The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-09-13
TIE RUAAEAfs
sy LOUISE OLIVER


L1sn- booking furrlTsly hack a. As
cEu darxsGed hose and TgE2rl tAs
dl-u Outlines 0s hoEses that hslcagsi
% his 1elgkscrs. and assuring hilsel.
thai his GIgtr vas unnoric=G- he crer-
cautiously coWn G1e gravel path t.
ward rke street
john HCtEon was rurEing away he
eozi1 stand Il 10 Longer, ard. having
been h4rzss@s1 teyozd entrance for
the Lasr few days because LIS wife had
raks1 il into her head hat She must
have an electric motor. he had tAksl
tGe co1nE and quit
BIT aI1h0ugh john Eas retrszEi-g
tFDa trnable. Il was only temporary.
he meant 70 cD1e hack BIT no- be-
fore n lad givsn Henrtetra the scare
q her life He had been TOO good 70
her he s4w X al u0E.
Besideg. Bsstwick had writtea that
aIumni week VAS golng to BE- Big AZ
fair and urged his arEe1dance. So.
AFTER ali. he was OILY doing Wh4t he
had a perfect right 10 Do.
Just over the hedge. parallel to his
town path, ran the gravel waIk 0f the
CrinkIes- Ard J0ha. picking his way
gilgerly to avoid disturbing the tiny
stones. suddenly heard q ste4lthy
movement thar was not Of his own
making. Instantly be OWNED il 70 b.
On the Crinkies' walk. WhO could "
sneaking around his neighbors prop
erty 81 three O'Clock IN the .strnings
Not Billy surely. for Billy haG no
cause TO resort to su0ter1uge 50 far as
his wife was concerned John sighed
IS he thought Of Mrs. Blllys perfec-
ton.
cEkl There # was again John
tiptOed close 10 the hedge mad looked
over. Could he believe his eyess Billy
Grinkle was certainly sneaking down
the path toward the street.
Great guns Billy's running away.
Ncw what do you suppose he meansf'
Bills making for MarshailtoEn.
same as arm. by JoEes and he's skip
ping On the 3 rs, III bet q doughnut."
Hello, therel That you. igllly y he
called.
Billy stopped. Hello, joint What
on earth are you doing here at this
hour Of the nightT
Same as you, l guess. Going east
on the 3.45y
You guessed right"
Decided at the last minute to Join
the boys explained John finally.
$50 did ], laughed Billy nery0usly.
"Oh. returned John. Il don't sup
pose I'd have given in az all only Hen
rietta insisted she wouldn't give me
a minutes raaee last night. And 50
started packing at midnight and here
/ am"
@Uh. hum" Billy acknowledged
doubtfully.
Billy crinkle found it hard to ex-
plain his surreptitious departure. for
he was only guilty OF seeking a sensa-
ZION. He knew Maud would not only
have consented to his trip, but would
have driven him mad with affectionate
little attentions prior to his departure.
She would have packed his bag with
everything he needed just when and
where he wanted them. But as il was
he hefted his bag from one hand to
the other with a SORT Of savage Joy,
knowing that he had packed the con.
glomeratiOn Ii contained in two min
utes and a half by his stop watch and
got in everything he didn't need and
nothing that he did.
In plain words. Billy was tired Of
perfection and affection. He hoped BY
a few days OF anxiety on Maud's part
to receive the thorough rating he de-
served when he came back-anythiRg
but eternal. smiling affection.
.Well.~ he broke the silence. Il
might as well tell you Why came at
this hour Of the night. was afraid il
I'd suggest coming Maud would Just
raise general bedlam. So. as I didn't
want to worry her, slid See!"
John stopped short In his tracks
look here, BIZ. that's hard to sWal-
low. l can't imagine Mrs. c. being any
thing but a perpetual dyed-in-the-wool |
angel. 1 don't believe she could get /
madl"
@Nadi Your Henrietta isn't one,
tive. three to her when her temper's /
up"
Henrietta Whist do you meant |
she's the sweetest, most amiable girl /
YOU can imagine, and If she hadn't /
been the prize she Is she'd have left
miserable hot-tempered scalawag ike
me long ago. Humph ?" snorted John.
Excuse mei~ sighed Billy.
They turned corner and the bright 4
sight Of the station loomed ahead
The two men entered the waiting
room just as the hands Of the big cleo
.rie clock pointed TO five minutes Of
raia time.
But John was thinking Of other
.hings than the time. 1t occurred TO
aim that he had more than half meant
That he had said TO Billy. Il suppose
L has been my own fault mostly he
srgued. I'll bet I am hard TO get
along with. and here I've been putting
he blame on Henrietta"
BILLY. Tn going home he sudden
y declared. I'm not feeling very
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