Putnam patriot., 1910-09-16
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Anne Ei1sa BHf99led . hazEaiezs saeil- ing ehite aarHaoi that 0eeeieBtea 2 bFlghf fea lining
 Neai Burton sian nft'd st fse seey a5ew reflected eB fise iFizfs sofizy rounded chees and mct her insfBifiaz etez
 '.How much fnrfhef te t1e river. Neal ys she asked hasfiiy
 "As II you didn't sp0g.- he fetorted- stYou must haze been fhere times enough wifh Fuller You needn't be afraid I'm going to propose fo you again.
 "i don't wish sea tor'
 "You've made that very plain on three different eccasiaus- may look at you sometimes. nsay not. without intending to throw myself ai your feet and plead for erumb of affecfiony'
 Ills bitter sarcasm stung Anne 10 foolish retort
 "li wogld make ne most uucomfort. able if you did. as l haven't even 4 crumb 10 sparef'
 Neal wineed T don, wish q cruub. Anne Its all or nothing as far as I'm concerned
 'sI'm sorry II must be nothing. then
 In the adjoining pasture s sleek dark form leisurely approached a break in the rail fence.
 The young man. eager for keenet torture 10 al1ny fhe dull ache of bis heart spoke again feai#nsly
 Of course frn 10 horny handed son of The soil l dnat mangie the kings English nor falk wilh I twaHg and eat sixteen burk Wheaf eakes for breakfast. winter and summer ! can't milk T eew. md dnu'f knaW fhe bea, soii In wbieh to produce etaBi furnips Go know tbe reai esiaie busiuess from the ground ap eaa provide a home. and e8p nfn motor ear These are my iimif8uens Speaking Of sathan fnller7
 we teere net snea king of hlm.7 In ferrnpie9 Anne caldIy
 Again silenre fhe dafg form pauS cd ln tbe opening of the broken fence with uplifted head
 sAre you going 10 that barn dance tonight r asked Neal after awhile.
 "Yes"
 "You told me when 1 asked you 10 % that you didn't care for that sort Of thing
 'i changed my mind | thought fl would be rather fun to go and meet the country people. Their ways are go fresh 10 me. they enjoy everything so heartily. It is such q pleasant. simple life"
 'aThe natives won't enjoy themselves much with iot of giggllng city board. CTS looking on l suppose The other people Al the farmhouse are gosngF"
 Fl hardly think so. NIT Fuller in. vited me 10 60. Pm going to drive over in the hnTgy with hlms Anne biushed deep wifh embarrassment nn= der Meals sharp gaze. Don't look st me like that. Nesi Burton" she adaed sharply Nathan Fuller is a flne fel- low. and he sayed my life' might have drowned f he had not happened along the river when my boat upset You may laugh al him for a country man. but seaud like 10 zee you do n deed Ike that"
 .It is not my luck to have the op- portunity.n returned Neal hts faee euriously white Fl understand what you mean. Anne I'm just plnln. matter Of fact sort Of chap. the sort you've always known. and you're tired of my type If l may be permitted to express the opinien-I trust Fuller will not misunderstaud your 'gratiiude' for something warmer"
 Anne mndc no reply. Her blue eyes were fixed on the shining river which they were approaching.
 Suddenly Burton tore the rcd lined parasol from her light grasp and elutched her arm
 "Run. Anne, Run for the willow trees and elimbi It's n bull, I'll keep him off! Run. tell your' He pushed her toward the river. huf she turned and clung to him with little cry of alarm
 With 8 aesRaifiag gesture he tossed The red iinet naranoi toward the ap- proaehinr beust and saw it whirl aioug. It's crimson slik fan in the face of the animal. Theu he grasped Aune's arm and raced wlth heF nerass the intervening space toward the wilz lows
 Behind them the baa was trampitae the tanfaliziuE snuShade Into twisted fragments His augry below anneuuc- ea that their flight had been dlscoY- cred. and. with amazing CeleritN ln so clumsy beast. he had turned aud was after them
 Neal fairly tossed Anne's slight form up Into the tow hanging hraneh hes. where she elung desperately. That be was able to reach her side and throw hls arm about her was due io his trained muscles. backed hy cool head As ha hraeei himself against the inclined trunk, his feet seenFe in fl convenient crotch below. the below ing animal struck the willow tree ike q whirlwiud
 As they rocked dizrlly with the swaying tree Anne ciuRg closely te Bnrsens shoulder. into which her face was pressed Neal smiied tenderiy down st Der bright hair, while tee rni repeatedly charged the tree trunk witt most unsatisfactory results. Presently be desisied from the attack. and ni' angry below diminished 10 tow mat ter, like distant thanueg lt was quits evident that le intended te wait Tc' their descen, from Inc tree. lse tosa up his position beneath the eoes st4ds and waited