Putnam patriot., 1908-06-26
The Mood Of q Maid. By CEciLY ALLEN. e'of ffightee. isH hr Asa9elatee
 Literary frsfs
By cEciLY ALLEN.

touched tke chaufiear's arm- The great crimson car came 10 pantisg. deliberate sfaudstili
 The girl dld not walt for tbe ehanf- fear to help her. bgt spraBg lightly 10 the road and vanished into ihe wood- land on The right The chauffeur turn ed ,he ear as if his thoughts were con cenirated on the necessity ef making inc smallest possible turn in time of safeft. in order to be prepared in time of emergency And then ibe great erim- son ear shot back iB the direction from whence | had come
 Safely screened ny tbe nhderfrnsh. the giFi found n clearing ln the wood land aud sat down on mgss grown log Deftly ei5e nuwound the swatb ,ngs of chiffon from her hat. barring faee degIeaft and esnziiise A ihe aneruenaa opening at her feei.
 She drew off her giaa,ss and feIi af the velvety msas on tbe eld les. then etooped i0 gather Mowers inailt. v.ltb fine fliassafas forgotten in her lap slB. gesaed fefeurd hFr elbows 99 her knees. her ehIa fraHpesl in ihe 1aIaia af her hnhdA. watching the voYllaud llfr arouud her
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 He 0Ha aeutehm& afels at fine pace l.Ht tbc EiFi enmly stepped te ibe edge 0f the t0ad aud waved n de. talulne hand I hafe haad at tb4t YHe m8tfur slowed down. mud tue man madf preparations 10 deseeni. na became aut hAihrl hK madden m di6 tres Hai asan fhe giel fsl4ed ae lalnhe hana
 AaY s4f met With m areiieUt | thought feeh8R am Fer3 anxious 10 ranch fialfaa lAM afternoon. l.i#e4 ssa Nefe esas te8t= H4f Waad kaH Eife f.fe T iitt
 sBe Ia5isd an e3eafl{ ifsa hlz sfaf tle,l f9ee Then tae Haa feasHsil ais .rutl1Y. sWatipHed Il auatle aHa HRfaHe from thc maehsne
 T was ar thought Was golus to the rnees5 tat am ~ete If ~ill he much mpra pleasant II er was II taal- ton you sEidf'
 The oau's accent wns English The admiration tn his eHrs Wns the aort that knaas ne nationality ahe ge flushed beneath t aWi sprHng iutp the car before Inc nstUahhed man could assist her
 For few minutes the car mn pn h. slienee Then tAe gif zpnke abruptly
 sl.et ua take this crossrmd Then mile faflher ve will sgfiee the old Dalton turnpike There NC Will not uacet
 sl understand he interrupted grave ly. And ite eteat eae sar seal ote the grassfoad rnning through a stretch of Waelma5
 Agnla thg alfi seemed p'aaeed in thought hHt II laat t4e i##a ftHaek ed T bls ia#eH
 s'erfess aas HHt ltfe
 The gal loasea ae II hHt. hsif Her eyes were seIt and mWzeeH
 *uh l have had ghe ufeel heaat.ful honr tl9re in tbe weoaz lAe never secu aiNthiug AUi sa ~eudeFtu as those little vrvatafes dniaE lust as theN pieased Just as sa1a as tho birds tircd oi oue tree ol bush of fern they flew on to gnolher J'heS dld not mitid me nar each ether lnSt think ef helng like thnt ali your tifer
 The man looked at her cariaHsly, as if she were new specimen ot the genus feminine aud eatlreiy worthy of decp study
 ..lt is nii so different from what I've been used to, l wake UT knowing that Marie will he right there with m, chocolate. And then will come cards and mail and flowers and Aunt Mar. Garst. Of course Aunt Margaret is Gear but ten NearS of doing things right under Aunt Margar.ts eyes are very tirvsame. i,ou1 YOU think soy'
 T am quite suFe II laast he a terrible bore eplled the nau gfaveiy.
 And then Seeing the same people every where SoW ~ and being quite cure that san wlll see no one that Aunt Margaret has uot seen first"
 The man bit hts lip at this naive con. fessicu
 "no raa know Sasd she rlfl waxing considenthsi as the cur iaxed along over the tree hung r.aa. i've always dreamed os hsNiug | maa came ,e my rescue fnst hAe this mau 1 had never known man Qai,e diferea, from any of tha men have ever net
 She paass<l. and the man af h.sr si.ie studied her wsih grasts .sssS
 New. there vas Bessie stewar, she marFle=l Jack eaghisn Ibas t