Show KHAW I 1 by MISS RUTH E I 1 ab I 1 V jerry slowly opened her eyes ayes and for a moment she was startled then a he laughed softly its As she glanced around the littlecamp litt little lecomp camp bedroom surely itkind it and been enough a year ngo ago she sat up and readied reached for her watch as she looked out of the window fl 6 anda and a beautiful morning she would take the canoe sho she thought paddle around to the little cove and dream until breakfast time her hostess would understand ten tea minutes later she softly closed thedoor the door of the screened ln in porch and stood on the little float the encoe was gone I 1 perhaps dick the husband of her hostess had gone on an early cearly errand and would be back soon she sat down to watt wait it way all so familiar the float the little camp with the screened in porch the beautiful lakel slow low many good times and happy days she lind had spent there last season sitting quietly on the piazza paddling on the late laface strolling along the country roads I 1 the aie pictures crowded through tier her memory and always beside tier her in them nil all was as a tall in clot tips lips a lazy figure content conton flo to to do tier her bidding with apparently no other oilier sil alin in I 1 in n life than the pleasure at hand it had bad all been very pleasant and happy and then he had proposed As a churn chum and playmate lie ho had fitted admirably but for a husband slie she wanted a man a competent commanding man she had told him not an indolent boy in khaki trousers and flannel shirt so it lind had ended her friendship with ills his sister lind had remained unbroken but tile the good times had cohsed and now after a winter of hard work she ila had been glad gidd to accept sylvias kind invitation for the weekend week end with the tacit understanding der standing that the fellow in khaki enina camping ing clothes should be absent then rudely lier her dream was broken A canoe came gliding gilding into view and there was something fa millar both in tile the craft and the straight figure paddling Step stephen henl she cried fis as the canoe scraped the Inn landing dIng tile the tall good looking figure in the khaki uniform of uncle sams army looked squarely into her eyes until her lashes dropped then lie he steadied the canoe with a liand hand on the float and held out the other hand get in 1 lie he said and there was nothing indolent elther either about voice or in manner tinner I 1 she stepped squarely into the center of the canoe settled adlong the cushions and lie he paddled off with etli a steady clean stroked stroke not a N ard was ns uttered III until I 1 fit they reached a little cove coc which shut off on the view ew of the cottages he stopped and looked at hor until she could feel the color dye liev checks where did you come froma leoin she stammered to cover coer her confusion had a few hours leave from camp come on the lost list train last night lie he replied did you know I 1 avns here she asked quickly no I 1 stephen replied just Rs as quickly but I 1 should le have come just the same if I 1 had I 1 lind had made up rn my mind to go to boston next week any anyway just to see you im going to france soon very soon lie ile heard her catch tier her bre breath etli sharl sharply dy then lie went on very quietly you told me last summer you wanted a man for a husband not a lazy boy and it struck deep uncle anni has been frying ills best to make a nian man out of me and im doing my best to help ailin they say that absence makes tile the heart beart grow stronger for someone nearer hoine but it my heart jerry ills eyes hot held hers her until it seemed they looked into each others hearts you do love me lie said as lie loaned leaned forward yes sald jerry softly she had found tier her commanding ninn some two hours later inter sylvia saw tham land nt at the float and pull up the canoe their faces told tile the story ns as they canio into the cott cot cotlige tige ago and she congratulated them warmly but what really Is the iho difference jerry between the lazy boy of hist sur summer niner and his lils bold young nian before us asked sylvia ile he was dreaming then lies hes adnice now flow said jerry as sloe slie held ills arm tighter yes but the real difference Is in lie file khael stephen my iry camping clodies were to piny around in and enjoy myself and I 1 dill did too tol lint hut uncle sums uniform uni forin makes ili akes you vou forgot borget yoila yourself alf its a khaki suit for a man 0 ibio o ahny hard work to do rind must laust be ever ianthe on alie job and gitil ith it on and your goal lievore you yon yo 11 just have to go forward to td v victory I 1 atory 11 in love 6 or warr var lau laughed glied ills his sla sisi to er r the soldier singled tenderly down into his sweethearts eyes copyright 1918 1919 by mcclure mcclura newspaper syndicate |