The Washington times., 1916-08-20

president Of the Western. Union and
marry that girl! t.-L
told mclean seemed to like me. too.
We had q lovely time for q minute or
so. and then the lady with a face that
looked like some one had carved It out OF
a piece Of steel came out and took her
away. She didn't want to go. either
any more than 1 wanted to have her.
down on the curbstone. thought
maybe she'd come to a window and
the lady with the face ali carved out
OF piece OF steel came and took her
away. And I sat on the curb and made
up romance-want to hear lt?'
Yes: Billie. I'd like to hear IT,"
well, mam--all OF sudden the
house changed into a castle with a
moat and 'drawbridge and portcullis
and everything just like in Ivanhoe.
And / had hose and doublet and was
sitting a fiery charger and carrying
TIE casfie-s MP Jean N Game 70 too the Win.
dow an waved a handkerchief to me
an threw 1t over. An this Ii what the
sage: oh, fair knight. save me from
my enemies. ..'.'
No Other Way Out. Ma. x
AN then. Of course. I had to go
save her. So I dashed over the draw
bridge and into the courtyard OF the
castle. An the men-at-arms came
dashing forward, but single handed
l swept them aside and fought my
way to the doorway. An that steel
faced lady was there-all over steel,
in shining armor and things.
well. l swung Jean to the saddle
behind me and fought my way back
Tiara n
nous warrier armed with B club. An.
standing there an waving his club
at .n me b an sr RI So got up an
k KIND Of GaS asha ao ths ofnce' an felt
The boy stopped his condolences
abruptly. Say, Miss Fairfax, do You
think I'm a poor nut?"
But. Billie, there's more to your
"Yes'm. I'm coming to that. Well.
to practieinE the Morse alphabet but
t,m was th INK s about Jean all the
house and try to see her again. I got
message to deliver up in the neigh
borhood and, then I went over and
ma behind tree. kind Of hoping Jean
Il was thinking how hard I'd have
TO- work to be worthy Of her, and how
Ia study and study till l grew up
Jean De co enf kand OF man girl NE
den while l was standing there dream
| ing up the street comes a limousine
Il could see two men in it. One kind
shak aGsef his e Cub the a. m shap that was
and T the other had smoked glasses on
me smoked glasses one got out and
the Big Warrior stayed in the car
saw that the one In smoked glasses
along the sidevSik feeiinE' his ispp Mns
with his cane like he was irving IN ge,
somewhere, thought ought to come
our and help him. and then thought
maybe ned be sensitive about having
boy notice his trouble. So / stayed
still a minute. thinking.
A Tapping on the Pane.
And then. all of a sudden, from
jeans house / heard a funny clickins
sound. looked up and there was the
steel-faced lady rapping away on thu
window pane. And that blind mar
knocking on the sidewalk with his can,
was doing something that sounded t.
me kind Of funny-like the Morse code
Without thinking much about It
got out my notebook and pencil and be.
of-and this was what II said: Drive
north on Sullivan road
. rnere was some more tapping from
the house. The steel-faced lady wa,
using a pencil on the pane. Pretty soor
the blind man seemed to get his bear.
ings and went back to the Limousine
1t stood there still-like 1t was waiting
SAY Miss. Fairfax. I sensed a mys
terry all right There was a mystery-
that's why we're following that Bis
We'll. that big limousine stood Their,
with the blind man and the Big Warrior
In It, And l thought II they could wal
SO could L.. So kept on hiding baci
OF my tree" said Billie, -
And then along comes another car
knew 1t belonged to Jeans dad
billie. you exasperating boy. will va,
do away with the suspensivs eiemen
an" "ss se' MISS Ges Fairfax. you're al, r,sb,
I'm glad it's you l met. Well ou
came the steel-faced lady and Jean
and the lady told the chauffeur some
thing and they drove off. And, the,
that other car turned around ant
me I'd better 20, too. and / hcppet
over and climbed on the tailboard.
Billy Follows. On.
Down the road I'VE went. Thu hi
Warriors car fohowlng Jeans. can,
hanging on and getting dust batl
and never remembering that losing m,
Job wasn't good way to work up an,
win Jean. ~
Pretty soon our car stopped rich
square across the road so no othe
one could pass. and the Rig Warrio
J and the blind man and the chauffeu
got out and looked around the bacI
OF curve we'd made and there come