The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-09

good word Tor me-eNen ABOUT the
freight engine, though she was so mad
about that herself"
$50 then you did ride II miles on a
freight engine? Well?'
Nab was so angry l was afraid she
| would never speak to me again, and
| it nearly broke my heart. You haven't
seen her all these years, have your
nor her picture? When you see her,
| you'll forget everybody else, and fall
in love with her all over again"
| He laughed a ringing soul-satisfying
laugh that startled the doing tree
| toads and made the wakeful ones stop
| their noise to listen.
I'm quite sure [ won't do either,'
| he said. but go on about the expedi-
| ton"
80, well, partly from being so mad
| at yod, and partly for the project of
| the thing-you know how poky every
| thing gets in Yellowbanks, [ thought
of getting up whitecap expedition to
bring you to the party tonight. You
were to have been taken blindfolded,
to the Bartons', and when we took off
| the bandage you would find yourself
| in Callie Barton's music room, face
to face with about a dozen of us Kids
Junior. You know about the Kids
Junior, I SUPPOSE"
"My, yes. Heard all about them
| and their giddy hope in fair week, and
also the solemn skips of the Original
Kids. Go on"
"Well, then, we would have read the
indictment, and you were to have been
| tried. And then l don't know what we
would have done next. But we were
going to scare you out of your wits, /
know. How l did hate you!"
Wicked girl! Well you know, when
| / saw you all coming into the barn.
yard-I was prowling about, smoking
| and looking at the shadows did
think there was going to be trouble.
It's too bad, l spoiled your plan. But,
after all, isn't it much better as it
| is?''
He sighed comfortably, leaning back
on the sloping turf, and looking up
through the trees.
Mella Harrison at the same time
sat up and took a long and penetrat-
ing look at the bearded face she could
just see in the beam of moonlight be-
fore answering.
Il don't know. Let me tell you
something. When you were hiding be-
hind that hedge with your rifle max
ing all that game of us, l could have
killed xou!"
You could? / thought it was the
other way about
You know what 1 mean. 1 hated
you SOL
And when you did begin to feel
| better9"
She got up. II wish you'd tell me
| one thing for sure. But l suppose,
with your European notions, you think
it too horribly vulgar-our poking into
Mab's affairs this way. Come. we
must be getting ready to start.
| She began walking up the road to
| jOin the rest of the party.
! mo more buttermilk?" Charlton
| called out, as he jumped up and fol-
| lowed her. "All right, then. But your
remarks are rather sketchy, aren't
they? What did you want to tell me
for sure 2"
Nothing. 1t won't do. About Nab
Besides, it isn't necessary-I m
afraid"
Once more Charlton enjoyed a jubi-
liant laugh, ending in a kind of war
whoop. But 1 thought you were 60
ing to tell me about her"
30, no, l take it back. Nobody in
this world knows Nab as well as |
! do. 1 ought to have known it was all
over / did know If you had ever
written she would have told me, even
| if she didn't tell anyone else"
Did she seem to mind?'
Mella shifted scorn that was beyond
articulate utterance.
ITO be candid she never seemed to
care a row of pins" She stopped a
moment and then went on, only Nab
isn't like some girls-somehow. She
has her lovely, delicate, tea-rose no
tons about sacredness and all that
hates all those silly love jokes-more
like your ideas of delicacy."
THANK you. l didn't know l had
any ideas of delicacy. By the way, it's
time for you to make up your mind
who is to drive you back to Yellow
banks. l must send Chapultepec to
hitch up, and go in and dress. 1t
won't take me more than ten minutes"
And ride horseback in your dress
clothes?"
UNLESS you choose to change your
mind and let me drive you"
She turned her head aside, as she
said timidly, "Of course, you must
drive me-please."
How many quarts of buttermilk
have you two had?" the voice of Gale
under the Usage orange hedge. Its
close on to II O'Clock, and we've all
got to dress when we get back"
"Well, I've got to dress before we
start" said Charlton. you fellows can
wait ten minutes, can't your
Hurry up, then" said another ex-
whitecap. And, as Charlton picked up
the same speaker added, "Mella, that
must be a wonderful mana great
man."
"Ought to have been general in
the United StaCs army" said Ralph
| Desmond.
IF he'll quit paintin' pictures we'll
| make him Governor of Kentucky" an
other voice chimed in. And they all
laughed
I'm afraid l don't quite know what
you're all talking about" said Mella,
| haughtily. How many juleps have you
had? Buttermilk would have been
much better for you"
80, you needn't tell us you like but
termnk, Mella," said Gale Quinn. But
/ if you want to know what we're talk
| ing about this is the first time we ever
saw anybody stand up to you, that's
! ALL"
Except Queen NAB" Ralph Des-
4 mond put in.
/ 30, / mean, any man. Mella, honey.
/ you've lost your grip. You can't boss
4 us any more now
"Pm sure ] don't want TO- said Mel
! la, with an alarmingly distant air. II
! may as we'll say at once, that I'm very
\ sorry about all this"
I "Whew."-from Ralph, the extreme
! ly juvenile.
! Don't be vulgar. little boy. I see
/ now that the whole thing was in hor-
! rid bad taste. And-and look what 4
/ position ~ She stopped there, some