Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-10
with the lock, which had apparently yielded to

| they were finished the girl did not STIR. IL was
not very cheerful there, but Liz too miser-
able. to care for surroundings; besides il would
be worse at home. Her father would be out,
she knew; he was always ont at some meeting
! or Other. g.
Jest wot told i'm. she sighed; "es come
round to Bills reign, an II ed oniy
| wlted-
There was noise outside which made her
start ,,.
! ihen she heard Joe virgins voice Mrs.
Granam couldn't ave shut the door AFTER ALL
LIZ thought idly.
/ UIio, doors open after tonne. exclaimed
ices piercing voice. Lets come In an ave
announcer 60 Mt that fencin, JACK.
LIZ heard the boys ferretlng about In the
| CUPBOARD Tor the FENCING STICKS, ana tnen JACK
apparently noticed the light In the inner room.
10 there! he shouted; Out LIZ mace no
answer; She didn't want TO nave 20 talK.
A., oh! exPec the woman wot cleans up ieI'
I tine gas on-thats why the door was open. ex-
planned joe Come on, don't waste SO much
'iiTe, you oioomin Young
me emu oi the sentence was ioss aIniu tne
CLASH OK sticks, and for moment or two there
was no 6!ner sonnd except wnen Joe apos .h,
p:Aeo nis pupn III TERMS "ore io'oioi' 'n'ii
.TS a.. ,.,u .
to;raa '.e, InaS vi w ~, nh;ns s,;na ~,
ro,io sGu ach mle OYER sne ELLIE LII
| III - ~, - Al "S.. I'll,
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,ntrins.; on ~. , Uuo o,tn,a5,'a s$.,, ha Us
nracticino 'A' NC" f-'N WINS
..Wot'se oo,,o - E;,sor," o.ted J,cr a. ,sst
" 49, come 70 risson , asneu S"eA ~ AAS''
liz starteS u , ,~1 csent 70 the door her heart
hoa,;ra .'a;',s,'ml " AVA
0e "nnS pain,m a1i;.a Ion ,,.;n ;,n,,r ~ ii.
b.ois 49, IN s,,or er;ah ST h;Ia,ra -,
aorn 'N' Ai'"i NoNiiA
liz erasred tho cboir b.cl, aga;nst which abe
was Iaan;np ond t,r,,aJ naIa
Gone aw'vNvhereS, INQUIRED Jack.
| "Dn,no n wna toIL;n' of ;inir, tben, dvna-
mite cbans ab-oad somewheres Won Lnow the
kind I meanNbIowin'-up cbaps-bombshells
| nil sorts n; iarks Ioite that EXPLAINED Joe
| iucidlv iii,strat;ra b;s neanine bv MAKING n
kissing sound like q rocket before it bursts.
waving his arms heavenward and then falling
| heavily TO the oround and doing the proans nj
the wounded with great realistic force
| Ell git ITSELF blowed up if o don't look
/ out. was Jacks cheerful comment. ,Wot's
lis game?''
dunno" returned Joe indifferently. III
b'leeve is CURL drove i'm to it: q said as much
! to me-
(Which purl?" asked Jack. "Raose Youno2''
| "2aose Young be bowed returned Zoe
politelv: e told mo q rep'lar 'ated that 1url
she was such sorft. No. Liz Turner"
| Liz felt as though she were being choked.
Her heart seemed to stand still. while she
! listened breathlessly.
.sSnrvc in, roiqht for helm SIGH n fool ma IN
| worrit 'imself about auv purl." continued Joe
scornfrllv. "They're all aloike. ey'ry one of
EN-: all donkeys."
"Some fellers seem to like EN-" observed
Jack thoughtfully. "Never could see Wv.
though
! Cos they're fools" was Joe's comprehen-
| sive reply. Look ere, Jack" he continued,
/ listening apprehensiyelv, Il think we'd better
ook it. The guv'nor ull kick up a noice row
if we're found ere after hours. You should a.
seen i'm last tonne e come in ere nm caupht
] ,.Io 80 a
Come on. let's bunk
The outside door banged noisiIy and liz was
( once more left alone.
/ She crept to her chair. sank down in il and
flung out her arm, across the table. Presently
She yu; her head down upon them and burst
into tears. This. then. Was the end of their
/ foolish auarreV Bill was gone. He won,d he
( blown up-she knew that he was wont to talk
vaguely about the blessiugs of dypamite-but
now he belonged to the .blowin mn chang
ard he would be killed, She recalled Joes
hollow croans and shiyered. seeing in imayina-
t;on Hiil Observation-Disclosures ou+ at bar
feet She was murderess, She had driven
/ him to it, He had said so,
/ The girl wrune her hands and sobbed. She
was so overcome with be, grief that she had NOT
4 heard the sound of n KEY tnrn,ny {, the Ioct
outside and she started VIOLENTLY at the sound
OF a footstep along the passage.
| Before she had time to turn around and hide
her tcar-stoined face Mrs. Graham was in The
room.
~ came hack for nv umbrella ~ she beoar
| Then-.Why. Lizzie what ia it2'' abe oy
claimed alarmed at the misery in tho o;ri's
face.
Notbink,-notbinkr, protested Iizzie wildly
but in q few moments she WAS sobbing ont The
whole story.
IAN, IL iii, only u;ted as as. i'm to I" she
i'm. Father 'e's tired of the barmv and now
he's fined the bothest re,ig;on and univ vester.