The Holly chieftain., 1915-03-26
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Certainly. certainly" seconded the
general. We would have to help you
girls over every wooden fence and un-
der every barb wire one We came to.
You would probably even then get
stuck on one or under the other"
THAT house may be empty" said
the Watermelon. "Then we would be
all over there and have to come hack. -
We've been in empty houses be-
FORE" said Henrietta GROSSLY.
But what good would that do, to be
over there without foodf' asked the
Watermelon.
What good to be here without gas
olene?" retorted Henrietta.
Il can not leave the car" reiterated
the general.
Father" exclaimed the exasperated
Henrietta. some night will fnd that
you have taken the car to bed with
you"
Suppose we leave the car here. !"
began the general argumentatively.
Eve can't" sighed Henrietta. Such
supposition would be impossible
with you the owner Of the carr
The Watermelon laughed. "Aw, cut
out the conversation" said he. Il
will be right back"
so will l." said Billy.
Now the Watermelon objected. He
did not feel equal to tete-a-tete with
the adorable Billy, adorable still.
though bit cross.
'Cut out the conversation" MINI
licked Billy. and scrambled with more
speed than grace under the broken
bars of the worm-eaten fence.
The Watermelon leaped the fence
after her. Henrietta slipped under the
fence after the Watermelon. Bartlett
hesitated one moment. glanced guilt,
lily at the deserted general and then
followed Henrietta.
Billy and the Watermelon were
young and light OF foot and soon out
distanced the stout Bartlett, who did
his gallant best to keep up with the
nimtde Henrietta, but found that the
years Of good living told against him.
Henrietta waited politely for him at
the stone wall which Billy had Just
scaled and the Watermelon jumped
Henrietta sat down on the wall and
Bartlett leaned beside her. gazing over
the field to the distant woods. He felt
thoroughly comfortable and contented
No matter what happened now, Bat
chelor could not reach the city by Sat
urday. The cotton ring was saved.
Henrietta drew quick sigh of
pleasure and fell silent. with dream
ing eyes wandering into the mysteri-
GUS shades Of the distant woodland,
her hunger fer the time forgotten.
Bartlett broke in upon her reveries.
"See that hill!" and he waved toward
the slope ahead of them.
Henrietta nodded, still wrapped in
her dream. 1.-THE hill of life." said
she, with glory at it's top"
"A railroad" said Bartlett. prosa-
ically matter.of-fact, "a railroad has
been cut through the hill. See. there
go the children. suddenly out Of sight"
Henrietta came back to earth
How do you know? Maybe there is
Just steep incline the other side
and that il why they disappeared so
quickly"
mo, there is q cut up there. Don't
you notice how abrupt 1t looks. and
there are no trees or bushes. They
haven't had time to grow since the cut
was made. And those big Jumps, see,
covered with grass. they are the earth
thrown up out Of the cut"
1 Henrietta nodded and frovned,
There IL no more romance" and she
threw out her hands with q graceful
gesture Of hopeless disappointment
It went when the hrst steam-engine
came"
Bartlett looked at her. amused, with
. mans tolerance. What do you
want romance for? A railroad nays
better"
"Pays. pays. pays" cried Henrietta.
Il want something that doesn't pay
that isn't associated with returns. You
men have nothing but bank-book for
a heart. It's 10 lovely here, 10 quiet.
Don't you feel 1T With the shadows
creeping across the pasturei was
young and beautiful"
"And princess"
"No. q goose maid. My hair was
brown And thick and hung over each
shoulder in two long braids. I was
bare-headed. with sleeves rolled to the
elbows Of my shapely arms"
You would have got malaria" said
Bartlett. IT'S very damp here. I
think there must be . pond over there
In the woods. You can hear the frogs, !"
oh, yes" agreed Henrietta. r
would have had malaria and rheuma.
dsm. bNs wouldn't have cared. thea