Show THE ail MEETING B by JULIA A ROBINSON A U 1 4 op ri glit anu b uio tile ae paper syndicate syrial cate her soldier hoy was comin coming home awl ami nita headed tile meeting ot of course ilic would linne le to see him and lie would find out lier her deception oil would lie think of tier her ilow how could she bear mat lie should look nl at tier glicr it lind had till nil begun nt it the girls g irl s red C cross ros inc meeting eting lets vin pin our names and addre addresses aes on the inside of these socks sock s we ire are knitting bugge suggested sted may bond perhaps Pei haps the lie soldiers iio ho get them will alite to ua u good I 1 cried the lie other sirls girls it IL be fun to get a letter from a so soldier I 1 dier each gill ns as slie she finished a pair of socks pinned tier her name on the inside and they were sent out after a time letters began to arrie aiom the boys at tile the fiant telling of war mar experiences and of arm life the girls read them aloud with nith many comments and much interest nita inita in a spirit of tun fun had pretended in her letter that she was some blodys maiden aunt and rote in a motherly mother strain she had hardly expected tier lier soldier to write more than once but lie did her letters were filled ith good advice and suggestions for ills his health and comfort and lie seemed to like them there wont ont be any romance for me out tit of these letters nita laughed he thinks im an old maid I 1 dont believe liell hell want to see me when lie he comes home and im sure I 1 want him to I 1 wonder if lie firlit wishes s I 1 were a gli gill I 1 she added to herself pm im glad lie know now tile I 1 ar was oer 0 er and the lie hoys were coming home ionic N soldier had written that lie should be among the first to he was longing to see tier her to tell her how much good tier lier letters her advice and her wise coun ael hud had done him ile he knew bile had 1 a L hill kind motherly mot heily heart and sympathetic t eyes were they blue a dear mouth that smiled and helpful hands he had so much enjoyed the shocks and sweaters she had sent ent they were ju just st what nhat ills his mother would have sent liim him had she blie been living ile he was as really longing to see tier her was her hair done in white puffs over her forehead foie head liend he loved to think of it so he 1 lived in norton not very ninny many miles from her own home and lie he should come to see her often lie he hoped site she would 1 I still be glad to mother him and to admonish him if lie he needed it nita was frightened when hen she lead that letter she could not escape meeting liim for lie he had lier her address what would he think of tier her it if she could only run away and tilde hide and bet et she did want to see him she had learned to like lier her soldier boy slie she had pictured him in her mind and she wanted oh liow how much shed she wanted to see him if only slie she could herself lier self be I 1 invisible nv Isible slie she almost wished now that she had not played playe d tier foolish joke lie he would despise her for her deceit and think tier her very silly with a beating heart nita watched the returning regiment march in arch through the he streets which one was nas lier her soldier boy he was with them she kne 1 new they were so straight with strong brave hace faces and the happy 1 light ight of victory in their eyes she was proud pr 0 UI of them all and cheered clice reI 11 willi the rest 1 I 1 when the doorbell doo ibell rang nita nit a stepped lightly to answer it quite unsuspecting she had not thought that he conic come to see her ber so soon there others to greet him yet there h b je tood stood she knew him at the first glance and wanted to hide bide what could slie she ay how explain she stared and said laid nothing ile he put out his hand with a boyish smile and a twinkle in ills his eye Is tills this miss spence he be asked im ilu im ilu nita spence came the timid answer perhaps ps lie would think the one who wrote the letters was her aunt if he would only go away alvay my maiden aunt my mentor he laughed merrily you look just jest as I 1 imagined isu would slie she gasped but why ily how could you dont aou OM suppose I 1 saw through our nour little gamel game his smile wn ann bright and assuming do you think any maiden aunt could write such lucli letters as you have been writing to mel me ive had your linage image before me nil the time and ive fre learned to worship it I 1 knew your eyes were full of laughter that your hair was soft and fluffy that your lips smiled with t lie tiniest 1 di dimple alc plc 1 I 1 could just see th alie e mischief lurking in the corner of your e ce e a as you wrote those letters oh how 3 helped to cheer those long tol toilsome some months how the thought or of NOU ou lias has given me help arid and courage for I 1 knew you were a brave girl doing bour pait at home they acre cre sitting very close to gether in the cozy sitting room heart throbbed and yet vet she tried to draw her hand away from him oil she faltered what must you think of me I 1 1 I think iou aou are the dearest girl in all the lie told her drawing her hands from tier burning face 1 I need mothering and advice and all that soil of thing now more than ever before ive come to ask you to take the job for life will you do it lie he was at her with earnest eyes full of love sliu she looked up at him trembling yet with mischief in tier her eyes as slie she an sered yes if ou think you can stand a n maldera malam aunts scolding and he was quite y |