The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-05-10

ton ana nisgiv1ngs or wnIcn L am
capable. He + going back to the field
right IoT- Ind ! have decided to &C
company hin and show him your
house. He says he will stop in for
a few moments on his way-with your
permission
Liar" Kissed the listener. "But /
viii, Just 70 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 win be just in time for lunch
light and cold, you know-just q few
mouthfuls and a cup of tea. am
going to ring of now before you have
a chance to decline. Goodby." The
receiver clicked in the hook and she
was gone. March turned to his friend
with a grin.
I'VE are elected to go at once and
have a few bites Of lunch before you
pass on to your machine She hung
up the receiver on me before 1 got a
chance to consult you about it. So l
suppose we might as well be on our
way" He banged down his desk, put
on his hat and left the Office.
Doris net them at the door frankly
pleased TO see them, wonderfully
tempting in her soft morning gown
that foated 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 underscOred 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 afraid that Mr.. North
might be impatient to get back to his
machine, so l 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 a minutes notice at all
times. Anyway we can talk more or
less as we nibble. Do you know
she turned the tea with a wrist so
rounded and altogether fascinating
that they watched it as if spellbound
that l imagine l 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.
Ply 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 it out together
all night" He attacked his sandwich
reminiscently.
And what happened?" breathed the
girl.
Il suppose I might as well 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
to see what kind of stuff was in US
SO I need not go into that. 1t 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 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 as
ever as to whether he was doing his
best or just flirting 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 a 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 a claim on the
reward, since nobody would be able
10 swear which bullet did the work.
OF 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 a 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 bat
winged party ahead scudding through
the moonlight like one Of those funny
things you sometimes dream about
after a rarebit For the first time
in my life the creeps came along my
back-felt like frozen footed caterpil-
lars were crawling up, and down me.
Presently I looked around and saw
that the rest of the fellows had
turned back, but I thought I would
go OF for little while longer just on