News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-02-05

peeiuo heT, as near as ne dared. Tie
wanted to put his arm around the slim
waist, but decided that he had better
not.
She jerked her hand away and
laughed her small nose wrinkled. the
dimple coming and going. Don't you
like it?"
Sure. It's classy all right But
what is the long of it?"
"Wilhelmina. Dads Is William,
Just like yours. We're all Billies."
Mine amt William" sneered the
Watermelon, edging bit nearer.
Her eyes opened and she stared in
frank surprise. "But the papers say"
"The papers lie faster than | can"
said the Watermelon, "and that's
fairly speedy" He had only an hour
and he did not care what she thought
between him and the papers. BILLY
Is darned cute little name, and a
cute little girl" he added.
81 guess you can lie faster than the
papers" said she.
81 can when | want to-" admitted
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that man that couldn't lie was fool
and one who wouldn't, bigger"
81 should think if your father was
minister that he wouldn't lie," said
Billy severely.
81 know. But he used to say he
had to in a business way. To tell a
man that there was a bigger hell than
this earth was lie on the face of it,"
"Why?"
Because there couldn't be, he used
to say"
Don't you believe in Heaven" de-
manded Billy.
Sure" said the Watermelon.
what do you think it's like?" asked
Billy.
"a watermelon PATCH" said the Wa
termelon promptly. Just when all
the fruit is ripe. Don't you think SOP"
81 think it's an ice-cream counter"
said Billy.
Nav Heaven is a grove of trees
back of white garage. There's
fallen log and couple sitting on it.
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notonous," said Billy. "Do they talk?"
"Sure they talk Heaven amt
deaf and dumb asylum"
II should think they would get
talked out during eternity"
"Ah," said the Watermelon, leaning
a bit nearer, eternity is but a min
ute"
What do they talk about?"
Heaven"
care they angels?"
Zone is"
Billy laughed. "Who are your" she
asked, leaning toward him, one hand
resting on the log between them, her
steady eyes on his face.
The Watermelon again drew forth
the card case, extracted a card and
presented it to her with a flourish.
Holding it, she shook her head du-
biously. 81 mean are you a stock
broker? Are you on Change? Fa-
Their has been nearly all his life, and |
he looks it. His eyes and-everything. |
Your eyes are different, quite differ
ent. | don't mean in color and size, |
for of course they would be, but in ex-
preston"
"How do you know" asked the Wa
termelon. "You have only seen their |
when I have been looking |
at you, and a man doesn't look at a |
girl as if she were the tape from the |
ticker"
81 know" acknowledged Billy. "But
have known brokers all my life, and
some have been young, and they-they |
aren't like you. l never sat on log |
with one and talked about Heaven"
"Well, you see, | am minister's
son, and l had Heaven with every
meal, as it were"
maybe that's it," agreed Billy.
A stick snapped behind them as
though some one were approaching
heir retreat with stealthy tread I'M
Ter cover of the friendly bushes.
Are you afraid of cows?" asked
Billy, glancing over her shoulder fear
ully.
'Not Of female cows" said the Wa,
ermelon.
"a broker wouldn't have said that"
objected Billy, pursuing her mouth. "A
oroker would say No, indeed, Miss
Bartlett Don't be afraid. A COW is
'eally harmless, and smile as If
we're young and half-witted, anyway"
A stick snapped again, nearer, and
woodpecker fed from a group of
rees, scolding angrily.
Billy rose nervously. 'If that's a
male COW"
"Sit down." ordered the Water
melon. ITS no COW, unfortunately.
t's the general"
Billy glanced around. IT thought ]
leard some one cough"
so did l. 1t can't be the general.
lie wouldn't cough"
A hollow cough sounded distinctly
rom the bushes behind and the Wa
rose to investigate. 1t was
learly three and at three he would go,
# the man down yonder in the swim.
ming hole might come after him to
eclaim his clothes and motor-car. The
begrudged every precious
moment.
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