Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-05-15
ed with wild flowers.
speed was honestly overcome.

ed with wild flowers
speed was honestly overcome.
For me?"
tor you. It isn't even cold yet.
see! / made It before breakfast. and
1t looks even better than the one I
baked at SCHOOL,"
-, mats what l call fine" declared
inc youth. by Jove! and I'm so
fond of cake!"
nave care!" breathed Larry, ris.
ing herVously. but Speed paid no at.
! tention.
Break it with your own hands.
piease. besides, it's too hot to cut"
MISS Blake broke it with her own
hanus' curing which operation the
brown face OF the man outside rean.
peared in the window. At sight of the
cake ne spoke sharply, and Lawrence
numbered swiftly across the floor and
laid heavy hand upon the cake.
Mr.. Speed" he cried warninelv
Here, take your foot off my angel.
focd!" Hereby ordered the youth. But
the other was like adamant.
"Eo. you are about to contest for
the honor Of this ranch, That cake
! Will make bum of you!"
"Oh--h!" gasped the author of the
delcacy.
stop before i. is too late!" Glass
held his hungry employer at a dis.
lance, striving to make known by a
wink the necessity of his act.
There Is absolutely nothing In nv
cake to injure any one" Helen OBJ
Jected loyalty, with lifted chin; where.
upon the corpulent trainer turned TO
her and said:
Cake would crab any athlete. Cake
and gals is the Limit"
Really! had no idea I was the
least bit dangerous" Miss Blake, turn.
ing to her host smiled frigidly. I'm
sc sorry l intruded."
Now don't say that" Speed strove
10 detain her. please don't be Of
fended-I just have to train!"
W course. And will you pardon me
tor interrupting your routine? You
see, had no idea | wasn't wanted"
But you are. and l do want you!
L"
"Good-by!" She nodded pleasantly
at the door, and left her lover staring
after her.
When she had gone, he cried. in
trembling voice: You're fine yap,
you are! She got up early to do some
thing nice for me, and you insulted
lvtt IL
and hold her hand!"
mo pslm-readin'." Speed turned to
behold his trainer ravenously devour.
ing the cake, and dashed to its rescue.
Its heavier than a frog full of
buckshot. You won't like it, Cul."
It's perfectly delicious!" came the
choking answer.
Then get back of them curtains.
Willie d shoot on sight"
And that morning the prisoner idled
about the premises, followed at a dis
lance by his guard. He could not bear
to read the future; anything seemed
possible. Time and again he cursed
that spirit Of braggadocio, that
thoughtless lack OF moral scruple,
which had led him into this predica
ment. He vowed that he was done
with false pretenses; henceforth the
strictest probity should be his. No
more false poses. Praise won by dis
stimulation and deceit was empty, any.
how, and did he escape this once,
heneceforth the world should know ].
Wallingford Speed for what he was
an average individual, with no uncom.
mon gifts OF mind or body, courage OF
ability
At noon Wally went through the
mockery of a second blood-rare meal,
with no cake to follow, and that after.
noon Glass dragged him out under the
not sun, and made him sprint until he
was ready to drop from exhaustion.
His supper was wretched, and his ia.
tigue so great that he fell asleep at
Miss Blake's side during the evening.
With the first hint of dawn he was I'D
again, and Friday noon found him ut
ter'y hopeless. when, true to his pre-.
dlction, the unexpected happened. In
one moment he was raised from the