The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-03

Once she turned and glanced at my
bandaga. 8Does itNhur9 very much?"
ssle asked / M @ %
-''s@'fps CROWNS rather humb But it
might Be worse swawcr-a nenda
ciously II anything in this world
could be worse had naSer expert
enced it,
And 50 we trudg on hareheaded
under the summer sun. growing
parched ana dusty and weary, dogged-
~ leaving behind us the pillar Of
smoke ! thought ] knew OF trolley
line somewhere iii the direction we
were going, or perhaps we could find
horse and trap to take us into Bal
timore. The girl smiled when ! sug
gested II
I'VE viii create a sensation won't
we?' She asked Isn't it queer-or
perhaps it's my state Of mind but |
keep wishing for a pair OF gloves,
when haven't even hat"
When we reached the main road we
sat down for moment. and her hair,
B MllCH ilnN UtNH N0illlllS lOOnt ANl pRiil1
time. fell over her shoulders in little
waves that we're most allurng 1t
seemed a pity to twist it UP again,
but when suggested this. cautiously,
she said it was troublesome and rot.
in her eyes when it was loose So she
gathered II up, while ! held q row of
little shell combs and pins, and wien
1t was done it was vastly becoming,
TOO Funny about hair: A man never
knows he has it until he begins to
lose it. hut it's different with a SRI.
Something Of the unconventional stu
alton began TO dawn on her as she put
in the last hair pin and patted some
stray locks to place
q have not told you my name
she said abruptly y forgot that be-
cause | know who you arc. you know
nothing about me am Alison West,
and my home Is in Richmond" "
So that was IT, This was the girl
of the photograph on John Gilmore s
bedside table, The girl McKnight eX-
pected to see in Richmond the next
day, Sunday. She was on her way
back to meet him. Wen, what differ
ence did it make, anyhow? We Lad
been thrown together by the nerest
chance. In an hour or two at the
most we would be back in civilization
and she would recall me if she re-
membered me at all, as an unshayen
creature in a red crayat and tan shoes
with soled. Pullman sheet tied
around my neck | drew deer
breath
Just twinge,' said, when she
glanced up quickly "Its very goot
OF you to let me know Miss West
have peen hearing delightful thing'
about yo, for three months
/ "From Rchey Mcknight She wa
j.. frankly curious.
Yes From Richey Mcknight,
! assented Was it any wonder Nc
> Knight was crazy about her? du'
= my heels into the dust
Il have been visiting near Cresson
i. in the mountains Miss West was say
ing The person you mentioned Mrs
!, Curtis, was my hostess We--w
= were on our way to Washington tC
i, gether." She spoke slowly, as if sh
wished TO give the minimum of eXplt
nation. Across her face had com
" again the battling expression of pei
:. plexity and trouble | had seen before
= You were ON your way home, sul
+, pose? Richcy-spoke about seein
.r YOU" noundered, finding it necessar
= TO say something She looked at m
: with level direct eyes.
No she returned quietly Il di
, not intend to so home. well,
!, doesn't matter; am going hem
now"
+, A woman in q calico dress. wit
two children, each IN exact dupliea'
Of tho other had come quickly dow
the road. She took in the situation
glance, and was exposiyey hospi
able.
20 "You poor things she said
y you'n take the fret road to the le
- over there, and turn in at the secof
q pigsty. yon viii find breakfast on .
4 table and a coffee pot on The stow
~ And there's plenty OF SOAP and waite
N. too. Don't say ono word There ist
~ a soul there to see y"1.
ne We accepted the invitation and 81
If, hurried on toward the excitement al
Elk the railroad got mp carefully al
helned Miss West TO hcr feet
+ ~ the second p'gsty to the left
ID repeated. we will fnd the breahia
wv I promised YOU seven otcrnities ag
-e. Forward TO The piesty!
ot We said very little Tor the remair
er OF that walk I had almost reach
III the limit of endurance; with eve
m step the broken ends Of tho BIO
es grated together We found the far
mr. house without difficulty, and rene
ber wondering If ! rould hold ont
ng The end of the cid stone walk that
ne between hedges TO the door
T. Allah be praised. | said with
nd the voice could muster Behold
e, coffee pot" And then put down
TO cup and folded up like a iack-knife
TO the porch floor
for When came around something
lhe was tglckling down my neck, and
despairing voice was saying, oh
OF don't seem to be able to pour it j.