The Meeker herald., 1916-02-26

ny Der. DiIlaQ WaS staoTArtl y" Hs-H oEh
young MISTRESS give evirIenes Of hnv-
ing cuusmnu hlseIstsr fsr GoTes
xl,s said rr ching 60 Catherine. BUT "a
her haarr sic ~1s rT1rnirx over fns
orespes1 of a ra.sulianer-
Tracy cala,. home 10 dinner and went
away again after Fc Was fiasshe'i- S.,o1
xfrsr hi. eeoarrTe CATHERINE weHr 10
che Bnrn and prppoeet Co Marcy ra
uak4. him in her falher's sS.si--a pafr
Of rh. way au his reraru ioGsney f.
aeeroee.. tie oGer ratasr from j sl.ssifs
fer a ride with the girl vim h.1s.
charmed tim than 10 get y lift DC
scsn,.Iax srnul rhe lott. be h-srness~d
the horse Catherine wesar 10 the linw.~
for her wrgps. ANIL returning. Iaresy
sns down "a rhe bosrern Of rae sleigh
under rhe robes rh.it b. might nor BE-
se,.n leaving rh@ premises.
pIaah was not to- lie rh1s fooled Her
mistress" going and coming from the
barn specially carrying platter row
eretf WIKI a napkin. was. to say the
,.asst- Suspicious. She believed the na=sE
she suspected to be her mistress lover
was IN the sleigh, and - Catherine
drove way Dinah went to the bnrn to
l.,,ls for the hlckeer. Not finding him
her t..,rs were confirmed and she BE-
liepeti Catherine had clipped
1t did NOT take Dfn1h . long while
to make UP her mind THAT her master
snocd be informed of . step which
might Turn OCT to be regretted 1t was
~, great distance to Tracy's place Of
hesfness- snd the Old woman went
there a. fast as she could xo and told
hin that his daughter had clipped With
a re,Ltler IN Trays own sleigh Tracy
borrowed sleigh and taking Dinah
with him drove At breakneck pace IN
tEse direction she SAID the fuSirfyes had
taken.
Unfortunately fox Tracy. be had no<
urrs1rapp~d the bells from about the
horse Catherine unsuspicfous OF dan
ger was not hurTyiuS- and IL was nos
bonS before her father caught sight Of
shs sleigh that contained her and Mar
cey She had Thought Il prudent that
NareeF sbouI retain his position IN
der the robes until they bad attained
sonae distance fron1 her home. and
when her father saw her she alone
WAS visible Hearing . distant Jingle
OF sleiShbelfs- she turned and. seeing
. horte and sleigh coming At rapid
pace scattering the snow. she sur
Eakse1i that something bad gone wrong
The position Of Marcy Was one Of
great danger. for II caught il uss
quite likely Il would come out that
be WAS an American soldier. Cath
erine's poejtion was dinfcust- because
IL SHE were nos convicted Of aiding q
SPY she would he accused Of having .
bver unknown to her father OF. In
deed any one efse- What was TO be
done: She told Marcy that they were
pGrs1ed- and since she did not know
Why. 10th came 10 the conclusion that
Marcy bad been suspected as . spy
II this were proved be would be hang
ed II caught
Catherine looked hack and sew thst
ibe sleigh behind Der was ginning On
them rapidly There was NO hope Of
escape As soon ~ she hsd seen that
she was pursued she bad whipped up
her Sorse and made IL plain that she
vas trying 10 effect sn escape Had
she gone ON at an ordinary gait she
As 1t was. no story could be concocted
TO satisfy her father However. seeing
that escape was impossible she drew
rein and waited for the blow tn fall
As soon ~ Tracy overlook her be
jumped from his sleigh and. running
to the other one. pulled the robes from
"a Marcy Tracy. Whose only idea was
that bis daughter was In . position to
herself. was iivfd with
rage Looking Marcy over and seeing
that despite his cvuntryman's clothes
he was 4 fine looking young fellow. be
came TO q sudden resolution. Order
Ing Catherine into the sleigh with
Dinah. he got In with his captive snd
drove in the direction Of q church
spire- Stopping At the parsonage. be
ordered Marcy and his daughter both
out Of the slei=hs and drove them into
the house They were received by the
larson and Tracy said to his captive:
Il don't know who you are. but I
don't believe you are a huckster. ]
think I know o gentleman when I zee
ain. and lin sure you are one What
the relation has been bet ween you and
my daughter doesn't matter. for you
shall either marry her or I will kill
you"
Marcy and Catherine cast 4 quick
glance at each other. This unexpected
changed the conditions
Il am a gentleman replied Marcy.
and the one object Of my life II to
marry your daughter"
Catherine WAS not consulted in the
matter and needed not to comply or
dissent She was married Tassively.
As soon as the two were made one
Trncy returned to his sleigh. where
Dinab was still sitting. and drove
away without . word. Marcy and his
wife went out and stood beside their
sleigh. and for the first time since their
marriage their eyes met