The Winslow mail., 1917-02-16
AMAZING grace
BY ELSIE Sc z.

Aj oA0NOS WAdL SOL IhkV VV@s
You used to be more fun than Gag.
body!" Ada Green became impaGfGGa
when all their pleadings for GraSgo
support proved in vain.
After the other girls left Mabel as4
Ada discussed Grace's Indifference and
concluded that it was born of her lDss-
terness caused by recent quarrel
with Stanley Price, TO whom Grace
had been almost engaged since thgsP
childhood. Neither of the girls Ess9
even faint suspicion that Gfac9s
seeming Indifference was merely rssGa
to throw them off their guard SO fAAG
she might carry out her plan to suR-
prise them in the midst of their Hal
loween frOlic.
AS for her quarrel with Stanley
Price, Grace shrugged her shapely
shoulders and said to herself that UR'
til he admitted the reasonableness OK
her determination to do one wOman'G
share in the restaurant inspection b9.
ing planned by the pure~food cOzs'
mittees of the various womens clubsv
he could go in the direction of the
bow-wows.
For the first week after their GUAR
rel Stanley Price had been highly
amused at Graces air of naughty
cOldness as she would give him bare
ly recognizable greeting when they
happened to be on their neighbortnG
front porches at the same time. When
whole week passed without Stanley
UnttinU p11IOh ac oil Of (NrQNN
the situation began to lose it's nlmOr
for him.
"Oh, bother those clubyomen for
catching Grace in their net" mut-
tered Stanley, as he paced his room
and puffed a cigarette on the night OF
Halloween. "I'm going OVER tonighG,
when Fate is supposed to be on the
job, and offer to bury the Ratchet"
He had not turned on the light i'm
his room and when he closed the hal1
door preparatory to dressing for hig
intended call his room was in dark
ness except for the faint light conn
ing into his window from the porch
light at the Trigg house next door.
Just as Stanley's hand was on tho
switch by his chiffonier a light flashed
from John Trigg's window directly op-
poSite, and Stanley saw Grace and her
younger brother laughing gleefully as
she dOnned the coat of his dress suit
and held up the trousers and founG
their length just right for her tall
figure.
Grace was evidently borrowing
Johns dress suit and Stanley reflected
that 1t must be for some sort of frolic.
"By George I'll waylay her if I'm
arrested for it," said Stanley, and sud-
denly stopped short, struck with a new
idea.
Half an hour later Stanley crept
stealthily around the house from tine
rear and took up his position where
he could watch the front door of the
Trigg house without being seen. Tn
the darkness his figure stood out as |
fairly good imitation of a policeman,
for he had on his portly fathers long
frock coat well padded with pillows
and had his hat crown pushed up and |
it's brim turned down to simulate On
helmet.
He waited more than an hour b@. |
fore John Trigg and another tall peg"
son in mans attire emerged from tho |
Trigg residence.
''Tll have to hurry, sis" said John. l
''Im horribly late alre ady for my en-
gagement."
"All right" said Grace. "You just
leave me there at the entrance t@
Walton place and 1 sha'n't be biG
afraid to go on to Ada's house"
$50 that's the game, is it?" said
Stanley, as he half fcrawIed along ia
the shadow of the house. Once im
the back yard, though, he went out OF
the gate and up the alley in long,
quick strides that soon put lLimS ,a
block nearer to the entrance of Wal;
ton place than John and Grace wei 20,
A few minutes later he heard job N
call out $50 long," and almost immt y
diately saw Grace approaching with ~
swagger which she meant to be q
very bold one. When she reached the
shrubbery Stanley walked out with
an easy swing, carelesSly twirling a
short stick which served him for a
pOlicemans club. She hesitated and
thought herself lost as the big man
stopped directly in front of her and.
gave sort of salute with his club.
II reckon you don't know there's a
law forbiddin' women on the streets:
in mems clothes," he said gruffly.
Not a word came in reply, for |
Grace's tongue was powerless behind
her tightly pressed, indrawn lips.
"Oh, well, don't be scarit" he said. |
patronizingly. "Fll see you safe home |
and we'll say no more about it." He |
took hold of her arm Familiarity, buS |
the next instant felt a stinging smack
in his face from a small, but heavily
gloved hand.
'How dare your Her voice fairly
exploded in his ear.