The Lamar register., 1917-08-29
TINE FLY
BY JANE OSBORN

Jill had just finished washing dishes
and setting things to right In the
Kitchen and the living room when the
clock struck eleven.
Eleven o'clock alrcadyr she eE-
claimed Ioo5lng reurogchfIlly from
her work In the kitchen towg rd the Of
Tending timepiece.
"Ouly eleven O'Clock" sighcI Jack
who was arranging fishing iacslo on
the kitchen table. "Goodups. 10 duas
seem MS if mealumes mover come here.
I think it's in the air-the air and
your good cooking"
jill placed two watgrsoaIsed, small
hands squurely in the pockets Of her
bungalow apron.
"Jack Mast, I'm just ashamed Of you.
why. you had enough pancakes and
sausages for breakfast to feed large
family. Home you wouldn't think of
eating anything but eggs and toast'
Jack looked self-reproach and guilt
"Tm sorry, honey, but I'm as hungry
as bear. This mountain air is inn
meuse. Maybe in a day or so / won't
eat so much.
I'm glad you Ike my first cooking"
sighed Jill with a weary smile, as she
hurried to the cupboard for flour and
sugar for the mullins for luncheon.
Jack and Jill Mast were on thgir
first vacation tOgether-that is, eZcapt-
Ing the wedding trip Of week or So
a few months before, wien there had
been no thought of anything so rustic
as a trip to Jacks little cabin In the
mountains, or anything so mundane as
the cultivation of large appetite.
After luncheon they planned a short
walk through the woods. While Jill
was changing her bungalow working
frock for a short khaki costume, Jack
carried out the plan that had been
brewing In his mind since duybrpak.
The clock pointed TO five minutes Vt
three. Jack reached up, opened tie
glass face, and, carefully listening for
Jilrs approach, turned the hands
ahead to FIVE minutes OF four.
It was not hard to get the converse.
tion around 10 the subject Of watches
"Of course there are no tramps or
burglars around the shack bat / was
thinking that You ought not TO leave
that watch Of yours around" com.
mCuted Jack. suppose l take Il and
[ put it In a safe place for you"
Jill looked up with "A little surprise.
and then: Il was thinking p,aetly the
same thing myself-about your watch.
Z You left il in the bedroom the other
/ day when you went fishing And. any
! way, now that we are away from civil
lization, why should we keep track Of
/ timer"
"Yes, why should WEI" echoed Jack,
delighted that Jill had fallen In so
! readily with his schemes. Lett both
/ put our watches away"
an take them both right now" sug-
/ Eested jill easily.
So at the outset Of the ramhlc the
Z watches were rolled Into JilTs hand.
kerchief and slipped into the cartrld-.
/ pocket on her khaki suit.
/ Funny how time dies IN the woods, %
l he remarked by five. 81 can tell by
the shadows that # is about six-al-
most time for dinner"
"Oh, you silly man." squealed Jill
I'm sure we haven't been gone au
hour I'm sure / can't tell anything
{ from the shadows. and | don't believe
you can, either. You're just trying to
biun the new wife and make her think
/ you are a regular Indian"
They both smiled, and with one ac-
cord started TO retruce their steps
toward the cabin. Jack stopped tc
gather some wild Strawberries at JHs
| request. He wondered whether she
would be surprised when she saw the
clock pointing an hour nearer supper
time than she supposed.
OF course there was this difficulty
that had occurred to Jack when he
first formulated his scheme for max
ing time fly. By leaving the clock an
hour faster 1t would mean an hour
earlier rising time, and in order to
hasten meals any more the next DAY
there would have to be another
abridgement OF the time, which would
OF course, be rather difficult I'm the long
run. That was why he made an ex-
cuse about going to see the 'possum
traps that night after dinner.
So Jack walked around the cabin
three times in the starlight, and then
nOiselessly went toward the llving
room with designs on the clock. Blu,
as he was about to turn the knob he
saw through the window a figure in
white-Jill, to be sure. She heard him