The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-04-27

Sne sara presently, nave decided not
to marry you"
THAT is encouraging" he beamed.
Everything you have decided to do
in the last ten months you have not
done, with such uniform success, that
l rejoice
She stamped her foot in sincere an
ger. you have no heart-no really
good heart" she cried "You don't
know what tortures l went through.
And you weren't there to help me-"
| II being In Chicago and you in
Philadelphia, l should have reached
out my strong right arm and saved
you from your enemies, l suppose"
"Well-well-you might have sent a
telegram"
ITO the gorilla, asking him not to
hurt your"
"oh!" Her tone was of crushing
wrath.
"Oh-h!" Her tone was of delightful
surprise as she saw coming down the
pier, three young naval officers in uni
form. "Why, 1t can't be-yes, it is
Lieutenant Summers. I'm so glad to
see YOU
THANK you,' said the young en-
sign, who had shared the dangers of
the submarine maneuver Eve saw
you rushing down here and we tag
ged along. What's the matter with
Harry?"
at is mental trouble We are
greatly worried about him." answered
Pauline vindictively.
Hello, Summers" said Harry,
shaking hands and laughing in spite
of himself.
Summers introduced his comrades.
Miss Marvin-Lieutenant Judson and
Lieutenant Hale. And Mr.. Marvin "
, Hope we haven't interrupted any
| happy little fight" he added, cycling
Pauline and Harry.
mo inded-merely postponed it,
. said Pauline. Harry says he is go
} ing to take me to Atlantic City on the
3 yacht to keep me out Of mischief.
| You know how that masculine way of
e treating women charms the women, y
E she added.
r 81 would pay no attention to him
t declared Harry'a old chum "lIe is
{ merely looking for n target for his i'll
temper. The United Sfa,es Navy will
: protect you. By the way were Look
e ing for target. too.
s For YOUR i!l-temper?"
e "No. For our battleslips. Tt! fleet
2 is off for practice tomorrow, and one
5 of the tubs we had bought went down
S on the way to the Hook"
: Tubs? Do you shoot at tubs?" she
e asked.
T "Tubs like that one over there,
t answered Summers, indicating an an
a Gent canal barge that lay at the next
pier. That's our new target. We
just bought it,
VI Come on out to the boat and have
dinner with us. We're not going to
sail until tomorrow" suggested Har-
ry.
Sorry we can't This is an urgent
: duty, and hurry call We must take
the old rig out this afternoon and gel
a target on her before night"
>, A long white motorboat was whir-
ring up to the dock.
by George, that's beauty" sait
Summers. SIS that yours?"
Eyes," said Harry. Come on. Lot
the government perish and have cur
of tea to brace you up before yor
slaughter the canal boats"
Cant. Positively" declared Sum
: mers. "Goodby," called he and his
:. lcompanions as Harry and Pauline go
into the motorboat which had come
from the yacht.
"Oh, forgot" said Pauline, as they
put off. 81 had decided not to go with
you"
| Another of those decisions" re-
marked Harry blandly. "You know
Polly, l was in peril in Chicago just
as you were in Philadelphia"
Her face blanched in beautiful sin
cerity of alarm that brought flush
of repentance to his smiling face. "In
peril-you?" she said.
"In peril of buying an engagement
ring. l have the same impulse when
ever 1 am away from you for more
than twenty-four hours. But l knew
you would say: How stupid and
didn't"
To his surprise, she smiled at him
as they sat side by side before the
wheel of the whizzing boat. Girls
NEVER say that about an engagement
ring" she said But, of course, q
girl doesn't think an engagement ring
means she is going to marry a man.
/ In a minute they were at the yachts
II companionway, and sailor was al
the foot of it to help them up. The
motorboat was made fast to the side
and Pauline and Harry went on deck
That's little jewel of boat, Har-
ry," she said "Will you let me have
it? I want to run it myself"
mo, am sending it back to shore
as soon as we are ready to leave
What do you want to do-begin an
other of these wild pranks ten min
utes after the last one is ended?"
Its not prank to want to learr
to run motor boat" she answered
Sophie McCallan has one that sht
races in all the regattas."
| But I'm not going to marry Sophie
| McCallan l am going to marry you
and if all concerned consent, woult
rather you be alive than dead wheI
the wedding Is celebrated"
III well, then, If you won't teach mi
I'll have one of the sailors do it. The!
probably know more about motor
boat than you do anyway"
II Probably" he said CURLY, turning
away.