The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08

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plete revolution on her rotary STOOL at
the thought Of 1t.
And the ride down on the bus, hats
off, with the brisk breeze blowing
through their hair and everywhere the
exhilarat!on as Of holiday about
them
81 never had so much fun in my
lifev Rollins exclaimed, with unaf-
fected enthusiasm.
Its because you're playing truant,"
Eloise assured him. aren't you hay
! ing fun?' he asked her.
cot course! I could squeal I'm so
happy"
But you aren't playing truant.
| What
I'm just playing" interrupted Eloise
quickly. And that's more fun than
anything else in the world"
Rollins was the first to break the lit
tie conscious silence that followed.
Il was awfully rude to you at the
station, Miss Kimball. l hope you'll
forget it. l don't know what you
thought Of me-"
Margaret had prepared me for the
worst she said.
i "What had she told you?" he de-
handed. 1T will probably do me good
to hear"
Eloise let him have the merciless
truth.
"And l suppose you agree with her?'
he. questioned, half in jest, half in ear
! nest.
Margaret doesn't half know how ir-
reclaimable you are" Eloise answered
without a perceptible flicker of mock
! cry.
! It was with strangely new sensa-
ton that Curtiss Rollins stood watch
| ing ship sail out to sea long after the
| flutter of certain little handkerchief
| had become indistinguishab BILE before
he turned his face toward town again,
which. he had decided, had grown sud-
denly dull and lonely. In the days that
| followed he was absorbed and preoccu
| pied to a noticeable degree.
"Curtiss has grown freakier than
ever" wrote Margaret to Eloise in des-
peration. II did hope the sight of such
a refreshing crea ture as you, my dear,
would wake him up, and I'm sure he
did enjoy the afternoon he spent with
you. In fact, after / first got home he
spoke of you several times voluntarily,
called you Intelligent and sympathetic
which is the very acme of admiration
from Curtiss.
''On the strength of this before we
| left town l told him all about you and
your family factfully, of course) and
what charming summer place Cliff
vile is, adroitly suggesting that he'd
find it an ideal spot to spend his vaca-
ton. But all to no purpose, my dear
Eloise A telegram has just come
from him saying he's been called away
on an urgent matter and will be gone
Indefinitely
"That means that when he gets back
he'll plunge into business harder than
ever, and all the romantic influence of
the summer season will have spent
itself in vain, SO far as Curtiss is con-
cerned."
This letter Eloise Rugged ardently to
her until the felicitous moment should
come when she could laugh over it's
contents with Curtiss
"You see" she told him when the
moment did come, Il suspected your
motive from the very day of your ar
rival in Cliffvile.''
Margaret is most remarkable
4irl," Curtiss commented, glancing
again at the letter. "She understands
people. l have always said So"
ESPECIALLY irreclaimable Freaks"
Eloise reminded him roguishly.
Curtiss made WY face, then laugh
ed in spite of himself.
"What made you think me worth re-
claiming, dearest?" he asked her ten
derby.
Three little words" she answered
mysteriously.
Curtiss waited to hear them.
IAN irreclaimable freak, but
dear'-that's what Margaret always
called you"
For a moment Curtiss' expression
was as gloomy as the fate his imagi-
nation depicted
Just three little wordsw he repeat
ed solemnly. what a narrow escape!
Suppose Margaret had not said them?
why, | should have discovered
them myself" Eloise answered him.
How wonderful"' exclaimed her
lover, reverently clasping her to him,