The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-05

I'm on rhe right track. And Kiss is
to be my reward If get your secret
Only you didn't like to call kissing
you a reward Any man who wouldn't
under such circumstances exercise all
his wits to reach the goal Is no man
at all"
Ned Langdon tried all the chemical
agents he could think of to bring out
another message, but they failed. lie
puzzled over the matter for week,
then temporarily gave 1t up-that is.
as TO investigation He continued to
think about it pretty much all the
time.
One evening he was holding the bal
loon close 10 gas Jet examining the
paper with a magnifying glass, turn
ing successfully different parts to the
jet. when on the paper, very near the
flame. out came brown letters. They
were too faint to be read but Langdon
knew he had got the secret-that Is.
If there was no more of the problem
to be solved. Heat was the element
required TO bring out the writing.
Holding the paper very close to the
burning gas. message In deep brown
letters appeared:
Junior prom, Ylolets on left shoulder.
"Well, upon my word" exclaimed
Ned. That's round about way of
making the acquaintance of a stranger.
And to think that | didn't get on to
the heat explanation, That message
was probably written in common lem
on juice. But the Junior prom"
comes of next week. In four days
more | would have been too late"
That ended Langdon's studies till the
Junior prom" had taken place. He
had no thought but for the girl who
had sent the paper balloon SO she
would be known at the function by
yiolets on her left shoulder.
And what must have been the feel
ings of that girl as the evening In
question approached? There were few
chances of the balloon falling into the
hands of one she would care to meet.
And II 1t did. would he have the in
genuity to extract the secret?
"Ill bother that girl unused Lang
dou. by pretending not to recognize
the token.
He entered the hall late purposely
and stood in the background till he
saw girl pass with bunch Of vio- |
lets on her shoulder She was as pref
ty as peach He was enraptured.
Langdon showed himself in the COM
pany of different girls for half an |
hour, then secured an introduction to /
the girl of the secret, pretending not I
to notice her violets. He made him T
SELF agreeable, however-indeed. paid T
her marked attention. After having
been with her for some time he gal /
iantly asked for a souvenir. looking |
wistfully at the violets The girl did I
not take the hint.
There was a gallery at one end of /
the hall, used during religious services
for the choir. Langdon invited the
girl to go up there with him she ac-
cepted. and they sat back where they
would not be seen. Beneath them was
that mingling of voices common at so
eial gatherings resembling the running
IF waters.
Suddenly every voice stopped at the
sound OF InutFled shrek. Fortunate
" sound has no direction for the ear.
"Some girl has been kissed" re-
marked numerous undergraduates.
The professors looked shocked
The hero and heroine of this story
have long been married. and their
sous and daughters are now fitting
'or college. The mother breads to
send her daughters where she cannot
overlook them When she talks this
way her husband replies:
Evil you kindly tell me. my dear,
what avail II is to watch a girl? They
ay that love laughs at locksmiths,'
,ut once knew a girl who got a hus-
'and by sending up paper balloon
With a secret in 1t so concealed that
"0h. heavens, Shall l never hear
be last OF that frealT'