The Holly chieftain., 1908-04-03


place she craved and had written ner
about It.
Some Of Orville's irritation vanished
upon hearing the letter. There was
note of appeal in it. a rejection of his
own mood. that touched him.
"She evidently Graves solitude as
much as l do and so she will avoid
me-" he thought
1--WE might try 1t. Mrs. Glidden." he
proposed. 'and IL find her presence
interrupts my work in any way we can
ask Mrs. Allen to take her In. They
have other boarders and imagine she
wouldn't get the quiet there that she
80 evidently wants. I'll tell you what
I'll do. I'll move my writing table and
books and things down to the little
cabin on the river bank and do my
work there
He proceeded to carry out this plan
and remained in his new quarters the
rest of the day. 1t was dusk when he
came to the farmhouse'uor something
to eat.
'She's upstairs volunteered Mrs.
Glidden. She's awfuily young and
pretty. told her had gentleman
boarder who came here to be alone,
and she said she wouldn't disturb you
in the least"
But Grville wasn't interc sted in hear
Ing of the newcomer. His mind was
intent on a complicated situation in his
book and he paid no heed to what his
landlady was saying
Three days and nights interviewed
without an encounter OF the two would
easel down in the orchard He paused
before 1t for some time, lost in admi
ration of the talent displayed. Then he
walked on to the river. That night he
was unable to write. Memories he was
striving to stife were awakened by
the bit of landscape he had viewed.
The next morning as he was seated
at his writing table in the cabin max
ing heroic efforts to concentrate his
thoughts on his work, he heard the
sound as of some one running. Hc
went to the door and saw young girl
carrying Il tin pail filed with artists
materials running toward the cabin in
great alarm.
"Oh." she gasped. with a half sob,
''save me. He'll follow me In herer'
In an instant Orville's strong right
arm was about her shivering form.
"Kathie! Would let any one or
anything harm you?"
She lifted white face.
"Oh. Dick! You? Why-you are not
Mrs Glidden's boarder-the one I've
been hiding from?'
"Yes; but tell me, what frightened
your
through the meadows"
Orville placed her in a chair and
stepped outside. In moment he re-
turned with the pail of paints and
brushes
'It's all right, Kathie," he said reas.
surlngly; "the pail, supposed to con-
tain nourishment. was the attraction
The gentle creature I found smiling
suspiciously and disapprovingly ut
your paints was young, hornless
thing commonly known as a mulley
cow"
Kathie's eyes were downcast The
silence that ensued was profound and
eloquent Then she looked up and met
his steady gaze with half smile.
"Dick." she said family. did Tom
Murray by any chance know you were
here?"
"Tom Murray! Why. he found me
this place. I wrote him to look me up
farmhouse where could be quite
alone and write. Why"
II saw him the other day and told
him I wanted farmhouse where l
could be quite alone and paint. Dickr'
"Dear. Tom was far wiser than we.
Shall we profit by his vision and let
his plan work out as he intended
Can't we forgive and forget. KathieT'
Later. when Mrs. Glidden saw her
two boarders coming slowly up from
the fields she sagely remarked to her
spouse:
"Well. pa, that's man and a wom-
an the world 0ver!
How Hugo Voted.