Oxford Democrat., 1916-08-29
"What was it2" she asked.

"What was it?" she asked.
Sanity says that have very nice
girl with me. but I'm doing very wrong
, In leading her to trespass on other
persons property"
| This recalled Effle to the situation.
and she looked andously toward the
door. l.-.
Don't be frightened" said the
young man, then addressing the flower:
Sanity, Just you tell whoever is in
charge of this place that can throw
stones even II I do live In q glass
house."
He said this with pretense Of valor
that made Effie wonder all the more,
though she was q bit frightened at
the prospect Of a battle with the but
ler.
"Santhy's talking to me again." said
the poacher. "He says: Take all the
flowers you want and give them to the
little girl with you. She's just the
daintiest, prettiest creature that has
ever been In this conservatory. Don't
you see all the flowers bowling their
heads before her? Look at that aster
over there. He's dying Of envy of
you"
This sounded very pleasant to Efie.
and she blushed q little. :.
(which one Of you flowers" con-
tinued the young man, could put on q
tint like that? The best any Of you
could do would be like the paint on a
red wagon in comparison. All you're
fit for is to decorate her."
With this he began to gather such
flowers as were In bloom and turn
them over to Eff1e.
"Oh, don'tv' she cried. "You
mustn't! That's robbery
II love robbery. I think would
like to have been burglar. By the
bye, suppose we break into the house"
He said this so seriously that Efie
was not sure but that he meant II. At
any rate, she caught her breath.
When he had loaded her with flowers
he said:
Come; let's see what we can find
elsewhere. If meet any one I'll
make him set up something to eat"
Urging Effie to 60 with him, he left
the conservatory and, ascending the
porch. rang the bell. The summons
was answered by a middle aged serv-
ing woman.
lis there anything left in the larder7'
asked the burglar.
There's some crackers and cheese.
sir. and part Of a cake"
Bring them out and make q pitcher
Of fruit punch"
Ef1e's mind was so imbued with the
belief that her companion was a tres
passer that It did not occur to her that
he had any right whatever to give
such IN order. Her imagination help
ed her to hear this order given in a
commanding tone. Instead Of waiting
| for the refreshment she took to fight
Laughing. the young man ran after
her.
"Hold on" he said, "and I'll explain.
I live here. My mother and sisters
have gone to town. I remained for
some shooting. Forgive me for Inn
posing upon you. You looked so wist-
fully innocent when saw you peer.
Ing in at the gate that couldn't help
It. Won't you take q bite with me on
the porch? The buffers wife will wait
on u.s."
Efle had no mind to accept such an
invitation, though she consented to
keep the flowers. Her entertainer Of.
fered to take her home in his car. but
she declined this offer too. Bidding
him good day, she set of to walk
home. Presently she heard the sound
Of an auto behind her, and along came
the trespasser. He drove the car be-
side her and finally convinced her that
she might as well ride with a strange
man as walk while he rode beside her.
When man determines to get wo-
man for himself his superior dominant
power is a great advantage to him.
This man had impressed this girl with
the fact that he possessed a daring
which was foreign to herself, and,
though he had admitted that he had
been chatting her, the impression did
not fade. He had followed her in his
auto and rendered It absurd for her to
be walking while she might be riding.
Besides, she would much rather ride
with an agreeable young man than
walk alone.
Thus far It was all resistance on her
part. Now they came to part Of the
road where it forked. One fork led to
her home directly, the other by a
roundabout way. The driver turned
Into the latter road Efle made no
move to induce him to take the other.
Perhaps she delayed till too late. An
auto is a hard vehicle to turn. 1t re-
auires much backing. When they
reached her home they had ridden
many miles.
During the following winter a sister
Of EHie's entertainer called on her, and
she was the recipient Of flowers from
the conservatory on which she had
trespassed