The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-01-25

ne % recognize you SO promptly. 1t
sas 5een ten years since l saw you.
and time makes great changes, doesn't
~"
Yes" / assented and looked at her
with wondering eyes. \ problem, deep
and ineXplicable, forced itself upon
me. How about recognition on my
partY'
There was prompt relief. however.
"Of course you," she continued, with
Ill those photographs Tom has
why, l would have known you any
wherep' l interrupted boldly.
There was nothing entangling in the
conversation thus far, and | am sure
there was nothing in it to my credit
in the role Of the visiting young gen
tleman. She was waiting for me TO
join her in the trap, but was too OBJ
fuse to see il, and 4 ver.i:,i invitation
was necessary.
When the die was cast and. trapped.
/ sat down by her side !! WAS with y
reckless. Intoxicating fet.ing. Thcrc
was the delicious c0nscio .sAes5 " sit
ting by q beautiful girl Il stranger
who, by her manner. opened to mo. as
to an intimate friend, an innocent.
winsOme nature. I cared rot how the
affair might end, oaIy that { might en-
icy it to the full for brief length of
time. We drove through the main
streets Ct the town; our destination
was evidently Il suburban home It
was not long before | learned that /
was playing The part OF. Il young NJ.
Gibson. who had been college mate
Of her brother. As 70 his present Oc-
cupation l was rather hazy
She pointed ont All the recent i'll
pr0vements of Ethelburg and direct
ell my attention TO Il number Of her
friends whom we passed During q
period OF ten years it is quite natural
for one 70 forget a great deal, so that
my ignorance and lapse Of memory
We're not startling. 1t amused her and
made her more charming through her
feeling OF superiority in that particu-
lar.
As we approached the outskirts of
town ! was suddenly seized with Il
sense OF my perilOus situation. A cool
wave suEUsed me. | could not dare to
appear at her home. l fell an impulse
10 jump and run, which of itself I'M
ncrved me. I was desperate, and the
girl was talking volubly of her friends.
her home and herself.
My hand wandered TO my pocket in
search Of handkerchief, and it was
that small act that saved me- There
was IN important letter that / intend
ed mailing at once upon my arrival at
EtheIburg.
II beg PARDON 1 said. with show
of great surprise. 'but shall have to
return to the postoffice" 1 glowed
with inward triumph
'Indeedn' she answered And, Go
you know. 1 have been thinking for
some time that 1 neglected to go by
my dressmaker's> SO we'll return and
perform our missions and then come
back The weather is pleasant for
driving, at any rate" she continued
agreeably. don't you think:"
The observation was one in which /
heartily acquiesced, for it was rich,
balIzIy spring day and formed quite a
contrast to the cool days from which
/ had just come. AT the moment there
was an additional inspiration in our
turning toward town, for in it lay the
hope Of escape.
We made an agreement to meet at
the p0stofiice within fifteen minutes,
and l sprang lightly from the trap,
travelling bag in hand. l recall vivid
iy the conflict Of emotions that welled
within me. They were deep and ear
nest and now seem all the more anus
ing because of their gcnuineness. l
was dizzy with delight to be free
again, and at the same time 1 was
possessed with a mean, skulking sense