The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-01-13
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Freer hadeturned frhis visit
TO the ruinSnd was enoring to
interest therest of u,rch and
Agatha Sixt and Dearand my
self in a diertation ulrose-win-
dows. whenk gatha FRS errupted
us by runng up andelaiming:
do come I'D see hwaterfall
Peterson ss' there's duty over
there in tho woods" had been
down to thCoad with sething or
other from e spread, re the au-
tomobile al the cnatt' awaited
our return.
"A wattall!" saiArchibald.
"Dear ne! low jolly! It's go and
see it,"
Come o them" Ii Agatha
First. paug and lotg at him
expectantly He rose Eiently. but
before he did more b utter the
words "Dehted, I'm Ie!" Agatha
Sixth had sen also. h was now
confrontineim. as 4 coldly and
hauehtily minded hi. that he had
promised go and bk for wild
flowers wither. 1t ! putting the
old boy in awkward bsition. adj
NIT. but tbs no excl for his sub
sequert bVior. AIctful speech
woull havaved thSay. but that
something rverse ait him, which
he has in,mmon VI most men.
made him mt most that moment
the girl wlwanted h least. And
that girl v certainiAgatha First.
for withouhiting DE whether he
came or nshe hadun off by her.
self, all esness I'd lee the water
fail
Without 2nsiderA the rashness
OF such Sch, Ardbald replied to
Agatha SIS rehus by remarking
casually: II did promise to go
and look fold aotrs. but 1 didn't
know abo the laterfall then;
wouldn't ycatherl come and see
that first?|Ve sHldered to hear
him, Dcaresld l. 9was pretty bad,
you know. t, as say l thought
1 understoo'st hot he came to say
the tatal fds-j 6t what spirit
prompted But Dearest thinks
not. She that he's, far too cal
culating-fa 10 nj h on the look
out for hisA init rests to run the
risk of losin yatha Sixth deliberate.
ly. She th he was only embar-
raised. Bic both thought that
the most Iiar thing about the
whole affair the fact that Agatha
First, havinft the group immeGi-
ately her uunate invitation was
given, music been quite ignorant
OF the trou 1t had caused. She
seemed, ind the whole time to be
absolutely tious to the situation
IN regard tatha Sixth and Ter
hume. Ands was the more ex-
sraordinary use any one else, any
impartial over with his eyes
open, must seemed, have been
aware of atair of some kind or
other betwehe two. But Miss
Endicott. ibeared, walked with
ner eyes s like a person in a
dream, her ghts upon some other
world or see of things removed
from ours.
AS matteDod, however, the re-
suit of the srfall proposition and
Ierhune's Management of the
crisis 1t bro about. was a fiat re-
Iusal on tibet of Agatha Sixth 10
accompany anywhere, and his
frightened tardy pursuit of
Agatha Firsyho was beckoning
him to follo'om the edge of the
woods. Byte, 1t made me feel
inclined to gter him and tell MIN
what | though him then and there,
Miss Lawrenooked so forlorn and
"retched as watched them disap-
pear into theods together.
The BEAST began, "he ought
o be" Butarest interrupted me,
IND realizit was because the
'oung lady ystill standing within
'arshot. "Ds Wilfred!" she said,
Agatha doesmind a bit-do you,
Iear? Ante smiled confidently
mo encouraly into the other
Voman's facdt was the required
onic evidentlbr Miss Agatha Law
ence-somets called Agatha
'ixth-at uncontrolled her CULVER
hg lip with display of self-com-
nand upon VI / inwardly compli-
nented her. a trait of the Amer
can girl. I Il, that fine self-con-
roll and sohing that | admire
realty in mye.
VI course she replied stead
y and turniripon TIN bewildered
'reer' who watanding by, with the
weetest poss smile, asked him
ne would n hunting wild flow
rs with he The invitation, ]
eed not sagas accepted with
erViie graft by that undis
annpressionable young
nan Like little dog under the
able, Freer y never too proud to