The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-05-16

her the newspaper and tossed the
hand Gag ITO a. ellS.i., en- hts -,,is.
take, Withdrew the newspaper and
proffered her Snoozleums. Marjorie
stopped writing, pen poised in air, as
If she had suddenly been petritied.
F The. newcomer was the first to
speak. She fairly gushed: Harry
/ Mallory-of all people,
Kitty! Kathleen! Miss Lewellyn!"
"Just to think Of meeting you
again"
Just to think OF it,
AND Jon this train OF all places" 4
d, "On this train OF all places!"
"Oh, Harry, Harry S& }7s'
oh, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty"
You dear fellow. it's SO long since
saw you last. fress @sx xsss !.
$50 long" a. . . -
''It was at that last, hop at West
Point, remember?-why, It seems only
yesterday, and how well you are look
Ing. You are we'll aren't you! 3 "a =
mot very He was hopping his
brow IN anguish, and yet the room
teeemed strangely cold g
70: course you look much better n
|. Souf Uniform. You aren't wearing
your uniform, are your"
mo, this is not my uniform"
You haven't Left the army, have
you?"
II don't know yet"
Don't ever do that. You are just
beautiful in brass buttons"
Thanks" e.
Harry" ES',Sfd Eitt.5.glg$
whats the matter nowf"
This tie, this green tie, isn't this
the one knitted your" G,-s54i
Il am sure l don't know, Dor.
rowed 1t from the conductor"
Don't you remember? l did knit.
you one" r.
Did you? believe you did! L
think I wore it out"
"Oh, you tickle boy. But see what
I have. What's this?"
He stared through the CLASSY eyes
of complete helplessness. TT looks.
like bracelet"
Don't tell me you don't remember
this!-the little bangle bracelet you
gave me-" - ~
"D-eid l give you baygled }brang-
let?" X 81 81 So
"Of course you did. And the in
scription. Don't you remember it?'
She held her wrist in front Of his
aching eyes and he peruseds as If it
we're his own epitaph, what she read
aloud for him. From Harry to Kitty,
. the Only Girl Ever. Loved" sss sps e.s5
50 Good night" he sighed to himself,
and began to mop his brow with
Snoozleums.
You put it on my arm, n said Kath-
leen, with moonlight sigh. land I've
always worn it."
"Always?" $IH !.
Always! no matter whom 1 was
engaged to-"
The desperate wretch, who had not
dared even to glance in Marjorie's di-
rection, somehow thought he saw g.
straw of self-defense. You were en-
gagged to three or four others when /
was at West Point ~
! II may have been engaged to the
Others" said Kathleen, moon-eyeing
him, "but I always liked you best,
! Clifford-er, TOMMY mean Harry"
You got me at last" t4
/ Kathleen fenced back at this:
well, I've no doubt you have had a
dozen affairs since"
"Oh, no! My heart has only known
one real love-" He threw this over
her head at Marjorie, but Kathleen
/! seized it, to his greater confusion:
! ooh, Harry, how sweet of you to say
j It.. 1t makes me feel positively faint"
and she swooned his way, but he
! showed a chair forward and let her
collapse into that. Thinking anG hop
ing that she was unconscious, he
made ready to escape, but she caught
= him by the coat, and moaned: Where
am ~" and he growled back:
I'm the Observation Carl"
! Kathleen's life and enthusiasm re-
turned without delay: Fancy meet
ing you again! could just scream"
$50 could T. ss
You must come up in our car and
see mamma" It.
rs Ma-mamma with you?" Nal
lory stammered, on the verge of i'm
becility.
"Oh, yes, indeed, we're going
around the world"
Don't let me detain you"
Papa is going round the world
ALSO" fSfs =
us papa on this train. too?"
4 At last something seemed to en-
barrass her "a trifie: mo, papa went
on ahead. Mamma hopes to- evertake
him. But papa is a very good trav-
eler" =, .&s,z I. s,.s,t..vs,4-sgys $500
Then she changed the subject. Do
come and meet mamma 1t would
cheer her UP so. She is So fond OF
you, Only this morning she was say
Ing, OF all the boys youiweretever
engaged to, Kathleen the one Liike
most OF: all was Edgar-i mean. CLAIR
ence-er- Harry Mallory" -, -
"Awfully kind. Of her," ..@,1,..1,,
"You must come and see her-she's
some stouter now!" 80 fi1}'
"Oh, is she?f Wen, that's good
Mallory was too angry to be sane,
and too helpless to take advantage OF
his anger He wondered how he could
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