The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-17

dSdlHSI Jamie shoulder Win not q
little violence. 1t might have been
accident, but the readiness with which
she lent her strength to save Jamie
from falling when he stretched out his
hands leads me to suspect more pre-
paredness than he imagined.
Il beg your pardon, jamie" she said
1T was, sac dark could hardly see We.
Did hurt yer"
mo bit, he replied, and continued
to hold her hand, which of his own
initiative he would never have had
courage to take. Are we hurt yersel ?"
mo me-" and she laughed; but it's
warnin' to us mo- to hunt for foo 'ers
in the dark"
Come over to my patch an I'll see
1 IT ony cot. It's clearer over there in
the munelicht.V 9
/ Yet he did not relinquish, her hand.
| The warm clasp of it had set the blood
tingling all through his body, and
! James felt less backward than at any
j other moment in his past life. When
/ Mary gently took her hand away he
preceded her to his patch of Christ
mas roses.
A diligent search disclosed no more
than the one solitary bloom.
ITS a there is, Mary, bit we're vel
come to it,
Thank you, Jamie, but it's selfish
O ME to TAX it. Wad We mo- rather
gle it to your mother?" Oh, the hypo-
critical puss!
My mother wadna thank me. She
sots nae store by tioo'ers.'
She's no like me- just lo'e them
| dinna ken hoo to thank we, I'm sure,
jamie"
It's naething, Mary, naething ava.
only wish had mair to gle ye.'
It's been take tax wi me a Sum
mer. It's my turn to gle We some
thing moo. maun be thinkin o bit
present for you at Christmas. What
wad We like, ]amie!" she inquired,
! laughing,
Jamie knew quite well what he
would like--he would like Mary her.
self-but he hadn't courage to put 1t
in words even in the moonlight So
he remained silent in spite of Mary's
encouraging smile, tor, wise young wo-
man, she knew what was in his mind.
and had come out Of the house with
the sole intent, indeed, of making him
declare it. Only there were limits be-
yond which discreet damsel could
not pass
yell think it over, Jamie an let me
KEN, she remarked, revealing no dis
appointment II dinna want to be
giein we something We dinna need or
haze gotten already"
She began to retrace her steps to
the head of the garden, but her pur-
pose was not yet abandoned. Now,
who would blame her? She loved
jamie and he her. Was their mutual
happiness to be wrecked by the want
of word or two Not If she could
help it.
Look at the moon, Jamie" she said,
stopping suddenly and laying her hand
on her friends arm Isna it bonnie
sicht?"
1t was coincidence that at the
very spot where Mary stopped there
stood little bower where James and
her father often sat OF Summer night
and smoked when their work in the
garden was finished
''Naething could be lovelier," replied
James
Then Mary with sudden start look
ed behind her into the darkness of the
bower.
Il thought l heard something" she
said
Jamie entered the bower and stretch
ed his arms round it and rubbed his
feet along the floor
1T was naething," he said. will We
no sit doom for a minute, Mary, If it's
no over cauld?%
I'm mo- the least cauld," she ans
wered. Feel my hauns."
She laid them in Jamie's and again
he experienced that delightful sensa-
ton which had pleased him SO much
before.
ITS you that should be cryin' cauld
wi naething on but a LIGHT jacket
Yen maybe bring trouble on yourself
sittin' there"
"Sit doom, lassie, sit doom. couldna
be hotter" and he gently forced her
onto the seat. For bashful lad Jamie
was making giant strides.
Well, just for minute, to please
ye," she said "Ye get a bonnie SIGHT
o. the mune frae here
! jamie was still holding her hand.
She was not displeased. She rather
liked it, for remember she loved Jamie
and knew that he loved her as well as