Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-07-30

ture."
"You Just bet willp' declared L. O.
with JUNCTION "Lovers are funny peo-
pie. There's Nell just crying her eyes
out because you carry some other
girls picture in your watch"
"What do you know about that PIC
tureY' asked Hardy tensely. Did you
tell Nell about that?'
81 saw 1t one day when you left
YOUR watch on the desk" explained L.
G. II didn't tell Nell. just said 1t
was funny that you had another g1rls
picture in your watch when NelPs new
pictures are so much prettier."
Hardy sprang up from his desk and
set T. c. upon her feet.
Look here, Peterllin," he proposed.
"You take this dime and find place
where you can get ice cream SODA.
Don't be in too much of hurry 10
drink it, Better get two. Meantime
I'll slip over to the house and sort OF
prepare them for the news that you
are expelled"
T. C. gurgled a delighted assent ana
presently they emerged from the once
bnildipg, and Z. G. went skipping
along to the candy store, while Jack
made for the Westervelt home.
Nell was sitting on the shade piazza
ne he came ND the path. AS she saw
him she rose to her feet, but it was
too late for a graceful retreat lie
sprang up the steps and caught her
hand
Don't go in," he pleaded. Lets SIT
out here. 1t is more pleasant"
"Shall | call fatherW she asked
Gle is in the library"
az hope to see him before l co. de-
clared Har : meaningly. "But first
want to speak to you"
Nell flushed at the suggestion, put
she resumed her place In the rocker
and lack drew a chair to her side.
"When asked you-to marry me you
said something about another girl he
began. plunging directly into the sub
icct cat the time | suspected that
r. G. might be able to explain the al
usion. but I did not dare question her
too closely lest l give forth more IN
formation than | obtained. She let IL
ont today. Was it because of that oth-
or girl in my watch that you refused
me. NellY'
40 woman cares to be counted sec
ond host" was the defensive reply
"IIaye You changed the photograph
again"
u have not changed" he said Slowly
hut want you to see it"
lie held the watch toward her with
the back case open She saw the like
ness of Il gentle faced woman VINO
somehow suggested an earlier period III
spite of the modern photography 81
lently ahc passed it back to Hardy and
waited for IN explanation.
This is my fathers watch" he be-
gnn. THE picture is that Of my moth
err. when she died we had only an ola
paiutinm Of her. Father had it copied,
and they made splendid job or It,
That is why | have another Womans
pictrrp m my case. When you spoke
of the other woman | could not know
that Sally had been Investigating my
watch. She found ii on my desk one
day. / Just learned this and understood
your feeling of resentment"
81 supposed that you knew and had
no explanation to offer"
"And you will give me another an
swer now" he asked as he gained pos
session Of her hand
An hour later a freckled face thrust
itself above the hedge of the Wester-
Welt lawn; then. seeing Hardy on the
piazza, Il. c. came boldly forward.
did you fix it, Jack?' she demand
ed Hardy blushed.
Il was fixing another of your
scrapes," he explained. Nell, Peterkln
has been expelled from school. but |
have promised to see Torrance in her
behalf. Meanwhile l have promised
that she will not be scolded."
az couldn't scold her this afternoon"
said Nell as he gathered her trouble
some little sister to her breast. "You
make a great deal of trouble for people,
T. c., sometimes, but then again you
set them right"
I'm not to blame that there isn't
any stopper to my BRAIN" was the ag-
grieved explanation. "Jack knows that.
That's why he fixed things for me all
right"
you're DEAR" said Nell and Jack
in chorus, and for once the town crier
had the comfortable feeling that she
was appreciated.