The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-04


Marion ought TO know OF this" she
said. rising. Il am going 10 tell her
"And may come over after isN
Rooney Lee to repeat this to head
quarters?'
why. of course, il you want to-"
Wher Mcf!.,ns reached ire cottage
Dicksie met him. Katie Dancings |
mother is sick and she has gone
home. Poor Marion is all alone this |
morning. and half deao with a sick !
headache" said Dicksie. But ! told !
her. and she said she shouldn't MUD /
the headache now at ALL"
but what are you going to dor
Il am going to get dinner; do you
want to help"
I'm going to help"
"oh, you are? That would be very
funny"
| Funny or not, I'm going to help"
! "You would only be in the way"
You don't know whether | should
or not"
81 know / should do much better II
you would so back and run the rail
road few minutes"
THE railroad be hanged l am for
dinner"
But l will get dinner for you"
You need not. can get 1t for my
self"
You are perfectly absurd, and II
we stand here disputing Marion won't
have anything to eat"
They went into the kitchen disput-
ing about what should be cooked. At
the end of an hour they had two fires
going-one in the stove and one in
Dicksie's cheeks. BY that time it had
been decided to have luncheon in
stead of dinner Dicksie attempted
some soup, and McCloud found strip
of bacon, and after he had cooked 1t.
Dicksie, with her riding-skirt pinned
up and her sleeves delightfully."- rolled
back, began frying eggs. When Marion,
unable longer to withstand the excite
ment, appeared, the engineer, flushed
with endeavor, was making toast.
The three sat down at table togeth-
err. They found they had forgotten
the coffee, but Marion was not allowed
to move from her chair. When the
coffee was made ready the bacon had
been eaten and more had to be fried.
McCloud proved able for any part of
the program and when they rose II
was four O'Clock and too late, Nc
Cloud declared, to go back to the Of
fee that afternoon.
Marion and Dicksie, after time, at
tempted jointly to get rid of him, but
they found they could not, so the
Al Am H. W al,
When the women tried to discourage
McCloud by talking hats he played the
wheezy piano, and when Dicksie spoke
about going home he declared he
would ride home with her. But Dick
sic had no mind that he should, ant
. when he asked to know why, withou
: realizing what flush fingered in hi.
face, she said only, no; If she hat
reasons she would give none. McClout
. persisted, because under the flusl
= about his eyes was the resolve that h,
: would take one long ride that evening
in any event. He had made up hi
: mind for that ride-a longer one thar
" he had ever taken before, or expected
ever to take again-and would not b,
l. baked
. Dicksie, insisting upon going home
/ vent so far as to have her hors
g brought from the stable. To her SUI
Il prise, horse for McCloud came owe
8 with it. Quiet to the verge of solen
u nifty, but with McCloud following
j. Dicksie walked with admirable firm
g ness out of the shop to the curb. No
. Cloud gave her rein to her, and wit
y smile stood waiting to help he
mount.
e She was drawing on her secon
q glove. you are not going with me.
Is You'll let me ride the same roat
won't you--even if can't keep up?"
n, Dicksie looked at his mount. 81
re would be difficult to keep up, with tina
9. horse"
e would you ride away from me Jus
y because you have a better horse?"
t. mo. not just because / have a be
e ter horse"
Ie He looked steadily at her withor
y, speaking.
'e why must you ride home with m
d. when don't want you to-" she aske,
ID re, 'oachfully. Fear had come upo
ST he and she did not know what sh
Z was saying. She saw only the expire
i'd sion of his eyes and looked away, bl
ID she knew that his eyes followed he
The sun had set. The deserted sire,
II, lay in the white half-light of moul
tain evening, and the days radiano
n was dying in the sky. In lower tone
10 he spoke again, and she turned dead
s white.
d I've wanted so long to say thi
Dicksie, that might as well be dea
az as to try to keep It back any longe
n That's why / want to ride home wit
Nc you If you are going TO let me-" Il
a. turned to stroke her horses hea
~ Dicksie stood seemingly helpless. M