The Red Cloud chief., 1913-12-11

poll parrot!"
Miss Mason regarded her friend
with plying eyes.
why you poor thing. you're just
green with Jealousy" she said with
cruel deliberation.
Don't you dare pity mel" cried
Dorothy fercely. IF you had been
there-if you had seem him-if you
had seen her!" Her voice broke sud.
denly.
Tell me about It. dear" urged Lisa
with a sudden change Of tone.
Dorothy turned her head away and
looked into the fre.
"You cannot know that half way
down Lovers Way there is a hole in
a hollow tree that Phil and call our
postoffice Sometimes he leaves Q
note for me when he cannot come up
because Of some sudden call-and
again, when I know that his patients
need every moment Of his time
write him a letter and leave It there
80 he can get II when he passes the
end OF the way.
This morning I had a special mes.
sage for him and I wrote II, and after
luncheon I went down to put II In the
hole. expecting to return at once be.
cause I knew you we're coming this
afternoon to talk about--wed-wed
ding things!
We'll, I hurried down to the Way.
and I had nearly reached the hollow
tree when around the little bend by
the butternut tree-you know where
It Is, LISA saw Phil: he was talk.
Ing to a girl In scarlet coat and her
horrid yellow hair was against his
coat sleeve. and he was patting 1t
with his hand In the most loverlike
way"
"No-no-nO---I don't believe IT,"
cried Lisa violently.
ut really is true. Lisa. I don't
know who she was because her face
was hidden-but suppose she was
pretty--although Phil always said he
preferred brunettes. And she looked
as though her hair was fixed with
peroxide or something"
Perhaps she was a patient who
was feeling ill--or something" sug.
gested Lisa family.
"Humph!" shifted Dorothy coldly.
You don't seem to have much faith
in the man you promised to marry"
remarked Lisa tartly. you've thrown
your ring away and broken your en-.
gagement with Phil Waring, the dear.
est and truest Of men. when you don't
know but what there is a perfectly
logical reason for what you saw to.
day"
THAT cannot be proved"
Lisa Mason arose and patted her
tightly clinging white serge skirt into
place. I'm strongly tempted not to
prove It to you. you have SO little
faith in the best of men," she said.
How can you prove IT," demanded
Dorothy. also rising.
Lisa pointed dramatically to the
leather couch in the corner where
the warm afternoon sun came in tho
window and rested on a scarlet coat.
Dorothy looked and two pink spots
few to her cheeks. Your" she de-
manded scornfully.
"Yes, my dear. It was my 'horrid
yellow head that rested on the manly
arm Of DR.. Waring." mimicked Miss
Mason. with evident enjoyment and a
bit Of spite in her manner: "and
please note. Dorothy Penfield. that
the color of my hair is my own and
always has been. as you very well
know!"
Dorothy was looking very cold and
frozen Just then. Even the pink spots
had feded away. Warm-hearted Lisa
ran to her and put her arms around
the shrinking shoulders.
TITS such q foolish mistake. dear.
and all my fault" she cried remorse-
fully. III you had remained I would
undoubtedly have fallen on your
shoulder as we'll as Phil's. and be.
dewed your pretty frock with my
tears! know he felt mighty un.
comfortable all the time! OF course
you didn't recognize my new scarlet
coat-isnt It q beauty? Aunt Anne
brought Il from Richmond today.
We'll. to make a long story short.
and to drive the tears away from your
dear eyes. I had a wretched quarrel
with Ralph last night. and he went
away in his impetuous manner. threat
ening to leave for the north today,
and go to the other end of the world.
II didn't sleep . wink last night.
and all morning ! waited for him to
come and make up. but he didn't ap.
pear. SO after luncheon I started
down to DR.. Phil's to ask him II he
wouldn't see Ralph and tell him for
me that II was all mistake. Just
as I reached Lovers Way I saw tho
doctors car at the end of the Way.
and his coattails were just disappear.
ing among the sumachs.
so ran after him and fell weep.
ing into his arms. and frightened him
most to death. He kept asking: Has
anything happened to Dolly? Is Dolly
all right?' until Just howled out