The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-01-02

heading towardsthe orange walk, which
had loueesince learned was kpowniin'
tho family as 1.-THE lovers walk 9 p She,
did not look In my direction, did. not
turn toward NE at all, but like many
another fool / was pulled up inSpy
folly. What harm is there in 1T"
unused, "if'1 take my lesson In Dutch
In the shade OF the orange treesfA
Tossing my, cigar away, sauntered
after theaStlhe figure out of the flower
garden, over the field, into the shady
walk. | meandered like a he goat
through a gap In n hedge, / walked
about 80 yards and saw no one, heard
no one. Then all at once | found my
self looking right into the face OF a,big
hairy savage who wore tweed coat
and bandolier full OF cartridges. In
his hands he carried handy little
Mauser carbine.
We'll. Mr.. Spy" said the hairy indi-
vldual, you are my prisoner"
| tried to smile, but somehow the
springs in my face had got out Of order
and would not work.
what did you want sneatlng after
snarled the man with the gun. II could
have shot you last night and the night
before that IL had liked, but did not
want to bring trouble on this farm.
What do you want to hunt me forT
found my tongue for moment
then.
Hunt your ] didn't know such IL
chap existed"
He lowered his carbnc an inch or
two. "Then what the devil are you
doing In the lovers walkW
what are you doing here?' blurt-
ed.
We stared at each other Ike two
grass fed calves In the starlight, and
edged q foot or two away from the
gun. Just then ! heard the patter Of
glrlish feet on the gravel behind me
and, turning my head. saw one Of the
plain sisters hurrylng toward us, and
almost at the same second the reddish
gold head of the beauty" the head of
the girl who had been teaching me
Dutch, passed from II patch Of shad-
ow into the streak of starlight where
the hairy young giant was standing
fondling his gun. / saw her clasp his
arm, heard her hurrIedly whisper some
thing in,Dutch which caused the giant
to grin rs If half his head ached to
part company with the other half The
beauty" pointed toward me and the
plain sister, who had come to n halt
beside me. The plain girl put her hand
kindlyaon my shoulder and whispered,
Don't you think it's too chilly out
hereW
Chilly was no name for 1t. ! was rs
cold as Klondikc. The sight of that
carblne In the starlight had taken all
the warmth out of the atmosphere as
far as l was concerned. | turned to
go, when little hand touched mine.
The girl who had been teaching me
Dutch was at my side. Before you
gentlemen leave" she said, Il want
you both to make n promise. You
are enemies now. Some day when the
war Ia over you may be friends But
promise not to hurt each other by talk
ing of this meeting. Otto had no busl-
ness to come. Father had forbidden
him until the trouble ended with the
British"
II came out OF love for YOU grunted
the man with the gun.
And you came out of fondness for
me-" murmured the plain girl, her
voice shaking with laughter that was
almost choking her. | muttered the
biggest lie had ever parted with.
The hairy individual rested his gun
against a tree, stepped forward ana
lifted his SLOUGH hat to the plain girl,
For your sake promise"
| lifted my helmet to the beauty
and said something similar. a few
minutes later as | wns bucllling my
girths l heard him galloplng Off south
ward 10 join Oliyier's commando. As
/ swung into my saddle the plain sister
slipped away, and the beauty" lifted
her hand In farewell. As our hands
met she said, why did you come TO
lovers walkT
ITO get lesson In Dutch" | said
with sheepish grin.
Well" she answered. Il hope you'll
remember your lesson" And heard
the two of them laughing rs galloped
out on heAveldt.--Argonaut