The Ordway new era., 1917-06-01

She kept her soft brown eyes shyIy
towucsst Yet she must have wstche1
him coye-tly through hs- long lAsAszs.
The tea was bot he sPped II Slowly
and siosted OF the girls coatusioa- ln-
able Longer TO endure the strain, oinns
3: last fslts-ed in tfraid desperation :
-Yop-yoa are Mr.. Nsu Cs&rhe-he
sid you and he are p2-t1srs-
-Pzrtns-sT repeated Vaa5erTya win
: quick frovn- He said thatT
The XIII sh-snk hack 'Ple4ss- 81,
be didn't mean anything wrong.
What more did he szyE
"Noth!nE-only that Please. :
only his way Of talking
That's su right Doa'; es strzid-
vsade-vya -exssured hs- with quick
change TO smiling t-ieaGL-eSS ! aEa
Charles best friend
oh thank you Thznk Eo1! he =
NJ only brother. We have Dos'1'1!
elsa: only ourselves
In her gratitude Ihe E--i fo-Cu; hs-
Szlf-ScaS1oCS1ess Sc raised hs-
soft eyes s1a Looked tu-l a. Wander
VIZ He smiled and bent nearer
Though she blushed scE-3s- sic was
unable 10 tu-1 hs- Ea1s ZTly from his
arden, hlGs eyes
~O-aeazh-- ha drew oz; hs- name in
the cs-ess.ag tone -hzc L. would have
usst IN foadlaE s ps- dog
She smiled sTsa IS So --eoh!e1- lie
cane Clnss-- Her gaze EzTs-ed and
sank before the look Il his glowing
eyes and she shank hack BE sought
70 PIT his sro zhoC: he-, o1t she
sg-s1E Gear With the sEIy O: star
ted doz
oh cone uo-I- he u-cea Jus;
kiss WHATS the hs-o @: ESS?"
The girl had rec-ests5 Into the cabin
Re blocked the door Ths-e vas 10
way for hs- to sl1de hL1 L lie wished
70 press his vantage
No. DO. please-- she begged AT
school they told ne o-,y bad girls let
Ds- Kiss th@
-Ezh.- lie sco.ed- what do those
old fossils know abort ~ HIS voice
6eePeoed TO a Glu-lnE richness
Come 1 viii not hz-: you, OIana.
Give ne kiss
Let ne-le. Tie OFT 80 she painted
Not unless you psy toIl"
She looked around for SgDe way Of
escape There wSs uoo=- She stared
wildly out through the window and
then looked 81 him ove- her shoulder.
The sudden stILIoess OF her pose
checked 2od dls2Eseted hin Was II
possible that sic lad seen her brother
returning:
He sPrs1g OUTSIDE sad around 70 The
c5-1s- Of the czhs- ! short distance
ava! he saw Marie Dupo1t riding
across from the rad ST = smart can
ter BE waved his hst TO her and faced
st-gg- !cst IS Dina vas gliding from
the door.
-Sropy- t= called in = tone that
forced the Eirl 10 obey. Don't be silly,
OIanz- You have AZ word for Il I
mean; 10 harm Il you rQa no.. Miss
Dupont xii think re have been doing
something wrong
oh dont VIZ. her TO. She vas
good 70 ne Don't let her think bad
Of ne i1plored the girl
Then go II and get her g cup O.
tea ouick-asre she comes"
The E-s disappeared ss Ma-ie's pony
s~-ung around the corner OF the cabin
VsD6s-vya stopped TO fiddle with his
sti-up leather Re st-zighteaed. and
looked over his pgay's hack Ma-!s
had pulled rp z few feet svsy, snd
was staring past hin toward the door
Of the cabin her cheeks sblsze and
her eyes flashing with anger.
Hello" he exclaimed, glznciug over
his shoulder with ~eIl-fei gned surprise.
What's the 1aatteIgT
You ask thztg" she cried. sT met
Charlie half way TO the agency. He
said you were riding out OF the val
ley"
Yes. Stopped here TO get drink
from his sister. They have only creek
waiter I've had 10 wait while she
boiled some for tea. But IT was
lucky delay-y0u're here. You'll ride
with zneg~
4 wish to speak to that girl re-
piled Marie
Going TO hire her for a kitchen
rnsidT he asked, and he called over
his shoulder In q rough tone: .Hurry
up in there You're keeping Miss Du-
pont waiting
You sholld no. speak tia: way to
oinna- She is not dog reproyed
Marie See; you have frightened
her Its all right, Oinna. Mr. Van
didn't mean TO be cross"
The girl had stopped In the door
way. her eyes tiluidly downcast- With
out looking up, she came around TO Ma
re and offered her the cup Of luke
warm tea that she had brought in
obedience to Tsndervyns command.
Marie took a sip and paused to peer
down into the dark brew.
Aerd~ ahe cried. TT Il half