The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-26

Dark a. misery said Henrietta
dreamily. 4
I'm the day. one sees q world"
quoted Bartlett. standing beside her
where she leaned. slender figure.
against the post OF the porch. In the
night one sees \ universe" and he
waved his lighted cigar vaguely to-
ward the myriads of stars above
them.
what good does that do" asked the
Watermelon. seeing universe! It's
miles away and can't help you any"
You have NO beauty in your soul,
declared Henrietta. 81 think the idea
10 beautiful. seeing universe"
when you are down and out. you
don't take any pleasure in looking at
universe" said the Watermelon. "A
dollar. or even 4 quarter, will look =
darned sight more beautiful"
Il wouldn't like to be poor" said
Billy. 1T must be SO terrible to have
no motor-car. for one thing"
1T is." agreed the Watermelon. who
would have agreed to anything Billy
said. "It's simply awful"
What did you mind most" asked
Billy. when YOU were newsboy!'
Lets go look 1t the universe. sug-
gested the Watermelon hastily. I'VE
can see 1t much better down the road
a bit"
Billy consented, and they strolled
away in the dark. The general. who
thought he was talking pontics. was
laying down the law to the hotel clerk.
and Henrietta and Bartlett were left
alone. They fingered moment on
the porch and then quietly disappeared
up the road in the opposite direction
from that taken by Billy and the Wa
termelon.
Bartfett's desire was to reach Maine
as soon as possible and get lost over
Saturday. but to avoid every city and
larger town on the way and to hurry
by the smaller places where there
might be telegraph or telephone con-
nections.
"Out of touch of the world for
week." he was fond of repeating, mo
letters, no papers. no worries and no
nerves."
And his desire was the Watermel-
on's. The more they avoided towns,
the better the youth liked it. Tele-
graph and telephone stations were
zealously Stunned. He would have
liked to have seen paper, SO as to
Judge what the police thought in the
case of the theft OF the wealthy young
stock-broker's car, provided Bachelor
had allowed the thing to become pub
lie, which he very much doubted,
from the little he knew of the mans
character. 1t was hardly an episode
one would care to see in print II one
was dignifed and self-made. And the
Watermelon chuckled. s.
1t took them longer. than Bartlett
hoped. sticking TO narrow, unused
country ronds, and the next night
found them still in Vermont. They
spent the night at the village board
ing house, and once again Billy and
the Watermelon went down the road
a bit to look at the universe. and Hem
rietta and Bartlett went up the road.
The following day, to Bartlett's sat
isfaction. they got lost. It was late in
the afternoon when they stopped at
Milford, small town in New Hamp-
shire. and made inquiries about the
next town. Was 1t far and would the
accommodations be good? 1t wasn't
far, the farmer whom they questioned
assured them, only five miles. He d.
rected them how to go and they
thanked him and pushed on.
They went on and on and nightfall
found them In lonely bit OF wooded
road apparently miles from any town
or habitat;on. Bartlett was pleased
They were lost. and by great good
luck they might remain lost for con
siderable length of time. The gen
eral, too. was delighted. They would
make night of It, The lunch basket
had been filled earlier in the day at