The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-17
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gon bay that IN the lret place 81
eoutse she al He.i d It d
COLLEGE youth whom pncls nasl
kicked ont Of the house last spttns.
Just beginning his Senior year. mind
you. and mad to marry Julia Oh.
hand. WIN that car 10? By JSye,
/ this begins 10 Be rather more thai
interesting y
With the resignation born Of long
practice, Mr.. Brooks craWled uidef
the ear The lady sat In .dlgniaed
silence until be emerged ! red but II.
%. k" IL reported, saltiHs q
he stepped ID beside her. "What
the deaee Stewart left It for, j don't
imagine. The Meteor Isn't to- Be
compared with Il. Look here; See.
here's where they turned out and
around. Bee the marks ID the dust!
He's gone back the way you came,
Dexteroosly he turned the ponder
GUS machine III the narrow road.
Hold hard" he advised sayiy.
I'm going to let her out ar she,h
worth in 4 Minute: but aftgt We
catch these two yotng idiots i Mail
demand an apology from you tot MS
taking me for that pie-taeeds ND.
Really, I'm very good looking when
I'm clean ,.''s Z" ,.1
A Sagrant dimple appeared in the
pink cheek OF the diEhfhed young
lady in the town pongee coat.
~ shall require proc" 2she re-
torted demurely. Some people con-
slider me quite passabie when I'm
not tattered and torn. Shall you
demand proof?"
Two disheveled heads, q brown
and a black one. popped cautiously
up from behind the stone wall across
the road. The pair Of eyes, brown
and gray, stared thankfully 1t de-
serted, dusty roadway; then the own
er Of the brown eyes spoke:
II don't think we've ever properly
appreciated Hiidegarde," she said
thoughtfully. shes carried OF this
situation-and Blliy-in a manner
truly Napoleonic. The stage. has
suffered great loss in being unaware
OF her talent"
Good old girl, Hildegarde!" he said
warmly. Didn't she get him away
In great style, and short order,
though? l tell you she's an artist In
fabrication-not one whopper too
many. Lord! I thought old Billy
would start a search party Of the VI
cinity and we'd be collared, but he
never even glanced our way, Had
his eyes glued on her even In his
most anxious moments about your
safety. And his tace-Wasn't 1t
picture for Puck? i've laughed my
self sore. say, Julia, in spite Of his
mean opinion of me, old Billy's a
brick!"
Miss Julia looked down thought
fully at the tangled blackberry vines.
"Bllly-ls Billy" she said slowly.
IT really began to worry about him,
Godfrey. 1t must have taken fully
ten minutes for US to get the Meteor
through these bars and hidden Sc
curely and there he lay unconscious
all that time, and none Of US doing a
thing for him. 1t wasn't fair"
But ail's fair in love and war.
dear" he protested, land this Is love,
isn't It? We Just couldn't let such
blessed chance 60 by. Julia, I'm
not going to finish my course. The
pater had been very generous to me.
I can go into the business directly I
say the word, and l say the word to-
day If you will just walk up this road
with me TO a little old parsonage l.
know Of, and marry me now. What
is the use of waiting to win over your
father and then making holy show
Of ourselves at big wedding? |.
don't want it. know you detest
the thought Of it-and, Julia, II.
dared to get the license over month
ago, because knew, darling, !
should take the very first chance I
got to get you to marry me without
any fuss and feathers-and l have.
Look at me, dear. You-you are
not angry .,..,
The girl glanced nervously at the
battered Meteor, half hidden behind
the trees, then she turned ana slip.
ped her hands into his.
i've always said things about
girls who ran away and got married, -:
she murmured half sadly, land here
l am doing the same thing. But it's,
no use to argue With father. He
says I'm too young; that he'll never
give his consent until I'm 25. Twen-
ty-fve! why, that a quarter OF a
century, Godfrey, And belong with
you. Poor old Billy will never be-
lieve that this was really accidental,
and Il HiIdegards ever tell. tim ail;
that happened while he was qHeOn-.
sCIous-" n.
Young stewart pulled her gently
from the wall and marched triumph
antly Into the dusty road 4 long.