The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-10-05

Mr.. Richard uI'unEhum crawlud
from under his car aud surveyed his
hands dlsmally DE looked at his
watch aud noted that the time oi his
dinner engagement was past Then
he relieved b.s mind in a single cx.
plosivc word
Naughty. naughty" chldcd a voice
IN his ear. and wlckcdly useless
Dillingham; wheeled about aud the
Ehadowy bundle uorchod ON the fence
stirred aud laughed Then the bundle
shook itself and jumping TO the ground
inquired tcuchauu, Smashed
70 beg your pardon said Mr. Dill
bingham lifting Die cap u took YOU
Tor q wisWua vine
Thank YOU. said the girl. rraycly
Then. abruptly 'ls DO fun To- ride Ia an
automobile
be- hosuu,cd Then win YOU step
iuto my autUF'
Said the spider 20 the n.y." the
rrl finished as she put her hand into
biz aud stepped Ightly up
.lcr fac, was ludistIuct in the thick.
oninp twilight but De- could see that
she was tail ANA be- liked the musical
huskluoss Of her voice aud the tilt uf
I her head
The rirl had been settling herself In
. silence and now she began abruptly
ITS horhd 90 bc first whca one has
date with man And J was i've
minutes late ON purpurc' rCHcntiully
Dillingham;. dumb with amazcmcut
ralod at her silently.
She turned suddenly and pccrCd ut
him through the dusk ThCn
on she cried, n believe your,
sorry you come and You think I'm
houd aud silly Aud if you do. why
did YOU come and why are YOU b,
stupid and 80 oh, I'm very mucl
ashamed
Her voice faltcrcd aud Dillingham;
palod at the suspicion uf tears IN he
voice
"Duut-that if-not a. all. Don
mention it" tie stopped suddenly
with the feeling that hc was MAXIM
an ass of himself Assurcdly the gir
was laughing What kind OF q con
foundcdly puzzling woman thing wa
IL. hc demanded Indignantly.
"Uut. uf course. YOU didn't know
was q bet Hho went ON, bughtcnin
up and that makes a difference No
know ia have to come ON a bet, don
you. I suppose you think school girl
, silly things"
"Awmlly." said Dillingham;. wit
conviction The Firl beside hin
laughed suddenly. an odd. gurglinl
! low chuckle, quite the Kind Of a laug
he thought 10 accompany the prctuet
voice ho had ever heard.
you should be- relieved that III
, only a school GIRL" she rohukod, moe
inply u might be an escaped lad
lunatic, YOU how."
"of course. you didn't have 10 con
because wrote you the note" VI
went on. and injury had replaced tea
In her tones And would never ha
written II II Annabcl Morris hadr
bet me a nyopound box Of chocolate
that YOU never even noticed me wh'
you clipped past. n you knew Annab
only you wouldn't want TO-. she
such q catty cat-but n you did you
know why simply had 20 take M
bet And, OF courFc, you did see n
why YOU smiled three times, 80
could almost count your teeth
lu the gloom the gIrl missed u
twinkle Ia DIlhughamH eyes and
could feel her start OF dismay, us
responded, ulmly.
And now what am ! going 10 ,
with you2 wake you back 10 Madai
] what's .HorNamc ! suppose, and &,
| her hos ! found you straying from q
fold Perhaps you can suggest son
delightful fiction for Madam that wi
/ spare both our feelings
Il why did you COM. then7 We
\ needn't have" she cried. Ia qui,
little flare Of anger She paused M
added in suddenly meek little vote
| "And I'm go hungry
| Dillingham; smiled In silence at u
] forlurn tone But what should he ,
10 with herr Suppose he did take her
II dIuucr-hc was hungry himsolf-ar
II then little athorly adylco-ho hi
X sisters Of his own.
10 well. whore shall II boz be asko
bnskly. aloud. "Yo Old Inn is her
- about, ! fancy
"Oh. that would be- lovely VI
20 cried. and az the relieved brightness
her voice be- laughed aloud.
ID To- the subduod Hight Of the vim
covered porch. he surveyed the 81
curIously She was protuer than
had thought with her dead white sk
go and black hair. and older than b.
he schoolgirl chatter soundod-2O, p,
er hans. be- decided Then as she b
Z down hastily and propping her oh
IVY ON her hands closed her eyes, In scel
Us mgly sheer exhaustion he hasti
TO summoned the waiter In q minu
1n he was at her elbow. holding gla
'n of wine 10 her lips. She slipped
Pea. little. then took Il from him, AZ
er swallowed % with a quaint grimaco.
70 The wine warmed the pallor Of h
10 skin. and when the soup came. she
81 tackled II with dainty nervousness
ia She looked az Dillingham;, serene al
IN good.looklng 10 irreproachable eve
inr dress. and he wondered II 81
would discover now that he was
impostor But there was no suspici'
. La her frank ewes. but an unConCeall