Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-06-13

warn men from, and do their best to
prevent. / have seen enough of
Paris" he went on, these days
have been looking for you, to know
where to go and what to do, and am
setting off for it now"
She touched his arm.
NO." she murmured. mo, boy, YOU
are not going to do any such thingi"
This much from her was enough for
him. He caught her hand and cried:
"Then you marry me. What do we
care for ANYBODY else in the world ?"
go back and get your hat and stick
and gloves" she commanded, keeping
down the tears.
"No, no, you come with me, Lefty;
I'm not going to let you run to your
motor and escape me again.
go; I'll wait here she promised.
81 give you my worG."
AS he snatched up the inauimate
objects from the leaf-strewn ground
where he had thrown them in despair,
he thought how things can change in
pale face on which there marks Of ut
a quarter of an hour.
JuDilant to have overcome the fate
which had tried to keep her hidden
from him in Paris, he could hardly be-
lieve his eyes that she was before
them again, and, es the motor rolled
into the Avenue des Acacias, he asked
her the question uppermost in his
mind
Are you alone in Paris, Let:y?"
Don't you COUNT"
No-no-honestly, you know what
mean"
You haven't any right to ask me
that"
Il have-I have. You gave me a
right. You're engaged to me, aren't
yoa? Gosh, you haven't forgotten,
have you"
Don't make me conspicuous in the
Bojs, Dan," she sale; Il only let you
come with me because you were so
terribly desperate, so ridiculous"
Are you alone?" he persisted. 81
have got to know"
Higgins is with me-"
ooh, God" he cried wildly, chow
can you joke with me? Don's you
understand you're breaking my hearth"
But she did not dare to be kind to
him, knowing it would unnerve her
for the part she had promised to play,
He sat gripping his hands tightly
together. his lips white. when l
leave you now" he said brokenly 81
am going to find that devil of Hun
garian and do him up. Then I am
going to tackle Ruggles."
why, what's poor Mr.. Ruggles got
to 10 with it?'
Fan cried scornfully: "For Gods
sake, don't keep this up! You know
the rot he told you? made him con-
TESS. He has had this mania all along
about money being handicap; he
| was bent on trying this game with
some girl to see how II worked" He
continued more passiopately. 'T dent
care Il rap what you marry me for,
Lefty, or what you have done or been.
think you're perfect and I'll make
you the happiest woman in the world"
She said: FLUSH, hash. Listen,
dear; listen, little boy. I am awfully
sorry, but it won't dc. I never
thought it would. You'll get over it
all right, though you don't, you can't
believe me now. can't Sc poor, you
know; really couldn't BIZ poor"
He in' corrupted roughly "Who says
you'll E,e? What are .ou talking
about? Why, I'll cover you with jew
els, sweetheart, if l have to rip the
earth open to get them ont"
She understood that Den believed
| Ruggles' story to have b. en- a cock
and-buli one.
"Yor ',llk as though yor. could buy
me, Dan Wait, listen" She put him
back frc,1 her. "Now, if y:,u won't be
quiet, Tn going to stop mt car"
He rev,ated: "Tell me-. are you
alone in Paris? Tell me. For three
days I have wandered and searched
for YOU everywhere; have hardly
eaten thing, l don't believe / have
slept wink" And he tori her of his
weary search.
| She listened to him, part of the time
| her Wblte-glOVed hand giving Itself up
J to the boy; part of the time both
hands folded together ap1 away from
him, her arms crossed Oh her breast,
her So all shoes of cora' kid tapping
the flor of the car. THIS they rolled
| leisurcly along the road by the Bots.
cara you alone in Paris, Letty?"
And she said: ooh, what bore you
| are! You're the most Estimate crea-
ture Well, I am a1one but that has
| nothing to do with YOU"