Evening journal., 1904-09-29
MOMEM EM TROUBLE e


carriage .... ~n~y tArougn the green
glooms.
Dick followed more slowly. Major
stood quietly. Things seemed to go
well at first. Then there came a silence,
then another longer one; then there was
no conversation at ALL
After awhile the Girl came out from
under the trees Her face was sober.
Dick came behind her. She ran up to-
him-the Major-and gave him some
grass. She slipped her arm around his
neck and said in a very low voice: Ma
jor / wouldn't be so stupid as your
master is-not for worlds Would your"
Then she ran away again through
the soft gold green shadows. Dick fol-
lowed. There was n look on his face
which Major remembered TO have seen
there once before when he, the Major,
had entered horse race.
Major munt he'd the grass and lis
tened. He could hear Dicks voice
speaking earnestly. Then came the
Girls. coolly defiant. tantalizing; then
Dicks again. II only they could wait
long enough. matters would be decided.
Then it was that the Major took
matters into his own care. He pulled
gently ut the halter; twas quite loose.
He pulled again and again, each time
harder. Dick had been thinking Of
other knots than the one he was tying
when he fastened the Major, evidently.
II slipped, lOosened. the halter fell
Major was free to do as he liked.
With great care he measured his
space. There was just room TO turn
around. Very carefully he did it, back
ing the carriage quietly Then, pick
ing his way over the rough road and
broken bridge, he went slowly away.
He did not trot. He walked swiftly
and surely as for a settled purpose.
/ Any one seeing him would have said
that he was driven
He reached the main road and start
ed for home
Surely somewhere in the pine woods
or on that long walk home the two.
Dick and the Girl. would come to an
understanding.
He went on leisurely, trottlng easily
up the little hill, then walking slowly
again. coming nearer and nearer to
the first dwelling this side OF the pine
woods, a little farmhouse nestled
among the naples.
A woman pulling weeds from a flow
er bed looked up at the sound of Ma
jor's steps. she pushed back her hat
She glanced at the empty carriage
Then she sprang to her feet and called
"Whoar'
But the Major didn't stop. Th'
woman ran down the walk and through
the gate AID caught his bride. "Your'
Dick Churchalrs horse.' she said witt
soft touch on his head. where Il
your mastery
The Major didn't wish to talk. AnC
he did wish TO be on his way. But tn,
woman didn't understand. How coulC
she? She was only a woman. sh'
led him through a gate and along 8
driveway to a big barn. He weni
readily enough. The Major was al
ways polite to womankind out Of re
specr TO the Girl and her apples and
Jumps of sugar.
In the barn the woman fastened hin
i securely and gave him a drink Of wa
ter and handful Of hay. Your mas
ter II be along soon enough lookin
OF you up" she said as she went bach
to her wedding.
Almost an hour later Dick walked
hurriedly along the road and up to the
farmhouse. Major heard his step and
his voice Can l borrow a horse anC
carriage hereT' he was saying. IN,
horse has gone off without me-
Guess you'll find him in the barn,
said the woman. He went walkin
along by here quite a spell ago. Any
thing wrong?"
There was nothing wrong In fact
to the Majors way Of thinking. every
thing was right for Dicks face look
ed just as it did after he Ndajorl ha,
won that race many years ago.
When Dick and the Major reache,
the woods there was the Girl sitting
? on the pine needles. And her cheek
were as pink as the arbutus itself. An,
her eyes-well, the Major just wishe'
! she'd look at him as she did at Dick.
"Oh, Dickr was all she said. Blu
Major knew.