The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-09-21


O ryr She hastened 10 swing
6IEuy the conversation to less
Wif&1V personal quarter. us he
VIII you tell me about H. plcasef"
One small. gauntleted hand made an
almost imrcrceptible gesture toward
the unoccupied space beside her on the
fallen tree. But he chose the ground
at her feet And after he had dispos.
ed his long length to his liking he an.
swered her hurried question-answere
II with an amlably lazy deliberation
that promised sure return to topic
Of his own choosing. IN his own good
time.
''No." he stated. and there was some
thing lugubrious In the badness OF the
statement. lie found me And II
was the biggest stroke OF luck that he
did. grow more and more lucky this
morning. Wouldn't you say soT'
But you must have an inkling ns 10
the mans identity" she cried "why.
you've got a. find that out before he
does more harm next time. Haven't
you a suspicion evenr'
ward Ia her cagerness. n slender and
entirely boyish figure In dlminutive
breeches and boots and stralght lined
coat. And the man laughed aloud up
into her flushed face. softly and not
quite steadily at her hostile indigna
ton. her intultlve feminine curiositr.
and most Of all. most unsteadlly. nj
his wonder of her herself
why. yes" he admitted. Both Joe
and do believe we know who II was.
but we aren't sure because we don't
understand yet what that mans mo
tive might be. I'd tell you only I
don't like to accuse anybody until
there II cause for 10. But that's what
brought me down here this morning
that and because wanted 20 tell Miss
Burrell that Garry il safe and will
continue 10 be from now on. | hope.
Those were two Of my reasons for
coming AT least. | had n more impor.
tant one than either. but
Barbara did not wait for him 20 tell
her what Il was. She was staring nj
him In unfeigned surprise.
ITO tell Miriam" she echoed. "Do
you-you can't mean that You knew
she cared for Garryf"
didn't your
, The girl shook her head
"Never until Just little while ago
lido you know. In the last few days
we began TO reallze how much more
fVu-other people-obserye than ! do.
i've begun 20 wonder II | haven't been
very blindly self sufficient For new.
or dreamed Of such a thing until some
thing happened after ! left you last
night" Her voice faltered, but her
eyes chung rcsolutcly TO his. she
came 60 me and asked me II I knew
where he had gone. She had seen him
ride away. too. Mr.. OMara. And !
learned IL then just from the terror in
her fnce. But didn't know until later
how much she cared.
"She came into my room this morn
ing. and that, although you can't know
Il. was more than odd I'm itself. be-
cause ! have always been the one TO
carry my woes TO her. Ii must have
been between and 3. for had count
ed clock striking 4. and yet she was
still dressed IN her party costume.
Have you guessed what she had been
doingi Mr.. O'Mara. she had been out
looking for him! She had slipped out
pnd been waiting because she was sure
l;time would bolt and-and come
lack home, dragging him by stir
rup! Wasn't that a horrible thing TO
wait for alone In the dark"
With little shudder the girl put her
hands over her eyes as II to shut out
the picture.
"she wasn't hysterical. either. She
was just Ice and wringing wet and
blue with cold. Cool. proud. intolerant