The Democratic advocate., 1908-11-27
Fl finding Is
Keeping.
.,RrHA MCULLoCh-
1915. by Associated
!gHIeN' Ivy Press.

",rstb climbed in'" u" -,
JS'S'r ,,or down the road at a clip
d '''l' NJ There was a certain like
i: la'', ,rt tbe girl and the mare,
y ',' S,u.J blood; beth were hand
@1 49, >. unusual fashion. Lisabeth
s>' - ,aonisb blond, and her face
q; - .S IN autumn flower. Thus
=; 'N'l ar red coat and fiaxen name
", ,,t tI'6 brought her beautifully into
h g.cl1re. ,. n,amp,v and the
10. .aror will pull together" Lisa
.1" ,onIeined to Meg when they
~ ,, ,sfe in the big road. Meg was
''r sr' -, confdant, her nearest com
a only c0''n"'D''
DE- ,.-r they ever did agree l might
~ "a Them" Lisabeth went on
n " ,r y since they won't l have
ll. 5 m for my own way, They'd
! y, s..5e each other forever If they thought
W I 5ia road swept in a long curve
!| ...,r W. round the plantation. Lisa
.'a. .snrht glimpses Of the white
with tall red chimneys, nesting
W. t tho trees, all along throughout
4 first mile. ,,, ..n,t,od ~ tho
~. once she shook her fist, saying,
Wv frown: "Oh, you look good, but
r,r're lust the same as a prison!
49, do ANYTHING l want to do, be-
I'm going some day to be mis-
~ Willow Wand. But that isn't
cary worst-I must marry some
;. # 70 be master there-if ever
frd such a paragon. l won't do
won't, | won't. I'll run away
drrniuer man or even Il gypsy
sIlke him"
,,,batb was nineteen. vital to her
~ fins. an only child and. truth to
a,her badly spoiled.
They fight 50, Meg" Lisabeth ran
gor, than ever plaintive-"my
-mr and the colonel. He gets up
q rr breakfast time lie has thought
rrlnd new reason why l ought to
VIZ rbat Kinross thing" Type can
Il, eypreSS the curl here Of Lisa
,s IinS.l And he fires it at man.
q she gives him his coffee-and
sr: .r appetite always-and makes
y ry sometimes. But she gets even.
NJ before dinners ready she's ready
= something good and better in
IT,, pillard. Oh, Lord! Fancy liv-
with body named Hump! l hear
gi saying, ITumpy, DEAR or My
zg sugar lump" l have my opin-
n f folks who would go and name
y7 child Humphreys-don't care If
name has been III the family forty
4 ald years"
n iell silent Il little while. The
ran on down Leet's hill, which
more than half Il mass of clay
d round powders. One could
ever it safe enough if only one
IN how; also if ones horse were
footed and true pulling.
IDENTIFY a passenger had essayed
Ii, up it who lacked all those
& Halfway down the hill upon
nall gravelly bench there was an
zlned buggy with a man half sit
half lying beside it, casting rue
:lnceS alternately at the vehicle
the horse, whose head barely
ned above the depths Of n roadside
a horse whickered appealingly to
who answered with the least
VAinny. Lisabeth stopped oppo-
The stranger, leaned a little to-
him, saying in her fathers most
aI tone: I'm. Can't you pick
2e.f up after Your spill?"
Tail3 can. I'm doing this all
aTk, Of course" the stranger re-
= pointing to his forehead,
Eng from a long cash, then on to
wing helpless in front Of him.
lllsh brass bound trunk a little
explained his plight. In the
mad somehow fallen upon his
breaking a bone. 1t was a
trunk, Lisabeth decided in
|' therefore the stranger was a
-le..
NYed him right for trying to go
country without Il driver and
ny a single horse, but that was
Ie than heeting thought. She
'ss'lhg 50 inside as she thought
Ae colonel would say to him.
VolJhel hated the whole race of
~IetS' albeit he admitted they
Ielf uses. Notwithstanding he
4u0t refuse succor to this special
@~eF' 4isabeth chuckled inly as
" out and approached him, say
Ia real sorry you're hurt. At
thought you were only
4'A' the stranger supplemented
passed, coloring deeply. She
hut I'll spare you apologies.
I'm going to take you home
sne," she said,
% III go?' the stranger asked.
u gave him a severe glance as
~sSeFed: You needn't unless
nau' 10. Just tell me who you
~ you travel for and where
sung and l can send word to
,u' away. The Higleys down
% ts1,.p pointing down the hill, "have
Va h Eou' but I'd rather go witt,
s,, ~ name is Maclise. AS fol
,,, II doesn't matter" the stran
NJ rylng to rise and falling
M hal'e y! to the lips. Lisabetl
b sim S arm saying severely:
Hmr ;! sou' while l halloo up Babe