The herald., 1916-07-27

THE TRESPASSER
BY LOUISE OLIVER.

ana arms fun To Overlooking
The look Of terror in the fugiriye's
eyes went To- IriSciIla's heart. Myol-
UNFAIRLY her foot went 10 the brake
and her hand To- the door. Hop in go
She cried. and Dickic needed no SOC
ond invitation. hut tumbleG in. apples
and all. just aS It man came around
the corner braudiShing a hastily pro-
cured switch.
As the little car whizzcd past d"
caught glimpse of his enemy riding
away to safety and peace heSid" the
pretty representative II family he
had no reason whatever 10 love.
what was he after You forE' Qurr-
led Priscilla a little NJrrnly.
"Why," answered Dick. 81 WAS going
along the road and | got kinda hungry
and | saw those trees in the orchard
all full Of apples and a good many on
the ground, ana l thought I'll eat one.
But there was 50 many and | didn't
know which one 10 take, So | thought
I'll take several. Say, you're awtUily
nice to save me. Don't you want an
applet"
"No. thank you. But I'm going to
take them all. little boy. You see. you
didn't mean To- steal. hut you did. and
after | take you home I'm going 10
take the apples back To Mr.. CriSwrll."
Once in town they sought the street
upon which the culprit lived and rrjS-
ella delivered him To his mother, and
then with her cargo eff stolen fruit She
turned back to the farm.
II rather wish" she said thought
fully. that it were anyone else but
that old Mr.. Criswcl He is likely to
be very unpleasant. wonder if Rob'S
ut home" The name brought n soft
flush To her cheeks, but in the depths
of her blue eyes lay the shadow of
trouble. Her thoughts went back 10
the time when her fathers farm joined
the CriSwcll's and when she and Bob
had gone To the district school to-
gether. They had been COMPANIONS III
ways, then SwectheaTtS. But coal had
been found on u strip of land between
the two farms, strip which both
families had claimed to own for years.
The coal had made n bad situation
worse, and Bob and Priscilla were for
hidden To speak 10 one another.
1--WE brought back the apples the
little boy took" said Priscilla to Mr..
Criswell when he came TO the door to
answer her knock.
you folks aren't always SO particu-
lar about giving people what is justly
theirs" remarked the old man acidly.
Priscilla turned to 20. Her silence
merely Infatuated the old man. Il
just want To tell you," bawled he,
that if you ever write another letter
to Bob I'll burn it, 50 you might as
well save yourself the trouble. No
wonder you can sport around in an
automobile of your own. spending
money that justly belongs TO other
people"
One day. a week later, Priscilla in
her car was passing the Criswell farm
when she picked up Il passenger, in
fact the same passenger who had been
fleeing from Mr.. CriSwelrs wrath a
few days before. Going my way,
Dickie? Where have you been to-
day."
"Catchn' clubs down In Criswelrs
creek"
1.-THE old man will get after you
g.,
got there?"
THAT! oh, l guess it's coal. Say,
the funniest thing. / almost forgot
about ii. While l was Sittin' there on
the bank above the creek two men
came along and stopped. They didn't
see me, but l could hear what they
were talking about. One of them says,
It's coal all right An the other one
says, Yes, the vein runs over this way,
too. You were right, Bill. All our
digging amt for nothin' now. Old
CriSwell mustn't know a thing an
we'll buy his farm for a figure he
can't refuse"
Priscilla turned her car. "Dickie, ]
saved you one day, now you do some
thing for me, will you? I'm going to
take you to Mr.. Criswell and l want
you 10 tell him all you told me"
SO Priscilla and Dick drove back to
the Criswells and Dick told his Won
derful tale.
"Humph! These men are in the
kitchen now" said the old man. the
sneakin' thieves. So, sonny, you say
you can show me the place they've
been diggin' and I've got really truly
coal on my Ian? Just wait! I'll tell
them l have to have q week to think
1t over. Then I'll go with you to the
spot. Miss Priscilla, If you and Bot
care to go along, maybe you'd like tC
hunt him up. He's somewhere around
the barn"
Bob, oh, Bob, where are yOu?"
called Priscilla blithely.
Bob stuck his head over the edge Of
the hay loft.
"IIave / died and gone to heaven, or
has the millennium Gomez 1t is really
you, Priscilla, dear2 What's hap
pened"
Come down and I'll tell you" she
laughed. Your father sent me 10 get
you. l think the millennium has
come"