The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-24

| Eyes, he ia greatly taken. Says you
remind him of the girl he is engaged
to and wants to tell you about her"
All" brcathed the girl in evident
relief. Il shall be more than pleased
to listen Also. want to hear about
the case from him. You must bring
him up" "
! II will do so with all the resigna-
ton and misgivings of which | am
capable He is gong back to the field
right now and I have decided to &C
company him and show him your
house. He says he will stop in for
q few moments on his way-with your
| permission"
Liar Kissed the listener. "But
will, just to spite you. You can't bluff
me that way"
Doris seemed genuinely pleased at
the announcement. "By all means
come-both Of you And If you hurry
you will be just in time for lunch
light and cold. you know-just few
mouthfuls and cup or tea. am
|
chance to decline. Goodby." The
receiver clicked in the hook and she
was gone March turned to his friend
with grin.
I'VE are elected to go at once and
have few bites Of lunch before you
pass on to your machine. She hung
up the receiver on me before got a
chance to consult you about 1t. So
suppose we might as we'll be on our
way" He banged down his desk, put
on his hat and left the Office.
Doris met them at the door frankly
pleased to see them, wonderfully
tempting in her soft morning gown
that f1oated about her light as a sum.
mer cloud. Exceedingly dainty and
pretty she was, but Alan was quick
to notice the faint, dark half circles
| that UNDERSIGNED her eyes and which
bespoke another night Of i'll rest She
led them directly to the light dining
! room with its plain, solid oak furni-
ture. and seated them at the table at
once. Il was afra:d 1nat Nj. ISorI1
might be impatient to get back to his
machine, SO thought we would have
our luncheon first and our chat after.
wards that he might not feel that
was delaying matters. realize that
| he feels that he should be prepared
to leave upon minutes notice at all
times. Anyway we can talk more or
less as we nibble. Do you know
she turned the tea with wrist SO
rounded and altogether fascinating
that they watched it as If spellbound
| that | imagine feel somewhat as
the southern women did during our
Civil war when their men folks were
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
py to do everything In our power to
make your stay as pleasant as pos
sible. want you to come straight
here whenever you feel inclined and
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
tell except that the creature we were
after and myself sat 1t out together
all night" He attacked his sandwich
reminiscently.
"And what happened?" breathed the
girl.
II suppose might as well tell the
story at once and be through with 1t.
| You saw the first part of the chase
when he led US around that big loop
to see what kind Of stuff was in US.
SO l need not go into that. It was
just the same thing all the way
around, anyway. or course when that
mortar sent him pinwheeling through
the air we felt considerably encour'
aged, but he. wasn't hurt a bit and
kept on as fast as before, keeping his
distance ahead of US almost to a rod
and leaving US as much in doubt az
ever as to whether he was doing his
best Or .1,c 7..lc,Iig with us. Just as
we got over the mountains some OF
the boys got discouraged and opened
| fire on him-you should have heard
those peak echoes come back at us.
He was so far ahead that it was
merely wasting ammunition to shoot.
yet there was bare chance of land:
ing him so the rest Of us cut loose
| in order if somebody happened to drop
him we could all have claim on the
reward, since nobody would be able
to swear which bullet did the work.
| or course we did not get him, so we
kept on with the chase. 1t got dusk
pretty soon after that, and for while
we had hard time keeping him In
sight, but presently the moon arose
and that gave us light enough for all
! practical purposes. 1t certainly was
an eerie sight to see that old bait
winged party ahead scudding through
the moonlight like one Of those funny
things you sometimes dream about
after rarebit For the first time
in my life the creeps came along my
back--felt like frozen footed caterpil'
lars we're crawling up and down me.
Presently l looked around and saw
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