The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1914-11-27
"OH, THAT MAxI'
BY DONALD ALLEN.

HaQ MISE LlSl0 vernon OeclQe0 a.
hour earlier that abe ought to driv
into tho village to pest a letter AM
to get = paper Of needles and som
elastic tape and = sheet OF music an,
half a dozen other things she ooul,
have gone In her fathers auto or IL
her own runabout, but when she hat
at last made up her mind both ma
chimes we're out
/ There was no steamship line be
tween the Vernon place and the vii
lage, = distance of four miles. There
was no fge canal. There was NJ
| flying mach handy. The only wa,
| to get there just at that time was te
/ walk
Tho letter could have been sent 9
l month later as well as on that day
| and there wasn't \ bit Of haste about
the other things, but Miss Lisle start
ed on that long walk. It was hot
and dusty and there were 10 babblins
brooks or shady dells on .ths way
After going half mile the girl de-
cided to turn back. She had turned
when a man came driving up with .
rather smart looking rig. and halted
to say:
Miss Vernon, my name Is Fetch
or. / know your father we'll II you
have started for town let me give you
a lift. / wouldn't walk the distance
on such day for $40 bill"
Miss Isle had never heard Of Mr..
Fletcher. but he did. not look like q
aidnapcr. and she accepted his In
yitation. At the end of a mile a
buggy, with two young men In it,
md with their horse on dead run.
came up behind them and started to
pass. Mr. Fletcher gave them all the
room he could. but the nah with the
reins had planned a smash and he
brought 1t abont--t,
There was row and threats made
and a week later Mr.. Fletcher was
arrested on warrant charging him
With malicious damage, and Miss
Isle found herself subpenaed as a
witness for the defense. She had re-
turned home after the officer and her,
father had said:
Eyes, / know Fletcher. He Is an
old bachelor. and was sued for breach
of-promise about . year ago."
But I didn't know it, protested
the girl.
We'll. you know 1t now, and you
hadn't better take any more buggy
rides with hifn. One OF the young
fellows was brother of the girl, and
/ shouldn't wonder If there'd be more
trouble"
A week later the tr al came on be-
fore a justice OF the peace, and there
was 8 large attendance OF spectators,
and the lawyer for the prosecution
took Miss Lisle in hand for the cross
examination.
He was young lawyer. and he
wasn't going to spare anybody. After
the usual questions about name, az
and residence. he started out with:
Were you on the highway between
Stone Hill and this village in tho fore
noon OF the seventh day of Last
month";"
Il was In buggy with Mr.. fetch
er."
We'll, what happened?"
Those two young men came up be-
hind our rig with another horse and
buggy"
They came up quietly, did they?"
mo, sir. They came cursing and
They passed on my side,
and the one with the reins deliberate
Iy refined the horse in. He looked at
me and grinned as he did it. We
were standing still as he did it,"
Miss Vernon. you know what per.
Jury is, do your"
Eyes, cir, and I know what insult
8 as welllp
THAT is ALL" and Miss Lisle was
out of it, except when he came to ad.
lress the jury he strongly limited that
he reason for the collision probably
ay In the fact that Fletcher was
irving one-handed and could not con-
rol his horse.
It did not take the jury over ten
minutes to find for the defendant, |
md thus the case was closed. That
s, the main case, Miss Lisle bad a |
ase against young Lawyer Blaisdell, |
md though it was never to be tried. |
he could say to him:
tT'll follow his trail until I I'm re- |
'enged! He knew l was telling the |
ruth, and yet he tried to make me out
liar! Think of his limiting that
fletcher had an arm around mel
"Oh, but could see him burned at
be- stake!"
Three months later, as she started
ut one day with her runabout, she
ras hating yet. 4
Golden Hill was a steep, long hill.
nth two turns in 1t, and at its foot
,as bridge over deep river. The
irl war just taking the last turn with
whizz that would have carried
or across the bridge when the man
be -hatsd appeared before her with
small log In his hands. and tho
obstruction was thrown In such a way
lat the machine was run head on in.
, the bank The driver was bounced
round and some damage done, but be-
IRE she could voice her feelings she
as beckuned to follow the other to
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