Putnam patriot., 1910-10-21
By cI,hRlssA nAcKrE


 feot in the two staried pavilion that orerhHfg fHe sileet If water thfee young usen wafehsd ihe hefel DBs faIi ing up ise Incline t9 the many win- dowed hosteiry perehed oh the eastern mountain
 Dick faneher lifted pair Of heId- glasses to Lis eyes aBd scanned fine tiny objects emerging from the bus. eGlFis. girls. evefgw hefe, md mol man in slght.s he mlsquoted complalu- ingiy.
 Lester Pennington teamed bacs ia bis ehalf and yasaea widely taeI. 9s 4 tuadfnly reminded of something im portant ie leHped ap and found seat on ise railing.
 "nld ytu see ihe masculine goung woua. that ranse xith the Bowkef pariyf' hp nsked Hiih npisaalien
 They uaGded assent.
 say. he yeHt ou, -teii me wby a rood locking girl will get herself np 2 look Ike q half bstrii du3e} Did yen nete the ainky ifYuama hal. the stla sollar and four in hand tl,. Ihe wAl.e shirt walst md biaF k ruiawaS eeaif Who could make love 10 n giri of that sofi z
 q couldn't" said Dick hiuntly I'm fond ef Guay rudly. lacy soris of girls"
 .so Ire nbserved eirRkled FEY sutfrrly. tnot kiug bls plie against iae rui.ius
 You hayent eSf,rees''d your p.iini2n of tile mnunfsh gaung Weiaen. Iiilly. eugseHt.d IeaniistsH
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 st.nltg as,er err ewa lattfrr. then we .aall fii na the pdzza Nit't i4f Eowker eir3 Come Gi' atal I sotr own mali. tnu tasy i,eggar isoansHs- Ion lspl,ed Billy %n;=re.itrel9 a= h. sun. tered 1aSt .Gaae aa. Fl k feffaHH we eaa eiAs ia game of tean's Sp bong. Billy hoy"
 "treai Scott. it's hot here. ! heiieve I'll climb 1T, to the la.ak where iliF wind must be blnwing some miles n minute. Billy pulled hia lat down oyer his eyes md Sei forth m the narrow trail that wrigsled np ihe mountain
 The wind was increasing. and thr pines un,l t,slars rtisiled and whisper. cd noIsiiy All ihe wi,d scents "f pine and hemlesk and trailing ssiSsafraH md other more elusive odurs as~ailed his nostrils ns he ,liiah Il upward. sie,,- ping now md thrn ta rest and raze over the view ilaI widen,d below as he went on The lung afternoon was before him. and he outlined It vaguely delightful period af relase at the Iei1 with nothing above him but tae tendef blue sky and the tieeey white clouds sailing nlung toward the south.
 ..If none of those giggly girls from the hotel break in on me | ought to have q bully old time" panted Sat ferly as he toilcd up the last steep ascent.
 He crammed his hat down farther over his eyes in defense against the gale that wns blowing up here. Braes ing himself against the wind, Inc turned to look down into the valley below when he became aware that he was not alone on the peak.
 Near him. and apparently obllyious to his presence, was slender. boSish figure. whose black cloth skirts whip ping back fin the wind aecentuated the masculine appearance of what proved to be a girl. and n mighty pretty girl at that" thought satterly as he looked at her.
 This was the girl who had arrived with the Bewkers the one Penning- ton had been making all sorts of asi- nine remarks about Billy maneuvered himself into her range of vision and barred his head.
 "sufish gale" he remarked pleas antly.
 The girl swept him with contemptu- ous eyes from which all the softness had fled and bowed her head so very slightly that Rnly admitted 1t would have been better if she had mnde ne sign of recagniile.. whatever.
 His brow darkened under the hrlm of his hat. then he pulled the hat ofr again and steod hareheaded in the wind He would make her speak. he vowed
 sStISilsh gale" he said again.
 No reply this time. The girl had dropped her hat aud framed her eyes with her hands. looking iatently at the figures like manniktns dotted about the hotel grounds below.
 ''Stiifish gale" repeated Billy ohsti nately. stun looking ai her,
 She made no reply Co this original remark, but the young man thought he detected q culver of the sensitive mouth
 aStinish galer' he yelled angrsly. just as the gale took her light hat and swept II with stlnging force against his face. T told you Il was a stitttsh gale" he added rcbukingly as he held fhe bal toward her.
 srhe hands came down, and the soft eyes gleamed mirthfully upon him as she took the hat
 'srhank you" she said demnrely.
 'sThen you're alive. after all" brsathed Billy r~lievedly. You were oo ailent 1 thought you were petrised with amazement or admiration or something. you know"
 T was petrlfed--with surprise that you should address me at all" said the girl. with unfriendly emphasis in her low voice Satteriy bud 10 draw closer to hear what she said: between the wind and the rushing sound If the swaying trees below there was n ta.