part old the alop lets tale take ft TO run said violet jumping jeraldine t ram the th e fene fence and starting down the field vat walh h sport a large jorge wille collie dog close cloe at her heel now ow port I 1 im in going to roll mil down done this hill and dont you I 1 laugh real at tre me other either md diolet 9 ghang hl rig in his IS ear car a twitch but bat corf enjoyed JO SO barking at her as am much BS am she he C enjoyed J the rol rolling ling slie sis I 1 reached red ch ad the bottom boctor or of tho the III I 1 I 1 ba sat t up at cut and found that her only companion am had bad des desei eted ted her she rho called h me name me and was an it by y n barl the e 1 sound 1 nd came jura bit from th the bondi so ne a scrambled rb came to her feet and ad r ran 1 in that direction when she earn came to the tell tall fit fir trees S sport port cam r running 19 1 9 out at holding a piece of paper in his him mouth month tt hat a this q questioned violet reading the note and looking mus BUS nally into the woods the note ran it vas a great fun full witching ou on roll i down A am a I 1 that int h hill III I 1 would d like to see ou do it again to cousee outdo morrow ins at th the same rome time me im 90 going da to talk with vou van too violet via et skipped shipped back to the house to hilp aunt ell ellen prepare supper she ha we was unusually silent nod and me was inter card to hear bear uncle thieve henry say ellen that v enung g billi over home ve yesterday 0 la abhat that so replied aunt ellen 1 I B suppose PP the voting oung girls will look 1001 it their 01 prettiest let but I 1 bet I 1 M I 1 will mill out shine sit joe them all 11 said uncle retry mis 1 chi siv 1 that amun fellow would make vou van a good huband edw now harl uncle lou re Is always telling TO me that 8 someone CT would old in make roe a good husband b band how do ou in know knew im I 1 to looking tor for a la husband bauld sold violet bobbing her melm bell atell I 1 nc neer saw a girl giri of 1 nineteen iteen that wasn gasn I 1 looking for a husband bad III bet if you met him N ou on w would alit id be engaged to him within a am month oth now how bear eenra protested his hia wife but hnry got get up and kissed the rest of the sentence Ben tence away the next afternoon a little before the appointed time violet went to her thinking seat she had bad been seated there only mile a few minutes ahen sport came a fand ad stood before her with another note in his mouth T ahta I 1 1 rend read sport come came too soon BOOD but bar I 1 am ft alting 1 I II 11 do it if judt to see what happens ind and she ran to the top of the hill lay down closed her eyes bad and lot let herself go full speed when almost to the bottom she topped stopped with a jerk she had bumped into something and iha terel it me ans had fallen with a thud she sat eat up and opened her big blue ees eem to look into the fees face of a young man sitting on the grass in frost front of he her smiling and showing two rows of P perfect ft f t w white its teeth she put her hand over her mouth to keep beep from scream ing now dont run ran off liff young 16 jadv he said eald er 1 I tried to stop you yen ensa but you mode came so me swift you knocked me im a over are vou ran the she be bcd aked but got get no further for he said ald les ies ITO im the writer itar of t the be note my ily name Is billy BEI y morris whits bourt mines minea llobet snow rl after talking some same time violet rose roae to go pont forget forest tomorrow at the same a chri time said bald bill bah as he me watched tried her litlie lilt body to run up the h hill 11 for a month they met very every day but no one knew it bile edt and ad daliy at last uncle henry bald aid it s S a brunn thlu than at I 1 can t get but hold of that boung morris morrie to C come here if I 1 told him there them vas ats a I 1 pretty g girl here ere abet I 1 bet he bould uld come came in double 0 quick qu it time fee boyl now nies uncle carl cautioned violet shaking limiting her curls well wall III kp k p my word I 1 bet it if noll ou met him vou von won would bl be engaged v ithan S a mouth month I 1 bet bat I 1 would to komg too sang mg violet US as all she skipped out at of the h house C and ad U tan els cle henry looked I 1 in me wonderment t at hm his falte lie j ahat I 1 bat night before dark violet wry very 1 rich kept ln pt perking out of the window i and nt at last her heart seemed to beat harder than ever before abs when be law iw him bile coming joe well wall bill uncle hav her here race omea that biily morris now b but ut h he ot or no end further f tor or he be was waa some imme eur am 0 I ad to see be violet run reat down to 1 the a get kate to meet bet billy I 1 when h se violet caine in again she bald VO IT henry city you ve 11 won lour our let bet I 1 met at billy J just UA a month ago 9 today and ad ohp he held up her hond hand tor for inspection lamps it of 0 a lovely love I 1 Y 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