The Bottineau courant., 1912-09-06
Mallory wore an aspect Of arrant

You Just grab her!" Marjorie ex.
! planned. Then they relapsed into at
titudes OF impatient attention katt-
leen foated In and, seeing Mallory.
she greeted him with radiant warmth:
Good morning!" and then. catching.
! sight Of Marjorie. gave her Good
I morning." % coated with Ice, She
Il bounced past and Mallory sat inert,
till Marjorie gave him ferocious
pinch: whereupon he leaped to his
!. feet:
"Oh. Miss er Miss Kathleen,
j Kathleen whirled round with most
/; hospitable smile. May I have 4
!, word with you?" y
| or course you can, you dear boy"
Marjorie WINGED at this and writhed
at what followed: "Shan't we take
breakfast together ?'''
Mallory suffered: "I--I-no, thank
you've had breakfast"
Kathleen troze up again as she
snapped: with that--train-acquatntr
ance, I suppose" 54
"Oh. no." Mallory amended, 81 mean
haven't had breakfast
But. Kathleen scowled with jeal-
ousy of her own: S"You seem to be
|! getting along famously for mere train
acquaintances." 9&s
"Oh, that's all we are. and hardly
that" Mallory hastened to say with
too much truth. .Sit, down here q
moment. won't you?" ~ 4s.
No, no. haven't time,' she said,
and sat down. Mamma will be wait
Ing for me. You haven't been In to
see her yet?''
mo. You see-''' 1
"She cried all night"
For me?"
mo. for papa. He's such a good
traveler-and he had such a good
start. She really kept the whole car
awake" s
TOO bad" Mallory condoled. per;
functorily, then with sudden eager
ness, and trial at Indifference: II
see you have that bracelet STILL !,
OF course, you dear fellow. /
wouldn't be parted from it for worlds"
Marjorie CRASHED her teeth, but
Kathleen could not hear that. She
gushed on: "And now we have met
again! It looks like Fate, doesn't
it?"'
1T certainly does,'"' Mallory assent,
ed, bitterly; then again, with Zest:
Let me see that old bracelet, will
your" /
He tried to lay hold Of 1t, but Kath-
leen giggled coyly: :It's just an ex-
cuse to hold my hand" She swung
her arm over the back OF the seat
coquettishly. and Marjorie made q
desperate lunge at 1t, but missed,
since Kathleen, finding that Mallory
did not pursue the fugitive hand,
brought it back at once and yielded
/ 1t up:
''There-be careful. someone might
look" !
Mallory took her by the wrist in q
gingerly manner. and said. so that's
the bracelet? Take it off, won't you?S
II ''Never!---it's wished on" Kathleen
protested. sentimentally. Don't you
remember that evening in the moon
light?"
Mallory caught Marjorie's accusing
eye and lost his head He made
ferocions effort to snatch the bracelet
of. When this onset failed. he had
recourse to entreaty: ""Just slip it
or" Kathleen shook her head tantal-
izingly. Mallory urged more strenu-
ously: Please let me see IT. ;:
Kathleen shook her head with so
ph1st1cation: You'd never give 1t
back. You'd pass it along to that
train-acquaintance."
How can you think such theng?"
Mallory demurred. and once more
made his appeal: Please. please. slip
1t or .
What on earth makes you so anx-
ious?" Kathleen demanded, with sud-
den suspicion. Mallory was stumped,
till an Inspiration came to him: "I'd
like toto get you nicer one. That
ono isn't good enough for you
Here was an argument that Kath1
leen could appreciate. ..'Oh, how sweet
Of you, Harry she gurgled, and had
the bracelet down to, her ,knuckles.
whom . sudden instinct checked her:
Whom you bring the other. you can
have this
She pushed the circlet back, and
Mallory's hopes sank at the gesture.
He grew frantic at being eternally
frustrated in his plans He caught
Kathleen's arm and. while his words
pleaded, his hands tugged: please
please let me take it--for3 the measure
you know!" yS.,.. .
Kathleen read the determination In
his fierce eyes. and she struggled fu-,
riously: Why, Richard Chauncey!,
Billy! I'm amazed at you! Lot
so or TIL scream!'
She rose and, twisting her arm
from his grasp, confronted him with
bew3ldered anger Mallory cast to-
| ward Marjorie . look OF surrender
4 and despair Marjorie laid her hand
on her throat and In pantomime sug-
Z gested that Mallory should throttle
Kathleen, as he had promised.
3 But Mallory was incapable Of fur