Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1906-05-17
The Way of
Escape
BY JOANNA SINGLE

| seemed TO be just behind him. He did
| not want to Lc pestered to play cards
or golf or be pulled to the country club
| dance. He wanted solitude and his
| pipe and chance to wonder why on
earth Elizabeth Treynor should sudden
| ~ refuse to have anything to do with
| him after she had golfed and picnick-
| cd ana sang with him all summer and
| after she had succeeded In getting him
| thoroughly In love with her.
| He felt i'll treated He did not fall In
| love easily and in general lie did not
| care for western girls being Con-
| nccticut man. Yale trained and Europe
! finished. before settling TO practice
| medicine In the midwest. Elizabeth
| was different. and as he reflected on
| the difference betwecl her and all
other girls in the world he heard Brad
| ford whistlng ut the I'reynor side gate
! for Jack ana then asking IL Kingdom
| were there.
| Kingdom slipped over the fence in the
| twilight and clambered up the first
| conveniently low branched tree Pant
| ing but triumphant he heard Brad
| ford's account of how he had chased
| Kingdom and lost him somewhere, and
| that he wanted him to take Nell SOM
ers to the dance they had Just got up
| on the spur of the moment. And where
was Jacks sister? Bradford wanted
| to ask her to go with him.
| Startled by the sound curously like
a suppressed smoker Kingdom decided
| to climb higher. He reached up for
branch above him and seized Il small
warm slipper that gave his hand lit
| lie kick
| keep still. cant you. and let go my
| foot?" n whisper admonished him He
| looked up and saw Elizabeth sitting
high and dry on a horizontal branch,
| swinging her feet and pcering toward
| the house "S-shr' she warned again,
| for her brother Jack and Bradford
came into the garden.
| elizabeth Jack called Then:
| "Confound girls anyhow. She was here
| five minutes ago, and her wraps are in
| the hall. She must he near On the
| strength of EliZabeths chuckle DR..
John Kingdom climbed up and sat be-
| side her. Her gray suit made her al
most invisible in the growing dark. but
he knew by heart the blue of her c~cs,
! the rich provinces of her hair and tbs
| GOODNESS of her manner to him of late.
| what are you doing here?" She
tried to get hauteur into whisper and
| failed.
| 'sNhof a npaIfnrI
| evidently. | wouldn't go to the dance
because you We're to be there"
| Thanks" she replied. Neither
| would because you were to be there.
| That's why I'm here. One has to ex-.
plain to Richard Bradford, and he al
| ways wants to know why"
| I'D like to know why myself"
ooh, be still Why doesn't he go?',
whispered the girl, for the eternal
Bradford sauntered under their tree
| and lighted his pipe.
| Don't wait for me. Jack, old man.
| I'll wait around bit, and if she
doesn't show up I'll come out alone"
"The confouuded IDIOT Kingdom
| whispered and put out protecting
hand when she seemed to sway bit
She froze instantly, and he dared not
venture excuse or protest
| The darkness had increased. and
when the moon came sailing up Brad
| ford swore at his luck and departed,
| clicking the gate behind him.
| Nov, Dr. Kingdom. think you can
make your escape
l
| But | don't want to-now! Nav I
not stay long enough to apologize for
| intruding on your tree solitude?" He
| spoke softly, with a delicate clipping
OF the RS. His fine. dark face bent TO-
| ward her. Il have not meant TO perse-
| cute YOU but you did not answer nv
| letter. | will never trouble you again.
| but will you not be fair enough to tell
me just what have done? You could
DO an enemy that justice" To his sur
| prise she grasped his arm.
Father and mother" she murmured
You'll have to stay | couldn't ex-
plain TO them why | am herer' King
don hardly breathed, for she forgot to
loosen the blessed hold on his sleeve.
Mr.. Treynor walked in portly pom.
pousness beside his anxious little wife.
Elizabeth worries me So" she COM
planned, and they seated themselves on
rustic bench. She's so difficult!
can't lay it to college ana her trip TO
Europe, for she was lively till Just OF
late. Now she doesn't enjoy society
and IS getting interested in the poor.
And what do you suppose is her req
san for refusing to have ANYTHING to
40 with that nice DR.. Kingdom and
Some fool notion" her father
grunted
And taking up with that Bradford?
nope she won't marry him. don't
t'tfs z Tg nave always known hlnl-ue
doesn't seem quite nice. Well. 10 told
Elizabeth that Dr. Kingdom said at the
ciuo that western girls hadn't reserve
ehough-that he disapproved of coedu.
cation because 1t made girls too free
and easy with men and Il lot of stuff
like thatr
She needn't be a fool If he did. He
never meant It for her.
No. I'm from New Hampshire. and
she has lived there half her time during
the last Siy wears I ,-On1or ,,.i,.,.a -,