Show L CANCELLED 70 by MYRA A WINGATE by aler ilc Cluro luro newspaper Now jack elizabeth said to her brother at lunch do you know a stalwart who infests these shores shore u handsome brute in khaki with fill ft a pocket full of notebooks jack darrell laughed delightedly that must have been cameron lie said Bo tanys ills his hobby bobby and literature ills life work lie has a shack up the lake and never leaves for tile the city until snow files lies hes a boon companion of ours with a glance glace across at ills his wife A friend of yours said elizabeth dismayed why I 1 all but quarreled with him this morning I 1 got a ducking over there by the island and lie he helped me ashore ile he was a perfect savage about my being out in a canoe aud I 1 told him so ills departure v was as too abrupt to be polite rm im sorry you said eald that remarked jack soberly ue lie was engaged to the queen of the summer colony here three ears ago she used to call him the splendid savage iles hes no DO society man but blit a serious worker ile he as in dead earnest but she was only playing the summer colony fairly buzzed with ith the affair cameron never looked at a girt girl before unit and since thinks there all alike you xou look 1001 about sixteen in that in middy y suit stilt ile he must have thought you were a forward flapper elizabeth struggled with the hur I 1 ln nj I 1 her throat before she aie could say ilow how horribly cruel lie must have thought me file I 1 wish nish lie he had known that I 1 dint know it was a toi fui egone conclusion that they should illert mei t almost a foregone conclusion that both should be attracted cameron held stubbornly aloof from rom a tear fear akin to that of the burned child elizabeths pride matched his caution she burned with shame over tile the memory of her unfortunate speech while at the same time her proud spirit re resented owing her life to a man too indifferent to be friendly she longed tor for an opportunity to equalize what she felt to bo an obligation on a midsummer afternoon jack came in to say cameron broke au an ankle today im on my way down to the village to get a pair of crutches wilkins will nill put on a cast in a day or two elizabeth disturbed at jaces news and annoyed with herself for being disturbed rambled restlessly forth along the lake shore turning aside aade presently to plunge deeper into the woods the summer drought that held the north country in its grip had touched even the woodlands so that toe the trees looked thirsty and the d drad dad ad leaves and spills crackled underfoot returning she met the blue smoke cloud curling through the trees the girl put one hand to a throat that suddenly smarted while she watched tire fire ran in the underbrush climbed a small pine and leaped from tree to tree down to the lake shore on the right it ran far back into the woods crackling and roaring as the draught increased elizabeths first thought was ol of cameron alone la in his camp in the very path of the fire when she burst into the little clearing and ran up the knoll on which stood the picturesque log cabin the wind driven flames were already running in the dry grass and cinders were sailing over the tree tops cameron cameron his face drawn with pain was sitting on a wide couch opposite the door evidently preparing to depart alarm leaped into his eyes at sight might of the girl must blust I 1 always be scolding you he be asked go down don to the shore at once where you can be sate safe unheeding elizabeth knotted together the sleeves of her sweater and slipped it under the bandaged bandai ed ankle like a sling now let yourself down and hitch along with your hands and your other foot hurry harry fabe commanded comman oed lie obeyed the shingles on the camp root roof weve were already blazing as they made their ludicrous and painful way down the path behind them they could hear bear tile shouts of the fire lighters rallying to meet the danger cameron lay quietly upon the long cushioned sent seat not at attempting attempt lne to speak until they were well out on the take lake then lie he said it sate safe elizabeth why did you do it oh there was a sort of obligation fhe ebe answered there was not he contradicted look at me elizabeth you do and oh my dear so do I 1 11 I 1 you could never tall fall anyone you could never hurt anyone how perfectly clear returned the girl giving the wheel a spin and turning a back backward ward look upon the b blazing I 1 a z camp 1 I suppose we ought to have waited to get some of the things you valued ive fill all that really matters right here he answered elizabeth it if an old grouch named cameron should tell you be loved you and ask you yon to marry him what would you do 1 I would probably accept she remarked roar keil gravely and live happily ever after waiting on the old grouch it was some time later that jack darrell smoke blackened and anxious paddled alongside 1 I thought as much he be remarked mildly you be expected to remember that your friends might be alarmed youre all alike no said cameron with conviction elizabeth Is different |