The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-09-08

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from the lad o. dreams for q nisAt
to torture hin with longing. oily -
clip back again before his fingers could
elooe On tAe vision and prove II real.
And then. - oapriciously - Il had
appeared before. the window anA tAo
dear sisAt beAind II came baek -
Kin. Il vas revealed even - Tie
tAsater curtain rolls MP On - -
shantsd 1rst Daay.
TAero vas he window, bor1ero1
WITH IL tender grssasry. the ho0sly
room, cAoery and pleasant en4sr tAo
glow oe Tie shaded saslight: the table
and the small boy seated ct II eating
his supper; the girl In a low chair b
front Of hin. elbows on knees.
Presently the boy finished his meal
and began . spirited tale. He meas
ursd with his hands. made . molten
- II throwing with them. Thea jsrksa
On IN invisible rod. The gestures
we're eloquent: the younsster was tsrl-
ing about nshing.
When he had finished. the girl and
10 washed the dishes. She made all
tidy with Q charming little air q
housewifsry. and turned out the light.
Wiles sighed He spent the night at
the observatory. determined to locate
hat Kitchen window.
When the mists rolled away early
next morning and the sun bsgaA -
Gid the plain TO the east, Wiles looked
into his telescope again. He was over
joyed to flnd that he could pick out
The window easily. He studied II un-
I'll there could be no possibility Of mis-
take. There was a wide. wellShaded
street In front Of the house to which II
belonged. He followed the street until
4 gap In the trees betoken,d an inter
section.
II was an achievement to read the
name on the lamp post at that cor
nor, but he did II, spelling II out
slowly while his eyes blurred with the
strain: Locust. But the name Of the
cross street was effectually hidden.
After breakfast at his boarding
house, wilss plunged into q series OF
abstruse calculations. In which the
height Of Tower Hill. the magnifyinG
power Of his telescope and the dis
lance TO Oak Harbor above the 80
level all had . part.
Just before dusk that day. Wilss,
all dressed up like q broken arm.
a he admitted humorously to him.
self, strolled down Locust street at
the spot where his calculations indi-
Gated his search should begin. Within
half an hour he came to q Girl hang
Ing over an old-fashioned front gate.
and he stopped with Amusement and
pleasure.
Why, Coralis Fleet" he cried; Il
haven't seen you for years"
The girl, who had dark hair and
gray eyes. In which the Joy Of Twins
was alight, shook hands warmly,
Nor I you" she smiled: and
wouldn't have seen you now. only
I'm waiting for my little brother. He's
late for supper. a. usual. That boy ID
crazy about fishing. Wont you come
ap ON the porch and sit DOWN."
Il WILL" said Hoover Wiles. with sol
smn Joy.
That was four years ago. Now. q
bedtime every night Hoover Wilss. u.
. chunky boy with his mothers gray
syss and his fathers sturdy shoul
asrs, waves "By-by" from . hghtst
kitohen window toward Tower Hun
Mrs. Wifes throws . kiss. for sh'
euows her husband II seated at bill
telescope, waiting for their messages
But the pretty little custom vii
soon be discontinued. wiles has "a
vanced; be has Just been appointed
chief Of the forces at Tower Hin. AM
b going to move his family to tn
rsaIAsnce adjoining the observatory.