Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-11-12
.58cHAPTER lx.-continued.

You pup, gr1tted sNOrtn from HIS
" chair. All undisturbed. March con-
tinued maliciously:
Eyes, he is greatly taken. Says you
4 remind him OF the girl he is engaged
x to- and wants to tell you about her"
Ah!"i breathed the girl in evident
relief. II shall be more than pleased
to listen. Also, I want to hear about
\ the case from him. You must bring
l him up"
Us 81 will do SO with all the resigna-
4 ton and misgivings of which ! am
capable. He is going back to the field
right now and have decided to ac-
company him and show him your
Il house. He says he will stop in fo-
4 a few moments on his way-with your
K permission"
Liar" Kissed the listener. But I
will, Just to spite you. You can't bluff
me that way"
Es Doris seemed genuinely pleased at
y the announcement. "By all means
1t come both OF you. And il you hurry
A you will be just in time for lunch
I: light and cold. you know-just few
i .mouthfuls and a cup of tea. ! am
going to ring OF now before you have
\ q chance to decline. Goodby." The
4 receiver clicked in the hook and she
was gone. March turned to his friend
with grin. y7 f.
..We are elected to 60 at once and
4 have few bites OF lunch before you
( pass on to your machine. She hung
h up the receiver on me before got a
V chance to consult you about it. So I
N suppose we might as well be on our
way" He banged down his desk, put
on his hat and left the Office.
,S Doris met them at the door frankly
4 pleased to see them. wonderfully
tempting in her soft morning gown
that floated about her light as a sum-
4 mer cloud. Exceedingly dainty and
y pretty she was, but Alan was quick
\ to notice the faint, dark half circles
that underscored her eyes and which
bespoke another night Of i'll rest She
4 led them directly to the light dining
\ room with its plain. solid oak furni-
y ture, and seated them at the table at
y once. Il was afraid that Mr.. North
Il might be impatient to get back to his
machine, SO I thought we would have
s.our luncheon first and chat after
wards that he might not feel that l
was delaying matters. realize that
The feels that he should be prepared
4 to leave upon q minutes notice at all
Z times. Anyway we can talk more or
Y less as we nibble. Do you know
she turned the tea with a wrist SO
4 rounded and altogether fascinating
that they watched 1t as IL sspellbound
that imagine feel somewhat as
\ the southern women did during our
4 Civil war when their men folks were
4 marching away to defend their homes:
All houses were open to the soldiers
! then, and while you gentlemen of the
air are here risking your lives for our
\ protection, we women should be hap
NY y to do everything in our, power to
make your stay as pleasant as pos
sible. want you to come straight
4 here whenever you feel inclined and
4. bring any friends you may wish to
with you. Now tell me about the
chase" North laughed belittlingly.
There isn't anything in particular to
y tell except that the creature we were
Y after and myself sat it out together
4 all night" He attacked his sandwich
4 reminiscently.
s5 and what happened?" breathed the
J girl.
.sS Il suppose might as we'll tell the
story at once and be through with it.
You saw the first part of the chase
when he led US around that big loop
4 to see what kind Of stun was In as.
I 10 need not go into that. It was
! just the same thing all the way
around, anyway. OF course when that
mortar sent him pinwheeling through
the air we felt considerably encour-
aged, but he wasn't hurt q bit and
kept on as fast as before. keeping his
Z distance ahead of US almost to q rod
and leaving US as much in doubt as
ever as to whether he was doing his
best or just flirting with us. Just as
we got over the mountains some Of
tho boys got discouraged and opened